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- ↑ "Shag Islands" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved November 20, 2011.
- ↑ National Geospatial-intelligence Agency (January 2005). Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Newfoundland, Labrador, and Hudson Bay Enroute. ProStar Publications. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-57785-661-0 . Retrieved 20 November 2011.
