Search results for "South Sea" - New World Encyclopedia
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- and islets within the Atlantic Ocean, North Sea, Irish Sea, Celtic Sea, and ... ten degrees of latitude on its longer north-south axis. Geographically, the ...13 KB (1,955 words) - 12:20, 24 January 2023
- the term includes smaller spaces like sea caves, rock shelters, and ... America, and Oceania but are sparse in South America, Africa, and Antarctica ...13 KB (2,017 words) - 16:20, 3 December 2023
- Dias died at sea in 1550, in a storm off the Cape. Just over a century ... court. The family is said to have had a sea-faring history. Dias was well ...10 KB (1,706 words) - 11:00, 20 September 2023
- The Sunshine Policy was the foreign policy of South Korea towards ... improved climate from the authoritarian South Korean regimes before 1992 ...14 KB (2,030 words) - 13:54, 28 April 2023
- Beringov proliv) is a formidable sea strait linking the icy Arctic ... The Strait connects the Chukchi Sea (part of the Arctic Ocean) in ...18 KB (2,810 words) - 11:00, 28 September 2023
- on the relative importance of land power and sea power in world history... ... significance of navies (he coined the term sea power) in world conflict. ...11 KB (1,670 words) - 12:53, 5 November 2022
- the Upper Peninsula of northern Michigan, south of Sault Ste. Marie. It then ... the floor of an Ordovician-Silurian tropical sea. There the constant depositing ...10 KB (1,467 words) - 23:26, 14 November 2022
- in the south within the country limits. The Belize Barrier Reef is a ... The sea is predominantly shallow north of Belize City, forming a flat ...15 KB (2,336 words) - 08:54, 27 September 2023
- One of the foremost Buddhist temples in South Korea, Haeinsa has housed ... Haeinsa has been interpreted "Reflections of the Calm Sea" ...18 KB (2,737 words) - 16:38, 21 January 2024
- archipelago at the extreme southern tip of South America, separated from the ... Half of this island, and the islands west and south of it, are part ...14 KB (2,164 words) - 23:33, 30 April 2023
- navigation, it connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara (connected ... it as "ox-ford" or "shallow sea ox passage" and associated ...18 KB (2,647 words) - 14:59, 9 February 2022
- The Andes is South America's longest mountain range, forming ... rising to 22,834 feet (6,960 m) above sea level. The summit of Mount ...15 KB (2,126 words) - 19:59, 26 July 2023
- equidistant from the North Pole and South Pole. It is from this point ... an important point of calculation, for the sea-going navigator it is simply ...14 KB (2,035 words) - 07:25, 6 September 2023
- on Alaska's North Slope. It extends from the Beaufort Sea on ... and wolves, nine marine mammals such as sea lions, seals, and otters, ...17 KB (2,434 words) - 06:21, 12 August 2023
- to the "precious blue-green color of sea water." Several varieties ... Emeralds are also found in the Transvaal, South Africa; Minas Gerais, Brazil; ...5 KB (674 words) - 17:25, 29 September 2023
- first expedition to cross Australia from south to north, finding a route ... After the South Australian explorer, John McDouall Stuart, had reached ...8 KB (1,267 words) - 01:46, 16 December 2022
- is a mountain in the southern part of South Korea. It is often referred ... Peak," rises to 1,915 meters above sea level, making it South Korea ...12 KB (1,904 words) - 05:52, 5 April 2024
- Trimurti Sadasiva, carved in relief at the end of the North-South ... from Mumbai, sits about ten km from the south east coast of the island ...10 KB (1,412 words) - 16:07, 13 February 2024
- Ocean from the Gulf of California (or "Sea of Cortés"). Surrounded ... the Gulf of California (also known as the Sea of Cortez) on its west from ...14 KB (2,128 words) - 05:48, 26 August 2023
- Table Bay, 5 miles (8 km) off the coast of South Africa, approximately 6 miles ... as a political prison during the days of South African apartheid. It was ...18 KB (2,791 words) - 21:08, 16 April 2023
- The Dead Sea ( البحر الميت , ים המלח , translated as Sea of Salt), is a salt lake lying on the border between ...24 KB (3,779 words) - 08:53, 28 January 2024
- (skunks), as well as the pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, and walruses). ... attempting to drive bears from kills. The sea otter uses rocks to break ...13 KB (1,923 words) - 18:44, 17 April 2023
- Zhang Wen Ming, (張文明) who traveled by sea to India and studied at Nalanda ... in India. Account of Buddhism sent from the South Seas and Buddhist Monks Pilgrimage ...13 KB (2,067 words) - 13:24, 4 February 2023
- Korea. The Parks host and protect many of South Korea's sacred, historical ... Oe (Outer) Seorak, Nae (Inner) Seorak, and South Seorak. has Buddhist temples ...14 KB (1,925 words) - 04:16, 11 March 2023
- the Garonne river to the Mediterranean Sea, thereby completing a continuous ... North America; Barbados and Trinidad off South America; Great Britain, Ireland ...19 KB (2,807 words) - 19:43, 7 February 2023
