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Terra Nova (literally "New Earth" or "New Land") may refer to: Places Antarctica * Terra Nova Bay, Victoria Land * Terra Nova Islands, a pair of small phantom islands near Antarctica * Mount Terra Nova, a snow-covered mountain (2,130 m) Brazil * Terra Nova, Bahia, a municipality in Bahia * Terra Nova, Pernambuco, a municipality in Pernambuco * Terra Nova do Norte, a municipality in Mato Grosso * Terra Nova River (Pernambuco), a river of Pernambuco Canada * Newfoundland and Labrador, a province ** Newfoundland (island), the island portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, originally called ''Terra Nova'' in Portuguese ** Terra Nova (electoral district), Newfoundland and Labrador ** Terra Nova, Newfoundland and Labrador, a town in Newfoundland and Labrador ** Terra Nova National Park, a national park in Newfoundland ** Terra Nova River, a Newfoundland river ** Terra Nova oil field, an oil field development project 350 kilometres off the coast of Newfoundland * Terra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terra Nova Bay
Terra Nova Bay is a bay which is often ice free, about long, lying between Cape Washington and the Drygalski Ice Tongue along the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (known as the ''Discovery'' Expedition) under Robert Falcon Scott, 1901–1904, and named by him after '' Terra Nova'', one of the relief ships for the expedition. The Italian permanent Zucchelli Station is located in the bay, as is the Jang Bogo Station of South Korea. Relief Inlet can be found in the south west corner of the Bay. Antarctic Specially Protected Area A marine area of of the bay comprising a narrow strip of coastal waters about long, to the immediate south of Zucchelli Station, and extending to a maximum of from the shore, has been designated an Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA 161). It is an important site for long-term research on the marine ecology of benthic communities. As well as rich and complex sponge and anthozoan comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terranova Pausania
Olbia (, ; sc, Terranoa; sdn, Tarranoa) is a city and commune of 60,346 inhabitants (May 2018) in the Italian insular province of Sassari in northeastern Sardinia, Italy, in the historical region of Gallura. Called ''Olbia'' in the Roman age, Civita in the Middle Ages (Judicates period) and ''Terranova Pausania'' before the 1940s, Olbia was again the official name of the city during the fascist period. Geography It is the economic centre of this part of the island (commercial centres, food industry) and is very close to the Costa Smeralda tourist area. It was one of the administrative capitals of the province of Olbia-Tempio, operative since 2005 and canceled after a referendum seven years later. Olbia is a tourist destination thanks to its sea and beaches and also for the large number of places of cultural interest to visit. Climate Olbia has a Mediterranean climate (''Csa''), with mild winters, warm springs and autumns and hot summers. History Although the name is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terra Nova (ship)
''Terra Nova'' was a whaler and polar expedition ship. She is best known for carrying the 1910 British Antarctic Expedition, Robert Falcon Scott's last expedition. Construction ''Terra Nova'' (Latin for "new land") was built in 1884 for the Dundee whaling and sealing fleet. She was ideally suited to the polar regions and worked for 10 years in the annual seal fishery in the Labrador Sea, proving her worth for many years before she was called upon for expedition work. Expedition relief In 1903, she sailed in company with fellow ex-whaler to assist in freeing the National Antarctic Expedition's from McMurdo Sound. On return to Great Britain, expedition leader Commander Robert Falcon Scott was promoted to the rank of captain. On return from the Antarctic, ''Terra Nova'' was purchased by the American millionaire William Ziegler and placed under the command of a Norwegian, Captain Johan Kjeldsen. She sailed to the Arctic to return members of the US Fiala/Ziegler expedition fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terra Nova Expedition
The ''Terra Nova'' Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition to Antarctica which took place between 1910 and 1913. Led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott, the expedition had various scientific and geographical objectives. Scott wished to continue the scientific work that he had begun when leading the ''Discovery'' Expedition from 1901 to 1904, and wanted to be the first to reach the geographic South Pole. He and four companions attained the pole on 17 January 1912, where they found that a Norwegian team led by Roald Amundsen had preceded them by 34 days. Scott's party of five died on the return journey from the pole; some of their bodies, journals, and photographs were found by a search party eight months later. The expedition, named after its supply ship, was a private venture financed by public contributions and a government grant. It had further backing from the Admiralty, which released experienced seamen to the expedition, and from the Royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMCS Terra Nova (DDE 259)
