Search results for "Hawaii (island)" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Mixed Media on display at ICC Jeju, Jeju Island, Korea.]] ... Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, on permanent display at ...12 KB (1,818 words) - 01:11, 11 November 2022
- Sakhalin Oblast region, are a volcanic island archipelago that stretches ... waves even reached almost 5 ft at Kahului, Hawaii, which shows the severity ...30 KB (4,467 words) - 04:39, 4 March 2023
- 200px|left|Rock carving on Cheung Chau Island, Hong Kong. This 3000-year ... has eight significant sites: Tung Lung Island, Kau Sai Chau, Po Toi Island ...25 KB (3,776 words) - 14:47, 28 March 2023
- Tuvalu (pronounced too-VAH-loo) is an island nation located in the Pacific Ocean midway between Hawaii and Australia. With the exception of tiny ...20 KB (3,026 words) - 21:13, 7 March 2024
- The largest island of Korea, Jeju, is part of South Korea. It lies ... constituting South Korea's Jeju Island. The Taebaek Mountains, Sobaek ...14 KB (2,131 words) - 06:52, 18 April 2024
- one-and-a-half-year stay on the Marquesan island of Fatu Hiva in 1937-1938. ... there, they decided to cross over the island's mountainous interior ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 23:00, 30 April 2023
- Also, one tsunami in the 1940s in Hilo, Hawaii, was actually caused by an ... For instance, the tsunami which struck the island of Hokkaidō on July 12, ...44 KB (6,684 words) - 18:38, 2 May 2023
- both separated by Canada), while excluding Hawaii in the middle of the Pacific ... part of Europe, and both Australia and the island of New Guinea together form ...22 KB (3,308 words) - 19:07, 19 May 2020
- months after the Japanese capture of Wake Island, and six months after the ... against Fiji and Samoa, as well as the invasion of Hawaii. ...42 KB (6,566 words) - 10:16, 22 September 2023
- The Seychelles is a small island nation located in the Indian Ocean ... city, Victoria, is located on the largest island (55 sq. mi; 9,142 sq. km), Mahe. ...23 KB (3,343 words) - 19:52, 21 April 2023
- Fiji, officially the Republic of the Fiji Islands, is an island nation ... about 2,765 miles (4,450 km) southwest of Hawaii. Viti Levu, the largest island ...27 KB (3,980 words) - 19:46, 26 March 2024
- file roads or paths that crisscrossed the island; many of these ancient cairns ... on islands and islets, especially in the island-strewn waters of Scandinavia ...25 KB (3,874 words) - 18:18, 25 November 2023
- *Great Kantō earthquake (1923). On the Japanese island of Honshū ... 7.7 on the Richter Scale struck the island of Luzon, Philippines. ...23 KB (2,982 words) - 17:36, 12 February 2024
- in Bermuda remain year round due to the island's mild climate. are absent the rest of the year. On the island of Hawaii no migrations have ...17 KB (2,556 words) - 19:53, 9 November 2022
- Traditionally, it is believed that ghosts haunt the island of Taiwan ... in Japanese Buddhism. University of Hawaii Press, 2008. ISBN 0824832043 ...19 KB (2,824 words) - 07:41, 24 January 2023
- decided to banish him to Sado, an island in the Japan Sea known for ... During his exile at Sado Island, Nichiren wrote two books: the Kaimoku ...27 KB (4,005 words) - 23:30, 14 November 2022
- the races were sailed off Newport, Rhode Island for the rest of the NY Yacht ... Tompkinsville and by the shores of Staten Island. As with the Isle of Wight ...31 KB (4,811 words) - 02:52, 24 July 2023
- the Mahabharata or the Serat Menak. The island of Lombok has developed its ... Shadow Plays. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0585301441. ...19 KB (2,886 words) - 23:20, 3 May 2023
- eruption that occurred on the Greek island of Thera (known today as ... entrance lying between Thera and the tiny island of Aspronisi. This cataclysmic ...26 KB (3,980 words) - 18:52, 9 November 2022
- been obtained from mantle rocks on Zagbargad island in the Red Sea. Olivines have also been found in Mogok, Myanmar; Kohistan, Pakistan; Ural Mountains ...10 KB (1,460 words) - 10:32, 11 March 2023
- Its capital is Honiara, located on the island of Guadalcanal. ... the New Georgia Islands, Santa Isabel Island, the Russell Islands, Nggela ...21 KB (3,040 words) - 14:00, 3 May 2024
- In other instances, such as on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu, cult ... arose periodically in many parts of the island of New Guinea, including ...28 KB (4,339 words) - 19:15, 26 November 2023
- instance, the main building on Green Lotus Island, "Tower of Mist and ... Enterprise. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-2293-5. ...12 KB (1,789 words) - 14:51, 5 December 2023
- States Pacific Fleet base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by the Empire of Japan's ... D. Roosevelt had moved the fleet to Hawaii, and ordered a buildup in ...60 KB (9,048 words) - 18:23, 21 August 2023
- would hurt his effort to buy the island, Polk informed the Spanish ... and instead renewed the offer to buy the island, this time for $130 million ...40 KB (6,026 words) - 11:07, 9 March 2023
