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Fogo Island (other)
Fogo Island may refer to: * Fogo Island (Newfoundland and Labrador), the largest of Newfoundland's offshore islands, in Canada ** Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, a settlement on the island * Fogo, Cape Verde See also * Fire Island (other) Fire Island, New York is a long barrier island far off the southern shore of Long Island, New York. Fire Island may also refer to: Places * Fire Island (Aleutian Islands) * Fire Island (Anchorage, Alaska) * Ilha do Fogo, Mozambique (Portuguese ... * Isla del Fuego {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fogo Island (Newfoundland And Labrador)
Fogo Island (''Fogo'', Portuguese for "Fire") is the largest of the offshore islands of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The Town of Fogo Island encompasses Fogo, Joe Batt's Arm-Barr'd Islands-Shoal Bay, Seldom-Little Seldom and Tilting, with the unincorporated areas of Fogo Island. It lies off the northeast coast of Newfoundland, northwest of Musgrave Harbour across Hamilton Sound, just east of the Change Islands. The island is about long and wide. The total area is . The island had a population of 2,706 people in the 2006 census, 2,395 in the 2011 census, and 2,244 in the 2016 census. Though migratory French fishermen visited Fogo Island from the early 16th century until 1718, the first permanent settlement of the island took place in the 18th century. Fogo Harbour and Tilting Harbour were the first settlements on the island. The English and Irish descendants of the first inhabitants retained traces of their Elizabethan English and Old Irish dialects, which can b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fogo Island, Newfoundland And Labrador
Fogo Island is a town located on Fogo Island, the largest of the offshore islands in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. History The Town of Fogo Island was incorporated on March 1, 2011 following the amalgamation of four towns – Fogo, Joe Batt's Arm-Barr'd Islands-Shoal Bay, Seldom-Little Seldom and Tilting – with the unincorporated balance of the Fogo Island. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Fogo Island had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Climate Transportation Fogo Island is accessible by ferry or air. The local airstrip is the Fogo Aerodrome. Notable people *Zita Cobb – founder of Shorefast *Rob Furlong - world record holder for longest recorded sniper kill March 2002 - November 2009 See also *Fogo Island Inn The Fogo Island Inn is a hotel located on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fogo, Cape Verde
Fogo (Portuguese for "fire") is an island in the Sotavento group of Cape Verde. Its population is 35,837 (2015),Cabo Verde, Statistical Yearbook 2015 Instituto Nacional de Estatística with an area of 476 km2. It reaches the highest altitude of all the islands in Cape Verde, rising to at the summit of its active volcano, |
Fire Island (other)
Fire Island, New York is a long barrier island far off the southern shore of Long Island, New York. Fire Island may also refer to: Places * Fire Island (Aleutian Islands) * Fire Island (Anchorage, Alaska) * Ilha do Fogo, Mozambique (Portuguese for ''Fire Island'') * Green Island, Taiwan, known before 1949 as Fire Island or Bonfire Island * Ognenny Ostrov (Russian for ''Fire Island''), an island of Lake Novozero in Belozersky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia * An island in the Isle Royale National Park, in Lake Superior Music * Fire Island (duo), an English house music duo ** "Fire Island", a 1992 song by the duo * "Fire Island", a song by the Village People from their 1977 self-titled album * "Fire Island", a song by Fountains of Wayne from their 2003 album ''Welcome Interstate Managers'' * "Fire Island", a 1984 song by Scottish band Secession * "Fire Island", a song by the Village People from their 1977 self-titled album * "Fire Island, AK", a song by The Long Winters from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
