Infobox Islands name LisianskiIsland native name Papa poho native name link sobriquet image name Lisianski1.jpg ... demonym population population as of density km2 ethnic groups website additional info LisianskiIsland ... to this, there had been concern about the poaching of birds on the island. ref name noaa http coris.noaa.gov about eco essays nwhi lisianski.html LisianskiIsland and Neva Shoals National Oceanic ... about lisianski.php NWHI About LisianskiIsland Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Multi Agency Education ...& format & lang en& show geoid Y LisianskiIsland Block 1014, Census Tract 114.98, Honolulu County, Hawaii ... LisianskiIsland http www.hawaiianatolls.org about lisianski.php Northwestern Hawaiian Islands ... Quick Facts on LisianskiIsland from the PBS Ocean Adventures site http hawaiireef.noaa.gov about lisianski.html ..., flat sand and coral island about 905 nautical mile s 1,676 km northwest of Honolulu . ref name noaa Linked to Lisianski are the extensive Neva Shoals . Access to the island is limited by helicopter or by boat to a narrow sandy inlet on the southeastern side of the island. The volcanic island ... neighbor. For this reason, the island s selected Hawaiian name, Papa poho , means island with a depression ... of subfossils on the island indicate that Laysan Duck populations occurred on the island, possibly ... left 180px Yury Lisyansky , the namesake The Island is named after Yuri Feodorovich Lisyansky , an officer in the Imperial Russian Navy . Lisianski was the commanding officer of the sloop of war Neva Russian warship Neva , an exploratory ship which ran aground on the island in 1805. Lisianski reported the Island to be of little interest, except insofar as its surrounding reef s and shoal s posed a threat to passing vessels. King Kamehameha IV claimed the island for the Hawaiian Kingdom on May 10, 1857. In 1890, the North Pacific Phosphate and Fertilizer Company acquired a twenty year lease on the Island from the Kingdom of Hawaii . In 1909, Lisianski became part of the new Hawaiian Islands Bird ... more details
Lisianski Lisiansky , Lisyansky may refer to one of the following. Yuri Feodorovich Lisyansky , an officer in the Imperial Russian Navy and explorer Things named after Lisyansky LisianskiIsland , Hawaii Lisianski Peninsula , located on the west coast of Baranof Island in the Alaska Panhandle . Lisianski Mountain , Sakhalin Lisianski Strait , at the northern end of Chichagof Island , Alaska Lisianski Bay Cape Lisianski disambig ... more details
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Croatia n island in the Adriatic Sea Image Small Island in Lower Saranac Lake.jpg thumb 230px A small island in Lower Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks in the U.S. Image Hawai i.jpg right thumb The islands of Hawaii island Hawai i are volcanic islands Image Fernando noronha.jpg thumb Fernando de Noronha are submerged mountains islands Image Wake Island.png right thumb Wake Island is a volcanic island that has become an atoll An island IPAc en icon a l n d or isle IPAc en a l is any piece ... land features on atoll s can be called islet s, cay s or keys. An river islandisland in a river or an lake islandisland in a lake may be called an ait eyot IPAc en a . t also ait IPAc en e t , or holm island holm . A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago . An island may still be described as such despite the presence of an artificial land bridge ... Dutch delta islands, such as IJsselmonde island IJsselmonde . Some places may even retain island in their names ..., such as Coney Island . Conversely, when a piece of land is separated from the mainland by a man made canal, for example the Peloponnese by the Corinth Canal , it is generally not considered an island ... island s. Etymology The word island comes from Middle English iland , from Old English igland from ig , similarly meaning island when used independently, and land carrying its contemporary meaning cf. Dutch language Dutch eiland island , German language German Eiland small island . However, the spelling ... . ref cite web url http dictionary.reference.com browse Island title Island accessdate 2007 03 ... is the world s largest island ref name jc cite web url http www.worldislandinfo.com SUPERLATIVESV2.html title Joshua Calder s World Island Info publisher Worldislandinfo.com date accessdate 2011 07 29 ... web url http www.worldislandinfo.com CONTISLAND.html title Australia Island or Continent? publisher ... books?id uHq 8awQIbgC&pg PT179&dq island continent pluto&hl en&ei BpAyTo6zI4PKgQfnhZH4DA&sa X&oi ... more details