- sits on a small peninsula, belonging to the sea as much as to the land. Treacherous ... of a fortified city built by Europeans in south and southeast Asia, showing ...17 KB (2,690 words) - 03:58, 18 April 2024
- amber occur with Anglo-Saxon relics in the south of England; and up to a comparatively ... the shores of a large part of the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, the great ...17 KB (2,724 words) - 02:46, 24 July 2023
- from natural geologic seeps on the sea floor. [http://seeps.geol.ucsb ... same ways as seabirds. Oil coats the fur of sea otters and seals, reducing ...11 KB (1,519 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
- from Greek mythology, means the "Sea of Atlas." The oldest ... Ocean (which is sometimes considered a sea of the Atlantic), to the Pacific ...27 KB (4,091 words) - 06:07, 21 August 2023
- its closest modern relative, Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), ... both of which are sometimes known as "sea cows" for their grazing ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 17:19, 12 February 2024
- of a sense of moral superiority over the South, that the right, the more ... were sent to Millen, Georgia, and Florence, South Carolina. By December, only ...11 KB (1,681 words) - 19:58, 26 July 2023
- shaped desert's apex is on the south. [[Image:NachalParan2.JPG ... Hebrew word for "dry" or "south" . While the origin ...13 KB (2,056 words) - 04:27, 11 March 2023
- Located on Mt. Tohamsan, in Gyeongju, South Korea, about one hour ... on the southern and northern walls. On the south wall are Mognyon, Kajonyon ...13 KB (1,917 words) - 09:48, 26 January 2023
- [[Image:South Africa-Eastern Cape-Gamtoos Valley-Alluvial Gravel01 ... annually carries 406 million tons of sediment to the sea, ...5 KB (763 words) - 08:15, 23 July 2023
- stored in Haeinsa, a Buddhist temple in South Gyeongsang province, in South ... of the wood. Artisans soaked the wood in sea water for three years before ...7 KB (985 words) - 17:42, 2 May 2023
- markets of the Orient, da Gama extended the sea route exploration of his predecessor ... Da Gama's voyage was successful in establishing a sea route from ...13 KB (2,082 words) - 14:38, 3 May 2023
- St. Lawrence Island is an island in the Bering Sea just south of the Bering Strait, administratively belonging to the state of Alaska. The Danish ...16 KB (2,304 words) - 15:46, 27 April 2023
- seals, from the eared seals (fur seals and sea lions) of the family Otariidae. ... seal was nearly exterminated and monk sea populations were greatly depleted; ...14 KB (2,130 words) - 16:04, 10 October 2020
- The Republic of Yemen is a country on the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, bordering the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden on the south ...19 KB (2,883 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- abalone), crabs, lobsters, shrimp, and sea urchins—and others including ... that were the "canaries of the sea" and alerted people to ...11 KB (1,582 words) - 19:57, 21 April 2023
- Flynn. His family moved to Sydney, New South Wales, when Flynn was a young ... friend David Niven, Dodge City (1939), The Sea Hawk (1940), and Adventures ...9 KB (1,222 words) - 21:24, 20 March 2024
- the Spanish Netherlands across the North Sea for a landing in south-east ... that had been constructed the length of the south coast of England. That same ...16 KB (2,578 words) - 15:18, 27 April 2023
- * Gossypium barbadens – Creole cotton or sea island cotton, native ... Gossypium barbadens was cultivated in South America about five thousand ...15 KB (2,368 words) - 21:13, 23 May 2020
- and Rome's loss of the Red Sea ports, Augustin F. C. Holl. Ethnoarchaeology ... before Christ. Rome's trade route by sea to southwest India opened ...21 KB (3,121 words) - 04:51, 16 December 2022
- predator, which typically moves into the sea to begin a predatory/parasitic ... Not all lampreys can be found in the sea. Some lampreys are landlocked ...18 KB (2,541 words) - 20:56, 22 October 2022
- connecting the Danube with the Black Sea. After its completion, he ... a popular story called Cast up by the Sea. In 1869, he traveled with ...9 KB (1,323 words) - 03:03, 23 December 2022
- Phillip was appointed Governor of New South Wales, the first European ... ==Governor of New South Wales== |right|250px|Arthur Phillip was the ...18 KB (2,828 words) - 17:36, 16 August 2023
- 3,900 to 4,900 feet (1,200 to 1,500 m) above sea level are realized in the ... desert the foreboding nickname of "The Sea of Death." While the ...10 KB (1,621 words) - 00:52, 21 April 2023
- circulation cells. Other winds, such as sea breezes, are a consequence ... propel their ships from Europe to North and South America. Their name derives ...17 KB (2,718 words) - 10:56, 15 May 2023
- Round The World by Way of the Great South Sea (1726), by Captain George ... killed one of these birds on entering the south sea, and the tutelary spirits ...18 KB (2,959 words) - 15:42, 30 April 2023
