Earthquake title 1949QueenCharlotte Islands earthquake date start date August 22, 1949 August 22, 1949 ... Retrieved on 2008 06 03 ref Geology The 1949QueenCharlotte Islands earthquake was caused by a rupture on the QueenCharlotte Fault , which forms part of the boundary between the Pacific plate Pacific and North American plate s. This fault runs from northern Vancouver Island , west of the QueenCharlotte Islands, up to the Gulf of Alaska . The earthquake ruptured the fault for a distance more than convert 500 km mi 0 abbr on . ref name SI Subsequent damage Although nobody was killed in this earthquake ... Mercalli intensity scale VIII Destructive casualties None The QueenCharlotte Islands earthquake of 1949 was a Surface wave magnitude magnitude 8.1 interplate earthquake that struck the sparsely populated QueenCharlotte Islands and the Pacific Northwest coast on August 22, 1949. It is one of the world ... bottom just offshore the rugged coast of Graham Island . It ruptured along the QueenCharlotte ... . ref name SD http earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca historic eq 20th 1949 e.php Natural Resources Canada The M8.1 QueenCharlotte Island Earthquake of August 22, 1949 Retrieved on 2008 06 03 ref No deaths were reported in this earthquake. ref name SI http www.iamamerica.com media Canadian Earthquakes.pdf Earthquakes in Saskatchewan and Canada Retrieved on 2008 06 03 ref This earthquake, larger than the 1906 San Francisco earthquake , is Canada s largest earthquake recorded by seismometer s. However, the greatest earthquake in Canadian history was the 1700 Cascadia earthquake , a megathrust earthquake that occurred along the Pacific Northwest coast from Northern California to southwestern ... name SI See also List of earthquakes in Canada 1700 Cascadia earthquake 1906 San Francisco earthquake References Reflist DEFAULTSORT QueenCharlotte Category 1949 in Canada Category Natural disasters in British Columbia Category 1949 natural disasters Category 1949 earthquakes Category Earthquakes ... more details
earthquake did however show a similar strike slip movement with a small but significant thrust component, consistent with relative plate motion. The 1949earthquake was larger than the 1906 San Francisco earthquake , causing nearly a 500 kilometer long segment of the QueenCharlotte Fault to break ... they do not appear to have occurred directly on the QueenCharlotte Fault. ref http neic.usgs.gov neis bulletin neic lvay l.html USGS Earthquake Hazards Program Earthquake Location QUEENCHARLOTTE ... and historic earthquakes The QueenCharlotte Fault is an active transform fault , located between the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate , Canada s equivalent of the San Andreas Fault . The QueenCharlotte Fault forms a triple junction on its south with the Cascadia subduction zone and the Explorer Ridge the QueenCharlotte Triple Junction . The fault is named for the QueenCharlotte Islands which lie just north of the triple junction. The QueenCharlotte Fault continues northward ... called the QueenCharlotte Fairweather Fault System . The fault has been the focus of large earthquakes . The study of the QueenCharlotte Fault affords further important information applicable to other ... Three large earthquakes have occurred along the QueenCharlotte Fault during the 20th century a Richter magnitude scale magnitude 7 event in 1929, a 1949QueenCharlotteearthquake magnitude 8.1 occurred in 1949 Canada s largest recorded earthquake since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake and a magnitude 7.4 in 1970. The P nodal focal mechanism for the 1949earthquake indicates a virtually pure strike ... f9f9f9 Moment magnitude scale Moment magnitude style background f9f9f9 Casualties 1929 7 1949 8.1 1970 7.4 1990 5.3 2001 6.3 2004 6.8 2008 6.5 2009 6.6 See also List of earthquakes in Canada QueenCharlotte Sound Canada QueenCharlotte Sound Pacific Ring of Fire References reflist External links http www.aeic.alaska.edu maps QueenCharlotteFairweather fault.html QueenCharlotte Fairweather Fault ... more details
earthquake title 1949 Olympia earthquake date start date April 13, 1949 April 13, 1949 magnitude 7.1 Richter scale depth 50 kilometers epicenter location Nisqually River Delta countries affected United States Washington state Washington location Nisqually Indian Community, Washington casualties 8 killed intensity Mercalli Intensity Scale VIII The 1949 Olympia earthquake occurred on April 13, 1949 at 19 55 UTC 11 55 local time , and is the largest recorded earthquake to occur in the Puget Sound region of Washington state Washington , with a magnitude of 7.1. The epicenter was in the area between Olympia, Washington Olympia and Tacoma, Washington Tacoma geographical coordinates Coord 47.100 122.700 type event , and was felt throughout the state of Washington, as well as parts of Oregon , British Columbia , Idaho , and Montana . External links http earthquake.usgs.gov regional states events 1949 04 13.php USGS Historic Earthquakes http www.historylink.org index.cfm?displaypage output.cfm&file id 2063 HistoryLink Earthquake hits Puget Sound area on April 13, 1949 DEFAULTSORT 1949 Olympia Earthquake Category 1949 earthquakes Olympia Category Natural disasters in Washington state Category Earthquakes in Washington state Category Earthquakes in Oregon Category Earthquakes in Idaho Category Earthquakes in Montana Category 1949 in the United States Washington stub fa ... more details