HMCS ''Terra Nova'' (DDE 259) was a that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces from 1959 until 1997. After her final refit, she was a guided missile destroyer. She was the sixth ship of her class and the first Canadian war ship to bear the name ''Terra Nova''. The ship's badge honours the Terra Nova River in Newfoundland as well as an earlier civilian ship, , which gained fame during a scientific exploration voyage to Antarctica. They are represented as a river and the Antarctic (symbolized by a penguin) on the ship's badge. Design and description Based on the preceding design, the ''Restigouche''-class ships had the same hull and propulsion, but different weaponry.Gardiner and Chumbley, p. 45 Initially the ''St. Laurent''-class had been planned to be 14 ships. However the order was halved, and the following seven were redesigned to take into improvements made on the ''St. Laurent''-class ships. As time passed, their design diverged further from that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TerraNova (test)
''TerraNova'' is a series of standardized achievement tests used in the United States designed to assess K-12 student achievement in reading, language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, vocabulary, spelling, and other areas.TerraNova testing information The test series is published by . On June 30, 2015 announced that Data Recognition Corporation (DRC) had agreed to acquire "key assets" of the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terra Nova High School (other) in Pacifica, California
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Terra Nova High School may refer to: * Terra Nova High School (Oregon) in Portland, Oregon * Terra Nova High School (California) Terra Nova High School is an American public high school in Pacifica in San Mateo County, California, United States. It serves grades 9 through 12 as part of the Jefferson Union High School District. History Terra Nova High School was establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terra Nova School
Terra Nova School is a prep school in Cheshire, England for children from two and a half to thirteen years of age. It began as a school for boys in 1897, and today educates boys and girls. Children aged two and a half to seven attend the pre-prep school, and pupils aged eight to thirteen attend the prep school. A charitable trust since 1955, the life and work of the school are overseen by a distinguished governing body. Since 1939 the school has occupied a site of just over including extensive playing fields, in a rural area within the bounds of Holmes Chapel. At the core of the site is Jodrell Hall, a country house begun in 1779 with additions in 1835. Notable pupils *Will Carling, former Captain of the England Rugby team *Ben Ainslie, the most successful sailor in Olympic history * Hamish Watson, Scottish Rugby international * J. G. Farrell, Booker Prize winning writer * Robert Bruce-Gardner, 10 June 1943 - 6 September 2017, Conservator of paintings at the Courtauld Instit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terranova, Quebradillas, Puerto Rico
Terranova is a barrio in the municipality of Quebradillas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,102. History Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Terranova barrio was 779. Sectors Barrios (which are like minor civil divisions) in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores (''sectors'' in English). The types of ''sectores'' may vary, from normally ''sector'' to ''urbanización'' to ''reparto'' to ''barriada'' to ''residencial'', among others. The following sectors are in Terranova barrio: , and . Gallery Túnel negro.jpg, in Terranova Terranova, Quebradillas, Puerto Rico - panoramio (1).jpg, Recreational area in Terranova Terranova, Quebradillas, Puerto Rico - panorami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terranova (Sicignano Degli Alburni)
Sicignano degli Alburni (also known simply as Sicignano) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of southern Italy. History The Roman war hero Lucius Sicinius Dentatus, of the gens Sicinia, founded Sicignano degli Alburni as his ancient latifundium. The earliest documentation of Sicignano is from a medieval donation document dated 1086 by which the Norman count Asclettino Sicignano, Lord of Polla (died 1086), gives the abbey of Cava dei Tirreni the monastery of St. Peter and St. Catherine's Church, located in the Castrum Pollae. From 1811 to 1860, Sicignano was part of the district of Postiglione, belonging to the District of Country of the Two Sicilies. From 1860 to 1927 it was part of the district of Postiglione, belonging to the district to campaign. Geography Sicignano is located between the valley of the Tanagro river and the Alburni mountain range; its territory lying mostly within the Parco nazionale del Cilento e Vallo di Diano. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terranova Sappo Minulio
Terranova Sappo Minulio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about northeast of Reggio Calabria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 556 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. Terranova Sappo Minulio borders the following municipalities: Molochio, Taurianova, Varapodio Varapodio ( Calabrian: ; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the southern Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about northeast of Reggio Calabria. Varapodio, from the coast of Gio .... Demographic evolution Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:455 height:303 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:50 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:2000 TimeAxis = o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terranova Di Pollino
Terranova di Pollino is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Potenza, in the Basilicata region of Italy. The town is located in the Pollino National Park Pollino National Park (Italian: ''Parco Nazionale del Pollino'') is an Italian national park in the southern peninsula, in the provinces of Cosenza, Matera and Potenza. Its named from the homonymous mountain massif Pollino. The park is home .... References Cities and towns in Basilicata {{Basilicata-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
