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Cross Island (other)
Cross Island may refer to: Geography *Cross Island, Alaska, an island in the Beaufort Sea *Cross Island, Bermuda *Cross Island, County Down, a townland in Northern Ireland *Cross Island (Maine), an island in the U.S. state of Maine **Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge, a National Wildlife Refuge in the state of Maine, U.S. *Cross Island (Massachusetts), an island in the U.S. state of Massachusetts *Cross Island (Nova Scotia), an island offshore from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia *Cross Island, Mumbai, an uninhabited islet off the southeast coast of Mumbai *Cross Island Trail, a rail trail in Queen Anne's County, Maryland and part of the American Discovery Trail and the East Coast Greenway Transportation *Cross Island MRT line, a subway line in Singapore *Cross Island Parkway (Hilton Head Island), in South Carolina, U.S. *Cross Island Parkway, a highway in Long Island, New York, U.S. Other uses *Cross Island Chapel, a non-denominational church located in Oneida, New York See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaufort Sea
The Beaufort Sea (; french: Mer de Beaufort, Iñupiaq: ''Taġiuq'') is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located north of the Northwest Territories, the Yukon, and Alaska, and west of Canada's Arctic islands. The sea is named after Sir Francis Beaufort, a hydrographer. The Mackenzie River, the longest in Canada, empties into the Canadian part of the Beaufort Sea west of Tuktoyaktuk, which is one of the few permanent settlements on the sea's shores. The sea, characterized by severe climate, is frozen over most of the year. Historically, only a narrow pass up to opened in August–September near its shores, but recently due to climate change in the Arctic the ice-free area in late summer has greatly enlarged. Until recently, the Beaufort Sea was known as an important reservoir for the replenishment of Arctic sea ice. Sea ice would often rotate for several years in the Beaufort Gyre, the dominant ocean current of the Beaufort Sea, growing into sturdy and thick multi-year i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
