Search results for "North Pacific" - New World Encyclopedia
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- loo) is an island nation located in the Pacific Ocean midway between Hawaii ... spread out over 350 miles (560 kilometers), north to south, has a total land ...20 KB (3,026 words) - 21:13, 7 March 2024
- the world's five oceans – Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Southern ... are (in descending order of size) the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean ...25 KB (3,710 words) - 21:09, 17 April 2023
- having deep arched recesses on the east and north and a staircase leading to ... used to flow along its fortification on the north. Akbar also built Doulat ...15 KB (2,177 words) - 06:36, 1 April 2024
- or the tuna fishery of the Eastern Pacific. Most fisheries are marine ... and S. J. Harley. 2005. Decline of Pacific tuna populations exaggerated ...13 KB (1,881 words) - 17:27, 28 March 2024
- tributary of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest region of the ... Wilderness, the deepest river gorge in North America. Nearly 70 miles ...26 KB (3,775 words) - 15:00, 27 April 2023
- widely distributed in Africa, Europe, Asia, North America, and South America ... major animals hunted and trapped for fur in North America after European settlement ...15 KB (2,407 words) - 10:52, 11 March 2023
- Heyerdahls's voyages across the Atlantic and across the Pacific ... traveled with the wind along the North Pacific current. These migrants ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 23:00, 30 April 2023
- Esquimalt, the Canadian military’s main Pacific naval base. ... 1862. In 1865, Esquimalt was made the North Pacific home of the Royal Navy ...26 KB (3,658 words) - 20:09, 3 May 2023
- Arc in northern Oregon state, in the Pacific Northwest region of the ... the only year-round lift-served skiing in North America. ...18 KB (2,745 words) - 01:45, 11 March 2023
- Oregon Country, a region of northwestern North America known also from the ... which consisted of what is now the Pacific Northwest of the United ...14 KB (2,192 words) - 01:12, 18 November 2022
- The Republic of Palau is located in the Pacific Ocean some 300 miles ... thirds of the population lives on Koror. North of these islands is the coral ...19 KB (2,897 words) - 10:59, 11 March 2023
- surround most of the wall. The wall at its north-eastern corner sits adjacent ... a large open space then crosses the large north-south street that originally ...10 KB (1,606 words) - 02:24, 8 December 2022
- the Trobianders: Argonauts of the Western Pacific (1922), The Sexual Life ... in his 1922 Argonauts of the Western Pacific. The word Kula is derived ...17 KB (2,608 words) - 17:43, 2 May 2023
- and green anacondas can be found as far north as Trinidad, the southernmost ... Snakes of the subfamily Boinae are found in Madagascar, Papua, Pacific ...16 KB (2,471 words) - 18:41, 26 July 2023
- of Russia and Romania and westward to North America); and North German ... === Pacific === *German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea, today Papua ...17 KB (2,331 words) - 05:35, 5 December 2022
- The expansionists believed that the North American continent, from ... Mexican-controlled California, and went north to Oregon, finding camp at ...16 KB (2,336 words) - 16:59, 5 April 2024
- with the central Asian steppes to the north and east. On its eastern ... almost 750 miles (1,200 kilometers) from north to south, with an average ...18 KB (2,737 words) - 14:23, 29 November 2023
- Atlantic around southern Africa, the North Pacific around Japan, and the ... *Architeuthis martensi, "North Pacific giant squid" ...27 KB (3,958 words) - 07:44, 24 January 2023
- the Thunnus genus (family Scombridae): the Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis ... largely in temperate waters in the North Pacific but their range also ...38 KB (5,827 words) - 18:16, 31 October 2023
- Chevron originated as the Pacific Coast Oil Company, founded in 1879 ... Pico Canyon (now the Pico Canyon Oilfield) north of Los Angeles. This find ...26 KB (3,656 words) - 18:40, 8 December 2023
- cold winters. The Taiga is bordered on the north by the largely treeless tundra ... to the south of the taiga, such as in the Pacific Northwest of North America ...16 KB (2,478 words) - 03:48, 27 February 2023
- River, its longest tributary, near the Pacific coast of Northern California ... of Klamath, at the reservation's north end. Despite the dark period ...15 KB (2,139 words) - 10:30, 7 June 2023
- island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago is ... of a mix of Europeans, Asians, and other Pacific islanders. A few of the ...19 KB (2,664 words) - 14:35, 3 May 2023
- of ruggedly beautiful seacoast along the Pacific Ocean in west-central California; ... pressure system that forms over the north Pacific Ocean. The high pressure ...23 KB (3,598 words) - 03:49, 1 October 2023
