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Sandy Island (Alleged Location) 2002-01-10, Landsat 7 ETM
Sandy Island may refer to: Australia * Sandy Island (Lacepede Islands), Western Australia * Sandy Island (Windy Harbour), Western Australia Canada * Sandy Island (Saskatchewan), Canada * Sandy Island (British Columbia), in the List of islands of British Columbia ** Sandy Island Marine Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada Other places * Sandy Island (Anguilla), in the Caribbean * Sandy Island (Pitcairn Islands), in the Oeno Island atoll * Sandy Island, South Carolina, United States, an unincorporated community and a larger island * Sandy Island (Andaman and Nicobar Islands), Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India * Düne, Heligoland, known in English as Sandy Island in the 19th century Other uses * Sandy Island, New Caledonia, a phantom island See also * Sandy Island and Low Rock Important Bird Area, Northern Territory, Australia * Sandy Island Beach State Park, New York, United States * Sandy Cay, an uninhabited island in the British Virgin Islands * Sand Island (disambigu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Island (Lacepede Islands)
Sandy Island is an island within the Lacepede Islands group, which sits about 30 kilometres (20 mi) off the coast of the Dampier Peninsula in north-west Western Australia. It is located at 16° 52.86' S 122° 10.17' E. It forms part of the Lacepede Islands Important Bird Area (IBA), so identified by BirdLife International because of its importance for breeding seabirds.BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lacepede Islands. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2011-07-18. Sandy Island was originally named Victoria Island by 19th century guano miners and was then described as "little more than a rock of about a mile in circumference". References Lacepede Islands Important Bird Areas of Western Australia {{WesternAustralia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Island (Andaman And Nicobar Islands)
Sandy Island may refer to: Australia * Sandy Island (Lacepede Islands), Western Australia * Sandy Island (Windy Harbour), Western Australia Canada * Sandy Island (Saskatchewan), Canada * Sandy Island (British Columbia), in the List of islands of British Columbia ** Sandy Island Marine Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada Other places * Sandy Island (Anguilla), in the Caribbean * Sandy Island (Pitcairn Islands), in the Oeno Island atoll * Sandy Island, South Carolina, United States, an unincorporated community and a larger island * Sandy Island (Andaman and Nicobar Islands), Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India * Düne, Heligoland, known in English as Sandy Island in the 19th century Other uses * Sandy Island, New Caledonia, a phantom island See also * Sandy Island and Low Rock Important Bird Area, Northern Territory, Australia * Sandy Island Beach State Park, New York, United States * Sandy Cay, an uninhabited island in the British Virgin Islands * Sand Island (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Cay (British Virgin Islands)
Sandy Cay is an uninhabited island of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. It is located between Tortola and Jost Van Dyke. The island was owned by the Laurance Rockefeller Estate. On 1 May 2008, ownership of the island was transferred to the National Parks Trust of the Virgin Islands. In 2002, International NGO, Island Resources Foundation led a project to eradicate invasive black rats from the island. The island comprises . It is a "managed habitat" area. The island has a short hiking trail, maintained with the help of the Jost Van Dykes BVI Preservation Society (JVDPS), a local non-governmental organization (NGO). The National Parks Trust subcontracts caretaking responsibilities to the Jost Van Dyke Preservation Society (JVDPS), which sponsors regular visits from Little Harbour on Jost Van Dyke to maintain the trail, do frequent bird counts and remove trash. The rocks on the island have a greenish colour from copper ore deposits. The island also contains a small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Island Beach State Park
Sandy Island Beach State Park is a List of New York state parks, New York State park on the eastern shore of Lake Ontario. Its highlight is a natural sandy beach. The park is near the southern end of a notable length of sandy shoreline, coastal dunes, and wetlands (the Eastern Lake Ontario Dunes and Wetlands); a 1959 study noted that "The eastern end of Lake Ontario contains not only the finest beaches on the entire lake but also the finest wildlife habitat." The park's facilities include several lake swimming areas with lifeguards (in season), changing rooms and restrooms, and a concession stand; a parking fee is charged through the summer season. The park averages about 30,000 recorded visits each season. Prior to 2011, the park's area totaled . At that time, the adjacent Sandy Island Beach Unique Area was a conservation area administered by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The Unique Area incorporated several additional acres of land near the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Island And Low Rock Important Bird Area
The Sandy Island and Low Rock Important Bird Area comprises two small islands with a collective area of 9 ha lying at the western end of the Gulf of Carpentaria in the Northern Territory of Australia. They lie south-west of Groote Eylandt off the coast of Arnhem Land, with the nearest settlement there the Numbulwar community. They are important as breeding sites for terns. Description Sandy Island consists of three islets, connected by strips of sand and exposed reef at low tide, about 20 km from the mainland. The central island, vegetated with grass, vines and shrubs, supports the main colony. Low Rock is a sand, coral rubble and rock island 25 km away, and about 30 km from the mainland; it is surrounded by a reef and has a central stand of mangroves. Both islands are traditionally owned Aboriginal land. Sea turtles nest on the islands' beaches.BirdLife International. (2011). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Sandy Island and Low Rock (Gulf of Carpenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Island, New Caledonia
Sandy Island (sometimes labelled in French , and in Spanish ) is a phantom island that was charted for over a century as being located near the French territory of New Caledonia between the Chesterfield Islands and Nereus Reef in the eastern Coral Sea. The island was included on many maps and nautical charts from as early as the late 19th century. It was removed from French hydrographic charts in 1974. The island gained wide media and public attention in November 2012 when the R/V ''Southern Surveyor'', an Australian research ship, passed through the area and "undiscovered" it. The island was quickly removed from many maps and data sets, including those of the National Geographic Society and Google Maps. History On 14–15 September 1774, Captain James Cook charted a "Sandy I." snaking between latitudes 19° and 20° S and longitudes 163°50′ and 164°15′ E off the tip of New Caledonia. The associated map, titled "Chart of Discoveries made in the So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Düne
