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Welcome to Seal Islands ...

Seal Islands is located on the Atlantic coast of Labrador.

A typical abbreviation for Seal Islands: Seal Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Seal Islands is near sea level<1>.

Time Zone: Seal Islands lies in the Newfoundland Time Zone (NST/NDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: NST- Heure Normale de Terre-Neuve (HNT), NDT- Heure Avancée de Terre-Neuve (HAT).

Note: If you leave Seal Islands and travel south, you will leave Newfoundland Time and cross into the Atlantic Time Zone (AST/ADT).

Area Codes for Seal Islands: 709 & 879<2>

Communities near Seal Islands ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Seal Islands.

  • Comfort Bight
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Batteau
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batteau
  • Hawke Harbour ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Asphenite City ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Black Tickle
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Domino
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domino
  • Spotted Islands
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Venison Tickle
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venison Tickle
    • Venison Tickle has also been known as:
    • Venison Islands
  • Norman Bay
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Snug Harbour
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)

Footnotes ...

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Seal Islands - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<2>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 709 code has been Overlayed with the 879 area code. New phone numbers in the Seal Islands area will be assigned with one of these codes: 709 or 879. As a result, placing a call in the Seal Islands area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).