- in the northern regions of China and in North Korea. At the end of the ... scholars argue that Korea, especially North Korea, has claim to the area ...12 KB (1,765 words) - 19:34, 25 November 2023
- the main overland migration routes on the North American continent, in order ... especially after its merger with the North West Company in 1821. ...14 KB (2,196 words) - 01:12, 18 November 2022
- Wake Island (also known as Wake Atoll) is a coral atoll having a coastline of 12 miles (19.3 kilometers) in the North Pacific Ocean, formerly ...28 KB (4,195 words) - 22:06, 3 May 2023
- In any case, artifacts have been found in both North and South America ... When the Europeans arrived, many natives of North America were semi ...20 KB (2,974 words) - 22:17, 30 November 2022
- occupation of the peninsula by the invading North Korean People's Army ... the war began. MacArthur thought that the North Korean army would push the ...21 KB (3,161 words) - 09:47, 22 September 2023
- In addition, North American native peoples provide one of the most ... * Malin, Edward. Totem poles of the Pacific Northwest coast. Portland ...20 KB (3,178 words) - 04:44, 1 May 2023
- America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the south-southeast ... borders both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean with a total of ...23 KB (3,329 words) - 08:16, 10 January 2024
- of the Spanish empire in the Caribbean and Pacific. Only 113 days after the ... only a few scattered possessions in the Pacific Ocean, Africa, and the West ...25 KB (4,004 words) - 19:06, 7 February 2023
- connecting to Jasper National Park in the north. Provincial forests and Yoho ... The Canadian Pacific Railway was instrumental in Banff's early ...34 KB (5,022 words) - 03:27, 17 September 2023
- He volunteered for the Canadian Army Pacific Force (CAPF), granted a ... In 2004, Berton published his 50th book, Prisoners of the North, after ...22 KB (3,103 words) - 05:19, 24 November 2022
- located in East Asia at approximately 37° North, 127° 30 East, on the southern ... of the peninsula, Korea Bay sits to the north and the Yellow Sea to the ...14 KB (2,131 words) - 06:52, 18 April 2024
- *Bancroft, Hubert Howe. The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America: Primitive history. Arkose Press, 2015. ISBN 978-1344040174 ...7 KB (1,048 words) - 23:29, 30 September 2021
- miles (1,500 km). The Santa Cruz Islands, north of Vanuatu, (of which Tikopia ... added to the protectorate; in 1900, the North Solomon Islands, was transferred ...21 KB (3,040 words) - 14:00, 3 May 2024
- trains is held by an LNER Class A4 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive of the LNER in ... only steam power still in regular use in North America and Western European ...22 KB (3,331 words) - 07:49, 9 March 2023
- disturbing the balance of power between North and South in the Senate, ... by the Missouri Compromise of 1820 to the Pacific Coast. ...12 KB (1,866 words) - 00:22, 8 January 2024
- IPA: /luaŋ pʰabaːŋ/), a city located in north central Laos, is situated ... [[Image:La-map.png|thumb|right|220px|Luang Prabang sits just north ...10 KB (1,520 words) - 04:17, 4 November 2022
- Hanoi and about 1100 kilometers (690 miles) north of Hồ Chí Minh City, the ... established in Hà Nội (Hanoi), in the north. The rule of the last Vietnamese ...10 KB (1,472 words) - 21:27, 9 February 2024
- basin, it is bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the Gulf ... an indentation in the southeastern coast of North America, served as an avenue ...19 KB (2,915 words) - 08:28, 8 January 2024
- to the Netherlands by a cable across the North Sea, from Orford Ness to ... The transatlantic cable bridged North America and Europe, and expedited ...19 KB (2,734 words) - 21:23, 26 February 2023
- to expand Spanish rule over huge tracts of North America. He and his companions ... survivor Estevanico on a voyage to the north, to New Mexico. When Marcos ...12 KB (1,997 words) - 04:55, 9 April 2024
- Central America is the region of North America located between the ... (523,865 km²) and a width between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean ...32 KB (4,189 words) - 17:46, 11 May 2023
- The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands, is a Micronesian island nation in the western Pacific Ocean, located north ...23 KB (3,267 words) - 08:34, 10 March 2023
- It lies along the Pacific Ocean at San Diego Bay just north of the ... and abruptly ends in Hillcrest to the north. The Coronado and Point ...27 KB (3,961 words) - 16:26, 31 October 2023
- Shandong (including Jiaozhou Bay) and the Pacific islands north of the Equator ... assumed it would stretch from the Hejaz north, including the Ottoman province ...26 KB (3,995 words) - 08:51, 18 November 2022
- the United States would not intervene if North Korea were to attack South ... B. Johnson to negotiate for peace with North Vietnam. During the Cuban ...14 KB (1,983 words) - 08:55, 28 January 2024
