size 235 map caption Location of the islands of the Desertas in the archipelago of the Madeira map background map location map locator Website commons Desertas website Footnotes footnotes Statistics ... 2010 The DesertasIslands lang pt Ilhas Desertas , IPA pt i z t IPA , Desert Islands are a small ..., where the islands can often be seen on the horizon, the geology of the Ilhas Desertas is starkly different. The high, long, and rocky islands of the group are barren of soil , and the only wildlife ... research stations on the islands. The islands of the Desertas are, listed from north to south, with approximate ... Islands of Macaronesia an Islas Desertas ca Illes Desertes cs Ilhas Desertas de Ilhas Desertas es ...Location map Atlantic Ocean label Desertas lon dir W lat dir N lat deg 32 lat min 29 lon deg 16 lon min 29 position left width 300 float right mark Cercle rouge 100 .svg marksize 20 caption Location of the DesertasIslands in the Atlantic Ocean Image Ilhas Desertas, el aero.JPG thumb left 200px Ilhas Desertas , an aerial view of the small group of islands Image Deserta Grande Wardens HouseDSC07384.jpg left thumb 200px The warden s house on the island of Deserta Grande Geobox Island Heading name Desertas native name other name category Island native category Ilha Names etymology desertas , Portuguese language Portuguese plural of deserted official name Ilhas Desertas nickname Image image DesertaGrandeDSC07376.jpg image caption Visiting sailboats at the bay of the Nature Reserve the islands are uninhabited, except for rangers that monitor activity on the islands image size 235 Country country ... type Location parent2 Atlantic Ocean range Madeira range type Archipelago border part type Islands ... Islands . Geography It is a chain of three long and narrow islands that stretch over a distance of 23 km north south. Administratively, the islands are part of the municipality of Santa Cruz, Madeira , and therein of the freguesia civil parish of the same name. The islands are a designated ... more details
Taxobox name Deserta s Petrel image image width image caption status regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Procellariiformes familia Procellariidae genus Pterodroma species P. desertae binomial Pterodroma deserta binomial authority Mathews, 1934 synonyms Pterodroma mollis deserta Pterodroma feae deserta The Desertas Petrel Pterodroma deserta is a small seabird in the gadfly petrel genus which breeds on Bugio Island in the Desertas Islands Desertas off Madeira . The gadfly petrels in the genus Pterodroma are seabirds of temperate and tropical oceans. Many are little known, and their often similar appearance have caused the taxonomy of the group to be rather fluid. ref name Onley Cite book last Onley first Derek coauthors Scofield, Paul title Albatrosses, Petrels and Shearwaters of the World Helm Field Guides year 2007 publisher London Christopher Helm isbn 0713643323 page 17 ref Although the systematics on this species has not yet been definitively established, provisionally some authorities have split the Desertas Petrel, separating the Desertas breeding birds from those in the Cape Verde archipelago., ref name shirihai Cite journal last Shirihai, first Hadoram coauthors Bretagnolle, Vincent Zino, Francis month year title Identification of Fea s, Desertas and Zino s Petrels at sea journal Birding World volume 23 issue 6 pages 239&ndash 275 url format doi ref while others consider it a subspecies of the Fea s Petrel . Description As all three of the species in the Pterodroma feae Pterodroma madeira madeira desertae complex were once believed to be subspecies of a single species Pterodroma mollis . Well understood is the extreme difficulty in telling them apart. A summary of data from a morphological study sheds light on the issue ref http dx.doi.org 10.1111 j.1474 919X.1995.tb03241.x ref In overall size feae is closer to deserta and both are bigger than madeira wing length f 262, d 264, m 248 tarsus f 34.7, d 35.2, m 32.7 . Bill length once ... more details
Infobox book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name To the Islands title orig translator image prefer 1st edition image caption author Randolph Stow illustrator cover artist country Australia language English language English series genre Novel publisher Penguin Books , Australia release date 1958 english release date media type Print Hardcover Hardback & Paperback pages isbn preceded by followed by To the Islands is a Miles Franklin Award winning novel by Australia n author Randolph Stow . References http www.middlemiss.org lit authors stowr.html islands Middlemiss.org http dspace.flinders.edu.au 8080 dspace bitstream 2328 1327 1 64.pdf Tom Shapcott review from Australian Book Review http www.api network.com main index.php?apply reviews&webpage api reviews&flexedit &flex password &menu label &menuID homely&menubox &Review 4741 Australian Public Intellectual Network review S start S ach Succession box title Miles Franklin Award Miles Franklin Award recipient before Voss novel Voss after The Big Fellow novel The Big Fellow years 1958 in literature 1958 S end DEFAULTSORT To The Islands Category Australian novels Category 1958 novels Category Miles Franklin Award winning works Category Novels set in Western Australia 1950s novel stub de To the Islands ... more details
