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Williams Reef (Alaska)
Williams Reef is a reef which extends southward for about 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km) from Cape Fie in the island of Bouvet Island, Bouvetøya. The reef was charted in 1898 by a German expedition in the ''Valdivia'' under Carl Chun. It was recharted in December 1927 by a Norwegian expedition and named for Captain John Williams (other), John Williams, an American sealer who had visited Bouvetoya in the schooner Golden West (clipper), Golden West in 1878, making a landing on the island. References Reefs of Bouvet Island {{BouvetIsland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bouvet Map
Bouvet can have the following meanings: Places *Bouvet Island, an uninhabited Norwegian island in the South Atlantic People *Joachim Bouvet (1656–1730), French Jesuit who worked in China, leading member of the Figurist movement *Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier (1705–1786), French explorer, discovered Bouvet Island *René Joseph Bouvet de Précourt (1715 — 1782), French Navy officer, captain of ''Ajax'' in Suffren's squadron during the War of American Independence *Pierre-Servan-René Bouvet (1750 — 1795), French Navy officer, officer in Suffren's squadron during the War of American Independence *François Joseph Bouvet de Précourt (1753–1832), French admiral *Pierre François Étienne Bouvet de Maisonneuve (1775–1860), French Navy officer *Gustave Bouvet (born 1898), French anarchist and attempted assassin *Max Bouvet, Maximilien-Nicolas Bouvet, French opera singer (1854–1943) Organizations *Bouvet ASA, Norwegian software services company Warships * Frenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Fie
Cape Fie (Norwegian: Kapp Fie), located at , is a cape marking the southeast extremity of Bouvetøya in the South Atlantic Ocean. It was first roughly charted in 1898 by a German expedition under Carl Chun, and was re-charted and named by the Norwegian expedition under Captain Harald Horntvedt Harald or Haraldr is the Old Norse form of the given name Harold. It may refer to: Medieval Kings of Denmark * Harald Bluetooth (935–985/986) Kings of Norway * Harald Fairhair (c. 850–c. 933) * Harald Greycloak (died 970) * Harald Hardrada ... who explored the area from the ''Norvegia'' in December 1927. See also * Williams Reef References Headlands of Bouvet Island {{BouvetIsland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bouvet Island
Bouvet Island ( ; or ''Bouvetøyen'') is an island claimed by Norway, and declared an uninhabited protected nature reserve. It is a subantarctic volcanic island, situated in the South Atlantic Ocean at the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, making it the world's most remote island. It is not part of the southern region covered by the Antarctic Treaty System. The island lies north of the Princess Astrid Coast of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, east of the South Sandwich Islands, south of Gough Island, and south-southwest of the coast of South Africa. It has an area of , 93 percent of which is covered by a glacier. The centre of the island is the ice-filled crater of an inactive volcano. Some skerries and one smaller island, Larsøya, lie along its coast. Nyrøysa, created by a rock slide in the late 1950s, is the only easy place to land and is the location of a weather station. The island was first spotted on 1 January 1739 by the Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Chun
Carl Chun (1 October 1852 – 11 April 1914) was a German marine biologist. Chun was born in Höchst, today a part of Frankfurt, and studied zoology at the University of Leipzig, where from 1878 to 1883 he was privat-docent of zoology and an assistant to Rudolf Leuckart. After professorial posts in Königsberg (1883–1891) and Breslau (1891–1898), he returned to Leipzig as a professor of zoology.UNI Leipzig Professorenkatalog (biographical sketch) In 1888, Chun described seasonal vertical migration (SVM) which has a periodicity of ca. 1 year. Chun examined depth-stratified net samples from the |
John Williams (other)
John Williams (born 1932) is an American composer (specializing in film scores), conductor and pianist. John, Johnnie, or Johnny Williams may also refer to: People Businessmen * John Williams (football executive) (born 1939 or 1940), English football executive * John Williams (winemaker) (born 1953), American winemaker * John C. Williams (economist) (born 1962), president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York * John H. Williams (businessperson), American businessperson * John Henry Williams (baseball) (1968–2004), son of baseball player Ted Williams * John Osborn Williams (1886–1963), Canadian businessperson * John P. Williams Jr. (1941–2019), president of the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce * John Stanton Williams (1814–1876), American shipowner and businessperson Clergymen * John Williams (Ab Ithel) (1811–1862), Welsh antiquary and Anglican priest * John Williams (archbishop of York) (1582–1650), British Anglican archbish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden West (clipper)
''Golden West'' was an 1852 extreme clipper built by Paul Curtis. The ship had a very active career in the California trade, the guano trade, the coolie trade, the Far East, and Australia. She made a record passage between Japan and San Francisco in 1856. Construction ''Golden West'' had a long and sharp bow, with a gilded figurehead of an eagle. Voyages ''Golden West'' sailed under many different captains, making trips between New York, San Francisco, the Far East, Liverpool and Australia. An outline of her voyages is as follows: Boston to San Francisco, Captain Samuel R. Curwen, 124 days, 1852. San Francisco to the Chincha Islands, for a load of guano; arrived at Hampton Roads, January 20, 1854; 69 days from Callao. Philadelphia to San Francisco, 145 days, 1854 Sailed with ''Golden State'', which had left 4 days earlier, from the Horn to the equator. San Francisco to Manila, 55 days Manila to New York, 99 days, 1855 Struck a reef in Gaspar Strait; jettisoned 200 tons of hem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Island
An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, and a small island off the coast may be called a holm. Sedimentary islands in the Ganges delta are called chars. A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands, such as the Philippines, is referred to as an archipelago. There are two main types of islands in the sea: continental and oceanic. There are also artificial islands, which are man-made. Etymology The word ''island'' derives from Middle English ''iland'', from Old English ''igland'' (from ''ig'' or ''ieg'', similarly meaning 'island' when used independently, and -land carrying its contemporary meaning; cf. Dutch ''eiland'' ("island"), German ''Eiland'' ("small island")). However, the spelling of the word ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
