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Seal Island (other)
Seal Island, Seal Islands and similar may refer to: Places Africa *Seal Island, South Africa, known for predation by great white sharks on the Cape Fur Seal *Seal Island, one of the Bird Islands in Algoa Bay, South Africa * Seal Island, Namibia, in Lüderitz Bay Antarctica *Seal Islands (South Shetland Islands) Australia South Australia *Seal Island (Encounter Bay), part of the West Island Conservation Park * Seal Island (Investigator Strait), part of the Althorpe Islands Conservation Park Tasmania *Prime Seal Island, Tasmania Western Australia * Seal Island (Albany, Western Australia), in the Great Southern region * Seal Island (St Alouarn Islands), in the South West region * Seal Island (Houtman Abrolhos), in Houtman Abrolhos chain * Seal Island (Ravensthorpe, Western Australia), in Great Southern region * Seal Island (Shoalwater, Western Australia), in the Shoalwater Islands Marine Park Victoria * Seal Island (Victoria), off Wilsons Promontory * Seal Rocks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seal Island, South Africa
Seal Island is a small land mass located off the northern beaches of False Bay, near Cape Town in South Africa. The island is so named because of the great number of Cape fur seals that occupy it. It is in area and home to 64,000 cape fur seals. It is also home to seabirds, and it is likely that non-marine species fly there to breed as well . The island is an outcrop of the Cape granite, and rises no more than about above the high tide mark. The island is long and narrow – . There is no vegetation, soil of any significance, or beach. A radar mast was built on the island during World War II by a crew who lived in prefabricated huts for the duration of the construction but this tower gradually succumbed to corrosion and was blown over in a winter storm in 1970. All that remains of it is rusty, twisted metal. There are the ruins of a few huts and other structures from the sealing and guano-collection era (first half of the 20th century). Some rock inscriptions made by seale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Carracks
The Carracks ( kw, Kerrek, meaning ''rocks'') and Little Carracks ( kw, Karrek an Ydhyn, meaning ''rock of the birds'') are a group of small rocky inshore islands off the Atlantic north coast of west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The name comes from "carrek", the Cornish language word for 'rock'. The Little Carracks were still known as ''Carrack an Heythen'' c. 1920. The islands are in Zennor civil parish. The islands are located between Zennor and St Ives and are approximately off shore; The Little Carracks are between the Carracks and Towednack Quae Head which is east of the islands. The largest island in the group is sometimes referred to as Seal Island and is home to Atlantic grey seals, dogfish, anglerfish and sea anemones. Boats from St Ives often travel to and from the islands to give visitors the chance to observe the seals and other wildlife on the island. In 1916, the ''Enrico Parodi'', a , 3,818-ton steel vessel, struck Gurnard's Head Gurnard's Head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robben Island
Robben Island ( af, Robbeneiland) is an island in Table Bay, 6.9 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of the coast of Bloubergstrand, north of Cape Town, South Africa. It takes its name from the Dutch word for seals (''robben''), hence the Dutch/Afrikaans name ''Robbeneiland'', which translates to ''Seal(s) Island''. Robben Island is roughly oval in shape, long north–south, and wide, with an area of . It is flat and only a few metres above sea level, as a result of an ancient erosion event. It was fortified and used as a prison from the late-seventeenth century until 1996, after the end of apartheid. Political activist and lawyer Nelson Mandela was imprisoned on the island for 18 of the 27 years of his imprisonment before the fall of apartheid and introduction of full, multi-racial democracy. He was later awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and was elected in 1994 as President of South Africa, becoming the country's first black president and serving one term from 1994–1999. In additio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ile Des Phoques
Ile des Phoques (also called Isle du Phoques) is a rugged granite island, with an area of 8 ha, part of the Schouten Island Group, lying close to the eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia near the Freycinet Peninsula. Seal hunting took place here from at least 1805. Captain James Kelly is recorded sealing here during his 1816 circumnavigation of Tasmania.Kostoglou, p.73. It is a nature reserve.Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). ''Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features''. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart. Fauna Recorded breeding seabird species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, fairy prion and common diving-petrel. White-bellied sea-eagle The white-bellied sea eagle (''Haliaeetus leucogaster''), also known as the white-breasted sea eagle, is a large diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Originally described by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1788, it is closely related t ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Seal Dog Island
Little Seal Dog Island (also known as West Seal Dog Island) is an uninhabited islet of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. It is located in a smaller sub-group of islands referred to as the Dog Islands, or more commonly, "The Dogs". Other islets in The Dogs include Great Dog, East Seal Dog and George Dog, all of which are to the northwest of Virgin Gorda Virgin Gorda () is the third-largest island (after Tortola and Anegada) and second-most populous of the British Virgin Islands (BVI). Geography Located at about 18 degrees, 48 minutes North, and 64 degrees, 30 minutes West, it covers an area .... Dog Islands {{BVI-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Seal Dog Island