The Islands was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia . It first appeared on the hustings in the British Columbia general election, 1890 1890 provincial election and lasted until it was integrated into the new riding Nanaimo and The Islands as of the British Columbia general election, 1941 1941 election . Demographics class wikitable Population Population Change, Area km Population density people per km Geography Empty section date July 2010 History Empty section date July 2010 Notable MLAs This Nanaimo, British Columbia Nanaimo Gulf Islands area Riding division riding s first appearance was in 1903. It was originally created for the 1890 election, but was redistributed and done away with for the 1894 election, but it was brought back again in the large redistribution that set the stage for the watershed 1903 election, which ended the no party era in the BC House. The Islands then lasted until the 1937 election, and subsequently parts of it became Nanaimo and the Islands , which was a riding in elections from British Columbia general election, 1941 1941 to British Columbia general election, 1963 1963 , or in other Nanaimo electoral districts Nanaimo area electoral districts . Parts of the area covered by The Islands are currently represented by various newer ridings Nanaimo provincial electoral district Nanaimo 1996 present Saanich North and the Islands current Saanich and the Islands past Electoral history Note Winners of each election are in bold . Election FPTP begin title British Columbia general election, 1903 10th British Columbia election, 1890 Canadian politics party colours Gov row b Government b John Paton Booth align right b 57 align right b 49.57 align right align right unknown Canadian politics party colours Gov row Government ... For the 1890 election The Islands was redistributed between North Nanaimo , South Nanaimo and Cowichan ... and the Islands riding. Parts of it are now in Saanich North and the Islands . Category Defunct British ... more details
The Turtle Islands can refer to Turtle Islands, Sierra Leone Turtle Islands, Tawi Tawi , in the Philippines Turtle Islands National Park , in Malaysia disambig de Turtle Islands it Turtle Islands ... more details
Five Islands may refer to Five Islands Nature Reserve , Australia Five Islands, Nova Scotia , Canada Five Islands in Trinidad and Tobago . See Islands of Trinidad and Tobago Five IslandsIslands of Trinidad and Tobago See also One Island disambiguation Two Islands Three Islands Seven Islands disambiguation Forty Islands Hundred Islands Thousand Islands disambiguation Ten Thousand Islands geodis Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages de Five Islands ... more details
Sandy Islands may refer to the following geographical locations Sandy Islands Manitoba Sandy Islands , a group of islands in the northern basin of Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada Sandy Islands Newfoundland and Labrador Sandy Islands , a group of islands in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Sandy Islands New Brunswick Sandy Islands , a group of islands in New Brunswick, Canada Sandy Islands Saskatchewan Sandy Islands , a group of islands in Saskatchewan, Canada geodis ... more details
Arctic Islands may refer to Canadian Arctic islandsIslands in the Arctic, see Category Islands of the Arctic Ocean Russian Arctic islands geodis Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
Arnarvon Islands are a group of islands in the Solomon Islands they are located in Isabel Province and nearby to Wagina Island in Choiseul Province . The Arnavon Islands consist of Major islands Sikopo Kerehikapa Maleivona Minor islands Tuma Arnarvon Islands Tuma Leko Arnarvon Islands Leko coord 7 27 S 158 00 E display title region SB type isle source GNS enwiki Category Islands of the Solomon Islands SolomonIslands geo stub Islands of the Solomon Islands ... more details
Bay Islands may refer to Bay Islands Department , Honduras Southern Moreton Bay Islands , Queensland, Australia See also Bay of Islands Bay of Isles Island Bay, Wellington Little Bay Islands disambig geo ... more details
Verdant Islands coor dm 54 0 S 38 9 W are two small tussuck covered islands between Trinity Island, Willis Islands Trinity Island and Hall Island, Willis Islands Hall Island in the Willis Islands at South Georgia . The descriptive name Verdant Island was given following the DI survey in 1930. The name was amended in 1985 to include the two islands described. See also List of antarctic and sub antarctic islands usgs gazetteer Category Islands of South Georgia SouthGeorgia geo stub ... more details
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Karakaralong Islands is a group of seismically active islands in Indonesia closest to Mindanao , Philippines . To the immediate south are the Sangihe Islands . Indonesia geo stub coord missing Indonesia Category Archipelagoes of Indonesia Category Islands of Indonesia ... more details
The Karls Islands are two small Sweden Swedish islands close to Gotland , see Stora Karls and Lilla Karls . Category Swedish islands in the Baltic Category Gotland disambig nn Karls yane ... more details
Outlying Islands may refer to In geography Hong Kong Outlying Islands, Hong Kong , islands outside mainland New Territories, Kowloon and Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong Islands District , a Hong Kong district Other List of islands of the Republic of China Islands of the Republic of China in Taiwan Area other than Taiwan Island New Zealand Outlying Islands List of outlying islands of Scotland United States Minor Outlying Islands In theatre Outlying Islands play Outlying Islands play 2002 , a play by David Greig disambig de Outlying Islands zh ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2006 Infobox Falkland island Image Map Falkland Islands Tyssen Islands.PNG MapCaption Location of the Tyssen Islands within the Falkland Islands latitude longitude coordinates Coord 51.888 59.643 dim 10000 region FK display inline,title island group Falkland Sound english name Tyssen Islands spanish name meaning of name area area rank highest elevation Population population rank main settlement references The Tyssen Islands lie in Falkland Sound , between West Falkland and East Falkland . They lie off Lafonia in East Falkland, and between the Swan Islands, Falkland Islands Swan Islands and Great Island, Falkland Islands . References references Falkland Islands topics Category Islands of the Falkland Islands Falklands geo stub sh Tyssen, Falklandi ... more details
