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Wheeler
Wheeler may refer to: Places United States * Wheeler, Alabama, an unincorporated community * Wheeler, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Wheeler, California, an unincorporated community * Wheeler, Illinois, a village * Wheeler, Indiana, a census-designated place * Wheeler, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Wheeler, Nebraska, a ghost town * Wheeler, New York, a town * Wheeler, Oregon (other) * Wheeler, Texas, a city * Wheeler, Virginia, an unincorporated community * Wheeler, Washington, a census-designated place * Wheeler, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Wheeler, Wisconsin, a village * Wheeler County (other) * Wheeler Crest or Ridge, a ridge in Mono and Inyo Counties, California * Wheeler Dam, Alabama ** Wheeler Lake, the lake created by the dam * Wheeler Geologic Area, a protected area of Mineral County, Colorado * Wheeler Island, Connecticut * Wheeler Islands (West Virginia) * Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, near Decat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheeler Street, Cambridge
Wheeler Street is a street in central Cambridge, England.Wheeler Street Cambridge City Council. It runs between Bene't Street to the southwest and Guildhall Street, Cambridge, Guildhall Street and Corn Exchange Street to the northeast. To the east, Guildhall Place, a cul-de-sac, runs southeast from the junction with Guildhall Street, parallel with Corn Exchange Street at its northwestern end, as an extension of Guildhall Street. On the northeast end of Wheeler Street, on the corner with Corn Exchange Street is the Cambridge Corn Exchange, a music and theatrical venue. To the south is the New Museums Site, a site of the University of Cambridge with university museums, including the Whipple Museum of the History of Science on Free School Lane and the Cambridge University Museum of Zoology on Downing Street, Cambridge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheeler, Alabama
Wheeler (also known as Wheeler Station) is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Alabama, Lawrence County, Alabama, United States. Wheeler had a United States Postal Service, post office at one time, but it no longer exists. Wheeler has two sites on the National Register of Historic Places, the Tidewater region of Virginia, Tidewater-type cottage known as Bride's Hill and the former home of Joseph Wheeler, Joseph Wheeler Plantation, Pond Spring. Demographics Wheeler Station appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census as an unincorporated community of 114 residents. This was the only time it appeared on census records. Geography Wheeler is located in the Tennessee River valley, roughly south of Wheeler Lake. It is at and has an elevation of . References Unincorporated communities in Alabama Unincorporated communities in Lawrence County, Alabama {{LawrenceCountyAL-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheeler Lake
Wheeler Lake is located in the northern part of the state of Alabama in the United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ..., between Rogersville, Alabama, Rogersville and Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville. Created by Wheeler Dam along the Tennessee River, it stretches from Wheeler Dam to Guntersville Dam. It is Alabama's second largest lake at , only a few hundred acres smaller than Alabama's Guntersville Lake, which is and is separated by the Guntersville dam from the lake. Decatur, Alabama, Decatur operates the busiest port along the Tennessee River on this lake, Port of Decatur. Wheeler Lake is a major recreation and tourist center, attracting about four million visits a year. Along with camping, boating, and fishing, visitors enjoy the Wheeler National Wildli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Kalam Island
Dr. Abdul Kalam Island, formerly known as Wheeler Island, is an island off the coast of Odisha, India, approximately east of the state capital Bhubaneswar. The island was originally named after English commandant Lieutenant Hugh Wheeler. On 4 September 2015, the island was renamed to honour the former Indian president, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. The Integrated Test Range missile testing facility is located on the island, and serves as the test facility for most of India's missiles such as the Akash, Agni, Astra, BrahMos, Nirbhay, Prahaar, Prithvi, Shaurya Missile, Advanced Air Defence, Prithvi Air Defence, SMART missile and ASAT missiles. Geography Abdul Kalam Island is one among a group of five islands located in the Bay of Bengal, approximately off the eastern coast of India, and about south of Chandipur in Balasore district, Odisha. The island is about in length and in area. The nearest port is Dhamra Port. The island is part of Bhadrak district. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheeler Glacier
Wheeler Glacier () is a glacier draining the north flank of Mount Fraser, flowing west-northwest for 2 miles (3.2 km) to the south coast of South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951–57. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for J.F.G. Wheeler, British zoologist and member of the scientific staff of the Discovery Investigations Marine Station, Grytviken, South Georgia, 1925–27 and 1929–30. See also * List of glaciers in the Antarctic * Glaciology References Glaciers of South Georgia {{SouthGeorgia-glacier-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheelers Bay
Wheelers Bay is a small bay on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England. It lies to the east of Ventnor. It faces south-east towards the English Channel, its shoreline is in length. A section of the bay, to the side of the slipway, is used as dry-storage for boats; in recent years this has been targeted by thieves. The bay is home to an open-air café known as ''The Seapot''. The bay is accessed by a concrete slope from the road above the bay or by walking along the seawall either from Ventnor or Horseshoe Bay. The Isle of Wight Coastal Path runs the length of the bay along the seawall. History Leading up to the 19th century, smuggling and wreaking was an island industry in which many families were involved. Wheelers Bay took its name from a notorious Isle of Wight family "the Wheeler's" known for their involvement in smuggling on the isle. In the 1800s Robert Wheeler had logged 70 wrecks, His father James wheeler was said to saved three souls from the sea when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheeler Island (Queensland)
