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Fortune Head Ecological Reserve

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Fortune Head Ecological Reserve
Fortune Head Ecological Reserve
Fortune Head Ecological Reserve
Fortune Head Ecological Reserve
Fortune Head Ecological Reserve
Fortune Head Ecological Reserve
Fortune Head Ecological Reserve
Fortune Head Ecological Reserve
Fortune Head Ecological Reserve
Fortune Head Ecological Reserve
Fortune Head Ecological Reserve
Fortune Head Ecological Reserve
Fortune Head Ecological Reserve
Fortune Head Ecological Reserve
Fortune Head Ecological Reserve
Phone:
+1 709-826-2753

Address:
Fortune, NL, Canada

Fortune Head is a headland located about 1.6 km from the town of Fortune on the Burin Peninsula, southeastern Newfoundland. A 140 m thick section of rock along its cliffs is designated the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point representing the boundary between the Precambrian era and the Cambrian period, 541 million years ago. Fortune Head was selected in 1992 over similar rock sections in Siberia, Russia, and Meischucum, China. because of its accessibility and abundance of fossils.
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