Spice Islands may refer to Maluku Islands , also known as the Spice Islands Zanzibar Archipelago , formerly called the Spice Islands Grenada , also known as the Island of Spice or the Spice Isle Portsmouth Point , also known as Spice Island Spice Islands brand , a American brand of spices and herbs disambig de Gew rzinseln no Krydder yene sv Krydd arna ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The Sentinel Islands are part of the Andaman Islands chain. There are two of them North Sentinel and South Sentinel . The Sentinelese people live on the North island. coord missing Andaman and Nicobar Islands Category Atolls of the Indian Ocean Category Islands of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands AndamanNicobar geo stub ... more details
ABC islands is a colloquial name for two archipelagos ABC islands Lesser Antilles the islands of Aruba, Bonaire, and Cura ao ABC Islands Alaska Admiralty Island, Baranof Island, and Chichagof Island geodis DEFAULTSORT Abc Islands fr les ABC it Isole ABC nl ABC eilanden no ABC yene fi ABC saaret ... more details
coord 5.4021 S 127.7909 E display title region ID MA type isle Penyu Islands is part of Molucca Islands , located at the south of Strait of Manipa near Seram Island Ceram . To the west is Lucipara Islands , to the east is Banda Islands and the south Barat Daya Islands . Category Archipelagoes of Indonesia Indonesia geo stub ... more details
Seven Islands may refer to Seven islands of Bombay , the seven islands which united to form the city of Mumbai Seven Islands West Virginia , a group of seven bar islands in West Virginia Seven Islands Land Company , a land and timber management holding company based in Bangor, Maine Seven Islands Republic , a former republic in the Ionian Islands Sept les, Quebec , a city in the C te Nord region of eastern Quebec, Canada Sept les Seven Islands , which are 16 miles west of Behat , in the Eastern Yamuna Canal. Sju yane Seven Islands , part of Svalbard Archipelago , Arctic Norway . disambig de Seven Islands ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Seealso Robertson Island Infobox islands name Robertson Islands image name image caption locator map map caption nickname location Antarctica coordinates Coord 60 46 S 45 09 W archipelago South Orkney Islands total islands major islands area km2 length km width km highest mount elevation m population 0 population as of density km2 ethnic groups country Antarctica additional info Administered under the Antarctic Treaty System The Robertson Islands or Robertsons Islands are a group of island s extending 4 miles southward of the southeastern extremity of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands . The Robertson Islands are located at Coord 60 46 S 45 09 W . The Robertson Islands were discovered and roughly charted by Captain George Powell mariner George Powell and Captain Nathaniel Palmer in December 1821. The Robertson Islands were named by James Weddell in 1823. See also Composite Antarctic Gazetteer South Orkney Islands List of Antarctic and sub Antarctic islands List of Antarctic and sub Antarctic islands List of Antarctic islands south of 60 S List of Antarctic islands south of 60 S Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research SCAR Territorial claims in Antarctica References references External links Category Islands of the South Orkney Islands SouthOrkneys geo stub es Islas Robertson ... more details
distinguish2 the Swan Islands, Honduras Swan Islands off Honduras dablink Weddell Island also in the Falkland Islands was previously known as Swan Island . Infobox Falkland island Image Map Falkland Islands Swan Islands.PNG MapCaption Location of the Swan Islands within the Falkland Islands latitude longitude coordinates island group Falkland Sound english name Swan Islands spanish name Islas de Cisne meaning of name area area rank highest elevation Population population rank main settlement references The Swan Islands lang es Islas del Cisne are a small group of islands in the middle of Falkland Sound in the Falkland Islands . Geography and wildlife The islands are low lying, and mainly covered in tussac grass , with the birdlife common to most of the Falkland Islands. The islands lie between West Falkland and Lafonia on East Falkland , the two largest islands of the archipelago, and which shelter them from rougher weather from the east and west. History Admiral George Grey, surveying the Falkland Islands in 1836, says in his journal entry of 21 December The Swan Islands are low and covered in tussock excepting the centre of the largest one where there is some clear ground with a sort of clear water lake in it where one of the Midshipmen killed a wild swan we had been told that there were a number of wild pigs on this island, but I did not succeed in killing any, although I landed 50 men to beat the island. It is perhaps from this swan that the islands derive their name. References Southby Tailyour, Ewen Falkland Island Shores references Falkland Islands topics coord 51 47 33 S 59 35 03 W type isle region FK display title Category Islands of the Falkland Islands Falklands geo stub es Isla Cisne sh Swan, Falklandi uk ... more details
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