Spratly Islands The Spratly Islands are a group of more than 750 reefs‚[1] islets‚ atolls‚ cays and islands in the South China Sea. The archipelago lies off the coasts of the Philippines and Malaysia (Sabah)‚ about one third of the way from there to southern Vietnam. They comprise less than four square kilometers of land area spread over more than 425‚000 square kilometers of sea. The Spratlys are one of three archipelagos of the South China Sea which comprise more than 30‚000 islands and reefs
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What were the Insular Islands? The Insular Islands were a large group of active volcanic islands that are believed to have existed in the Cretaceous period (145-66 million years ago). They were located somewhere in what is now the modern-day Pacific Ocean. It is thought that they formed at least 210 million years before they met their ultimate fate about 115 million years ago‚ which will be discussed later. This massive island chain was located between two prehistoric oceans‚ with the Bridge River
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Millions of people entered the US in the late 1800’s‚ but how? Ellis Island was the one and only provider for immigration in the late 1800’s. At first‚ the Battery in lower Manhattan was the immigration station. Eventually‚ the Battery could not handle the flow of immigrants. This caused the federal government to buy Ellis Island from Samuel Ellis‚ a merchant of New York City‚ and that’s how the Islands name was given. Ellis Island was opened on January 1‚ 1892 and closed in November 1954. It was the
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the Diaoyu Islands. The islands have been under the jurisdiction of China’s navy as islands affiliated with Taiwan since the Ming Dynasty. The Ming and Qing dynasties of China exercised sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands and their affiliated islands‚ and officially included them in maps. Japan has its own claims. It believes that Japan and China signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki in 1895 and as a result‚ China ceded Japan the island of Taiwan together with all its affiliated islands. Japan put
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GRANDE ISLAND 1. Physical Inventory * Grande Island Resort is located at Subic Bay Freeport Zone‚ located 110 kilometer northwest of Manila‚ and south of the Zambales Province‚ a 5 hour drive from Baguio through Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) and just about an hour drive from Manila through North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) and SCTEX. The island resort consists of different recreational activities that tourists would definitely enjoy. One of their potential attractions in the island resort
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Marshall Islands By the beginning of 1944‚ United States Marine forces had already made a start on the conquest of areas overrun by the Japanese early in World War II. Successful American assaults in the Southwest Pacific‚ beginning with Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in August 1942‚ and in the Central Pacific at Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands in November 1943‚ were crucial battles to mark the turn of the Japanese conquest. The time had now come to take one more decisive step: assault of the
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One of the first colonies to be established‚ Rhode Island is the smallest state in the United States and one of the most densely populated. This state is half the size of the second smallest state‚ Delaware. Rhode Island lacks valuable mineral deposits and fertile farmland. It was the first state to become industrialized‚ especially in the textile and jewelry trade. Rhode Island lies on the beautiful Narragansett Bay‚ and is a popular vacation area to which boaters‚ fishermen‚ and other water-sports
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Jersey who totally impressed with the miracle of Redang Island in Terengganu. Redang! The very name seems to whisper of Paradise. I am truly hope that one day I will got a chance to visit this pristine island. The islands are scattered with random perfection‚ like a fabulous necklace of topaz‚ emerald and turquoise in a setting of silver‚ each one a treasure‚ a discovery‚ a secret you will cherish for the rest of your life. Redang is a true island paradise‚ unspoiled by commercialism. Whichever you visit
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investigation. Typical of the Intuitionists text‚ Courcy Island is a classic closed setting physically and socially cut off from the outside world‚ which can only be accessed by boat. In this respect the investigation is limited to a certain location and group of people‚ creating an atmosphere of fear and suspense‚ intensifying the sense of immanent threat- “Here on the southern shore where the mainland couldn’t be seen‚ it was easy to imagine that the island was totally lost at sea..”. Crime fiction is often
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Niue is located 1‚491 miles northeast of New Zealand between Tonga and Samoa and Cook Islands. It is 100 square miles in area and is an upraised coral atoll. The major land features are caves‚ a steep limestone central plateau‚ sea cliffs and tide pools along coast‚ mountains and rainforests. In Niue they have warm days and at night it is cold. It is mostly raining and stormy. They have stormy and sunny but mostly storming. Niue is unique because there are no endemic plants. All of the plants
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