- For example, in the Middle East and North Africa, it has become fairly ... pdf Desalination, with a Grain of Salt] - Pacific Institute. Retrieved October ...20 KB (2,876 words) - 09:52, 29 January 2024
- Pole Ocean or Antarctic Ocean) and the North Pacific Ocean. They are generally ... , the mollymawks (Thalassarche), the North Pacific albatrosses (Phoebastria ...44 KB (6,634 words) - 04:58, 17 June 2023
- New Zealand is an island country located in the southwestern Pacific ... Rica's. The two main islands are named North and South islands in English ...23 KB (3,336 words) - 18:04, 25 July 2023
- Let the Sea Make a Noise: A History of the North Pacific from Magellan ... the Sea Make a Noise: A History of the North Pacific from Magellan to MacArthur ...26 KB (3,650 words) - 13:21, 1 February 2024
- * Ely, Richard T. 1886. "Socialism in America" in The North ... * Ely, Richard T. 1889. "The Telegraph Monopoly" in The ...15 KB (2,225 words) - 20:55, 16 April 2023
- Bald eagle is the common name for a North American bird of prey, ... The two species probably diverged in the North Pacific, as the white ...30 KB (4,424 words) - 04:17, 11 January 2023
- is called "sycamore maple" in North America, or "plane" ... Platanus is a genus of trees of North America known as sycamores. ...16 KB (2,282 words) - 01:53, 27 February 2023
- Tokelau is a dependent territory of New Zealand in the southern Pacific ... The three atolls are located in the South Pacific Ocean approximately midway ...17 KB (2,411 words) - 03:53, 1 May 2023
- The Haida are an indigenous people of the west coast of North America ... Archipelago off the northwest coast of North America. The locally reliable ...19 KB (2,932 words) - 16:43, 21 January 2024
- coyotes, and bobcats. The fisher (a North American marten) is particularly ... temperate parts of Asia, Italy, Africa and North and South America. Porcupines ...15 KB (2,246 words) - 04:07, 26 November 2022
- east of the Pacific Ocean. The collapse of the 12000|ft|m ... of pollutants, are some of the purest in North America. The lake is 5 by ...23 KB (3,549 words) - 00:17, 15 January 2023
- Tsunami occur most frequently in the Pacific Ocean, but are a global ... of the United States, which is prone to Pacific Ocean tsunami, warning signs ...44 KB (6,684 words) - 18:38, 2 May 2023
- The War of the Pacific, also called the Saltpeter War in reference ... The War of the Pacific grew out of a dispute between Chile and Bolivia ...34 KB (5,333 words) - 22:54, 3 May 2023
- Since Neolithic times, the climate of North Africa has become drier ... Natives of arctic North America (in northern Canada, Alaska and indigenous ...25 KB (3,874 words) - 18:18, 25 November 2023
- Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United ... and low pressure systems of the north Pacific Ocean, the continental ...48 KB (6,885 words) - 22:59, 3 May 2023
- passing by the British Parliament of the North American Act. Initially, ... Canada bought Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory from the ...20 KB (2,893 words) - 22:57, 23 April 2023
- some of the fiercest fighting in the Pacific Campaign of World War II. ... of Tokyo, 1,300 km (702 nautical miles) north of Guam and approximately ...41 KB (6,399 words) - 09:47, 22 September 2023
- is a transcontinental nation which connects North and South America. It borders ... both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Colombia ...42 KB (6,441 words) - 11:11, 11 March 2023
- Ocean, hurricanes from the Central North Pacific sometimes cross the International ... or less occurred in the Western North Pacific Ocean. The strongest ...68 KB (9,719 words) - 18:20, 2 May 2023
- considered as continents: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica ... the 48 contiguous United States in central North America and may include Alaska ...22 KB (3,308 words) - 19:07, 19 May 2020
- Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States located on the Pacific coast south of Washington and north of California ...35 KB (5,141 words) - 10:41, 11 March 2023
- Moose Jaw, Yorkton, Swift Current, and North Battleford. The province ... quot; of the federal government's new North-West Mounted Police (who ...28 KB (3,852 words) - 03:30, 23 December 2022
- Rímac, and Lurín Rivers, overlooking the Pacific Ocean, and forms a contiguous ... city slopes gently from the shores of the Pacific Ocean into valleys and mountain ...28 KB (4,030 words) - 08:43, 8 March 2023
- density of polar bear dens as well as Pacific walrus population in the ... existence of an island or continent to the north was lent credence by the ...21 KB (3,205 words) - 14:01, 20 May 2023
- ponds, and large streams in South America, North America, and Europe, they ... there. They are common in Europe and North America. The Eurasian coot ...13 KB (2,016 words) - 02:54, 8 January 2024
- continually shifted eastwards, until the Pacific Ocean was reached, the region ... and Muslim cultures to the East and in North Africa. During the Middle ...18 KB (2,670 words) - 01:22, 18 November 2022