Earthquake title 1949 Karl ova earthquake date Start date 17 August 1949 map2 Location map Turkey relief label lat 39.0 long 40.5 mark Bullseye1.png marksize 40 position top width 250 float right caption magnitude 6.7 Surface wave magnitude M sub s sub ref name Koeri cite web url http www.koeri.boun.edu.tr sismo title Bogazici University Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute National Earthquake Monitoring Center NEMC List of earthquakes 1900 2004 last Bo azi i niversitesi language Turkish accessdate 27 August 2010 ref depth location coord 39.0 40.5 display inline,title ref name NGDC cite web url http www.ngdc.noaa.gov nndc struts results?eq 0 3917&t 101650&s 13&d 22,26,13,12&nd display title Comments for the Significant Earthquake last NGDC accessdate 27 August 2010 ref countries affected Turkey , Karl ova tsunami casualties 320 File Anatolian Plate.png thumb Map of Anatolian Plate showing main tectonic boundaries 300px The 1949 Karl ova earthquake occurred at 18 43 Coordinated universal time UTC on 17 August with an epicenter near Karl ova in Bing l Province , Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey . It had an estimated magnitude of 6.7, ref name Koeri a maximum felt intensity of X Intense on the Mercalli intensity scale and caused 320 casualties. ref name NGDC Tectonic setting The Karl ova region is the location of the Karliova Triple Junction triple junction between ... fold and thrust belt . The earthquake occurred at the eastern end of the North Anatolian Fault ... from its eastern termination ref Characteristics The seismic moment estimated for this earthquake ... length involved is 63 km. ref name Ellsworth cite book last Ellsworth first W.L. title Earthquake ... Earthquakes in Turkey DEFAULTSORT Karliova 1949 Category Earthquakes in Turkey Category 1949 earthquakes Category 1949 in Turkey Category History of Bing l Province fa ku Erdheja Kan re 1949 ... more details
Earthquake title 1949 Ambato earthquake date Start date August 5, 1949 map2 Location map many Ecuador ...,title countries affected Ecuador tsunami casualties 5,050 The 1949 Ambato earthquake was the largest earthquake in the Western Hemisphere in more than five years. On August 5, 1949, it struck Ecuador ... Volcanic Belt . The 1949 Ambato earthquake initially followed an intersection of several northwest ... earthquake s spans 80 years. ref name Espinosa At the time it struck, the 1949 Ambato earthquake was the second worst earthquake in Ecuador s modern history, topped only by the 1797 Riobamba earthquake , ref name Time and the most devastating earthquake in the Western Hemisphere since the 1944 ... Andean Valley , where the 1949 Ambato earthquake took place. ref name Espinosa The hypocenter of the earthquake ... date August 6, 1949 work Nevada Daily Mail accessdate September 11, 2010 ref The earthquake demolished ... in Big Earthquake date August 11, 1949 work Daily Record Washington Ellensburg Daily Record ... Earthquake date August 9, 1949 work The Telegraph Nashua The Telegraph publisher Terrence ... 6856,4374191 title Another Earthquake Strikes in Ecuador date August 9, 1949 work The Southeast Missourian ... 1 position6 left width 250 float right caption Map showing location of epicenter of earthquake ... Today in Earthquake History August 5 date December 18, 2009 accessdate August 5, 2010 publisher United States Geological Survey ref The earthquake flattened entire buildings, and subsequent landslide ... Ridge . Strata of rock cracked as the earthquake ruptured the faults, sending out powerful shockwaves. Today, threats exist throughout the country from both interplate earthquake interplate and intraplate earthquake intraplate seismicity. ref name Espinosa cite book last1 Espinosa first1 ... effects url http books.google.co.uk books?id VZwE 5XDtugC&pg PA31&lpg PA31&dq schuster egred 1949earthquake v onepage&q&f true series Natural disaster studies, an investigative series of the committee ... more details
