Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve

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 nature reserve, UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Mistaken Point Ecological Reserve is a wilderness area located at the southeastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada which contains the Mistaken Point Formation, the site of Ediacaran fossils representing the oldest multicellular life on Earth.
The fossil sites along the shore within the reserve were inscribed to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list on July 17, 2016.[
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Coordinates:   46°38'9"N   53°9'49"W

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  • A grad student discovered the fossils while doing thesis work in 1967. In his honor one of the fossils was named after him.
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