refimprove date July 2011 Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name On an Island Type Album Artist David Gilmour Cover David Gilmour On An Island.jpg Released 6 March 2006 UK br March 7, 2006 ... Thomas Last album About Face album About Face br 1984 This album On an Island br 2006 Next album Live ... album 9449331 review 9777389 on an island Dead link date August 2011 ref noprose yes On an Island ... title On an Island ref Background Notable appearances include Robert Wyatt , Jools Holland , Georgie ... track Island Jam which was subsequently released on the CD single for Smile in Europe. On an Island ... also produced two minorly successful singles the title track On an Island and Smile , both peaking at 72 on the UK Singles Chart . On an Island also peaked at 27 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks Billboard ... by Zbigniew Preisner . Based on a night he spent on Kastell rizo . On an Island song On an Island Gilmour Polly Samson Samson 6 47 Featuring David Gilmour on guitars, vocals, electric piano ... 2006. On an Island Gilmour Samson This Heaven Gilmour Samson Smile Gilmour Samson Take a Breath Gilmour ... and Graham Nash also appeared on select dates, reprising their studio performance of On An Island ... br At the beginning of the tour the above tracks were played during Set 2 On an Island entire album br At the beginning of the tour the On an Island album made up the entire first set. The album was originall ... comfortablynumb2.jpg thumb right 150px David Gilmour at Radio City Music Hall during his On an Island ... DEFAULTSORT On An Island Category David Gilmour albums Category 2006 albums Category EMI Records albums ... by David Gilmour Category Albums recorded at Abbey Road Studios ca On an Island cs On an Island de On an Island es On an Island fa fr On an Island it On an Island ka On An Island hu On an Island nl On an Island ja no On an Island nn On an Island pl On an Island pt On an Island ro On an Island ru On an Island sk On An Island fi On An Island sv On an Island ... more details
File LookStranger.jpg thumb right 1st edition UK On This Island is a book of poems by W. H. Auden , first published under the title Look, Stranger in the UK in 1936, then published under Auden s preferred title, On this Island , in the US in 1937. The book contains thirty one poems. The opening Prologue O Love the interest itself in thoughtless heaven is followed by short and long poems including Hearing of harvests , O what is that sound , Out on the lawn , Brothers who when the sirens roar , Love had him fast , A shilling life , Our hunting fathers , and others, ending with an Epilogue Certainly our city . The title of Auden s typescript was Thirty One Poems . Auden s UK publisher Faber & Faber asked him to supply a better title, but he was traveling in Iceland and inaccessible, so the publisher titled the book Look, Stranger Auden disliked the title and asked his American publisher Random House to title the book On This Island . The book is dedicated to Erika Mann . A song cycle of the same name by Benjamin Britten sets five of Auden s poems. References John Fuller poet John Fuller , W. H. Auden A Commentary 1999 . Edward Mendelson , Early Auden 1981 . External links http audensociety.org The W. H. Auden Society Category 1936 books Category Books by W. H. Auden Category Poetry by W. H. Auden ... more details
Yakobi Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska , United States . It lies just off the western edge of Chichagof Island , separated from it by Lisianski Inlet and Lisianski Strait. The island has a land area of 82.37 sq mi 213.3 km and no permanent resident population. Yakobi Island was named by Alexander Andreyevich Baranov Baranov after Ivan Iakobi, the governor general of Irkutsk and Kolyvan. The Tlingit language Tlingit name for the island is Takhanes . ref name Dauenhauer Cite book last Dauenhauer first Nora Marks authorlink coauthors Richard Dauenhauer, Lydia T. Black title An oshi Ling t Aan K , Russians in Tlingit America The Battles of Sitka, 1802 and 1804. publisher University of Washington Press year 2008 location Seattle pages XXVI url doi id isbn 978 0 295 98601 2 ref References reflist http factfinder.census.gov servlet DTTable? bm y& context dt& ds name DEC 2000 SF1 U& CHECK SEARCH RESULTS N& CONTEXT dt& mt name DEC 2000 SF1 U P001& tree id 4001& transpose N& all geo types N& redoLog true& caller geoselect& geo id 100 10000US022320003001018& search results 100 10000US022800001001018& format & lang en& show geoid Y Yakobi Island Block 1018, Census Tract 3, Skagway Hoonah Angoon Census Area, Alaska United States Census Bureau coord 57 59 16 N 136 28 30 W scale 500000 display title Category Islands of the Alexander Archipelago Category Landforms of Hoonah Angoon Census Area, Alaska Category Tongass National Forest HoonahAngoonAK geo stub sv Yakobi Island ... more details