Wheeler Island is one of the middle islands of the Family Islands group within the locality of Dunk in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland. Australia. It is located approximately 15 km East of Tully Heads. The Aboriginal name for this island is ''Toolgbar''. Wheeler Island is believed to be named after Lieutenant F.S. Wheeler who was a Royal Navy hydrographer officer on the survey vessel HMS Paluma from 1885 to 1888. Other islands in the group are named after other officers on the Paluma. The GBRMPA has deemed this island a Sensitive Location and limited visits to 2 per week. See also * List of islands of Australia This is a list of selected Australian islands grouped by state or territory. Australia has 8,222 islands within its maritime borders. Largest islands The islands larger than are: * Tasmania (Tas) ; * Melville Island, Northern Territory (NT ... References {{coord, -18.0261, 146.1667, type:isle_region:AU-QLD, display=title, name=Wheele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheeler Valley
Saint Johns Range () is a crescent-shaped mountain range about long, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It is bounded on the north by the Cotton Glacier, Miller Glacier and Debenham Glacier, and on the south by Victoria Valley and the Victoria Upper Glacier and Victoria Lower Glacier. Name Saint Johns Range was named by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE), 1956–58, which surveyed peaks in the range in 1957. Named for St John's College, Cambridge, England, with which several members of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13 were associated during the writing of their scientific reports, and in association with the adjacent Gonville and Caius Range. Location Saint Johns Range is bounded to the west by the Victoria Upper Glacier and the Victoria Valley, which runs in a south-southeast direction to Lake Vida. Below Lake Vida the Victoria Valley turns to an east-northeast direction. It is filled by the Victoria L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Wheeler
Wright Inlet () is an ice-filled inlet receding westward between Cape Little and Cape Wheeler along the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. Location Wright Inlet is on the Lassiter Coast of southern Palmer Land, opening onto the Weddell Sea to the east. The Hutton Mountains are to the southwest, the Playfair Mountains to the west and the Werner Mountains are to the northwest. It is north of Keller Inlet and south of Howkins Inlet. Piggott Peninsula lies on the north side of the inlet. Cape Wheeler to the north and Cape Little to the south define the mouth of the inlet. The inlet is fed by the Waverley Glacier, which enters from the east. Further inland it is fed from the west by Squires Glacier and Swann Glacier. Discovery and name Wright Inlet inlet was photographed from the air in 1940 by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) and in 1947 by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) under Finn Ronne. It was named by Ronne for John Kirtland Wright, Director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheeler Township (other)
Wheeler Township may refer to the following places: * Wheeler Township, Van Buren County, Arkansas * Wheeler Township, Washington County, Arkansas Washington County is a regional economic, educational, and cultural hub in the Northwest Arkansas region. Created as Arkansas's 17th County (United States), county on November 30, 1848, Washington County has 13 incorporated municipalities, inc ... * Wheeler Township, Lyon County, Iowa * Wheeler Township, Sac County, Iowa * Wheeler Township, Gratiot County, Michigan * Wheeler Township, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota See also * Wheeler (other) {{geodis Township name disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheeler Peak (other)
Wheeler Peak may refer to the following United States summits: * Wheeler Peak, California, in the Sweetwater Mountains * Wheeler Peak (Mono County, California), on the Wheeler Crest * Wheeler Peak (Nevada) - highest summit of the Snake Range *Wheeler Peak (New Mexico) Wheeler Peak is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is located northeast of Taos, New Mexico, Taos and south of Red River, New Mexico, Red River in the northern part of the state, and just southeast of the ski slopes ... - highest summit of the Taos Mountains and in the State of New Mexico * Wheeler Ridge, a Kern County peak west of the town of Wheeler Ridge, California Others * Mount Wheeler, 365 m peak in Queensland, Australia {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
The Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge is a national wildlife refuge (NWR) located along the Tennessee River near Decatur, Alabama. Named after Major General Joseph Wheeler, it was established to provide a habitat for wintering and migrating birds in the Eastern United States. Of the 35,000 acres of the refuge, about are located within Redstone Arsenal. Around of the Redstone Arsenal land are administered by the Marshall Space Flight Center. Wheeler NWR is charged with the administration of four other NWRs, including Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge, Fern Cave, Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge, Key Cave, Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge, Sauta Cave and Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuges. Until recently, Wheeler NWR also administered the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (now administered by the Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge). History In 1934, the Tennessee Valley Authority began purchasing land as a bed for and buffer strip for Wheeler Lake, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
