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BQ (3D Printer Brand)
BQ, Bq, or bq may refer to: Places * Navassa Island (FIPS PUB 10-4 territory code BQ) * Caribbean Netherlands (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code) ** .bq, the country-code Top Level Domain for Caribbean Netherlands * British Antarctic Territory (former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code) Businesses and organizations * Aeromar Líneas Aéreas Dominicanas (IATA airline designator BQ) * Bin Quraya, leading heavy equipment rental firm in Saudi Arabia * Birds Queensland, the ornithological society of Queensland, Australia * Bloc Québécois, a political party of Canada * BQ (company), a Spanish user electronics company ** BQ Aquaris, the company's brand of devices Science and technology * Becquerel (Bq), the SI derived unit of radioactivity * Benzoquinone, a chemical compound * BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 (Cerberus), SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants * BQ-788, a selective ETB antagonist * BQ-123, a cyclic peptide * Broadcast quality, a video quality standard for broadcast television Other uses * Boston Qua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Navassa Island
Navassa Island (; ht, Lanavaz; french: l'île de la Navasse, sometimes ) is a small uninhabited island in the Caribbean Sea. Located northeast of Jamaica, south of Cuba, and west of Jérémie on the Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti, it is subject to an ongoing territorial dispute between Haiti and the United States, which administers the island through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The U.S. has claimed the island, as an appurtenance, since 1857, based on the Guano Islands Act of 1856. Haiti's claim over Navassa goes back to the Treaty of Ryswick in 1697 that established French possessions on mainland Hispaniola from Spain, as well as other specifically named nearby islands. However, there was no mention of Navassa in the treaty detailing terms. Haiti's 1801 constitution claimed several nearby islands by name, among which Navassa was not listed, but also laid claim to "other adjacent islands", which Haiti maintains included Navassa. The U.S. claim to the island, first made in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
