At the same time, the most western island of the Juan Fernández Islands was renamed Alejandro Selkirk Island although Selkirk probably never saw that island ( 97 miles west ).

At 1, 660 km² it is the second largest of the Canary Islands, after Tenerife.

At the novels ' beginning, the majority of Westeros is united under the rule of a king in what is known as the Seven Kingdoms, with each of nine regions controlled by a different major house: the North, the Iron Islands, the Riverlands, the Vale of Arryn, the Westerlands, the Reach, the Stormlands, the Crownlands, and Dorne.

At the same time, Catalan and Galician became the standard languages in their respective territories, developing important literary traditions and being the normal languages in which public and private documents were issued: Galician from the 13th to the 16th century in Galicia and nearby regions of Asturias and Leon, and Catalan from the 12th to the 18th century in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencia, where it was known as Valencian.

At the Sea Islands Conference of the G8 in 2004, the Carabinieri were given the mandate to establish a Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units ( CoESPU ) to spearhead the development of training and doctrinal standards for civilian police units attached to international peacekeeping missions.

At the Battle of Coronel, it inflicted the first major defeat on the Royal Navy in over one hundred years, although the German squadron of ships was subsequently defeated at the Battle of the Falkland Islands, only one ship escaping destruction.

At this time, it was named after the largest of the British Channel Islands, Jersey, Carteret's birthplace.

At least 10 species live in the temperate zone ; one, the Galápagos Penguin, lives as far north as the Galápagos Islands, but this is only made possible by the cold, rich waters of the Antarctic Humboldt Current that flows around these islands.

At the national level, the U. S. Virgin Islands elect a delegate to Congress from their at-large.

At the territorial level, 15 senators – seven from the district of Saint Croix, seven from the district of Saint Thomas and Saint John, and one senator at-large who must be a resident of Saint John – are elected for two-year terms to the unicameral Virgin Islands Legislature.

At the height of the blackbirding, more than one-half the adult male population of several of the Islands worked abroad.

* May 8 / May 9 – WWII: At night, gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands rebel.

* September 5 – At the invitation of the Maltese, British troops liberate the Islands of Malta and Gozo from the French.

At the time the British took control of the territory, the following islands were considered part of the Virgin Islands.

At the time Panama was one of the largest providers of offshore financial services in the world, but the business fled subsequent the invasion, and the British Virgin Islands was one of the main beneficiaries.

At its height, Japan's Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere included Manchuria, Inner Mongolia, large parts of China, Malaysia, French Indochina, Dutch East Indies, The Philippines, Burma, some of India, and various Pacific Islands in the central Pacific.

At midnight on 28 February 1994 South Africa formally transferred sovereignty over Walvis Bay and the Penguin Islands to Namibia.

At the fall of the Roman empire, the Aeolian Islands came under the sway of the Barbarian Visigoths, the Vandals and the Ostrogoths, followed by the harsh domination of the Byzantine empire.

The next southerly atoll is Ducie Island in the Pitcairn Islands Group, at 24 ° 40 ' S. Bermuda is sometimes claimed as the " northernmost atoll " at a latitude of 32 ° 24 ' N. At this latitude coral reefs would not develop without the warming waters of the Gulf Stream.

At the time of the European discovery of most of the islands of the Caribbean, three major Amerindian indigenous peoples lived on the islands: the Taíno in the Greater Antilles, The Bahamas and the Leeward Islands ; the Island Caribs and Galibi in the Windward Islands ; and the Ciboney in western Cuba.

At its peak, Silver City operated 222 daily ferry flights across the English Channel, as well as between Scotland and Ireland and to / from the Isle of Wight, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

At the beginning of World War I, Japan assumed control of the Marshall Islands.

At first, the Allied offensive was planned just for Tulagi and the Santa Cruz Islands, omitting Guadalcanal.

At the time a sequel to Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure was decided, most of the staff of Lucasfilm Games was occupied with other projects such as The Secret of Monkey Island and The Dig.

