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Stephens Island (other)
Stephens Island or Stephen Island may refer to: * Stephen Island, Antarctica * Stephen Island (Torres Strait), Queensland, Australia, also known as Ugar * Stephens Island (Great Barrier Reef), Queensland, Australia * Stephens Island (British Columbia), Canada * Stephens Island (Nunavut), Canada * Stephens Island (New Zealand) Stephens Island is at the northernmost tip of the Marlborough Sounds in the South Island of New Zealand. It lies two kilometres to the northeast of Cape Stephens, the northernmost point of D'Urville Island. The island is in size, and rises h ...
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Stephen Island, Antarctica
Nickerson Ice Shelf (), is an ice shelf about 35 miles wide, lying north of Siemiatkowski Glacier and the western part of Ruppert Coast, Marie Byrd Land Marie Byrd Land (MBL) is an unclaimed region of Antarctica. With an area of , it is the largest unclaimed territory on Earth. It was named after the wife of American naval officer Richard E. Byrd, who explored the region in the early 20th centur ..., Antarctica. First observed and roughly mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE) (1928-30). Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander H.J. Nickerson, U.S. Navy (USN), administrative officer on the staff of the Commander, Task Force 43, during Operation Deep Freeze 1966. See also * Ice shelves of Antarctica References Ice shelves of Antarctica Bodies of ice of Marie Byrd Land {{MarieByrdLand-geo-stub ...
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Stephen Island (Torres Strait)
Stephen Island, called ''Ugar'' in the local Meriam language, lies in the eastern group of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago of Queensland, Australia. The island is within the locality of Ugar Island within the local government area of the Torres Strait Island Region. Geography The island is located near the Great Barrier Reef and north of Coconut Island (also called ''Poruma'') and northwest of Murray Island and west of Darnley Island. Islanders The Torres Islander people of the island are of Melanesian origin and hold close kinship ties with the Islander people of Darnley Island (Erub) and Murray Island (Mer). The traditional owners of Stephen Island call themselves the Ugarem-Le. The Ugarem-Le lived in village communities following traditional patterns of hunting, fishing, agriculture and trade for many thousands of years before contact was made with European visitors to the region. The people of Stephen Island call themselves Ugarem Le, and are the same people ...
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Stephens Island (Great Barrier Reef)
Stephens Island is about 40 km north of Dunk Island. With nearby Sisters Island it forms the South Barnard Islands Group, which is protected within the Barnard Island Group National Park. It is a popular site for tourist kayaking. The island is part of the South Barnard Islands Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because of its importance as a breeding site for terns. See also * Stephens Island (Torres Strait) Stephen Island, called ''Ugar'' in the local Meriam language, lies in the eastern group of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago of Queensland, Australia. The island is within the Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality of Ugar Island, Qu ... References Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Important Bird Areas of Queensland {{Queensland-geo-stub ...
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Stephens Island (British Columbia)
Stephens Island is an island on the British Columbia Coast, Canada, located in Hecate Strait to the northwest of Porcher Island and to the southwest of the city of Prince Rupert. The island's main geographic feature is Mount Stephens, 432 m (1417 feet), on the southeast end of the island at . To its northwest is Congreve Hill, 150 m (492 feet), at . The island was named by Captain Vancouver in honour of Sir Philip Stephens, secretary to the Admiralty from 1763 to 1795. The Early Cretaceous Stephens Island pluton dates to the Albian (102±8  Ma). Indian reserves Squaderee Indian Reserve No. 91 is located on the west side of the island's northern part, at on Skiakl Bay at , in which there is a small island, Skiakl Island, at . Off Stephens Island's northern tip is Avery Island at , the whole of which constitutes Avery Island Indian Reserve No. 92, Both it and Squadaree IR No. 9 are under the administration of the Metlakatla First Nation. It lies in Qlawdzeet Anchora ...
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Stephens Island (Nunavut)
Stephens Island is a member of the Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. Located in Milne Inlet just north of Koluktoo Bay, it is an irregularly shaped island off the Baffin Island Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada and the fifth-largest island in the world. Its area is , slightly larger than Spain; its population was 13,039 as of the 2021 Canadia ... coast. External links Stephens Islandin the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada Islands of Baffin Island Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region {{QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub ...
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