Editing Cabot Strait (section)

==Geography and geology==
===Bathymetry===
The strait's bathymetry is varied, with the [[Laurentian Channel]] creating a deep trench through its centre, and comparatively shallow coastal waters closer to Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island.  These bathymetric conditions have been known by mariners to cause [[Rogue wave (oceanography)|rogue wave]]s.{{Cn|date=October 2024}}

The steep slope of the Laurentian Channel was the site of a disastrous submarine landslide at the southeastern end of the strait, triggered by the [[1929 Grand Banks earthquake]] and leading to a [[tsunami]] that devastated communities along Newfoundland's south coast and parts of Cape Breton Island.<ref name="bbc">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8028949.stm|title=Ancient tsunami 'hit New York'|last=Bentley|first=Molly|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=2010-06-19 | date=2009-05-03}}</ref>

===St. Paul Island===
An infamous location in the strait for [[shipwreck]]s during the [[age of sail]], [[St. Paul Island (Nova Scotia)|St. Paul Island]] came to be referred to as the "Graveyard of the Gulf" (of St. Lawrence).{{Cn|date=October 2024}}