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Brother Island (other)
Brother Island, Brothers Island, etc. may refer to any of several islands and island groups around the world, including In the United States * Brother Island, Niagara River, in New York State, near the Horseshoe Falls * First Brother Island in the Ohio River, West Virginia, near Belmont * North and South Brother Islands, East River in New York City, between the Bronx and Riker's Island * North Brother Island, Connecticut and South Brother Island, Connecticut in the Atlantic Ocean off East Lyme, Connecticut * The Brothers (San Francisco Bay), two islands, East and West, in California * The Brothers, Humboldt County, two rocks in Humboldt County, California about 6 miles from the town of Petrolia * Three Brothers Island, California, a tiny island in Humboldt County, California about 5 miles from the town of Petrolia * Three Brothers (islands), Alaska, a reef near Shakmanof Point, Kodiak Island, Alaska * Three Brothers islands, in Lake George, near Bolton, New York State Elsewher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brother Island, Niagara River
Brother Island is a small, uninhabited island off the coast of Goat Island in the U.S. state of New York. It lies in the Niagara River The Niagara River () is a river that flows north from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. It forms part of the border between the province of Ontario in Canada (on the west) and the state of New York (state), New York in the United States (on the east) ..., close to the Horseshoe Falls and the Three Sisters Islands. It is part of the city of Niagara Falls. It is one of only five islands in the area surrounding the Horseshoe Falls which have not been claimed by Canada. References External links Topographic map {{authority control Niagara Falls Islands of Niagara County, New York Niagara Falls, New York Islands of the Niagara River River islands of New York (state) Islands of New York (state) Uninhabited islands of New York (state) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rukan Islands
The Rukan Islands (''Kepulauan Rukan'' in Indonesian language), also known as the Three Brothers, is a group of three small islands at the south entrance of Durian Strait, in the Riau Islands Province of Indonesia, off the north coast of Sumatra near Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ....J. W. Reed and J. W. King (1867), The China sea directory', pages 219–220. British Admiralty Hydrographics Office.WikimapiaKepulauan Rukan Accessed on 2012-07-03. The group extends about 7.2 km north to south, and is surrounded by many dangerous wrecks.Sailing Directions (Enroute), Strait of Malacca and Sumatra' National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, USA * South Brother (''Rukan Selatan''), located at , is L-shaped, about 1.7 km north to south and 1.6 km east ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabel Island (Philippines)
Isabel Island is an inhabited island in the province of Romblon in the Philippines. It is part of barangay Nasunogan in the municipality of Banton. In the 1918 census, the island together with its sister island Carlota Island constituted one single barrio named ''Isla de las Dos Hermanas'' (Spanish: ''Two Sisters Island'') with 23 inhabitants. See also * List of islands of the Philippines External links Isabel Islandat OpenStreetMap OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a free, open geographic database updated and maintained by a community of volunteers via open collaboration. Contributors collect data from surveys, trace from aerial imagery and also import from other freely licensed g ... Islands of Romblon Inactive volcanoes of the Philippines {{Mimaropa-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sister Island (other)
Sister or Sisters Island or Islands may refer to several individual islands or island groups: Antarctic * The Sisters (Victoria Land), a pair of Antarctic islands consisting of Gertrude Rock and Rose Rock (Victoria Land) Australia * Sisters Islands (Queensland) * Sisters Island (Tasmania), north-west Tasmania * Sisters Island Group, Tasmania, Furneaux Group ** Inner Sister Island ** Outer Sister Island ** Shag Reef Canada * Sisters Islands (Nunavut), Canada * East Sister Island, Lake Erie, Ontario Cayman Islands * Little Cayman * Cayman Brac India * The Sisters (Andaman), two islands in the Duncan Passage, Andaman Islands, India ** East Sister Island (Andaman) ** West Sister Island (Andaman) New Zealand * The Sisters/Rangitatahi, Chatham Islands Singapore * Sisters' Islands United States * Sister Islands (Wisconsin) * The Sisters (California) * Middle Sister Island, Lake Erie, Ohio * West Sister Island, Lake Erie, Ohio * Sisters Island, Michigan, in Monroe County * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tri Brata
Tri Brata (russian: Три Брата; literally: "three brothers") is a set of three rocks at the entrance to the Avacha Bay, west of cape ''Mys Zhukova''. The rocks are aligned east-west . The floor area of each rock measures between , which results in an aggregate area of .Measured witHere Satellite Image Tiles/ref> This picturesque stack, or kekur, is considered a symbol of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Local lore suggests that they are three brothers who went to defend the town from a tsunami A tsunami ( ; from ja, 津波, lit=harbour wave, ) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explo ... and turned to stone. External links * References Stacks (geology) Uninhabited islands of the Pacific Ocean Islands of Kamchatka Krai Uninhabited islands of Russia Natural monuments of Russia {{KamchatkaKrai-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Brothers, Okhotsk Sea
