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    Anthony Nguyen September 17‚ 2014 S.S. Island Paragraph A.N. Island The dictionary defines island as “a tract of land surrounded by water and is smaller than a continent”. The one and only A.N. Island was made an official island by Peter Nguyen on December 17‚ 1990. He was traveling on the ocean when he bumped into a piece of rock. He didn’t notice that he had bumped into the Cave of Death until Death Bear came. He was lucky that he had weapons on his boat such as robogun that he had invented

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    The Galapagos Islands

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    The Galapagos Islands Brandy Nicole Welch SCI 230 Instructor Amy Hurst July 25‚ 2009 ‘Hence‚ both in space and time‚ we seem to be brought somewhat near to that great fact – that mystery of mysteries – the first appearance of new beings on this earth’ was the description Charles Darwin gave when describing his experience on the Galapagos Islands during his five year expedition on board the Beagle. (Levy‚ 2007) Many may ask ‘what are the Galapagos Islands‚ and why are so many trying

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    Spratly Island

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    The Spratly Islands are a disputed group of more than 750 reefs‚ islets‚ atolls‚ cays‚ and islands in the South China Sea.[5] The archipelago lies off the coasts of the Philippines‚ Malaysia (Sabah)‚ and southern Vietnam. They contain less than 4 square kilometers (1.5 square miles) of land area spread over more than 425‚000 square kilometers (164‚100 square miles) of sea. The Spratlys are one of 3 archipelagos of the South China Sea which comprise more than 30‚000 islands and reefs and which complicate

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    easter island

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    Easter Island. The Easter Island heads‚ man made or created by something out of this world? Don’t know? Well I’m here to tell you. In this paper I’m going to talk about 3 things‚ Origins of Easter Island‚ The Mysteries of Easter Island‚ and The Stone Statues. Easter Island is located 2‚300 miles off the coast of Chile‚ it’s approximately 64 square miles. It is currently a territory of Chile‚ it is located in South America. The Island was discovered by a Dutch Admiral named‚ Jacob Roggeveen on

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    Robben Island

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    wide and lies only a few metres above sea level. Robben Island has an important history. The island was discovered a very long time ago by stone age people. As the years went by‚ the island was used for several purposes. Such as: to isolate leper people(mensen met melaatsheid) or to lock prisoners away. Robben Island became more famous because of a man that we all know today‚ his name is Nelson Mandela. In the 20th century Robben Island was used to lock away potential criminals or people who had

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    Coney Island

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    Coney Island    At the turn of the twentieth century‚ many radical social and industrial movements began  to change the American culture.  At this time‚ an industrial revolution was sweeping the nation  ushering in a complete change of the American dream‚ America was becoming global power and  empire‚  women were relentlessly fighting for social equalities‚ and cities grew even larger with  large amounts of immigrants pouring into the nation’s coasts.  Some people looking for  something that res

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    Sipadan Island

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    Whether you are a skillful diver‚ or just a beginner in this sport‚ Sipadan Island from the Malaysian archipelagos is definitely the place to go on your vacation. Located on the east side of the Borneo Island‚ Sipadan has been free of inhabitants ever since it was declared a “natural sanctuary”‚ with the great contribution of the famous marine biologist Jacques Yves Cousteau. From this point of view‚ it is a great opportunity to study different species of sea creatures in their natural habitat

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    Palm Island

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    only around twice the size of Kerala. To its north lies Persian Gulf (The Ocean). It shares it’s boundary with Saudi Arabia to the west and south‚ Oman to the East and Qatar to the northwest. [pic] Fig 1.1 Map of UAE 1.2 THE NEED FOR THE ISLANDS Dubai’s booming economy was built on revenues from the oil industry after oil was discovered there in mid 1960s. However scientist predicted the oil reserve will die out around 2016. Therefore the prince of Dubai (Sheikh Muhammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum)

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    Diaoyu Islands

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    Diaoyu Islands Or Senkaku Islands Course: China Minor- Geography‚ History and Politics Date: 27 February 2013 Occasion Part of the ChinaMinor are the courses of GHP‚ which is short for Geography‚ History and Politics. At this course we have to learn all kind of things relating to these subjects like the time of the dynasties and the journey of Marco Polo to China. Part of our mark for GHP is to write an essay about a certain subject relates to China. The subject we got was the conflict

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    Spratly Island

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    Spratly Islands The Spratly Islands are a group of more than 750 reefs‚[1] islets‚ atolls‚ cays and islands in the South China Sea. The archipelago lies off the coasts of the Philippines and Malaysia (Sabah)‚ about one third of the way from there to southern Vietnam. They comprise less than four square kilometers of land area spread over more than 425‚000 square kilometers of sea. The Spratlys are one of three archipelagos of the South China Sea which comprise more than 30‚000 islands and reefs

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