Puffin Island

Puffin Island

Puffin Island is the name of several islands in a number of countries. In most cases the island has been so named because it has - or used to have - a colony of puffins. The "Puffin Islands" include:

Canada

*Puffin Island (Baccalieu Tickle), Newfoundland and Labrador
*Puffin Island (Greenspond), Newfoundland and Labrador


=Ireland=

*Puffin Island, Kerry

United Kingdom

*Puffin Island, Anglesey (Wales)
*Lundy in the Bristol Channel can also be included, as its name means "Puffin Island" in Norse

Iceland

*Puffin Island, Reykjavík

USA

*Puffin Island, Alaska
*Puffin Island (Washington)


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