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Rabbit Island
Rabbit Island may refer to: Places Australia New South Wales * Rabbit Island (New South Wales), also known as Peat Island * Rabbit Island, Lord Howe Island group - alternate name for Blackburn Island Queensland * Rabbit Island (Queensland), Newry Islands National Park South Australia * Rabbit Island (South Australia), a small island in Louth Bay * Rabbit Island (Jussieau Peninsula), also known as Owen Island (South Australia), Owen Island Victoria * Rabbit Island, a small island in Mallacoota, Victoria, Mallacoota Inlet * Rabbit Island, a small island in Swan Bay, Victoria, Swan Bay near Queenscliff * Rabbit Island (Bass Strait), a small island off Wilsons Promontory * Rabbit Rock (Bass Strait), a small island off Wilsons Promontory Western Australia * Rabbit Island (Western Australia), a small island near Denmark, Western Australia, Denmark * Rabbit Island (Albany), an historical, colloquial name for Mistaken Island Canada *Rabbit Island (British Columbia), in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peat Island
Peat Island is an island in the village of Mooney Mooney, New South Wales, Mooney Mooney located in the Hawkesbury River on the Central Coast (New South Wales), Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. The Island has approximately eight hectares of land and is located just upstream from the Pacific Motorway (Sydney–Newcastle), Pacific Motorway and Pacific Highway (Australia), Pacific Highway bridge. It is considered an island due to its size. There is one road connecting the landmass to the mainland. History Peat Island was originally known as Rabbit Island, likely because rabbits were kept there as reported in 1841: "''That to the east is termed Goat Island, having many of those animals grazing thereon, the other Rabbit Island, which is numerously stocked as a Rabbit Warren.''" It was renamed to Peat Island in 1936 due to its proximity to Peat's Ferry, which at the time was operating between Mooney Mooney and Kangaroo Point on the Hawkesbury River. George Peat was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabbit Island (Chatham Islands)
Rabbit Island is a rocky islet lying off Tarawhenua Point on the north-west coast of Pitt Island in the Chatham Islands group of New Zealand. About 300 m long by 200 m across, its highest point is 44 m above sea level. It has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because it supports breeding colonies of the critically endangered Chatham and endangered Pitt shags. See also * Desert island * List of islands This is a list of the lists of islands in the world grouped by country, by continent, by body of water A body of water or waterbody is any significant accumulation of water on the surface of Earth or another planet. The term most often refer ... References Islands of the Chatham Islands Important Bird Areas of the Chatham Islands Uninhabited islands of New Zealand Seabird colonies {{OutlyingNZ-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palm Islands Nature Reserve
The Palm Islands Nature Reserve consists of three flat, rocky islands of eroded limestone and the surrounding sea area, located offshore and northwest of the city of El Mina, Lebanon, to the west of Tripoli, Lebanon. The overall area of the reserve is , it has been designated as a Mediterranean Specially Protected Area under the 1995 Barcelona Convention. The islands were also identified as a Ramsar Wetland of Special International Importance in 1980, and have been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International. The islands are a haven for endangered green turtles (Chelona mydas), rare monk seals and a resting and nesting grounds for migratory birds. Islands The largest of the three islands is Palm Island ( Jazeerat an-Nakheel) also known as Rabbits Island ( Jazeerat al-Araneb). The name 'Araneb' (rabbits) comes from the great numbers of rabbits that were raised on the island during the time of the French mandate early in the 20th century. Palm Island is c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabbit Island, Falkland Islands
Rabbit Island is one of the Falkland Islands in the Hummock Island group. It is near West Falkland West Falkland () is the second largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. It is a hilly island, separated from East Falkland by the Falkland Sound. Its area is , 37% of the total area of the islands. Its coastline is long. Popula ..., to its west, at the mouth of King George Bay.Strange, Ian (1983) ''The Falkland Islands'' With a land area of square miles (1.78 km2)PART II: Falkland Islands Important Bird Areas - Hummock Island Group . The source uses metric units. it is the second largest of the three main islands in the bay, lying 2.8 miles (4.5 km) west of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabbit Island (Cambodia)
Koh Tonsay () is a Cambodian island located off the country's southern coast in the Gulf of Thailand. "Koh Tonsay" translates to Rabbit Island, it is being administered by Kep Province. Koh Tonsay is located just south of Kep town, has an area of around and can be reached by ferry boat from the local port. The island is open for visitors and tourists, who value white sand beaches and the marine scenery. The surrounding sea is shallow, the sea bed gradually sloping, excellent for recreational activities. A number of coral reefs and a variety of habitats for animals and plants attract researchers and ecologists. During Norodom Sihanouk's Sangkum Reastr Niyum The Sangkum Reastr Niyum (, , ;Headly, Robert K.; Chhor, Kylin; Lim, Lam Kheng; Kheang, Lim Hak; Chun, Chen. 1977. ''Cambodian-English Dictionary''. Bureau of Special Research in Modern Languages. The Catholic University of America Press. Washi ... regime (1953 to 1970), the island was a rehabilitation center for co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabbit Island, Bermuda
Bermuda is an archipelago consisting of 181 islands. List of islands See also *Geography of Bermuda ReferencesBermuda's 123 Islands Listed by name, large and small, present and past External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Islands Of Bermuda * Bermuda