Düne (; ; ) is one of two islands in the German Bight that form the Archipelago of Heligoland, the other being Heligoland proper. Geography The small island of Düne is part of the States of Germany, German State of Schleswig-Holstein. Situated to the east of the main island Heligoland, Düne is part of the '':de:Helgoländer Felssockel, Heligoland'' protected natural area. The island measures in length and in width. The island is separated from Heligoland proper by the Rede strait. History Until the 17th century, Düne was connected to Heligoland. On New Year's Eve 1721 a big storm surge separated the dunes from Heligoland. Therefore, the island that arose was called Düne ''(English: Dune)''. In 1935 the size of the island was . In 1940 the Nazi Germany, Nazi government increased the size of the island to . This increase was for use as a military airfield. The Heligoland Airfield is still used today and has three runways, of which the longest is . External links Düne [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andaman And Nicobar Islands
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India comprising 572 islands, of which only 38 are inhabited. The islands are grouped into two main clusters: the northern Andaman Islands and the southern Nicobar Islands, separated by a wide Ten Degree Channel, channel. The capital and largest city of the territory, Port Blair (officially Sri Vijaya Puram), is located approximately from Chennai and from Kolkata in mainland India. The islands are situated between the Bay of Bengal to the west and the Andaman Sea to the east. The northernmost point is from the mouth of the Hooghly River. Indira Point, located at 6°45'10″N and 93°49'36″E on the southern tip of Great Nicobar, is the southernmost point of India. The territory shares maritime borders with Indonesia located about to the south, Myanmar located to the north-east and Thailand located to the south-east. The islands occupy a total land area of approximately with a population of 380,581 as per the 2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Island, South Carolina
Sandy Island is the name of a small unincorporated community in Georgetown County, South Carolina, United States, and a larger island between the Pee Dee and Waccamaw Rivers that has been preserved as a refuge and nature center. The island is about 9,000 acres (36 km) of a prehistoric sand dune. It is bounded east and west by the rivers, on the north by Bull Creek, and on the south by Thoroughfare Creek. The northern part of the island is higher and is mostly a longleaf pine forest, which provides a refuge for the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker and numerous other species of plants and animals. About 9,000 acres (36 km) of the island has been purchased by The Nature Conservancy for permanent protection from development. On the southern, lower end of the island are the remnants of old rice plantations, with the watergates and earthwork canals, built by African enslaved people who were skilled in rice culture. Such development was used to manage the water supply f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Island (Windy Harbour)
Sandy Island is a island lying about off the coast of Windy Harbour in south-west Western Australia, and near Point D'Entrecasteaux. It is part of D'Entrecasteaux National Park and is an important breeding site for seabirds. Description The island is aligned north-west to south-east, about long by wide, flat and mainly sandy. There is an area of limestone and unconsolidated dune at the north-western end. The southern coastline is composed of migmatitic rocks. Most of the island is vegetated with ''Poa'' tussock grassland, pigface and '' Lobelia anceps''. Some 46 plant species have been recorded. Birds The island has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area because it supports a high proportion of the nesting population of flesh-footed shearwaters (with up to 300,000 breeding pairs) and has supported relatively high numbers of breeding fairy terns. Other birds recorded breeding on the island are little shearwaters, sooty oystercatchers an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Island (Pitcairn Islands)
Sandy Island may refer to: Australia * Sandy Island (Lacepede Islands), Western Australia * Sandy Island (Windy Harbour), Western Australia Canada * Sandy Island (Saskatchewan), Canada * Sandy Island (British Columbia), in the List of islands of British Columbia ** Sandy Island Marine Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada Other places * Sandy Island (Anguilla), in the Caribbean * Sandy Island (Pitcairn Islands), in the Oeno Island atoll * Sandy Island, South Carolina, United States, an unincorporated community and a larger island * Sandy Island (Andaman and Nicobar Islands), Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India * Düne, Heligoland, known in English as Sandy Island in the 19th century Other uses * Sandy Island, New Caledonia, a phantom island See also * Sandy Island and Low Rock Important Bird Area, Northern Territory, Australia * Sandy Island Beach State Park, New York, United States * Sandy Cay, an uninhabited island in the British Virgin Islands * Sand Island (disambi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Island (Anguilla)
Sandy Island is an island in Anguilla, a British Overseas Territory, and is part of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. Sandy Island is a small island on which a local restaurant is located. From Sandy Ground, it can be reached in 15 minutes, and the owner of the restaurant provides free boat crossing. The island is small (ca. 250x75 meters), consisting of round white sands with a little vegetation in the middle, including shrubs and palm trees. The island is popular with tourists for the richness of its seabed and its beach of fine sand and coral, as well as for the presence of a well known bar/restaurant in the area. In 1995, the island was submerged by Hurricane Luis for some days, while the facilities were severely damaged by the passage of the next several tropical cyclones and, during one of these storms, vessel went aground on the island. The buildings were rebuilt later. Even the flora was damaged by tropical storms, the palm trees and shrubs were uprooted by str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