- Between those rows of the main temple, on north and south side, stand two ... that bears the carving of Naga serpents on north side of pedestal. The other ...15 KB (2,259 words) - 22:14, 30 November 2022
- at a strategic location in the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 ... island located 80 miles (120 kilometers) north of Saipan Island and 200 ...21 KB (3,013 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- with cultures of Asia, Africa, and the Pacific, into more frequent contact ... ethnography, Argonauts of the Western Pacific, advocated obtaining "the ...26 KB (3,726 words) - 06:47, 11 January 2024
- nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. The country's ... Some of the bloodiest fighting of the Pacific campaign of the Second ...25 KB (3,584 words) - 23:16, 3 March 2023
- Unlike other cultural centers of North India, the temples of Khajuraho ... amalaka, a circular ring motif common in North Indian temple architecture ...13 KB (1,947 words) - 22:34, 3 March 2023
- a unique laughing call. They are found in North America and northern Eurasia ... then abruptly plunging into the water. The North American name "loon ...16 KB (2,427 words) - 07:53, 9 March 2023
- occur in both the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean, which is also home ... Euphausiacea (Crustacea) of the North Pacific.] Bulletin of the Scripps ...32 KB (4,630 words) - 04:36, 4 March 2023
- east (日坛), the Temple of Earth in the north (地坛), and the Temple ... taiji bailong ball is known as Rythmball in North America. ...11 KB (1,677 words) - 05:38, 27 February 2023
- of Guam, is an island in the Western Pacific Ocean and is an organized ... The Mariana island chain was created as a result of the Pacific and ...22 KB (3,229 words) - 03:09, 26 February 2023
- from the strait to the Manzaneros in the north-west with a band of Tehuelches ... experience of the pilgrims who arrived in North America at Plymouth, the ...22 KB (3,265 words) - 18:56, 23 March 2023
- North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern and Western regions ... long dominated the economy and culture of North Dakota. ...34 KB (4,932 words) - 10:04, 11 March 2023
- Japan fought the Second Sino-Japanese and Pacific wars (which, however, can ... for Japan to maintain hegemony in the Pacific. In 1924, however, relations ...23 KB (3,509 words) - 07:56, 7 October 2022
- who mysteriously disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during a circumnavigational ... to solo the 2,408-mile distance across the Pacific between Honolulu and Oakland ...24 KB (3,751 words) - 02:50, 24 July 2023
- by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca ... bounded by the Caribbean Sea to the north and shares borders with Guatemala ...34 KB (4,896 words) - 12:36, 2 February 2024
- The Auckland metropolitan area or Greater Auckland, in the North Island ... Auckland lies between the Hauraki Gulf of the Pacific Ocean to the ...35 KB (5,077 words) - 18:26, 21 August 2023
- was a land, sea, and air battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II ... The Guadalcanal campaign was pivotal in the Pacific theater of operations ...46 KB (6,816 words) - 11:29, 20 September 2023
- crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming ... The expedition continued to explore the north coast of South America, until ...34 KB (5,513 words) - 14:37, 3 May 2023
- to catch small fish. Kangaroo rats of North America (Dipodomys species ... Among the largest rat species are the muskrat of North America (Ondatra ...13 KB (2,057 words) - 06:43, 17 July 2022
- animal believed to inhabit the forests of North America, although people ... According to most eyewitness accounts, the sasquatch of the Pacific ...28 KB (4,241 words) - 02:27, 21 April 2023
- century, parts of the mainlands of North and South America. ... de Balboa to all lands touching the Pacific Ocean, the Spanish rapidly ...27 KB (3,995 words) - 12:25, 21 January 2023
- New England whalers began arriving in the coastal waters north of ... *Webber, Bert. Wrecked Japanese Junks Adrift in the North Pacific ...17 KB (2,559 words) - 02:42, 11 March 2023
- #039;, 'Kotata Berry', 'Pacific', and 'Cascade ... In some parts of the world, such as in Chile, New Zealand and the ...19 KB (2,739 words) - 18:11, 31 October 2023
- several front-line fighter units from Pacific war zones for homeland defense ... as commander of the 12th Air Force in North Africa, for which he was ...25 KB (3,734 words) - 15:02, 26 September 2023
- south-central part of the state, two miles north of Utah, and is bounded by ... east by the Raft River valley and to the north by the Snake River valley ...16 KB (2,492 words) - 22:26, 10 December 2023
- in Skamania County, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of the ... main river systems: the Toutle River on the north and north-west, the Kalama ...26 KB (4,064 words) - 01:45, 11 March 2023
