The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Labrador Sea as follows:[REF] On the North: the South limit of Davis Strait [The parallel of 60° North between Greenland and Labrador].
On the West: the East Coast of Labrador and Newfoundland and the Northeast limit of the Gulf of St. Lawrence - a line running from Cape Bauld (North point of Kirpon Island, ) to the East extreme of Belle Isle and on to the Northeast Ledge ().