Earthquake title 1949 Khait earthquake date Start date 10 July 1949 map2 Location map Tajikistan label lat 39.2 long 70.8 mark Bullseye1.png marksize 40 position top width 250 float right caption magnitude 7.4 depth 18 km location coord 39.2 70.8 display inline,title countries affected Tajikistan , Gharm Oblast tsunami casualties 7,200 File USGS Khait landslide.jpg thumb 260px View of the Khait landslide showing the scar on Chokrak mountain and the landslide that overwhelmed the village of Khait The 1949 Khait Hoit earthquake occurred at 09 45 local time 03 53 Coordinated Universal Time UTC on 10 July in the Gharm Oblast region of Tajikistan . It had a Seismic scale Magnitude scales magnitude of 7.4 and triggered a series of landslide s that together led to 7,200 deaths. Tectonic setting The earthquake occurred in a tectonically complex region at the southern edge of the Tien Shan . The southern margin of the Tien Shan is characterised by combination of dextral Fault geology Strike slip faults strike slip faulting and southward Thrust fault thrusting over the Tajik Basin to the south along the Gissar Kokshaal fault zone. ref name 81 1150 cite book last1 Keith first1 C.M. last2 Simpson ..., Morozova G.S. & Tutubalina O. date 20 November 2009 title Landslides triggered by the 1949 Khait earthquake ... Reflist Category 1949 earthquakes Khait Category 1949 in the Soviet Union Khait earthquake ... in Earthquake Prediction series Open File Report volume 81 1150 year 1981 publisher USGS chapter ... of north south to SW NE trending thrust faults, the earthquake is thought to have been caused by movement ... landslides triggered by the earthquake. The town of Khait modern spelling Hoit lang tg and the village ... landslide and 4,000 by the Yasman valley flowslide. ref name Evans Characteristics Earthquake ... accessdate 11 April 2011 ref Landslides Most of the landslides triggered by the earthquake ... fa fr S isme de 1949 Khait uk 1949 ... more details
QueenCharlotte was a Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz and Queen of the United Kingdom as the consort of King George III. QueenCharlotte may also refer to Charlotte of Cyprus , Queen in her own right later deposed by King James II of Cyprus Hired armed cutter QueenCharlotte Hired armed cutter QueenCharlotte , a hired armed vessel of the Royal Navy HMS QueenCharlotte HMS QueenCharlotte , four Royal Navy ships QueenCharlotte, British Columbia , Canada QueenCharlotte, Virginia , United States QueenCharlotte merchant ship QueenCharlotte merchant ship , a British Maritime Fur Trade merchant ship QueenCharlotte of Spain 1775 1830 , Queen consort of Portugal QueenCharlotte of W rttemberg 1766 1828 , member of the British Royal Family QueenCharlotte Secondary School , a public high school USS QueenCharlotte 1813 USS QueenCharlotte 1813 , a ship rigged sloop disambig br Rouanez Charlotte ... more details
QueenCharlotte Sound is the name of two channels QueenCharlotte Sound Canada , located in British Columbia QueenCharlotte Sound, New Zealand , located in the Marlborough Sounds geodis de QueenCharlotte Sound fi Kuningatar Charlotten salmi ... more details
Use dmy dates date April 2012 Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS QueenCharlotte after Charlotte of Mecklenburg Strelitz Charlotte , queen consort of King George III of the United Kingdom . The first HMS QueenCharlotte 1790 2 was a first rate of 100 guns, built at Chatham Dockyard Chatham and launched in 1790. She took part in several actions against the French navy, and flew the flag of Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport , during the Battle of Groix . She caught fire and sank on 17 March 1800. The second HMS QueenCharlotte 1810 2 was a 104 gun first rate, launched in 1810, led the Bombardment of Algiers on 27 August 1816, was renamed Excellent in 1859 and sold in 1892. The third USS QueenCharlotte 1813 2 was a 16 gun sloop of war sloop purchased in 1812 as the brig Adams and captured by the United States on 19 October 1813 following the Battle of Lake Erie . She was based at the Provincial Marine base at Amherstburg, Ontario . The fourth HMS Boyne 1810 QueenCharlotte was originally the 98 gun second rate Boyne , renamed in 1859 and sold in 1861. See also QueenCharlotte merchant ship QueenCharlotte , a British merchantman which pre dated the Royal Navy ships, and after which the QueenCharlotte Islands were named in 1787. Hired armed cutter QueenCharlotte Hired armed cutter QueenCharlotte which served the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and was involved in an heroic single ship action against a larger French vessel. References Colledge Shipindex DEFAULTSORT QueenCharlotte, HMS Category Royal Navy ship names ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox Education in Canada name QueenCharlotte Secondary image imagesize motto motto translation streetaddress PO Box 70 city QueenCharlotte, British Columbia QueenCharlotte province British Columbia postalcode V0T 1S0 areacode 250 phone 559 8822 fax 559 8328 coordinates coord 53.2553 N 132.0982 W display title,inline email url schoolnumber 5050012 schoolboard School District 50 Haida Gwaii QueenCharlotte superintendent trustee affiliation principal Ms Stephanie Hedley Smith viceprincipal administrator staff 13 fundingtype Public school government funded Public schooltype High school Canada high school grades 8 12 language area mascot teamname colours founded enrollment 143 enrollment as of January 16, 2006 QueenCharlotte Secondary is a public High school Canada high school in QueenCharlotte, British Columbia part of School District 50 Haida Gwaii QueenCharlotte . See also Monarchy in British Columbia Education Monarchy in British Columbia Category High schools in British Columbia BritishColumbia school stub ... more details
