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Marystown

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Marystown

Elevation14 m
Land area61.97 km²
Coordinates47.17°, -55.16°

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City facts

Elevation
14 m
Area
61.97 km²
Official website
www.townofmarystown.ca

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Overview

Marystown is a town in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, with a population of around 5,000. Situated 306 kilometres or 190 miles from the province's capital, St. John's, it is on the Burin Peninsula. Until the early 1990s, its economy was largely based on shipbuilding, and it is due in part to this that the town experienced a population increase of 295% in just over a decade. The town was also dependent on the fish plant for employment.

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History & geography

Geography

Marystown lies on hummocky pyroclastic volcanic rock of mixed composition. This rock is overlain by very stony sandy loam glacial till which has a classic podzol soil profile in undisturbed areas; this is named as Toslow soil association. The vegetation at the time of the soil survey was a barren dominated by sphagnum mosses, heath-type shrubs, and mountain alder. Forest vegetation, mostly of coniferous trees, has developed in many areas around town as can be seen on Google Street View.

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Geography

Latitude
47.1658
Longitude
-55.1580
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
3,161
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Beaked Tasselweed
    Ruppia maritima L. · Liliopsida
    197
  • Eelgrass
    Zostera marina L. · Liliopsida
    170
  • American Crow
    Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
    134
  • Bladder Wrack
    Fucus vesiculosus L. · Phaeophyceae
    108
  • American Robin
    Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
    88
  • Dark-eyed Junco
    Junco hyemalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    86
  • American herring gull, Smithsonian Gull
    Larus smithsonianus Coues, 1862 · Aves
    84
  • Greater Yellowlegs
    Tringa melanoleuca (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
    60

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
0
Largest magnitude
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Largest event
—

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

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Notable people from here

Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.09
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,128

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

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Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
548
Avg daily Wikipedia views
18
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Marystown

August gale
August gale
Barbara Walsh · 2012

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Gallery

Official Identifiers

StatCan — Statistics Canada

SGC code
1002024
Wikidata
Q3296356

Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) via Wikidata P3012

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • Open Library
  • • StatCan — Statistics Canada — Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) via Wikidata P3012