{{Short description|Island in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada}} {{Distinguish|Codfish Island / Whenua Hou{{!}}Codfish Island}} {{Use Canadian English|date=December 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}} {{Infobox islands | name = Cod Island | image = {{Location map|Canada Newfoundland and Labrador|lat=57.78354|long=-61.78132|label=Cod Island|float=center}} | country = Canada | location = Labrador Sea, Eastern Canada | country_admin_divisions_title = Province | country_admin_divisions = Newfoundland and Labrador | timezone = AST | utc_offset = −04:00 | timezone_DST = ADT | utc_offset_DST = −03:00 | population = Uninhabited | map = CanadaGeo | coordinates = {{Coord|57|47|00|N|61|46|50|W|region:CA-NL|display=inline,title}} | area_km2 = 133 | highest_mount = Cod Island High Point | elevation_m = 914 }}

'''Cod Island''' is an uninhabited island in the northern coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.<ref>{{cite book |title=Complete Atlas of the World |date=2016 |publisher=Dorling Kindersley Limited |isbn=978-1-4654-4401-1 |page=59 |edition=3rd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O5moCwAAQBAJ |access-date=8 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>[http://www.geonames.org/5924767/cod%20island.html Cod Island] at [http://www.geonames.org/about.html GeoNames.Org (cc-by)]; post updated 18 January 2006; database dump downloaded 29 December 2015</ref> It is located in the province of <!--ADM1-->Newfoundland and Labrador, in the eastern part of the country, 1,700 kilometers northeast of the capital Ottawa. The total area of the island is 133 square kilometres.<ref name="vp">{{cite web |url=http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/dem3.html |title=Viewfinder Panoramas Digital elevation Model |access-date=21 June 2015}}</ref>

Early hydrographers referred to the island as '''Ogua-Lik'''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Royal Society of Canada |title=Mémoires Et Comptes Rendus de la Société Royale Du Canada |date=1897 |publisher=Royal Society of Canada. |page=CXXVIII |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eN-RAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Cod+Island%22+%22Canada%22+-%22Cape+Cod%22&pg=PR128 |access-date=23 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author1=United States Hydrographic Office |author-link1=United States Hydrographic Office |title=H.O. Pub Issue 73 |date=1884 |page=564 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BX8PAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Ogua-Lik%22+%22Cod+Island%22&pg=PA564 |access-date=5 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gb-hydro">{{cite book |author1=Great Britain Hydrographic Dept |author-link1=United Kingdom Hydrographic Office |title=The Newfoundland and Labrador Pilot |date=1887 |page=460 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3beiAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Ogua-Lik%22+%22Cod+Island%22&pg=PA460 |access-date=5 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref> On March 7, 1957, the island received its current name.<ref>{{cite web |title=Canadian Geographical Names – CGN – GeoBase Series |url=https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/e27c6eba-3c5d-4051-9db2-082dc6411c2c |work=Open Government Portal |publisher=Natural Resources Canada |access-date=8 May 2019 |language=en |format=Database |date=20 April 2017}}</ref>

== Background == {{Further|Cod#History|Collapse of the Atlantic northwest cod fishery}}

[[File:Codstamp.jpg|120px|thumb|left|Cod postage stamp, Newfoundland]]

Cod island takes it name from the Atlantic cod which may be found in the area.<ref name="Duzer2017">{{cite book |last1=Duzer |first1=Chet Van |last2=Beck |first2=Lauren |title=Canada before Confederation: Maps at the Exhibition |date=2017 |publisher=Vernon Press |isbn=978-1-62273-266-1 |page=36 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2JaEDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Cod+Island%22+%22Canada%22+-%22Cape+Cod%22&pg=PA36 |quote=IN. BACCALAVRAS, 'Cod Island,' relating to the New World natural resource that most consistently repaid European investment during the decades following its discovery. |access-date=27 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ices.dk/explore-us/projects/EU-RFP/EU%20Repository/ICES%20FIshMap/ICES%20FishMap%20species%20factsheet-cod.pdf |title=ICES FishMap species factsheet-cod |work=ICESCIEM |access-date=27 April 2019}}</ref>

During the 17th and 18th centuries in the New World, especially in Massachusetts and Newfoundland, cod became a major commodity, creating trade networks and cross-cultural exchanges.<ref name="kurl">{{cite book |last=Kurlansky |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Kurlansky |title=Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World |year=1997 |publisher=Walker |location=New York |isbn=978-0-8027-1326-1 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/codbiographyof00kurl |language=en}}</ref>

== Geography == {{Further|Geography of Newfoundland and Labrador|Kaumajet Mountains}}

Cod Island has hilly terrain with three of its peaks partially composing the Kaumajet Mountains.<ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger |lid=21151 |name=Kaumajet Mountains |access-date=5 May 2019}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite book |url={{GBurl|G7vfAAAAMAAJ|p=266|q="Cod Island"}} |title=Labrador and Hudson Bay Pilot |work=Canadian Hydrographic Service |publisher=University of Michigan |year=1965 |volume=2 |pages=266 |language=en}}</ref> The island's highest point is 914 meters above sea level.<ref name="pb" /> It extends 15.7 kilometres in the north-south direction, and 15.4 kilometres in the east-west direction.<ref name="vp" />

The area around Cod Island consists mainly of grasslands.<ref>{{cite web |title=NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification |url=http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=MCD12C1_T1 |work=NASA Earth Observations |publisher=NASA/MODIS |access-date=30 January 2016 |language=en |archive-date=28 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160228161657/http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=MCD12C1_T1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The area around Cod Island is almost uninhabited, with less than two inhabitants per square kilometre.<ref>{{cite web |title=NASA Earth Observations: Population Density |url=http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=SEDAC_POP |work=NASA Earth Observations |publisher=NASA/SEDAC |access-date=30 January 2016 |language=en |archive-date=9 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209064446/http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=SEDAC_POP |url-status=dead }}</ref> The annual average temperature in the area is -5&nbsp;°C.

=== Table Hill === Table Hill is a hill on the southside of Cod Island.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Browne |first1=Patrick William |title=Where the Fishers Go: The Story of Labrador |date=1909 |publisher=Cochrane publishing Company |location=Labrador |page=319 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3uIyAQAAMAAJ&q=Mugford+Tickle+labrador-+%22Cod+Island%22&pg=PA319 |access-date=8 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G7vfAAAAMAAJ&q=%22cod+island%22 |title=Labrador and Hudson Bay Pilot |work=Canadian Hydrographic Service |publisher=University of Michigan |year=1965 |volume=2 |pages=271 |language=en}}</ref> The top of Table Hill is 819 meters above sea level, or 551 meters above the surrounding terrain. The width at the base is 6.1&nbsp;km.<ref name="gn6160936">[http://www.geonames.org/6160936/table%20hill.html Table Hill] at [http://www.geonames.org/about.html GeoNames.]</ref><ref name="vp" />

The island has two dome shaped hills besides Table Hill.<ref name="gb-hydro" />

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Category:Islands of the Labrador Sea Category:Uninhabited islands of Newfoundland and Labrador