Infobox islands name Kruzof Island image name image caption image size locator map native name Tlikh native name link nickname location coordinates archipelago Alexander Archipelago total islands major islands area sqmi 167.47 length mi 24 width mi 9 highest mount Mt. Edgecumbe elevation ft 3201 country United States country admin divisions title State country admin divisions flag Alaska country admin divisions title 1 country admin divisions 1 country admin divisions title 2 country admin divisions 2 country largest city country largest city population population population as of density km2 ethnic groups additional info Kruzof Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska at coord 57 10 14 N 135 40 29 W scale 500000 . It is about convert 16 km mi abbr on west of Sitka, Alaska Sitka , and is part of the City and Borough of Sitka. It was named in 1805 by Captain Yuri Lisyansky U.T. Lisianski as Crooze Island, ref cite book last Whymper first Frederick authorlink ... the Tlingit people Tlingit name for the island as being Tlikh . ref name Orth Naming history Before being named by Lisianski, it was called San Jacinto after Mt Edgecumbe was named Monta a de San ... de Galaup, comte de La P rouse La Perous referred to that name by calling the island St. Hyacinthe. ref name Orth Captain Nathaniel Portlock named the island Pitt Island in 1787. ref name Orth ref ... 2Faj&CISOPTR 11778&REC 0&CISOBOX pitt doi isbn ref Early Russian traders called it Sitka Island. In 1849, Constantin Grewingk called the island Edgecumbe. ref name Orth Geography The island is convert ... abbr on , making it the List of islands of the United States by area 41st largest island in the United States . The island is formed in part by Mount Edgecumbe Alaska Mount Edgecumbe , a small dormant ... results 100 10000US022320003003047& format & lang en& show geoid Y Kruzof Island Blocks 1014 and 1015 ..., as well as several trails across the island. Kalinin Bay, on the northern shore of the island ... more details
Infobox islands name Baranof Island image name NWCoast1a.png image caption Islands of the Pacific Northwest ... population 8532 population as of 2000 density km2 2.05 ethnic groups additional info Baranof Island , also sometimes called Baranov Island , Shee or Sitka Island , is an island in the northern Alexander ... Russian Navy captain Yuri Lisyansky U. F. Lisianski to honor Alexander Andreyevich Baranov . ref name ... islands of Alaska . Geography The island has a land area of 1,607 square miles 4,162 square kilometers ... Roppel title Baranof Island s Eastern Shore The Waterfall Coast publisher Arrowhead Press series ... ref Baranof Island hosts the highest mountain in the Alexander Archipelago, and is the eighth largest island in Alaska, the List of islands of the United States by area tenth largest island in the United States , and the List of islands by area 137th largest island in the world . Its center is near coord 57 0 N 135 0 W . Most of the island lies within the limits of Tongass National Forest . A large ... . Communities The population of the island was 8,532 at the United States Census, 2000 2000 census . Almost the entire area of the island is part of the City and Borough of Sitka City and Borough, Alaska Sitka Sitka also extends northward onto Chichagof Island the only part of Baranof that is not in Sitka ... Warm Springs , Port Armstrong , and Port Walter are also located on the eastern side of the island ... serves as the borough seat. Fishing, seafood processing, and tourism are important industries on the island ... European settlement on island was established in 1799 by Alexandr Baranov , Chief Manager and first Governor of the Russian American Company , for whom the island and Archipelago are named. Baranov Island was the center of Russian activity in North America during the period from 1804&ndash 1867 and was the headquarters of the Russian fur trading interest. Around 1900, Baranof Island was subject to many small scale mining ventures, especially centered around Sitka and on the north side of the island ... more details
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