There is also a QueenCharlotte Sound, New Zealand . Image Locmap QCS Hecate Dixon.png thumb right 300px QueenCharlotte Sound as delineated by BC Geographical Names Information System BCGNIS , along with Hecate Strait and Dixon Entrance . Red dots indicate capes and points, gray text indicates island names. The international boundary between Canada and the United States follows Portland Canal to Point B , thence to Cape Muzon . The A B Line portion of the boundary is disputed. QueenCharlotte Sound is a sound geography sound of the Pacific Ocean in British Columbia , Canada , between Vancouver Island in the south and Haida Gwaii formerly QueenCharlotte Islands in the north. It merges with Hecate Strait in the north and QueenCharlotte Strait in the south. ref http www.bartleby.com 69 0 Q00400.html QueenCharlotte Sound , Columbia Gazetteer of North America ref QueenCharlotte Sound is part of the Inside Passage shipping route. According to the BC Geographical Names Information System BCGNIS , the northern boundary of QueenCharlotte Sound is defined as a line running from the southernmost point of Price Island British Columbia Price Island to Cape St James on Kunghit Island , the southernmost ... Cite bcgnis id 27249 title QueenCharlotte Sound ref QueenCharlotte Sound was named by James Strange on August 5, 1786, in honour of Charlotte of Mecklenburg Strelitz QueenCharlotte , the wife of George ... ref During a boat excursion up Goletas Channel Strange saw an opening ahead and named it QueenCharlotte Sound. The body of water he named was what is today known as QueenCharlotte Strait. For some time QueenCharlotte Strait was also called QueenCharlotte Sound, until 1920 when the BCGNIS and Hydrographic Service distinguished between QueenCharlotte Sound and QueenCharlotte Strait. ref name bcgnis Cite bcgnis id 27251 title QueenCharlotte Strait ref George Vancouver , who used the name in his ... de la Reina Carlota fr Bassin de la Reine Charlotte pt Enseada da Rainha Carlota Canad ru ... more details
Geobox Range name QueenCharlotte Mountains image image caption country Canada region type Province region British Columbia parent Insular Mountains highest Mount Moresby highest elevation 1164 highest lat d 53 highest lat m 01 highest lat s 09.1 highest lat NS N highest long d 132 highest long m 05 highest long s 08.2 highest long EW W map map caption The QueenCharlotte Mountains are a mountain range comprising all mountain s and small mountain range s of Haida Gwaii formerly QueenCharlotte Islands , British Columbia , Canada . It is the northernmost subrange of the Insular Mountains . ref http www.bivouac.com ArxPg.asp?ArxId 1696 QueenCharlotte Mountains in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia ref They are subdivided into the QueenCharlotte Ranges, which comprise a small part of southwestern Graham Island and most of Moresby Island, and the Skidegate Plateau , which runs NW SE on central Graham Island and includes the northeastern tip of Moresby Island. To the plateau s northeast is the QueenCharlotte Lowland , which is part of the Hecate Depression and includes the Argonaut Plain . ref http www.empr.gov.bc.ca Mining Geoscience PublicationsCatalogue BulletinInformation BulletinsAfter1940 Pages Bulletin48.aspx British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Bulletin 48 Landforms of British Columbia, A Physiographic Outline , S.S. Holland 1964 revised 1976 ref The highest mountain associated with the QueenCharlotte Mountain is Mount Moresby at convert 1164 m ft 0 abbr on . ref http www.bivouac.com MtnPg.asp?MtnId 5166 Mount Moresby in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia ref Sub ranges Cameron Range On the western side of Graham Island Crease Range On north central Graham Island McKay Range On the south coast of Graham Island San Christoval Range On the western side of Moresby Island See also Vancouver Island Ranges Insular Mountains References reflist BritishColumbiaCoast geo stub Category Haida Gwaii Category QueenCharlotte Mountains QueenCharlotte ... more details
QueenCharlotte Strait is a strait between Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia , Canada . It connects QueenCharlotte Sound Canada QueenCharlotte Sound with Johnstone Strait , Discovery Passage and then to the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound . It forms part of the Inside Passage from Washington U.S. state Washington to Alaska . Image The Discovery on the rocks.jpg thumb right The Discovery ran aground in early August 1792 on hidden rocks in QueenCharlotte Strait near Fife Sound. Within a day the Chatham also ran aground on rocks about two miles away. According to the BC Geographical Names Information System BCGNIS , the northern boundary of QueenCharlotte Strait is defined as a line running Cape Sutil, at the north end of Vancouver