His chief discovery was important -- the Great North ( later, the Hudson ) River -- but it produced no northwest passage.

It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait.

* 1972 – Vietnam War: Nguyen Hue Offensive – The North Vietnamese 320th Division forces 5, 000 South Vietnamese troops to retreat and traps about 2, 500 others northwest of Kontum.

North of Isna ( 160 km north of Aswan ), the plateau on both sides of the valley rises to as much as 550 m above sea level ; at Qina ( some 90 km north of Isna ) the 300-m limestone cliffs force the Nile to change course towards the southwest for about 60 km before it turns northwest for about 160 km to Asyut.

Greenland is located between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada and northwest of Iceland.

His charts of the North American northwest coast were so extremely accurate that they served as the key reference for coastal navigation for generations.

Killer whales have also been observed preying on terrestrial mammals, such as deer and moose swimming between islands off the northwest coast of North America.

Khasa Hills lie in the northwest and form the border between North Nazimabad Town and Orangi Town.

The Norwegian Sea () is a marginal sea in the North Atlantic Ocean, northwest of Norway.

Lying in the most northeastern of the Paracel Islands, at the coordinates of 16. 97 degrees North and 112. 28 degrees East, the group consists of six low narrow islands with sand cays ; enclose shallow lagoons, connected by reefs of rock, and about northwest from Lincoln Island.

From northwest to southeast, Russia shares borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland ( both via Kaliningrad Oblast ), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea.

Most species are native to Asia, with smaller numbers native to Europe, North America, and northwest Africa.

The UK lies between the North Atlantic and the North Sea, and comes within of the northwest coast of France, from which it is separated by the English Channel.

The muqam system developed among the Uyghur in northwest China and Central Asia over approximately the last 1500 years from the Arabic maqamat modal system that has led to many musical genres among peoples of Eurasia and North Africa.

* The regions of present-day Afghanistan, Pakistan and North India come under the control of the Kushans, a nomadic people forced out of northwest China by the Han Dynasty.

After the passage of a cold front, winds tend to switch to the northwest, and a frequent pattern is for a long-lasting low-pressure area to form over the Canadian Maritimes, which may pull cold northwestern air across the Great Lakes for a week or more, commonly identified with the negative phase of the North Atlantic Oscillation ( NAO ).

The Métis homeland includes regions scattered across Canada, as well as parts of the northern United States ( specifically Montana, North Dakota, and northwest Minnesota ).

From 2, 500 m above sea level on Changbai Mountain, on the China-North Korea border, the river flows south to Hyesan before sweeping 130 km northwest to Linjiang and then returning to a more southerly route for a further 300 km to empty into the Korea Bay between Dandong ( China ) and Sinŭiju ( North Korea ).

It rises in the Krkonoše Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia ( Czech Republic ), then Germany and flowing into the North Sea at Cuxhaven, 110 km northwest of Hamburg.

The fur trade was also practiced by the Russians on the northwest coast of North America.

The Zuiderzee (;, ; old spelling Zuyderzee ) was a shallow bay of the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands, extending about 100 km ( 60 miles ) inland and at most 50 km ( 30 miles ) wide, with an overall depth of about 4 to 5 metres ( 13 – 16 feet ) and a coastline of about 300 km ( 200 miles ).

Gaithersburg is located at 39 ° 8 ' North, 77 ° 13 ' West, to the northwest of Washington, D. C., and is considered a suburb and a primary city within the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area.

He was particularly interested in materials from the northwest coast of North America.

Only open to upperclassmen and January Scholars, the North Side consists of Millbrook Apartments, The Village, Village East on-campus apartments, and all fraternity houses except the Zeta Beta Tau house, which is off campus and located just northwest of the South 40.

Compared with Sylt, Föhr ( Fering North Frisian: Feer ; ) is a relatively silent island.

Föhr ( Fering North Frisian: Feer ; ) is one of the North Frisian Islands on the German coast of the North Sea.

Föhr is the second-largest North Sea island of Germany and a popular destination for tourists.

Being a settlement area already in neolithic times, Föhr had been part of mainland North Frisia until 1362.

Apart from German, a dialect of the North Frisian language, Fering, is frequently spoken on Föhr.

Föhr is situated southeast of Sylt ; it is the second-largest German North Sea island.

Föhr is called " The Green Island " due to being sheltered from the storms of the North Sea by its neighbouring islands Sylt and Amrum, so that Föhr's vegetation is thriving compared to other islands.

Until 1864 the western part of Föhr, together with Amrum, belonged to the Danish Enclaves in North Frisia while Osterland and Wyk belonged to the Duchy of Schleswig since it had seceded from the Danish Kingdom in the 1420s.

During the Second Schleswig War, Danish Lieutenant Commander Otto Christian Hammer, commanding a flotilla in the North Frisian Isles, resided in Wyk auf Föhr and was able to defend the islands against superior Austrian and Prussian naval forces.

During the Christmas season a special kind of Christmas tree exists on Föhr and other North Frisian islands, the so-called kenkenbuum.

Amrum ( Öömrang North Frisian: Oomram ) is one of the North Frisian Islands on the German North Sea coast, south of Sylt and west of Föhr.

Due to the isolated location of the islands the North Frisian dialects developed so differently, that Öömrang can be understood by people from Föhr, yet is hardly recognisable for those from Sylt or mainland Nordfriesland.

Fering is the dialect of North Frisian spoken on the island of Föhr in the German region of North Frisia.

Fering differs from other North Frisian dialects in that it is also used publicly on Föhr, not only at home.

On Sylt, Föhr and Amrum as well as in parts of the northern mainland there is a strong South Jutlandic influence, whereas on Heligoland and the rest of mainland North Frisia the Low German influence is predominant.

Clift was born Eleanor Roeloffs in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of immigrants from the island of Föhr in the North Sea.

Image: Friesentracht. JPG | Frisian Tracht from the North Sea isle of Föhr

This seascape waltz composition resulted from Strauss ' visit to the North Frisian island of Föhr, when he and his second wife Angelika stayed in the town of Wyk during one of the holidays.

Leew Eilun Feer ( Fering North Frisian for " Beloved Isle of Föhr ") is the insular anthem of Föhr, in the Fering tongue.