[:ja]ルカ・パルミタノ宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影したカナダ、ケベック州のアンティコスティ島です。
アンティコスティ島はセントローレンス湾北部、セントローレンス川河口に位置する島です。面積7,941km2の同島は、世界で90番目、カナダで20番目に大きな島です。島はプリンスエドワード島より大きいですが、島は森林に覆われており、人口240人（2011年）の大部分は西部の町のポート・ムニエ（Port-Menier）に住み、灯台の保守などカナダ政府関連の仕事に就いています。また、豊かな自然が多く残っており、多くの観光客がハンティング、フィッシング、カヤッキング、ハイキングなどを目的に島を訪れます。ちなみに、島の沖合には400もの座礁した船の残骸が残っており、「セントローレンス湾の墓場」とも呼ばれています。
地上の様子はこちらです。
参考文献： Luca Parmitano’s Tweet
地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.1111: Anticosti Island (L’Île-d’Anticosti)🇨🇦
Astronaut Luca Parmitano captured from ISS Anticosti Island (L’Île-d’Anticosti), Quebec, Canada.
Anticosti Island is located at the outlet of the Saint Lawrence River into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. At 7,892.52km2 in size, it is the 90th largest island in the world and 20th largest island in Canada. Anticosti Island is larger than Prince Edward Island but sparsely populated (240 people in 2011), with most of the permanent population in the village of Port-Menier on the western tip of the island, consisting chiefly of the keepers of the lighthouses erected by the Canadian government. Because of its untamed wilderness and abundant wildlife, Anticosti Island attracts many tourists for hunting, fishing, and other outdoor recreational activities such as hiking, horseback riding, nature viewing and sea kayaking. Also, due to more than 400 shipwrecks off its coasts, Anticosti Island is sometimes called the “Cemetery of the Gulf”.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Luca Parmitano’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.1111: Anticosti Island (L’Île-d’Anticosti)🇨🇦
Astronaut Luca Parmitano captured from ISS Anticosti Island (L’Île-d’Anticosti), Quebec, Canada.
Anticosti Island is located at the outlet of the Saint Lawrence River into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. At 7,892.52km2 in size, it is the 90th largest island in the world and 20th largest island in Canada. Anticosti Island is larger than Prince Edward Island but sparsely populated (240 people in 2011), with most of the permanent population in the village of Port-Menier on the western tip of the island, consisting chiefly of the keepers of the lighthouses erected by the Canadian government. Because of its untamed wilderness and abundant wildlife, Anticosti Island attracts many tourists for hunting, fishing, and other outdoor recreational activities such as hiking, horseback riding, nature viewing and sea kayaking. Also, due to more than 400 shipwrecks off its coasts, Anticosti Island is sometimes called the “Cemetery of the Gulf”.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Luca Parmitano’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:]