In the United States, it was a controversial battle because of the island's questionable strategic value and the high casualty rate, which was the highest for U. S. military personnel of any battle in the Pacific War.

Some of the island's mountainous terrain as viewed from Snaefell, the island's highest peak.

Madagascar's highest peaks rise from three prominent highland massifs: Maromokotro on the Tsaratanana Massif is the island's highest point, followed by Boby Peak on the Andringitra Massif and Tsiafajavona on the Ankaratra Massif.

A July 2012 assessment found that exploitation of natural resources since the 2009 coup have had dire consequences for the island's wildlife: 90 percent of lemur species were found to be threatened with extinction, the highest proportion of any mammalian group.

The highest of the island's many mountains, at, is the famous volcano Mount Pelée.

The island's as well as the country's highest peak is the volcanic Soufrière at 1234 m. There are several tiny islets offshore of Saint Vincent including Young Island and the Cow And Calves Islands.

The Western Sakhalin Mountains peak in Mount Ichara,, while the Eastern Sakhalin Mountains's highest peak, Mount Lopatin, is also the island's highest mountain.

The so called Uwe-Düne ( Uwe Dune ) is the island's highest elevation with 52. 5 m above sea level.

OS Triangulation Pillar at the island's highest point The island is long by wide, rising to a height of above sea level at " The Glaidstone "-a large, naturally occurring rock perched on the highest summit on the island.

These occurs perhaps most notably in the area surrounding Bell Bay-where the island's highest waterfall, Horse Falls, plunges over the old sea cliffs.

Among her TV jobs as a show host, Malaret worked on the Noche de Gala, ( Gala Night Ball ) show with Eddie Miró, one of the island's highest rated TV shows during the 1970s, and 1980s, broadcasted by Telemundo.

Mount Maria is the island's highest peak at 711 metres and is approximately a six-hour return walk.

The island's highest point reaches or ( the unclimbed Brown Peak ).

The island is of volcanic origin and roughly circular ; it is about in diameter and rises to 1487 m ( nearly 5000 feet ) at the island's highest peak, Garajonay.

* Fortress of Monte Cristo on the island's highest peak ( 645 m )

The highest points are Flaughton Hill at the island's centre, Fersness Hill at West Side, Vinquoy Hill to the north and Ward Hill to the south, which reaches.

At the northern tip of the island lies North Hill, the island's highest point and an RSPB nature reserve.

With a height of 756 m, Mount Strzelecki in the south west is the island's highest peak.

Mouth of Idian Cave, CreteCrete's Mount Ida is the island's highest summit, sacred to the Goddess Rhea, and wherein lies the legendary cave in which baby Zeus was concealed from his father Cronus.

Land elevations average, though Clipperton Rock, a barren volcanic outcrop located in the atoll's southeast, is considerably higher and forms the island's tallest point.

Saint Lucia has no extant international disputes aside from tension resulting from the island's status as a transit point for South American drugs destined for the United States and Europe.

Colville Channel separates the island's southernmost point ( Cape Barrier ) from Cape Colville at the northern tip of the Coromandel Peninsula to the south, and Cradock Channel separates the island from the smaller Little Barrier Island to the west.

The island's main access point from the mainland is the Interstate Highway 45 causeway that crosses West Bay on the northeast side of the island.

The island's northernmost point is in Takamatsu, Kagawa.

In observing the interconnected lives of some of the island's most influential residents, John learns that Bokonon himself was at one point a de facto ruler of the island, along with a US Marine deserter.

There is a walking track that takes in the northern end of the island, the lighthouse on the north-west point which overlooks Little Fitzroy Island, and the island's peak, which offers stunning 360 degree views over the surrounding reefs and Cape Grafton.

The island's population has slowly grown since that point, with the 2000 census reporting the village's total permanent population as 367.

Gedser Odde (" Point Gedser ") at the island's far southern end is Denmark's southernmost point.

It is located in the Tōhoku region of Honshū island and contains the island's easternmost point.

The Fårö Lighthouse lies on the island's northeastern point.

The town is the northern end point for the island's road system.