The Three Brothers is a group of steep white islets in the Sea of Okhotsk, about 650 m off the Eastern Cape, just outside Veselaya Bay, about 13 km from the town of Magadan in the Kamchatka peninsula A peninsula (; ) is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most, but not all of its borders. A peninsula is also sometimes defined as a piece of land bordered by water on three of its sides. Peninsulas exist on all ..., Russia. It is a local tourist landmark and a favorite target for photographers. See also * Three Brothers, islands at Cape Sagan Khushun, near Olkhon, Lake Baikal, Russia * Three Brothers or Tri Brata a group of three upright rocks in Avacha Bay, Kamchatka External links The Three Brotherson Panoramio The Three Brothers and the Capeon Panoramio The Three Brothersat Club.Foto.ru Islands of the Sea of Okhotsk {{FarEast-Russia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal (, russian: Oзеро Байкал, Ozero Baykal ); mn, Байгал нуур, Baigal nuur) is a rift lake in Russia. It is situated in southern Siberia, between the federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Republic of Buryatia to the southeast. With of water, Lake Baikal is the world's largest freshwater lake by volume, containing 22–23% of the world's fresh surface water, more than all of the North American Great Lakes combined. It is also the world's deepest lake, with a maximum depth of , and the world's oldest lake, at 25–30 million years. At —slightly larger than Belgium—Lake Baikal is the world's seventh-largest lake by surface area. It is among the world's clearest lakes. Lake Baikal is home to thousands of species of plants and animals, many of them endemic to the region. It is also home to Buryat tribes, who raise goats, camels, cattle, sheep, and horses on the eastern side of the lake, where the mean temperature var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Brothers (islands), Chagos
The Three Brothers are a group of three small coral islands east of Eagle Islands along the central western rim of the Great Chagos Bank, which is the world's largest coral atoll structure, located in the Chagos Archipelago. Islands The individual islands are, from north-west to south-east: * North Brother or Île du Nord (6 ha; 15 acres) * Middle Brother or Île du Milieu (8 ha; 20 acres) * Resurgent Island (1 ha; 2½ acres) * South Brother or Île du Sud (23 ha; 57 acres) History Discovered by the portuguese, by Vasco da Gama. The islands were known as Bassas de Chagos. In 1975 during the Joint Services Expedition to Danger Island (JSDI). The expedition members were taken by RFA Resurgent to Eagle Islands and then by ketch A ketch is a two- masted sailboat whose mainmast is taller than the mizzen mast (or aft-mast), and whose mizzen mast is stepped forward of the rudder post. The mizzen mast stepped forward of the rudder post is what distinguishes the ketch fr .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darsah
Darsah ( ar, درسة) is an uninhabited island in the Guardafui Channel. It is part of the Socotra Archipelago of Yemen. Darsah and neighboring Samhah ( to the west) are collectively known as "Al Akhawain" ( ar, الأخوين) which means "The Brothers". There is a dispute between Yemen and Somalia's government over the island's sovereignty. Important Bird Area The island has been recognised as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports breeding colonies of red-billed tropicbirds and brown boobies The brown booby (''Sula leucogaster'') is a large seabird of the booby family Sulidae, of which it is perhaps the most common and widespread species. It has a pantropical range, which overlaps with that of other booby species. The gregarious brow .... References Uninhabited islands of Yemen Socotra archipelago Islands of Somalia Disputed islands Territorial disputes of Yemen Territorial disputes of Somalia Important Bird Areas of Socotra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samhah
Samhah or Samha ( ar, سمحة) is an inhabited island in the Guardafui Channel. A part of the Socotra archipelago, it is located between the island of Socotra and Somalia. Like the whole group, it belongs to Yemen and is part of Socotra Governorate. There is a dispute between Yemen and Somalia's government over the island's sovereignty. Statistics It measures in area, making it the smallest of the three inhabited islands of the group, after the main island of Socotra and Abd al Kuri. The population of some 100 lives in a village on the western part of the north coast. Samhah and neighboring Darsah ( to the east) are collectively known as "Al Akhawain" ( ar, الأخوين) which means "The Brothers". The island of Samhah measures in length and in width. Important Bird Area The island of Samhah (along with neighbouring Darsa) has been recognised as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports breeding Jouanin's petrel Jouanin's petrel (''Bulwer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brothers, Greece
The Adelfoi Islets ( el, Αδελφοί, "brothers") are two Greek islands in the Sporades. They are located about east-southeast of the main island of Alonnisos and also administered by a municipality of the same main island name. The 2001 census reported a population of eleven inhabitants. Nearest islands and islets Its nearest islands and islets are Alonnisos and Peristera, Skantzoura Skantzoura ( el, Σκάντζουρα) is an island in the Sporades archipelago, Greece. The island is located southeast of the larger island of Alonnisos (to which it belongs administratively) and northwest of the island Skyros Skyros ( el, ... to the east and Euboea further south. References External linksOfficial website of Municipality of Aloníssos {{Aegean Sea Landforms of the Sporades Islands of Thessaly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brothers, Egypt
El Ikhwa Islands ( ar, جزر الإخوة ''lit. islands of brotherhood''), commonly known as Brothers Islands, are two small Red Sea islands in the Red Sea Governorate of Egypt. Geography They are situated from El Qoseir on the mainland. The most prominent feature of the islands is the Brothers Islands Lighthouse built by the British in 1883. Small Brother lies south from the Big Brother. Underwater diving The islands are a dive site featuring corals and two wrecks: Numidia and Aida. The islands are also famed for encounters with oceanic whitetip and hammerhead sharks The hammerhead sharks are a group of sharks that form the family Sphyrnidae, so named for the unusual and distinctive structure of their heads, which are flattened and laterally extended into a "hammer" shape called a cephalofoil. Most hammerhe .... However, they are only suitable for very experienced divers due to the islands' isolated position, the challenging dive conditions, and very strong curre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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