On the shores north and south, the fishers and mooncursers -- smugglers -- lived along the churning Great South Bay and the narrow barrier of sand, Fire Island.

* Ada River, South Island

The pass starts from just north-east of the Island of Newfoundland and Labrador | Newfoundland over the North Atlantic Ocean to central Africa, over South Sudan.

A line running from Cape Aspro ( 28 ° 16 ' E ) in Asia Minor, to Cum Burnù ( Capo della Sabbia ) the Northeast extreme of the Island of Rhodes, through the island to Cape Prasonisi, the Southwest point thereof, on to Vrontos Point ( 35 ° 33 ' N ) in Skarpanto < nowiki >< nowiki ></ nowiki >, through this island to Castello Point, the South extreme thereof, across to Cape Plaka ( East extremity of Crete ), through Crete to Agria Grabusa, the Northwest extreme thereof, thence to Cape Apolitares in Antikithera Island, through the island to Psira Rock ( off the Northwest point ) and across to Cape Trakhili in Kithera Island, through Kithera to the Northwest point ( Cape Karavugia ) and thence to Cape Santa Maria () in the Morea.

* 1770 – James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, Queensland and claims the east coast of Australia as New South Wales in the name of King George III.

Most of the forests are evergreen, but there are areas of deciduous forest on North Andaman, Middle Andaman, Baratang and parts of South Andaman Island.

It was built mainly to satisfy public demand for creation of a grade-separated right of way for the Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad ( later Long Island Rail Road ) on its way to the South Ferry at the foot of Atlantic Street ( later Atlantic Avenue ), where passengers could catch ferries to Manhattan.

The railroad connected Lower Manhattan via the South Ferry to Greenport on the North Fork of Long Island, where a ferry connected to Stonington, Connecticut to a rail link that continued to Boston.

* 1993 – An earthquake measuring 7. 0 on the Richter Scale hits the South Island of New Zealand.

The success of the ensemble was emulated by other regional conductors, and a rich tradition of a cappella choral music was born in the region at colleges like Concordia College ( Moorhead, Minnesota ), Augustana College ( Rock Island, Illinois ), Wartburg College ( Waverly, Iowa ), Luther College ( Decorah, Iowa ), Gustavus Adolphus College ( St. Peter, Minnesota ), Augustana College ( Sioux Falls, South Dakota ), and Augsburg College ( Minneapolis, Minnesota ).

* Itu Aba Island, in the South China Sea

Arapawa Island is a small island located in the Marlborough Sounds, at the north east tip of the South Island of New Zealand.

The Treaty area covers the continent itself and its immediately adjacent islands, as well as the archipelagos of the South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands, Peter I Island, Scott Island and Balleny Islands.

The islands situated between 60 ° S latitude parallel to the south and the Antarctic Convergence to the north, and their respective Exclusive Economic Zones fall under the national jurisdiction of the countries that possess them: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ( United Kingdom ; also an EU Overseas territory ), Bouvet Island ( Norway ), and Heard and McDonald Islands ( Australia ).

However, the region is visited by more than 40, 000 tourists annually, the most popular destinations being the Antarctic Peninsula area ( especially the South Shetland Islands ) and South Georgia Island.

The largest islands are, from North to South, Chichagof Island, Admiralty Island, Baranof Island, Kupreanof Island, Revillagigedo Island and Prince of Wales Island.

The fact that he has cast over those materials the light of a skeptical mind does not make him any the less Southern, I rather think, for the South has been no more solid than other regions except in the political and related areas where patronage and force and intimidation and fear may produce a surface uniformity.

Gen. Taylor will report to President Kennedy in a few days on the results of his visit to South Viet Nam and, judging from some of his remarks to reporters in the Far East, he is likely to urge a more efficient mobilization of Vietnamese military, economic, political and other resources.

But political debate was cut short throughout the South with Northern abolitionist John Brown's 1859 raid at Harpers Ferry Armory in an attempt to incite slave insurrections.

In 1906, the Aga Khan was a founding member and first president of the All India Muslim League, a political party which pushed for the creation of an independent Muslim nation in the north west regions of South Asia, then under British colonial rule, and later established the country of Pakistan in 1947.

The moderates ' efforts to compromise with Johnson failed, and a political war ensued between the Republicans ( both radical and moderate ) on one side, and on the other, Johnson and his allies in the Democratic Party in the North and the conservative groupings in the South.

Latin America and Caribbean ) created alter-globalization organizations as economic blocs Mercosur and Unasur, political community CELAC or Bank of the South which supporting development of Third World countries without restrictions like IMF or World Bank.

The African National Congress ( ANC ) is South Africa's governing political party, supported by its tripartite alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions ( COSATU ) and the South African Communist Party ( SACP ), since the establishment of non-racial democracy in April 1994.

Brazilian foreign policy has recently aimed to strengthen ties with other South American countries, engage in multilateral diplomacy through the United Nations and the Organization of American States, and act at times as a countervailing force to U. S. political and economic influence in Latin America.

