Despite all this, his yard at Lyness on the Orkney Island of Hoy employed 200 workers at the peak of his business, and he was noted for granting holidays with pay during times of financial hardship.

* Lily Hoy Price, started writing after taking a creative-writing workshop at North Island College at the age of 70

As with the new United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges entry, the old entries for these five islands remained as redirects on the website.

* Flags of Cape Breton Island, on Flags of the World. net website

* Jarvis Island information website Has several photos of the old Millersville settlement, together with more modern photos of the island.

In 2009, the University of Prince Edward Island developed the concept of “ University Island ” to describe the ways in which UPEI makes a difference “ on the Island and around the world .” A website, universityisland. ca, was created to showcase the University ’ s outreach in the areas of learning, community service, and research.

* Bled Island official website

In July 2010, Blankenship and the other stakeholders in Oak Island Tours Inc. announced on their website that the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources / Tourism, Culture and Heritage had granted them a temporary Treasure Trove License, allowing them to resume activities until December 31, 2010.

* The website of new publishing company Rathlin Island Books

* Town of Frye Island official website

* Town of Long Island official website

* Island Heights website

* Town of Exeter, Rhode Island website

* Seabrook Island website

* Town of Seabrook Island website

The Coastal Observer, a weekly newspaper covers Pawleys Island, Litchfield Beach, and Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, its website is www. coastalobserver. com.

* Village of Tiki Island official website

* Cocos Island National Park institutional website

* Mainau Island ( official website )

* Official Deception Island website.

As explained on the Sark government website: " There is no true freehold, all land being held on perpetual lease ( fief ) from the Seigneur, and the 40 properties ( Tenements ) into which the Island is divided ( as well as a few other holdings in perpetual fief ) can only pass by strict rules of inheritance or by sale.

* Rattlesnake Island website

* Italian language website discussing the history of Rose Island and its postage stamps.

* Official Museum Island website

The turn of the 20th century saw Cape Breton Island at the forefront of scientific achievement with the now-famous activities launched by inventors Alexander Graham Bell and Guglielmo Marconi.

" In 1988, in response to a campaign against lesbians at the Marine's Parris Island Depot, activists launched the Gay and Lesbian Military Freedom Project ( MFP ) to advocate for an end to the exclusion of gays and lesbians from the armed forces.

Between 1958 and 1975, several scientific sounding rockets were launched from Johnston Island.

There were also several nuclear test missiles that were launched from Johnston Island in 1962 during the " Operation Dominic " series of nuclear tests, from a launchpad at.

They founded the Kesmai company in 1982 and in 1985 an enhanced version of Dungeons of Kesmai, Island of Kesmai, was launched on CompuServe.

Island Records launched Nirvana's first album " with a live show at the Saville Theatre, sharing a bill with fellow label acts Traffic, Spooky Tooth, and Jackie Edwards.

In October 2008, MAS launched a new initiative to develop bold new ideas for Coney Island titled ImagineConey.

From July 17 to July 27, 1956, the Naval Research Laboratory ( NRL ) shipboard launched eight Deacon rockoons for solar ultraviolet and X-ray observations at ~ 30 ° N ~ 121. 6 ° W, southwest of San Clemente Island, apogee: 120 km.

A payload launch vehicle carrying a prototype exoatmospheric kill vehicle is launched from Meck Island at the Kwajalein Missile Range on December 3, 2001, for an intercept of a ballistic missile target over the central Pacific Ocean.

Since many U. S. spacecraft are launched from both the station and the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, the terms " Cape Canaveral ," " Canaveral ", or " the Cape " have become metonyms that refer to both as the launch site of spacecraft.

In 2010, the Sociedad Ornitológica Puertorriqueña ( Puerto Rican Bird Society ) and the Ponce Yacht and Fishing Club launched a campaign to eradicate the black rat from the Isla Ratones ( Rats Island ) and Isla Cardona ( Cardona Island ) islands off the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico.

Before an eradication effort was launched in 2001, the sub-Antarctic Campbell Island had the highest population density of brown rats in the world.

On July 22, 2011, Norwegian conservative Anders Behring Breivik launched a terror attack on the capital, bombing government offices in Oslo and orchestrating a shooting at Utøya Island in Buskerud, where the Workers ' Youth League ( the youth wing of the Labour Party ) was holding an annual youth camp.

Mare Island was selected by the Navy for construction of the only US West Coast-built battleship, the, launched in 1919.

However, a terrible storm results in Guybrush's ship crashing into Blood Island, the golden statue of Elaine being launched inland, and the crew deciding to mutiny ; leaving Guybrush on his own again.

There are three launch pads: one at 29. 6700 N, 85. 3700 W at Cape San Blas ; and two on Santa Rosa Island at 30. 3800 N, 86. 7400 W and 30. 3800 N, 86. 8170 W. Rockets launched here have included Arcas, Nike Cajun, Nike Apaches, and Nike Iroquois.

Gen. Quincy A. Gillmore launched a series of attacks on Fort Wagner on Morris Island and other fortifications at the mouth of the harbor, while Rear Adm. John A. Dahlgren attempted to destroy Fort Sumter.

Access to the island is via the MICAT vehicle ferry service from Lytton, near the Port of Brisbane, the Tangalooma Flyer launched from Pinkenba or the Kooringal Trader from Amity Point on North Stradbroke Island.

Part of a joint DoD / NASA payload, it was launched by a Minotaur IV rocket from the Kodiak Launch Complex on Kodiak Island, Alaska.

Corregidor Island was taken over by the Dutch in June 1647 and from there they launched an offensive against Cavite which was repelled by the Spanish garrison, under command of Andre Lopez de Azalduigui.

The was a great wooden steamer launched in 1914 to serve as a ferry across the San Pedro Channel to Santa Catalina Island.

The appeal, launched by the government of Quebec, consolidated many cases initiated by Montreal-area merchants such as Montreal florist Hyman Singer and West Island wool shop owner Valerie Ford.

Shortly after it was launched, Chieftain finished 5th at Australia's Hamilton Island Race Week, then won class in the 2005 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.