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Ford Island
Ford Island () is an islet in the center of Pearl Harbor, Oahu, in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It has been known as Rabbit Island, Marín's Island, and Little Goats Island; its native Hawaiian name is ''Mokuumeume''. The island had an area of when it was surveyed in 1825, which was increased during the 1930s to with fill dredged out of Pearl Harbor by the United States Navy to deepen the harbor. The island was the site of an ancient Hawaiian fertility ritual, which was stopped by Christians, Christian missionaries during the 1830s. The island was given by Kamehameha I to Spanish deserter Francisco de Paula Marín, and later returned to the monarchy. After the island was bought at auction by James Isaac Dowsett and sold to Caroline Jackson, it became the property of Dr. Seth Porter Ford by marriage and was renamed Ford Island. After Ford's death, his son sold the island to the John Papa ʻĪʻī estate and it was converted into a sugarcane Sugar plantations in Hawaii, plantatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabbit Island (Rhode Island)
Rabbitt Island is a small island in Wickford Harbor, Narragansett Bay, Wickford, Rhode Island. Roger Williams received the island from Chief Canonicus' wife as a gift for a place to raise his goats. Richard Smith, who built Smith's Castle Smith's Castle, built in 1678, is a house museum at 55 Richard Smith Drive, near Wickford, a village in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. Smith's Castle is one of the oldest houses in the state. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 199 ..., later owned the island. References External linksIslands of Narragansett Bay*Frederic Denlson, ''Narragansett Sea and Shore'', (J.A. & R.A. Reid, Providence, RI., 1879) *George L. Seavey, ''Rhode Island's Coastal Natural Areas.'' Islands of Washington County, Rhode Island Islands of Narragansett Bay Islands of Rhode Island {{RhodeIsland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabbit Island (Michigan)
Rabbit Island (also known as Traverse Island) is a island in Lake Superior located east of Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula. The island is largely uninhabited and protected by a conservation easement In the United States, a conservation easement (also called conservation covenant, conservation restriction or conservation servitude) is a power invested in a qualified land conservation organization called a "land trust", or a governmental (muni ... which prevents future development. The island is home to the Rabbit Island Residency, which sponsors a number of artists to live on the island during the summer months. References {{authority control Islands of Lake Superior in Michigan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mānana
Mānana Island is an uninhabited islet located off Kaupō Beach, near Makapuʻu, Makapuu at the eastern end of the island of Oahu, Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands. In the Hawaiian language, ''mānana'' means "Buoyancy, buoyant". The islet is commonly referred to as Rabbit Island, because its shape as seen from the nearby Oahu shore looks something like a rabbit's head and because it was once inhabited by Domestic rabbit, introduced rabbits. The rabbit colony was established by John Adams Cummins in the 1880s when he ran the nearby Waimanalo, Hawaii, Waimānalo plantation. The rabbits were eradicated about a hundred years later because they were destroying the native ecosystem, an important seabird Bird colony, breeding area. Mānana is a Phreatomagmatic eruption#Tuff cones, tuff cone with two vents or Volcanic crater, craters. The highest point on the islet rises to . The island is long and wide and has an area of about . Mānana's only sand beach is a small storm beach on the we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabbit Islands, Scotland
The Rabbit Islands ( ) are a group of three uninhabited small islands off the north coast of Sutherland, Scotland in Tongue Bay. In Scottish Gaelic, and occasionally in English, they are known as Eileanan nan Gall, which is sometimes anglicised as "Eilean-na-Gaeilor "Eilean nan Gaill". Geography and geology The islands' modern name derives from their sandy soil, which favours rabbit burrows and makes their presence particularly obvious, although the rabbit population had been reduced by myxomatosis as of 2016. They are fairly low lying, slender in shape, and along with the surrounding fjard of Tongue Bay, they show the effects of former glaciation. They are made up of sandstone. The northernmost of the group is called Sgeir an Òir, and there is a natural arch at its north end called "Claigeann na Sgeir" (Bell of the Skerry). The southwestern island is linked to the central island by a tidal sand spit. A second spit extends to the mainland, but is only exposed at low spring tide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Townland
A townland (; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a traditional small land division used in Ireland and in the Western Isles of Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of medieval Gaelic origin, predating the Norman invasion, and most have Irish-derived names. However, some townland names and boundaries come from Norman manors, plantation divisions, or later creations of the Ordnance Survey.Connolly, S. J., ''The Oxford Companion to Irish History, page 577. Oxford University Press, 2002. ''Maxwell, Ian, ''How to Trace Your Irish Ancestors'', page 16. howtobooks, 2009. Townlands cover the whole island of Ireland, and the total number of inhabited townlands in Ireland was 60,679 in 1911. The total number recognised by the Placenames Database of Ireland as of 2014 was 61,098, including uninhabited townlands. Etymology The term "townland" in English is derived from the Old English word ''tūn'', denoting an enclosure. The term describes the smallest unit of land di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