Island, to Cape Caution on the mainland. The southern end of QueenCharlotte Strait is described as several narrow channels north and east of Malcolm Island British Columbia Malcolm Island . ref name bcgnis BCGNIS 27251 QueenCharlotte Strait ref QueenCharlotte Sound was named by James Strange on August 5, 1786, in honour of Charlotte of Mecklenburg Strelitz QueenCharlotte , the consort of George III of the United Kingdom King George III . Strange was the leader of a Fur trade fur trading expedition of two vessels, the Captain Cook , under Captain Henry Lawrie, and the Experiment , under Captain John Guise. ref name pethick cite ... Channel Strange saw an opening ahead and named it QueenCharlotte Sound. The body of water he named was what is today known as QueenCharlotte Strait. For some time QueenCharlotte Strait was also called QueenCharlotte Sound, until 1920 when the BCGNIS and Hydrographic Service distinguished between QueenCharlotte Sound and QueenCharlotte Strait. ref name bcgnis Cite bcgnis 27251 QueenCharlotte ... BritishColumbia geo stub de K nigin Charlotte Stra e es Estrecho de la Reina Carlota eo Markolo de Re ino Charlotte fr D troit de la Reine Charlotte pt Estreito da Rainha Carlota ru ... more details
File Alaska earthquakes.jpg thumb 300px Tectonic map of Alaska and northwestern Canada showing main faults and historic earthquakes The Queen Charlotte Triple Junction is a geologic triple junction where three tectonic plate s meet the Pacific Plate , the North American Plate , and the Explorer Plate . The three plate boundaries which intersect here are the Queen Charlotte Fault , the Cascadia subduction zone , and the Explorer Ridge . References reflist http books.google.com books?id WxYSNUuPfTIC&pg PA23&lpg PA23&dq Queen Charlotte triple junction&source web&ots TtRTLUTbxA&sig PLGVDOkxjXV4FVjTSpPXX4yFAF4&hl en PPA23,M1 Triple Junctions Tectonics stub Category Geology of British Columbia Category Triple junctions Category Plate tectonics ca Triple cru lla de la Reina Charlotte fr Jonction triple de la Reine Charlotte pl W ze potr jny Kr lowej Charlotty ... more details
The Colony of the QueenCharlotte Islands was a British colony constituting the archipelago of the same name currently officially named Haida Gwaii from 1853 to July 1863, when it was amalgamated into the Colony of British Columbia . The QueenCharlotte Colony was created by the Colonial Office in response to the increase in American marine trading activity resulting from the Queen Charlottes Gold Rush gold rush on Moresby Island in 1851. No separate administration or capital for the colony was ever established, as its only officer or appointee was James Douglas governor James Douglas , who was simultaneously List of Governors of Vancouver Island and British Columbia Governor of Vancouver Island . References Lillard, Charles. http books.google.ca books?id SixVAGVv0PcC&pg PA95&dq 22Queen Charlotte Islands 22 colony 22gold rush 22&lr &as brr 3&cd 1 v onepage&q 22Queen 20Charlotte 20Islands 22 20colony 20 22gold 20rush 22&f false Just East of Sundown The QueenCharlotte Islands . See also Haida Gwaii Queen Charlottes Gold Rush Canadian colonies DEFAULTSORT Colony Of The QueenCharlotte Islands Category Former British colonies Category Haida Gwaii Category History of British Columbia Category Haida Category British North America Category 1863 disestablishments Category States and territories established in 1853 BritishColumbia stub ru ... more details
The QueenCharlotte Basin is a structural basin mostly beneath the continental shelf offshore, between the QueenCharlotte Islands , Vancouver Island , and the British Columbia mainland, roughly coincident ..., A Physiographic Outline , S.S. Holland 1964 revised 1976 ref The term QueenCharlotte Basin normally .... The QueenCharlotte Basin was formed by periods of extension, including thinning and volcanism ... part of the QueenCharlotte Basin seem to be related to the Anahim hotspot . Geology ... of the QueenCharlotte Basin, in western QueenCharlotte Sound. With widespread oil seep s from rocks of all ages, two dozen wells were drilled in the QueenCharlotte and Tofino areas before the 1970s many land areas were mapped in the 1980s and 1990s. However, Vancouver and QueenCharlotte islands ... lack significant known source rocks. By contrast, southwestern QueenCharlotte Basin seems to contain ... the QueenCharlotte Basin to have formed largely by strike slip movements in the Tertiary. On the other ... region and beyond. However, the Cretaceous basin was confined to western QueenCharlotte Islands and northwestern Vancouver Island, with uplands to the east shedding detritus. Western QueenCharlotte Sound was probably part of the same Cretaceous basin, while eastern QueenCharlotte Sound and Hecate ... Charlotte Sound. Western QueenCharlotte Sound should thus contain a favourable source reservoir ... is present beneath western QueenCharlotte Sound but not elsewhere in the QueenCharlotte Basin. Caprock breaching faults are sparser in QueenCharlotte Sound than in northern parts of the basin the Queen ... QueenCharlotte Sound. The caveats are several. Cretaceous rocks, deposited near their provenance areas ... rocks and escaped. A major influence on local hydrocarbon maturation levels on QueenCharlotte Islands ... suggest massive igneous bodies may be present beneath eastern QueenCharlotte Sound, and correlations ... related ? magnetic anomalies do not seem to significantly extent into western QueenCharlotte Sound ... more details