At a July 5, 2012, press conference celebrating the 25th anniversary of the series and promoting an upcoming Hirohiko Araki art exhibition, Araki and his people announced that an anime adaptation titled JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation was in production and will premiere in October 2012.

At a July 5, 2012 press conference celebrating the 25th anniversary of JoJo, Araki himself announced JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle, produced by CyberConnect2 and published by Bandai Namco Games, it will be released for the PlayStation 3.

At the end of that season, the park was slated to get a new multiple looping coaster but by the end of the year, it was decided that Six Flags Great America would get the coaster since Great Adventure was not seen as a good investment.

At that time HMS Beagle, under Captain Pringle Stokes, was carrying out a hydrographic survey of Tierra del Fuego, under the overall command of Captain Phillip Parker King in HMS Adventure.

At Valparaiso in 1834, while Darwin was away from the ship exploring the Andes, the Admiralty reprimanded FitzRoy for buying the Adventure.

At Disney California Adventure, nearby hotels, power lines, and radio towers are visible, thus reducing the " realism " and immersion in the park.

At the retreat, the executives came up with the idea for a California-based theme park — dubbed Disney's California Adventure — to be built on the same site slated for WestCOT.

At the time of the film's release, an interactive fiction game based on scenes from the film titled Gremlins — The Adventure ( 1985 ) was released for various home computers, including the Acorn Electron, the BBC Micro, the Commodore 64 and the ZX Spectrum.

At the University Heights Alternative School in the Bronx, the Project Adventure experiential learning program has led the faculty to adopt an all-day time block as an alternative to the traditional 45-minute periods.

At this time, the company also attempted to tap into the growing popularity of role-playing games, with DragonQuest and Universe, responses to Dungeons & Dragons and Traveller respectively ; the term " Adventure Gaming " also replaced " Wargaming " in company advertising.

They are also mentioned in the adaptation, Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: At the Mountains of Madness as well as the movie The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu.

At the Disneyland Resort, the Dream Fastpass entitled guests to one priority entry to each attraction with Fastpass access in both Disneyland and Disney California Adventure Park parks.

At the January 2001 North American International Auto Show, hosted at Detroit, Volvo showcased the Adventure Concept Car to gauge reaction to the styling and features of its upcoming SUV.

At the end of 1988, the coaster was removed as part of a ride rotation program and went to Six Flags Great Adventure in 1990.

At the time, Regan was searching for a singer to record " The Morning After " ( the theme from The Poseidon Adventure ) for release as a record.

At the new location, Arrow went on to develop new ride systems for Disney and developed the vehicles and tracks for It's a Small World, Pirates of the Caribbean, Adventure Thru Inner Space, and the Haunted Mansion.

At Disneyland and California Adventure parks, the cast members are instructed not to accept pins that have a clasp or brooch-type backing ( as with jewelry ).

Pomeranz and Stratton both appeared in a parody of themselves and At the Movies in the fourth episode of the ABC show Lawrence Leung's Choose Your Own Adventure ; as well as a similar parody / cameo role in the 1993 Australian film Hercules Returns.

At least one PC / console game has also been adapted as a DVD TV game: Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness was released in 2006 as a DVD game entitled Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Action Adventure.

At Disney California Adventure, the queue is different only in that it features a cast member at the turnstile handing out the glasses individually and the " hallway " scene from the Disney's Hollywood Studios queue is replaced with a " courtyard " filled with various props.

At a General Conference held that fall in Philadelphia, Rigdon announced that the church would re-establish a communitarian society on what was named " Adventure Farm " near Greencastle, Pennsylvania.

At the end of Sonic Adventure 2, his first in-game appearance, he was presumed dead, but returned in Sonic Heroes with amnesia that persists into the events of Shadow the Hedgehog.

At Islands of Adventure, some have simply been closed with no replacement like Island Skipper Tours while others, like Poseidon's Fury, were changed from their initial concept to the attraction that operates today.