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Dyer Island (Western Australia)
Dyer Island is the name of several islands: *Dyer Island (Antarctica) *Dyer Island, Bermuda *Dyer Island (Rhode Island), United States *Dyer Island (South Africa), near Gansbaai Gansbaai (Dutch/Afrikaans for "bay of geese," sometimes referred to as Gans Bay or Gangs Bay) is a fishing town and popular tourist destination in the Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa. It is known for its dense populatio ..., South Africa * Dyer Island (Western Australia) {{Geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dyer Island (Antarctica)
Dyer Island () is a small island between Lee Island and Entrance Island in Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land. Plotted from photos taken by ANARE ( Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia The Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC) was established to advise the Government on names for features in the Australian Antarctic Territory and the subantarctic territory of Heard Island and the McDonald Islands. The commit ... (ANCA) after R. Dyer, cook at nearby Mawson station in 1960. See also * List of antarctic and sub-antarctic islands {{antarctica-geo-stub Islands of Antarctica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dyer Island, Bermuda
Bluck's Island (formerly Denslow sIsland, Dyer sIsland) is an island of Bermuda. It lies in the harbor of Hamilton in Warwick Parish. Previously known as Dyer's island, it was once owned by the Dyer family in the 19th century. Originally owned by Henry Thomas Dyer, son of Patrick O'dwyer. In the early 20th century the island was owned by illustrator William Wallace Denslow who built a house there and declared himself "King Denslow I, Monarch of Denslow Islands and Protector of Coral Reefs". Between 1917 and 1919, the island hosted the Bermuda Biological Station for Research The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (known as BIOS) is an independent, non-profit marine science and education institute located in Ferry Reach, St. George's, Bermuda. The institute, founded in 1903 as the Bermuda Biological Station, hosts ...; this was transferred for the period from Agar _Island.html" ;"title="s/nowiki> Island">s/nowiki> Island, which had been " requisitioned for military purpos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dyer Island (Rhode Island)
Dyer Island is an island in Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, United States. It lies off the west coast of Aquidneck Island and is part of Melville CDP, which itself is part of the town of Portsmouth. The island lies between Melville and Prudence Island and is uninhabited and has a land area of 0.12 km² (29.65 acres) and is only 13 feet above sea level. The salt marshes of Dyer Island are among the last remaining in Rhode Island without mosquito ditches, and the island is home to various shorebirds. In the seventeenth century, Dyer Island was named after William Dyer, the husband of the Quaker martyr Mary Dyer Mary Dyer (born Marie Barrett; c. 1611 – 1 June 1660) was an English and colonial American Puritan turned Quaker who was hanged in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, for repeatedly defying a Puritan law banning Quakers from the colony. .... William Dyer was one of the founders of Rhode Island, and in 1638 he sailed past the island and requested that it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dyer Island (South Africa)
The Dyer Island Nature Reserve Complex is a protected area off the coast of Gansbaai in the Western Cape, South Africa. It consists of 3 islets, namely Dyer Island, Geyser Island, and Quoin Rock that lies 25 kilometres away from Dyer Island, off the coast of Quoin Point Nature Reserve and Agulhas National Park. Combined, Dyer Island and Geyser Island are a designated Ramsar site. Dyer Island is the largest in the group of islands, and lies about offshore from Gansbaai and Danger Point Lighthouse. It is home to a declining colony of African penguins ( individuals in 2015). Geyser Island is a smaller island nearby and is home to around 60,000 brown fur seals. The shallow channel between the two islands is popularly known as Shark Alley. The reserve cannot be accessed by the general public. History The original name of Dyer Island was (Island of wild creatures), so named by Portuguese seafarers in the 15th century. It is named after Samson Dyer, an emigrant from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gansbaai
Gansbaai (Dutch/Afrikaans for "bay of geese," sometimes referred to as Gans Bay or Gangs Bay) is a fishing town and popular tourist destination in the Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa. It is known for its dense population of great white sharks and as a whale-watching location. The main tourist attraction in Gansbaai since approximately 1995 has been cage diving with great white sharks. It is said that after Kruger National Park, the great white sharks attract some of the highest numbers of tourists to South Africa for any single activity. History Klipgat Cave is located in the Walker Bay Nature Reserve, next to De Kelders, the residential shore area of Gansbaai. As one of only three places in South Africa where such old remains have been excavated, Klipgat Cave is one of the most important historical sites in the Western Cape. The reserve and the cave are open to anyone that has a wild card. The earliest evidence of the presence of sheep-herding Khoi p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