- then took an executive job with the Rock Island Railroad in Des Moines, Iowa ... in 1932; and the first person to solo from Hawaii to California, in 1935. Earhart ...24 KB (3,751 words) - 02:50, 24 July 2023
- used by Polynesian natives to get from one island to another. off the New York Yacht Club's Staten Island station). It was this same ...20 KB (3,218 words) - 17:50, 30 November 2023
- of the date is tenuous. Since 1987, Hawaii's Senator Daniel Inouye ... *Brownstein, Karen Osney. Memorial Day. Staten Island, NY: PaperJacks ...13 KB (1,956 words) - 04:27, 9 November 2022
- in Japan from a trading post on the small island of Dejima, separated from ... at sea and shipwrecked on the deserted island of Torishima. Nearly six ...17 KB (2,559 words) - 02:42, 11 March 2023
- Yat-sen's senior, had emigrated to Hawaii as a laborer and had become ... the influence of Christian missionaries in Hawaii, he had developed a disdain ...36 KB (5,408 words) - 22:52, 26 February 2023
- an inaccessible rocky beach or uninhabited island, fishermen sometimes arrange ... Shore Fishing. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0824808921. ...12 KB (1,914 words) - 23:52, 26 February 2023
- Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont || [http://www.nelinet ... |OCLC Western Service Center || Alaska, California, Hawaii, Idaho ...15 KB (2,039 words) - 00:39, 18 November 2022
- of the Marshall Islands, is a Micronesian island nation in the western Pacific ... of 236 Marshallese, and contaminated the island of Rongelap. Nuclear claims ...23 KB (3,267 words) - 08:34, 10 March 2023
- West. Later they moved to the small island of Iliec, off the coast of ... in Connecticut, Switzerland, and Maui, Hawaii, where Charles died in 1974 ...12 KB (1,917 words) - 06:54, 28 July 2023
- century, Aotearoa was used to refer to the North Island only. ... represents an end-point of a long chain of island-hopping voyages]] ...37 KB (5,756 words) - 11:08, 9 March 2023
- to Japan. His efforts resulted in that island nation opening its shores ... Born in Rocky Brook, Rhode Island, he was the son of Captain Christopher ...32 KB (5,039 words) - 16:55, 7 November 2022
- have been discovered, from the northern island of Hokkaido to the southern ... and Kyushu were separated from the main island of Honshu. Warmer temperatures ...17 KB (2,630 words) - 19:45, 4 May 2024
- domain known as "Tosa," on the island of Shikoku, Japan. He was ... shipwrecked in 1841, rescued, and taken to Hawaii and then America, where he ...18 KB (2,973 words) - 00:57, 23 December 2022
- of mainland China (including Hainan Island), and the KMT restricted ... new Whampoa Military Academy, on Chengzhou Island. The Soviets provided study ...40 KB (5,930 words) - 16:44, 10 December 2023
- The fighting took place on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the southern ... helped shift the Allied approach to an island hopping offensive promoted ...54 KB (8,339 words) - 09:45, 22 September 2023
- of Malaysia, then called Prince of Wales Island, starting a long association ... British rule, as well a takeover of Bangka Island to set up a permanent British ...33 KB (5,257 words) - 16:24, 8 February 2023
- it exists as feral populations in Florida, Hawaii and the Rio Grande Valley ... The Lesser Antillean iguana varies in color between different island ...14 KB (2,039 words) - 23:45, 4 October 2021
- also building homes in Switzerland and Hawaii. Lindbergh, forever peripatetic ... during his final years on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Aware that he was ...26 KB (3,945 words) - 21:30, 4 December 2023
- located on the north shore of Uva Island (named Lazarus Cove), Gulf ... fishing causes reef damage, such as the island of Rodrigues, education schemes ...26 KB (4,043 words) - 19:01, 14 January 2023
- of northwestern Europe, comprising the island of Iceland and its outlying ... first permanent Norwegian settler on the island. Others had visited the island ...36 KB (5,300 words) - 17:19, 10 February 2024
- About 14,000 tons of bananas were grown in Hawaii in 2001 (Sugano et al. 2003). ... html Crop profile for bananas in Hawaii]. USDA Regional IPM Centers ...28 KB (4,308 words) - 04:25, 11 January 2023
- A unique tradition is celebrated quite exclusively in the island city ... A game of chance, originating from the island city of Xiamen in China ...32 KB (4,726 words) - 17:31, 9 November 2022
- and Old Lyme, Connecticut, both on Long Island Sound; New Hope, Pennsylvania ... 1960s. Fairfield Porter's beautiful Island Farmhouse, 1969 (oil on canvas ...34 KB (5,216 words) - 16:33, 21 February 2022
- area in the continental United States (only the island of Kauai in the state of Hawaii gets more rain). Because this is a temperate rainforest, as ...14 KB (2,164 words) - 02:28, 19 December 2022
- Hiroshima, whose name means “Broad Island,” is situated on the delta ... *United States Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii, United States *Russia Volgograd ...32 KB (4,471 words) - 21:47, 30 January 2024
