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Pictures Of The Tablelands Newfoundland

Photo gallery with pictures of the Tablelands in Gros Morne National Park on the Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland, Canada. (There are 19 photos in this photo gallery.)

The landscape of The Tablelands is unlike the rest of the landscape found in Newfoundland. It is barren, almost desert like.

Situated in Gros Morne National Park on the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland, The Tablelands can be found between Trout River and Woody Point.

The reason behind the dramatic change of landscape at the Tablelands is due to the ultramafic rock, peridotite which was exposed during a tectonic plate collision several hundred million years ago. The collision forced the rock, which originated in the earth's mantle, to the surface.

The peridotite rock lacks the usual nutrients needed to sustain life and therefore the landscape in the Tablelands is void of trees. There is plant life found in the Tablelands however, in the form of tiny, rare plants that can survive an environment which has toxic amounts of heavy metals.

It is possible to hike in the Tablelands, along a 2 km long trail which leads to a waterfall and to the entrance of Winterhouse Brook Canyon.



A pristine stream cascades over the rocks in its path to create a pretty waterfall. This area of Gros Morne National...
There are a multitude of trails available for hiking in Gros Morne National Park from easy to challenging. For a...
A rare sight to see an inukshuk on...
Ultramafic rock peridotite that was...
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This Pitcher Plant was photographed...
On one side of the highway leading...
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A young couple is looking at the...
A couple enjoy a hike through the...
A couple take a break from hiking the...
A slab of ultramafic rock called...
A 4 kilometre (return) long trail...
Two hikers in the so called...
Tablelands in the Gros Morne National...
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