Belle Isle (Newfoundland and Labrador)

Belle Isle (/bɛl ˈaɪl/ bel EYEL, French: [bɛl il]; French for 'Beautiful Island') is an uninhabited island slightly more than 24 km (15 mi) off the coast of Labrador and slightly less than 32 km (20 mi) north of Newfoundland at the Atlantic entrance to the Strait of Belle Isle, which takes its name.

It is nearly 24 km (15 mi) from either coast, but it is slightly closer to the Labrador side of the Strait of Belle Isle, and it has a lighthouse (supported by flying buttresses) at both its northern and its southern ends.

Belle Isle is the northernmost peak of the Appalachian Mountains, which extend in various shapes over 3,200 km (2,000 mi) southwest to Alabama, United States.

Sea ice with a denser pattern enters from the strait, banking against the west side of Belle Isle.

Eddies off the western coast in the ice patterns, indicated by curved arrows in this photograph, show the place in which the currents interact north and west of the island.