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San José Island (other)
San José Island could refer to: * San José Island (Colombia), a river island in the Rio Negro * San José Island (Texas), United States * Isla San José (Baja California Sur) is a semi-arid island in the Gulf of California, off the east coast of the Baja California peninsula. Located some north of the city of La Paz, Baja California Sur, La Paz, it belongs politically to the Mexican state of Baja California Sur and ..., Mexico * Isla San José (Panama), Pearl Islands, Panama * Weddell Island, Falkland Islands (claimed as "Isla San José" by Argentina) See also * Saint Joseph Island (other) {{geodis ...
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San José Island (Colombia)
San José Island ()() is a river island in the Rio Negro, located at the easternmost part of Colombia. Administratively, it is located in the municipality of La Guadalupe in the Guainía Department. It is located in front of the Piedra del Cocuy. It serves as boundary marker of the borders with Venezuela and with Brazil, for which it is considered a tripoint A triple border, tripoint, trijunction, triple point, or tri-border area is a geography, geographical point at which the boundaries of three countries or Administrative division, subnational entities meet. There are 175 international tripoints .... Climate The climate is tropical, with a temperature of 22 °C. The warmest month is February at 24°C and the coolest is June at 20°C. Average precipitation is 4,286 millimeters per year. The month with the most precipitation is May, with 571 millimeters of rain, and the month with the least is November, with 216 millimeters. References River islands of Colombia ...
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San José Island (Texas)
San Jose Island or San José Island (also known as Saint Joseph Island) is a barrier island on the Gulf Coast of Texas in the United States. long and wide. The island is oriented generally northeast-southwest, with the Gulf of Mexico on the east and south, Aransas Bay on the west, and Mesquite Bay on the north. At the southern end of the island is Aransas Pass (not to be confused with the City of Aransas Pass which is on the mainland), beyond which is Mustang Island and the town of Port Aransas. Aransas Pass is protected by jetties extending into the Gulf from both Mustang Island and San José Island. The island's northern end used to be separated from Matagorda Island by Cedar Bayou. Cedar Bayou does not run freely through the two islands any longer. History On July 26, 1845, Lt. Chandler of the USS ''Alabama'' waded ashore and planted the first American flag to fly over Texas territory on a sand dune on San Jose Island. Units of the Third Infantry established a sm ...
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Isla San José (Baja California Sur)
is a semi-arid island in the Gulf of California, off the east coast of the Baja California peninsula. Located some north of the city of La Paz, Baja California Sur, La Paz, it belongs politically to the Mexican state of Baja California Sur and is part of the La Paz Municipality, Baja California Sur, Municipality of La Paz. Its surface area is , the sixth-largest island in Mexico. The island is also referred to as San José Island in English, though there are San José Island (other), other islands by this name. It is the Type locality (biology), type locality for the yellow-footed gull and the San José brush rabbit. ReferencesLand areas of islands in Mexico
INEGI Islands of Baja California Sur Islands of the Gulf of California {{BajaCaliforniaSur-geo-stub ...
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Isla San José (Panama)
Isla San José is the second-largest island in the Pearl Islands, off the Pacific coast of Panama. The privately owned island has an area of . At the 2000 census, it had a population of only 10. Thousands of wild pigs and deer populate Isla San Jose, which has a rugged, rocky shoreline and over 50 beaches. A unit of U.S. soldiers tested chemical arms from 1945 to 1947 on the then deserted island, leaving behind at least eight unexploded 500 and 1,000-pound bombs. A U.S. military text states that the larger bombs contained phosgene and cyanogen chloride, and smaller ones mustard gas. Other reports state that the soldiers also tested VX nerve gas and sarin. Claims of abandoned minefields containing thousands of armed chemical mines have been made, but no evidence of this has been presented. An unknown but large amount of munitions was also dropped into the sea around the island. Earl Tupper, the inventor of Tupperware, was owner of the island.url=https://skycapnews.com/pearl-islands- ...
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Weddell Island
Weddell Island () is one of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, lying off the southwest extremity of West Falkland. It is situated west-northwest of South Georgia Island, north of Livingston Island, northeast of Cape Horn, northeast of Isla de los Estados, and east of the Atlantic entrance to Magellan Strait. With an area of Weddell is the third largest island in the archipelago after East Falkland and West Falkland, and one of the largest private islands in the world. It has only one inhabited location, Weddell Settlement, with a single digit population engaged in sheep farming and tourism services. The island offers walks to wildlife watching sites and scenery destinations including some spectacular landscapes featuring the famous Falklands stone runs. Weddell is both an Important Plant Area and a priority Key Biodiversity Area. It is a remote place, infrequently visited by a resupply ship and occasionally by private yachts, accessible by air with a short (some ...
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