the QueenCharlotte Islands after his ship. The QueenCharlotte was a 200 ton Builder s Old Measurement ... An account of the voyage of QueenCharlotte , in cite book title Sea and sail, or, Marvelous adventures ... 22 20 22george 20dixon 22&f false DEFAULTSORT QueenCharlotte Merchant Ship Category History of British ... more details
Infobox film name The Queen of Spades image size image The Queen of Spades FilmPoster.jpeg caption director Thorold Dickinson producer Anatole de Grunwald writer Alexander Pushkin story br Rodney Ackland br Arthur Boys narrator starring Anton Walbrook br Edith Evans br Yvonne Mitchell music cinematography editing distributor Path Associated British Pathe UK br Republic Pictures US released June 30, 1949 USA runtime 95 minutes country Film UK language English budget gross preceded by followed by The Queen of Spades 1949 in film 1949 is a fantasy film fantasy horror film based on a The Queen of Spades story short story of the same name by Alexander Pushkin . It stars Anton Walbrook , Edith Evans and Yvonne Mitchell . A poor Russian officer tries to learn the secret of an aged countess s success at the card table. Despite a limited budget, it was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Film BAFTA Award for Best British Film . It was also entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival . ref name festival cannes.com Cite web url http www.festival cannes.com en archives ficheFilm id 4175 year 1949.html title Festival de Cannes The Queen of Spades accessdate 2009 01 11 work festival cannes.com ref Cast Anton Walbrook as Captain Herman Suvorin Edith Evans as Countess Ranevskaya Yvonne Mitchell as Lizavetta Ivanova Ronald Howard British actor Ronald Howard as Andrei Mary Jerrold as Old Varvarushka Anthony Dawson as Fyodor Miles Malleson as Tchybukin Michael Medwin as Hovaisky Athene Seyler as Princess Ivashin Ivor Barnard as Bookseller Aubrey Mallalieu as Fedya Maroussia Dimitrevitch as Gypsy singer Violette Elvin as Gypsy dancer Pauline Tennant as young Countess Ranevskaya References Reflist External links IMDB title id 0041776 title The Queen of Spades ThoroldDickinson CinemaoftheUK DEFAULTSORT Queen Of Spades, The Category 1949 films Category 1940s horror films Category British films Category British horror films Category British fantasy films Category Black and white films Category ... more details
Infobox settlement Basic info official name big Village of QueenCharlotte big other name QueenCharlotte City native name nickname settlement type Village motto images and maps image skyline imagesize image caption image flag flag size image seal seal size image shield shield size city logo citylogo size image map mapsize map caption image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 image dot map Census divisions BC.png dot mapsize 220px dot map caption Location of QueenCharlotte in British Columbia dot x 36 dot y 115 pushpin map the name of a location map as per http en.wikipedia.org wiki Template Location map ... districts of British Columbia Regional district subdivision name3 Skeena QueenCharlotte Regional District, British Columbia Skeena QueenCharlotte subdivision type4 subdivision name4 Politics government footnotes government type leader title Governing body leader name QueenCharlotte Village ... community Details Page.cfm?Lang E&Geo1 CSD&Code1 5947026&Geo2 PR&Code2 59&Data Count&SearchText Queen 20Charlotte 20City&SearchType Begins&SearchPR 01&B1 All&Custom QueenCharlotte Profile ref population ... Inlet website footnotes Infobox ends The Village of QueenCharlotte , more commonly known as QueenCharlotte City , is a village municipality on Haida Gwaii formerly QueenCharlotte Islands in the province ... Inlet and is a member municipality of the Skeena QueenCharlotte Regional District . It was incorporated ... district, which was coterminous with the QueenCharlotte Islands which now comprises Electoral Areas ... in QueenCharlotte City when the demand for lumber again increased by the second half of the 20th ... village history.html QueenCharlotte City History ref QueenCharlotte City became incorporated in 2005 ... and a hospital. br It is also the location of the QueenCharlotte Visitor center Visitor Centre ... . QueenCharlotte City is just 4km to Skidegate with its BC Ferries landing and connections to Prince ... Category Populated places in Haida Gwaii Category Graham Island gl QueenCharlotte ... more details
