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Waveland Avenue
Waveland may refer to: ;in the Atlantic Ocean * The islet of Rockall, designated as an independent state by Greenpeace ;in the United States * Waveland, Florida * Waveland Avenue, a bordering street of Wrigley Field (left-field side), in Chicago, Illinois * Waveland, Indiana * Waveland State Historic Site, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Fayette County, Kentucky *Waveland (Danville, Kentucky), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Boyle County, Kentucky * Waveland, Mississippi, a town devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 *Waveland (Marshall, Virginia) Waveland is a historic plantation house and farm located near Marshall, Fauquier County, Virginia in the Carter's Run Rural Historic District. It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004, and the surrounding d ..., listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Fauquier County, Virginia {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockall
Rockall () is an uninhabitable granite islet situated in the North Atlantic Ocean. The United Kingdom claims that Rockall lies within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and is part of its territory, but this claim is not recognised by Ireland. It and the nearby skerries of Hasselwood Rock and Helen's Reef are the only emergent parts of the Rockall Plateau. The rock was formed by magmatism as part of the North Atlantic Igneous Province during the Paleogene. Rockall's approximate distances from the closest islands in each direction are as follows: It is west of Soay, Scotland; northwest of Tory Island, Ireland; and south of Iceland. The nearest permanently inhabited place is North Uist, an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, to the east. The United Kingdom claimed Rockall in 1955 and incorporated it as a part of Scotland in 1972. The UK does not make a claim to extended EEZ based on Rockall, as it has ratified the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