In recent years, it has given high priority in establishing political dialogue with other strategic actors such as India, Russia, China and South Africa through participation in international groupings such as BASIC, IBSA and BRICS.

These directives implied precise emphasis on: the search for political coordination with emerging and developing countries, namely India, South Africa, Russia and China ; creation of the Union of South American Nations and its derivative bodies, such as the South American Security Council ; strengthening of Mercosul ; projection at the Doha Round and WTO ; maintenance of relations with developed countries, including the United States ; undertaking and narrowing of relations with African countries ; campaign for the reform of the United Nations Security Council and for a permanent seat for Brazil ; and defense of social objectives allowing for a greater equilibrium between the States and populations.

The team also played the regional side of South Africa ( South Africa did not exist as a political unit in 1891 ), winning all three matches.

" After South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond switched his allegiance to the Republican Party in 1964, BJU faculty members became increasingly influential in the new state Republican party, and BJU alumni were elected to local political and party offices.

They were also among the first in South East Asia to adopt religious ideas and political institutions from India and to establish centralized kingdoms surrounding large territories.

In 2002 Chile signed an association agreement with the European Union ( comprising FTA, political and cultural agreements ), in 2003, an extensive free trade agreement with the United States, and in 2004 with South Korea, expecting a boom in import and export of local produce and becoming a regional trade-hub.

Work has begun — bilaterally and within the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe since 1999 — on political and economic cooperation in the region.

The Muisca people had one of the most developed political systems in South America, surpassed only by the Incas.

* Democratic Alliance ( South Africa ), a South African political party.

Their power continued to grow in the South ; more than 10 years after the end of the war, Democrats regained political power in every state of the former Confederacy and began to reassert white supremacy.

* 1990 – Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.

The geography of India describes the geographic features of India, a country in South Asia.

The Confluence ( geography ) | confluence of the Darling River | Darling and Murray Rivers at Wentworth, New South Wales

Thus, while Bolivar knew that the nation of Panama was linked historically and culturally to South America, he was also conscious of the fact that the region was part of the Central American geography.

The rough and diverse geography of northern South America and the limited range of proper roads made travel and communications within the Viceroyalty difficult.

The geography of the region ; the South African Republic / Transvaal ( green ), with the Orange Free State ( orange ), the British Cape Colony ( blue ), and the Natalia Republic | Natal ( red )

The geography of central and South India is increasingly vaguely described.

* Meridian ( geography ), an imaginary arc on the Earth's surface from the North Pole to the South Pole

The South Downs meets the sea at the Seven Sisters, Sussex | Seven SistersThe physical geography of Sussex relies heavily on its lying on the southern part of the Wealden anticline.

IEEE has a dual complementary regional and technical structure – with organizational units based on geography ( e. g., the IEEE Philadelphia Section, IEEE South Africa Section ) and technical focus ( e. g., the IEEE Computer Society ).

The geography of Chile is extremely diverse as the country extends from a latitude of 17 ° South to Cape Horn at 56 ° ( if Chilean claims on Antarctica are included Chile would extend to the South Pole ) and from the ocean on the west to Andes on the east.

The geography of Argentina describes the geographic features of Argentina, a country located in southern South America ( or Southern Cone ).

The geography of Bolivia is unique among the nations of South America.

The main features of Bolivia's geography include the Altiplano, a highland plateau of the Andes and Lake Titicaca ( Lago Titicaca ), the largest lake in South America and the highest commercially navigable lake on Earth ( which it shares with Peru ).

South is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography.

The plant mix and geography conditions in this area are typical of much of the terrain in the coastal areas of New South Wales but with many widespread genera having highly localized species in the Royal National Park.

Flowering Machair ( geography ) | machair on South Uist

The long narrow geography of the South Island ensures that no vineyard is more than from the coast.

An About. com spokesman, relating his company's decision to use the name " East Sea " to refer to the body of water, stated that they chose to use the name " not necessarily because it agreed with the South Korean geography activists but because the e-mail bombardment was annoying.

Lending to specific conditions such as relative infrastructure or inherent geography countries such as Kenya, Botswana, Zambia, Namibia, Uganda, South Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zimbabwe advertise locally specialised safari experiences ranging from guided safaris, mobile safaris, walking safaris and fly-in safaris to more niche concepts including elephant back safaris, river safaris, primate safaris, horseback safaris, balloon safaris photographic safaris, mobile tented safaris, and accessible safaris for those with disabilities.

Isauria ( or ; ), in ancient geography, is a rugged isolated district in the interior of South Asia Minor, of very different extent at different periods, but generally covering what is now the district of Bozkır and its surroundings in the Konya province of Turkey, or the core of the Taurus Mountains.

In the first volume, Asian countries were explained, in the second volume, African countries were explained, in the third volume, European countries were explained, in the forth volume, South American countries were explained, in the fifth volume, North American countries and Australia were explained and in the last sixth volume was appendix to explain the introduction of geography.

The geography of Tibet consists of the high mountains, lakes and rivers lying between Central, East and South Asia.