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Mount Desert Island is rich in geological history dating back to approximately 550 million years ago.
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Prominent glacial features include Somes Sound and Bubble Rock, both part of Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island.
In addition to Mount Desert Island, the park comprises much of the Isle au Haut, parts of Baker Island, and a portion of the Schoodic Peninsula on the mainland.
In total, Acadia National Park consists of more than 47, 000 acres ( 73 square miles, 190 km < sup > 2 </ sup >), including 30, 300 acres ( 47 sq mi., 123 km < sup > 2 </ sup >) on Mount Desert Island, 2, 728 acres ( 4. 6 sq mi., 11 km < sup > 2 </ sup >) on Isle au Haut and 2, 366 acres ( 3. 5 sq mi., 9. 2 km < sup > 2 </ sup >) on the Schoodic Peninsula.
Excavations of old Indian sites in the Mount Desert Island region have yielded remains of the native mammals.
The Wilderness of Sin / Desert of Sin () is a geographic area mentioned by the Bible as lying between Elim and Mount Sinai.
Farrand enjoyed long seasons at the family's summer home Reef Point Estate in Bar Harbor on Mount Desert Island in Maine.
Farrand commuted cross-country by train for her eastern projects, such as the design and supervision of the Chinese inspired garden at ' The Eyrie ' for Abby Aldrich Rockefeller on Mount Desert Island in Seal Harbor, Maine ( 1926 – 35 ).
John D. Rockefeller sought out and funded Farrand to design planting plans for subtle carriage roads at Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island, Maine, near her Reef Point home ( c. 1930 ).
Farrand lived at and spent the last three years of her life at Garland Farm, the home of friends, on Mount Desert Island, Maine.
Bar Harbor, Brooklin, Brooksville, Hancock, Lamoine, Mount Desert, Penobscot, Sedgwick, Sorrento and Sullivan were also noted as having either significant fishing activity or a significant number of people who fish.
Located on the mainland at the head of Frenchman Bay, Hancock has commanding views of Mount Desert Island.
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Other such breast mountains are Mount Elgon on the Uganda-Kenya border, Beinn Chìochan and the Maiden Paps in Scotland, the " Bundok ng Susong Dalaga " ( Maiden's breast mountains ) in Talim Island, Philippines, the twin hills known as the Paps of Anu ( Dá Chích Anann or the breasts of Anu ), near Killarney in Ireland, the 2, 086 m high Tetica de Bacares or " La Tetica " in the Sierra de Los Filabres, Spain, and Khao Nom Sao in Thailand, Cerro Las Tetas in Puerto Rico and the Breasts of Aphrodite in Mykonos, among many others.
The climate of the Island is predominantly Mediterranean, except for Mount Capanne, where winters tend to be moderately cold.
The Royal Air Force operates flights from RAF Mount Pleasant to RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, England, with a refuelling stop at RAF Ascension Island.
Vancouver Island, Canada ; the cities of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and Vancouver, Washington, US ; and Mount Vancouver on the Yukon / Alaska border ; are named after him.
Apparently thinking he made a new discovery, he named the island " Sir Thomas Smith's Island " and the volcano " Mount Hakluyt ".
The Hoe is adjacent to and above the low limestone cliffs that form the seafront and it commands views of Plymouth Sound, Drake's Island, and across the Hamoaze to Mount Edgcumbe in Cornwall.
" Metacomet | King Philip's Seat ", a Native American meeting place on Mount Hope, ( Rhode Island ) | Mount Hope
The tallest peak is Mount Constitution, on Orcas Island, at almost exactly a half-mile ( 800 m ) elevation.
Sabah's attractions includes World Heritage Site Kinabalu Park which has Mount Kinabalu, and Sipadan Island, a diving and bio-diversity hot-spot.
Mount Circeo is today included in the National Park of Circeo, instituted in 1934 on over the territories of Latina, Sabaudia, San Felice Circeo and Zannone Island ( minor island of Ponziane Archipelago ).
* Bathurst 1000 held at Mount Panorama Circuit since 1963 ( the race was held at Phillip Island from 1960 – 1962 )
While doing so, the expedition spotted the volcano Mount Saint Elias, and sailed past Kodiak Island.
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And on the summit of Mount Washington, where thirty-five degrees below zero is commonplace and the wind velocity has registered higher than anywhere else in the world, there is a kind of wisdom to be found that other men often seek in the Himalayas `` because it is there ''.
Aquarius is also sometimes identified with Ganymede, a youth in Greek mythology who was taken to Mount Olympus by Zeus to act as cup-carrier to the gods.
* 1934 – The strongest surface wind gust in the world at 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire.
Adelaide is north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, on the Adelaide Plains between the Gulf St Vincent and the low-lying Mount Lofty Ranges which surround the city.
The usual Eastern arrangement is exemplified in the plan of the convent of the Great Lavra, Mount Athos.
* 1942 – World War II: The flag of Nazi Germany is installed atop the Mount Elbrus, the highest peak of the Caucasus mountain range.
At no great distance east of this rift-valley is Mount Kilimanjaro-with its two peaks Kibo and Mawenzi, the latter being, and the culminating point of the whole continent — and Mount Kenya, which is.
The city centre is laid out on two perpendicular axes: a water axis stretching along Lake Burley Griffin, and a ceremonial land axis stretching from Parliament House on Capital Hill north-eastward along ANZAC Parade to the Australian War Memorial at the foot of Mount Ainslie.
The larger scheme of Canberra's layout is based on the three peaks surrounding the city, Mount Ainslie, Black Mountain, and Red Hill.
The main symmetrical axis of the city is along ANZAC Parade and roughly on the line between Mount Ainslie and Bimberi Peak.
The precise alignment of ANZAC parade is between Mount Ainslie and Capital Hill ( formally Kurrajong Hill ).
Its highest rise is the conical Mount Oros ( 531 m ) in the south, and the Panhellenian ridge stretches northward with narrow fertile valleys on either side.
When the Olympian shakes the aegis, Mount Ida is wrapped in clouds, the thunder rolls and men are struck down with fear.
The clouds which strike Kathiawar and Kutch are deprived of a great deal of their moisture by the hills in those countries ( now the majority of this region is in Gujarat state within independent India ), and the greater part of the remainder is deposited on Mount Abu and the higher slopes of the Aravalli Range, leaving but little for Merwara, where the hills are lower, and still less for Ajmer.
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