Canada
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
7,941km²
Area
494km
Coastline
measured on a simplified outline
192m
Highest point
177
People
15°C
Warmest sea
August
1km
To the mainland
When to go to Anticosti Island
Best to visit from July to August.
The sea is warmest in August (15 °C) and coolest in March (0 °C). The water never reaches 21 °C: bring a wetsuit.
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
Island in Quebec, Canada
Anticosti Island is an island in Canada. It covers 7,941 km², with 494 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 192 m. About 177 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 1 km away.
Getting there
- Port-Menier Airport (YPN)airport on the island, with scheduled flightsCar hire in NatashquanDiscover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- 1 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
- From July to Augustbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Anticosti Island.
- 8beaches
- 3viewpointsBelvédère de la Chute-Vauréal, Belvédère de la Rivière-Schmitt
- 6lighthousesCap-de-la-Table, Carleton Lighthouse and 4 more
- 1named peaksColline de la Table
- 7waterfallsChute Vauréal, Chute de l'Observation, Chute de la Baie-de-la-Tour and 4 more
- 1ruins and archaeological sitesRuins of Menier Mansion
- 7campsitesRivière-aux-Saumons, Jupiter-Vingt-Quatre, Bec-Scie and 4 more
- 28hotels, guesthouses and apartments
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Anticosti Island in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Anticosti Island, each with its own numbers.
1beachCoastya
109lakesLakeyas
15waterfallsCascadyas
Largest lake
3.9km²
Lac du Renard
according to Lakeyas
Warmest lake
23.3°C
Lac Noël
surface water, warmest month · according to Lakeyas
Beach with the warmest sea
15.7°C
Plage des Morses
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya
109 lakes
on Lakeyas, the lake atlas
- Lac Wickenden3.3km²
- Lac Plantain2.6km²
- Lac Velléda2.2km²
- Lac Faure2.0km²
- Lac du Ruisseau2.0km²
- Lac Létourneau1.8km²
- Lac Charles-Guay1.5km²
- Lac Supérieur0.82km²
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15 waterfalls
on Cascadyas, the waterfall atlas
- Chute à Boulay
- Chute Kalimazoo
- Chute à la Batterie
- Chute de l'Observation
- Chute de l'Observation Ouest
- Chute du Canyon aux Saumons
- Chute Macaire Nord
- Chute Macaire Sud
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The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 117 m above the sea. 87 % of it is below 200 m.
- 17 %0–50 m
- 70 %50–200 m
- 13 %200–500 m
Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
100 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | -6 | -6 | -3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 3 | -3 |
| Night low (°C) | -13 | -13 | -10 | -3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 4 | -2 | -8 |
| Sea (°C) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| Rain (mm) | 67 | 60 | 67 | 77 | 92 | 82 | 86 | 91 | 94 | 104 | 107 | 86 |
| Wet days | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 |
| Sun h/day | 2.1 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 6.0 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| Wind (km/h) | 30 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 31 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
Recent years
Warmer and cooler years at sea.
Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | −0.2 | −0.8 | −0.6 | +0.1 | −0.7 | +0.9 | +1.9 | +1.3 | −1.7 | −1.7 | −0.9 | +0.2 |
| 2021 | +0.3 | +0.3 | +0.5 | +0.7 | +0.4 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +1.6 | +1.1 | +3.0 | +2.8 | +1.1 |
| 2022 | +0.7 | −0.5 | −0.4 | ±0.0 | −0.3 | +0.2 | −1.0 | +0.8 | +1.5 | +0.9 | +0.8 | +0.8 |
| 2023 | +0.8 | +0.3 | +0.3 | +0.9 | +0.6 | −1.6 | +0.6 | +0.2 | +2.7 | +3.6 | +1.6 | +0.4 |
| 2024 | +0.5 | +0.1 | +0.4 | +0.9 | +0.9 | +1.1 | +1.6 | −0.5 | +0.7 | +2.1 | +1.0 | +1.1 |
| 2025 | +1.4 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | +0.1 | −0.3 | −0.5 | −0.9 | −0.7 | +1.1 | +0.8 | +1.7 | +0.5 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Photos
Seen by visitors.
Nearby
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About these numbers
| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q575033) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | Natural Earth · public domain |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls | Coastya, Lakeyas, Cascadyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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