Landsat Island

Landsat Island is a small, uninhabited island located 20 kilometres off the northeast coast of Labrador. It was discovered in 1976 during the analysis of imagery from the Landsat 1 satellite. It marks the easternmost point of the Canadian land mass along this section of the Labrador coast.

About Landsat Island in brief

Summary Landsat IslandLandsat Island is a small, uninhabited island located 20 kilometres off the northeast coast of Labrador. It was discovered in 1976 during the analysis of imagery from the Landsat 1 satellite.

It marks the easternmost point of the Canadian land mass along this section of the Labrador coast. As such, its discovery increased Canada’s maritime territory by 68 square kilometres.