East Seal Dog is an uninhabited islet of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. It is located in a smaller sub-group of islands referred to as the Dog Islands, or more commonly, "The Dogs". Other islets in The Dogs include Little Seal Dog Island, West Dog Island and George Dog Island, all of which are to the northwest of Virgin Gorda. The island provides habitat for the crested anole (''Anolis cristatellus wileyae''). In 1985, white band disease was noted on elkhorn coral Elkhorn coral (''Acropora palmata'') is an important reef-building coral in the Caribbean. The species has a complex structure with many branches which resemble that of elk antlers; hence, the common name. The branching structure creates habit ... (''A. palmata'') in the water to the north of the island. References Dog Islands {{BVI-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seal Island (film)
''Seal Island'' is a 1948 American documentary film directed by James Algar. Produced by Walt Disney, it was the first installment of the ''True-Life Adventures'' series of nature documentaries. It won an Oscar in 1949 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel). Cast * Winston Hibler as Narrator Production In 1947, Walt Disney contracted with Alfred and Elma Milotte to shoot documentary footage of the wildlife and culture of Alaska. Disney did not see the theatrical value in the footage of human activity in Alaska, but he was intrigued with footage that the Milottes shot of the seal population at the Pribilof Islands. Disney himself coined the title ''Seal Island'' for the film, and planned it as the first in a new series of nature documentaries called ''True-Life Adventures''. The Milottes shot more than 100,000 feet of film and spent over a year filming the seals. The total production cost Disney a little over $100,000. Release RKO Pictures, the studio distributing Disney's films at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge
Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge is a island off the coast of Maine, United States near Matinicus Island that is part of the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge. During any given summer season, over 100 species of birds are observed by researchers on the island. It is home to colonies of many types of seabirds, including Atlantic puffins, double-crested cormorants, razorbills, Leach's storm petrels, eiders, and black guillemots. Seal Island is the last refuge for the dwindling great cormorant population in the Gulf of Maine, with 35 pairs in 2018. A policy of eliminating predatory gulls preceded the recolonization of the island by a large mixed band of Arctic terns and common terns. During the Cold War, the island was used as a gunnery range and bombing test site for the United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seal Islands (California)
Seal Islands are a pair of islands in Suisun Bay at the mouth of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in Contra Costa County, California, 10 km east of Benicia Benicia ( , ) is a waterside city in Solano County, California, located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. It served as the capital of California for nearly thirteen months from 1853 to 1854. The population was 26,997 at the ..., and 500 metres off-shore from the former Concord Naval Weapons Station and Port Chicago Naval Magazine. See also * List of islands of California References Islands of Contra Costa County, California Islands of the San Francisco Bay Area Islands of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta Islands of Northern California Islands of Suisun Bay {{ContraCostaCountyCA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seal Islands (Aleutians East)
The Seal Islands are a group of 12/+ islands in the Bering Sea, trending northeast , close to the shores of Bristol Bay, Alaska, southwest of Port Heiden, Alaska Airfield; Bristol Bay Low. Etymology The Seal Islands appear as "Ostrova Nerpichoi," meaning "Seal Islands" on Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...n maps. They were given their name by Captain Mikhail Dmitrievich Tebenkov, who charted the Northwest Coasts of America (1852, map 24), IRN. They appeared for the first time as "Seal Islands" on an USBF chart in 1888. References Further readingCaptain Mikhail Dmitrievich Tebenkov {{authority control Islands of Aleutians East Borough, Alaska Islands of the Bering Sea Islands of Alaska ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seal Island Historic District
The Seal Island Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District located on the islands of St. George and St. Paul in the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea of Alaska. These islands are home to northern fur seal herds which were actively hunted by indigenous populations and later by many nationalities. These islands of the Pribilofs are also the southern end of the range of the polar bear, (''Ursus maritimus'') The North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 signed by the United Kingdom, Japan, Russia and the United States limited hunting of the seals on these islands; this international treaty was one of the first conservation treaties, and set the stage for subsequent treaties. History The Pribilof Islands were discovered by Russian fur hunters in 1786, and in the following years a number of small villages for hunting and processing seals were established, including ones at the sites of the present-day St. George and St. Paul. After the Russian American Company was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seal Island, Anguilla
Seal Island is a small island off the northwest coast of Anguilla. It is located some two kilometres to the east of the Prickly Pear Cays The Prickly Pear Cays, sometimes spelt as Prickley Pear Cays, are a small pair of uninhabited islands about six miles from Road Bay, Anguilla, in the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean. They are divided by a narrow boat channel between Prickly Pear E ... at 18° 16' N, 63° 9' W, and lies at the centre of the Seal island Reef System Marine Park. The area is popular with scuba divers. A reef lying between the island and Anguilla can make access more difficult.Allen, Casey D. (ed.Landscapes and Landforms of the Lesser Antilles p. 36 (2017) References {{Anguilla-geo-stub Tourist attractions in Anguilla Uninhabited islands of Anguilla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
