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Red Cliff (other)
Red Cliff or Red Cliffs may refer to: Places * Red Cliffs, Victoria, Australia * Chibi, Hubei, China * Red Cliff, Greenland, Robert Peary's base during his Second Greenland Expedition * Red Cliff, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, a boulder clay cliff and archaeological site * Red Cliff, Colorado, US ** Red Cliff Bridge * Red Cliff, Wisconsin, US Other * Battle of Red Cliffs (208–209 AD), a battle near modern Chibi City, China ** Red Cliff (Peking opera), ''Red Cliff'' (Peking opera), an opera based on the Battle of Red Cliffs ** Red Cliff (film), ''Red Cliff'' (film), a 2008 Chinese film based on the Battle of Red Cliffs * Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, a band of Ojibwe Indians in Wisconsin * ''Xin Zhan: Red Cliff'', a 2008 EP by Tibetan-Chinese singer Alan Dawa Dolma See also * Redcliff (other) * Redcliffe (other) * Rotes Kliff ("Red Cliff") {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Cliffs, Victoria
Red Cliffs is a town in Victoria, Australia in the Sunraysia region. It is located on the Calder Highway, 16 km south of Mildura and 544 km north-west of Melbourne. At the , Red Cliffs had a population of 5,060. The main industry is the growing of grapes and citrus. Red Cliffs takes its name from the 70 m cliffs 4.5 km east of the town that have a red/orange colour. History Following the First World War, over 700 soldiers settled in the town, and began work on establishing the vineyards which would become the town's chief industry. The post office opened on 4 August 1920. The town and surrounding irrigation district was officially opened in 1921, and will be having a centenary celebration over the Melbourne Cup weekend in 2021. The Red Cliffs Magistrates' Court closed on 1 January 1990. In April 2022 Red Cliffs celebrated its centenary, postponed from November 2021 due to the pandemic. Culture Schools Red Cliffs has three primary schools, Red Cliffs Prima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chibi, Hubei
Chibi () is a county-level city in southeastern Hubei province, China. Neighboring Wuhan in the north and Yueyang in the south, Chibi is called the "South Gate of Hubei". It is under the administration of Xianning prefecture-level city. Chibi was called Puqi () until 11 June 1998, when the State Council approved its renaming to "Chibi" since it was the site of the famous Battle of Chibi that took place in the winter of 208/9 CE. Chibi has an area of and a population of 506,509 as of 2006. Population In 1908, the entire county had a population of 185,004. In 1911, there were 42,455 families. In 1931, the county had 44,724 families and population of 181,640. In 1953, after the first national population census, the county had 50,746 families and population of 182,801. In 1964, the second national population census, the county had 58,055 families and population of 248,391. From 1961 to 1970, it is the second peak of population growth, after the third national population census, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Cliff, Greenland
MacCormick Fjord ( kl, Iterlassuaq) is a fjord in northern Greenland. To the southwest, the fjord opens into the Murchison Sound of the Baffin Bay.GoogleEarth History In 1891 a spot in the southern shore near the mouth of the fjord was chosen as a place for the recovery of Robert Peary during his Second Greenland Expedition. A house was built and the site was named "Red Cliff". Geography MacCormick Fjord, together with Robertson Fjord close to the west, is one of the two main indentations of the northern side of the Murchison Sound. It runs in a roughly NE/SW direction east of Cape Robertson, with its mouth north of Cape Cleveland, beyond the western end of the Inglefield Gulf. Piulip Nunaa is the peninsula that separates this fjord from Bowdoin Fjord to the east and MacCormick Fjord forms the peninsula's western coastline. Most of the fjord's shores are beach.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute,'' p. 89 The Sun Glacier discharges from the Greenland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
