Wild Rocks of the Atlantic -Part 2 Mistaken Point [video]



Odd rocks, crazy rocks, wild rocks of the Atlantic - whatever you want to call them - we want to show them. If you have any favourites, let us know.

Mistaken Point in Newfoundland has recently been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site

It's home to the oldest-known evidence of early multi-cellular life — a 565-million-year-old sea floor that's been slowly exposed by the pounding Atlantic surf.


Mistaken Point takes its name from the way sailors would, in foggy weather, mistake it for nearby Cape Race and turn north, expecting to turn into Cape Race Harbour but running into rocks instead. Here's a video to take you there:


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Mistaken Point in Newfoundland has recently been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site
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