Shag Islet

Shag Islet (49˚14'00" 126˚03'00" N side of Brabant Channel, E of Bartlett I, Clayoquot Sd, W side of Vancouver I), Shag Rock (54˚09'00" 132˚39'00" E of Klashwun Point, off N side of Graham I, QCI). Shags and cormorants are largish seabirds, members of the Phalacrocoracidae family. The word “shag” means “a mass of hair,” and the name originally referred to crested cormorants, specifically Phalacrocorax aristotelis, the common shag, found in Europe, SW Asia and N Africa. Three species...

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