otherships HMS QueenCharlotte Infobox ship begin Infobox ship image Ship image Image Nicolaas Baur Krijgsraad aan boord van de QueenCharlotte .jpg 300px Ship caption Council of war on board the QueenCharlotte, 1818 Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland UK Ship flag Image Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 60px Royal Navy Ensign Ship name HMS QueenCharlotte Ship ordered 9 July 1801 Ship builder Deptford Dockyard Ship laid down October 1805 Ship launched 17 July 1810 ref name Times18100718 The Times London , Wednesday, 18 July 1810, p.3 ref Ship acquired Ship commissioned January 1813 Ship decommissioned Ship in service Ship out of service Ship renamed Ship struck Ship reinstated Ship honours Ship captured Ship fate Sold, 12 January 1892 Ship status Ship notes Infobox ship characteristics Hide header Header caption ref name Lavery, SoLv1 p187 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p187. ref Ship class 104 gun first rate ship of the line Ship tons burthen 2289 Builder s Old Measurement bm Ship length convert 190 ft 0 1 2 in m 1 abbr on gundeck Ship beam convert 52 ft 5 3 4 in m 1 abbr on Ship draught Ship hold depth convert 22 ft 4 in m 1 abbr on Ship sail plan Full rigged ship Ship propulsion Sails Ship complement Ship armament 104 guns Gundeck 30 32 pdrs Middle gundeck 30 24 pdrs Upper gundeck 30 12 pdrs Quarterdeck 2 12 pdrs, 12 32 pdr carronade s Forecastle 2 12 pdrs, 2 32 pdr carronades Poop deck 6 18 pdr carronades Ship notes HMS QueenCharlotte was a 104 gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , launched on 17 ... for the first HMS QueenCharlotte which had been lost by accident on 17 March 1800. ref ... s flagship during the Bombardment of Algiers 1816 Bombardment of Algiers in 1816. The QueenCharlotte .... ISBN 978 1 84415 717 4. div DEFAULTSORT QueenCharlotte 1810 Category Ships of the line of the Royal Navy Category 1810 ships UK line ship stub ru HMS QueenCharlotte 1810 ... more details
Image Falkland Islands topographic map en.svg thumb 250px Map of the Falkland Islands showing QueenCharlotte Bay QueenCharlotte Bay Spanish language Spanish Bahia San Julian http www.pcgn.org.uk Falkland 20Islands July2006.pdf is a bay fjord on the west coast of West Falkland . It is one of the two main bays on that coast, the other being King George Bay . Islands in the bay include Weddell Island , and Fox Island, Falkland Islands Fox Island . It has an extremely intricate shoreline, and is regularly battered by westerly winds. References references coord 51.8277 60.7104 dim 30000 region FK display title Category Bays of West Falkland Falklands geo stub ... more details
Taxobox name Dawson s Caribou image status EX extinct 1930s 1984 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Even toed ungulate Artiodactyla familia Deer Cervidae genus Reindeer Rangifer species Reindeer R. tarandus subspecies R. t. dawsoni trinomial Rangifer tarandus dawsoni trinomial authority Ernest Thompson Seton Seton , 1900 The Queen Charlotte Islands Caribou or Dawson s Caribou Rangifer tarandus dawsoni is an extinct subspecies of the caribou that once lived on Graham Island , the largest of the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia , Canada . Possible causes of extinction include habitat destruction , introduced disease and hunting overhunting . It was gray in appearance. Recent analysis of mtDNA suggests that the Queen Charlotte Islands Caribou was not genetically distinct from the subspecies from the Canadian mainland. ref S. A. Byun, B. F. Koop, and T. E. Reimchen Evolution of the Dawson caribou Rangifer tarandus dawsoni . Can. J. Zool. 80 5 956 960 2002 . doi 10.1139 z02 062. 2002 NRC Canada. http rparticle.web p.cisti.nrc.ca rparticle AbstractTemplateServlet?journal cjz&volume 80&year &issue &msno z02 062&calyLang eng online ref References reflist External links http www.hww.ca hww2.asp?id 85 Mammal Fact Sheets Caribou Category Extinct mammals Category Mammals of Canada Category Reindeer Category Mammal extinctions since 1500 Category Extinct animals of North America fr Rangifer tarandus dawsoni pt Caribu an o ... more details
otherships HMS QueenCharlotte Infobox ship begin Infobox ship image Ship image Image Loutherbourg, The Glorious First of June.jpg 300px Ship caption Lord Howe s action, or the Glorious First of June by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg , painted 1795 , shows the two flagships engaged on 1 June 1794. QueenCharlotte is to the left and French ship Oc an 1790 Montagne to the right. Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship country Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain Ship flag Image British White Ensign 1707.svg 60px Royal Navy Ensign Ship name HMS QueenCharlotte Ship ordered 12 December 1782 Ship builder Chatham Dockyard Ship laid down 1 September 1785 Ship launched 15 April 1790 Ship acquired Ship completed 7 July 1790 Ship decommissioned Ship in service Ship out of service Ship renamed Ship struck Ship reinstated Ship honours Participated in Battle of the Glorious First of June Battle of Groix Ship captured Ship fate Blown up by accident, 17 March 1800 Ship status Ship notes Infobox ship characteristics Hide header Header caption ref name Lavery, SoLv1 p183 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p183. ref Ship class 100 gun first rate ship of the line Ship tons burthen 2286 Long ton tons 2322.7 tonne s Ship length convert 190 ft m abbr on gundeck Ship beam convert 52 ft 5.5 in m abbr on Ship draught Ship hold depth convert 22 ft 4 in m abbr on Ship sail plan Full rigged ship Ship complement ... br Ship notes HMS QueenCharlotte was a 100 gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , launched ... In 1794 the QueenCharlotte was the flagship of Admiral Lord Howe at the Battle of the Glorious First ... , QueenCharlotte was reconnoitring the island of Cabrera, Balearic Islands Cabrera when she caught ... QueenCharlotte 1790 Category Ships of the line of the Royal Navy Category 1790s ships UK line ship stub fr HMS QueenCharlotte 1790 hu HMS QueenCharlotte 1790 ja pl HMS QueenCharlotte 1789 ru HMS QueenCharlotte 1790 ... more details
Infobox Hospital Name QueenCharlotte s and Chelsea Hospital Org Group Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Image optional Caption optional Logo optional Location Hammersmith Region London State England Country UK HealthCare NHS Type Specialist Speciality Maternity, women s and children s services Standards optional if no national standards Emergency No Affiliation Imperial College London Beds optional Founded 1739 Closed optional Website http www.imperial.nhs.uk qcch index.htm Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, QueenCharlotte s Wiki Links optional Image Queen Charlottes Hospital 1931 appeal.jpg thumb 250px left An appeal for funding made in 1931 QueenCharlotte s and Chelsea Hospital is one of the oldest maternity hospitals in Europe, and until recently occupied a site on Goldhawk Road , Hammersmith , West London. Originally called QueenCharlotte s Hospital, it merged with the Chelsea Hospital for Women and is now based at the Hammersmith Hospital site in West London http www.imperial.nhs.uk . The hospital was named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg Strelitz . The hospital is part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust . It has a particular reputation for its foetal medicine services, based at the Centre for Foetal Care. The CFC has expertise in the management of complicated and monochorionic twin pregnancies. It also has a strong reputation for its reproductive medicine and gynaecological oncology services. The hospital is the base for the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the former Royal Postgraduate Medical School , which became part of Imperial College London . It is a postgraduate teaching hospital, as well as being a major provider of maternity services to the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham , with around 5000 births year. Actors Daniel Radcliffe ,Emily Franke, Mischa Barton , and Helen Mirren Dame Helen Mirren who in 1994 portrayed the hospital ... are among the many prominent people born at QueenCharlotte s and Chelsea Hospital. Funded research ... more details
otherships HMS QueenCharlotte Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image Ship caption Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship country Ship flag USN flag 1813 Ship name USS QueenCharlotte Ship namesake Charlotte of Mecklenburg Strelitz Ship ordered Ship builder Ship laid down Ship launched 1807 Ship sponsor Ship christened Ship completed Ship acquired by capture, 10 September 1813 Ship commissioned Ship decommissioned Ship in service Ship out of service Ship renamed Ship reclassified Ship refit Ship struck Ship reinstated Ship homeport Ship motto Ship nickname Ship honors Ship fate Sold, 1825 Ship status Ship notes Infobox Ship Characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship type Sloop of war Ship tonnage convert 400 LT t 0 lk in abbr on Ship length convert 116 ft m abbr on Ship beam convert 26 ft m abbr on Ship draft Ship depth Ship hold depth convert 11 ft m abbr on Ship propulsion Ship speed Ship boats Ship capacity Ship troops Ship complement 126 Ship armament 14 24 pounder carronade s br 2 long 9 pounder guns Ship armor Ship notes USS QueenCharlotte , a Full rigged ship ship rigged sloop built at Malden now Amherstburg, Ontario Amherstberg , Canada in 1807, for the Canadian Provincial Marine , was captured by Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry in the Battle of Lake Erie on 10 September 1813 and purchased by the United States Navy . Badly cut up during the engagement, QueenCharlotte was taken to Put in Bay, Ohio and laid up until sold in 1825 to George Brown of Erie, Pennsylvania , who raised her and fitted her out as a merchant ship. References DANFS http www.history.navy.mil danfs q1 queen charlotte.htm DEFAULTSORT QueenCharlotte Category Sloops of the United States Navy Category 1807 ships Canada mil ship stub US mil ship stub pa ... more details
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