Kent Island (New Brunswick)
Kent Island dock | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bay of Fundy |
| Coordinates | 44°34′55″N 66°45′22″W / 44.58194°N 66.75611°W |
| Area | 247 acres (100 ha) |
| Length | 1.8 mi (2.9 km) |
| Highest elevation | 61 ft (18.6 m) |
| Administration | |
Canada | |
| Province | New Brunswick |
Kent Island is an island located 6 miles (9.7 km) from Grand Manan in the Bay of Fundy. It is the outermost island of the Grand Manan archipelago in Charlotte County off the coast of New Brunswick, Canada. More than 200 bird species have been identified on the island, with at least fifty species nesting.
It is owned by Bowdoin College and is the site of the Bowdoin Scientific Station. As of 2023 over 220 scientific papers had been published as a result of research carried on at the research station. Notable topics, resulting in exceptionally long datasets, include the Leach's storm petrel, the herring gull, and the Savannah sparrow, as well as fog research collected over a period of sixty years.