At this point, the commander of the Messenian detachment in the Athenian force, Comon, approached Demosthenes and asked that he be given troops with which to move through the seemingly impassable terrain along the island's shore.

Also, concrete barges were used extensively just off the south coast of the island, partly to act as a sea-barrier and also as a mounting point for anti-aircraft guns ; one of which was beached on the east end of the island and remained for many years as a point of interest for visitors and a play area for many generations of the island's children.

Pope was a successful businessman who was at one point the island's third largest shipowner.

The island's main access point from the mainland is the Interstate Highway 45 causeway that crosses West Bay on the northeast side of the island.

It is the administrative centre of the Gros Island Quarter, a region of Saint Lucia which includes the island's northernmost point, Cap Point.

Its highest known point, found at – and – is an unnamed spot in the island's far northeastern end overlooking the Baring Channel, which separates the island from nearby Russell Island.

Alcaeus was a contemporary and a countryman of Sappho and, since both poets composed for the entertainment of Mytilenean friends, they had many opportunities to associate with each other on a quite regular basis, such as at the Kallisteia, an annual festival celebrating the island's federation under Mytilene, held at the ' Messon ' ( referred to as temenos in fr. s 129 and 130 ), where Sappho performed publicly with female choirs.

Appalled at the depredations visited by feral pigs upon the island's Brown Booby and Masked Booby colonies ( reduced to 500 and 150 birds, respectively ), Stager procured a shotgun and proceeded to hunt down and kill all of Clipperton Island's 58 pigs.

Marconi's contributions to Cape Breton Island were also quite significant as he used the island's geography to his advantage in transmitting the first North American trans-Atlantic radio message from a station constructed at Table Head in Glace Bay to a receiving station at Poldhu in Cornwall, England.

A 1942 eyewitness description spoke of " a low grove of dead and decaying kou trees " on a very shallow hill at the island's center, but 58 years later ( 2000 ) a visitor accompanying a scientific expedition reported seeing " a flat bulldozed plain of coral sand, without a single tree " and some traces of building ruins.

Prior to nationalisation, the island's telegraph operations had been performing poorly and the company's share price valued it at around £ 100.

His five seasons in Newfoundland produced the first large-scale and accurate maps of the island's coasts ; they also gave Cook his mastery of practical surveying, achieved under often adverse conditions, and brought him to the attention of the Admiralty and Royal Society at a crucial moment both in his career and in the direction of British overseas discovery.

Nineteenth century tram track remains can be seen in the dried lagoon bed at the island's center and the late 1930s-era lighthouse-shaped day beacon still stands on the western shore at the site of Millersville.

Also located in the northern region is the island's tallest mountain, Mount Pelineon, at.

The Duchess was dead at the time of the island's sighting by Cook, but Cook had set out from England in 1772 and could not have known of her May 1773 death.

Bruce also made raids into northern England and, landing at Ramsey in the Isle of Man, then laid siege to Castle Rushen in Castletown capturing it on 21 June 1313 to deny the island's strategic importance to the English.

By end of June 2011, the island's population stood at 5. 18 million with 3. 26 million citizens, 0. 53 million PRs and 1. 4 million non-resident foreigners and is the second most densely populated independent country in the world ( behind Monaco ).

The wild population is estimated at between 400 and 500, seen chiefly in the island's national parks.

* The Central Mountain Range ( 中央山脈 ) extends from Su-ao in the northeast to Eluanbi at the southern tip of the island, forming a ridge of high mountains and serving as the island's major watershed for rivers and streams.

* July 13 – WWII: The invasion of Sicily begins with British landings at Augusta on the island's eastern side and American landings to the south.

Sugar cane dominated Barbados ' economic growth, and the island's cash crop was at the top of the sugar industry until 1720.

Rooming at an inn, where he is introduced to the daughter of the landlord, Willow, Howie notices a series of photographs celebrating the island's annual harvests, with each photograph featuring a young girl, the May Queen.

With the island's area estimated at, it runs approximately long, with greatest breadth at around.

Laputa's tyrannical king controls the mainland mostly by threatening to cover rebel regions with the island's shadow, thus blocking sunlight and rain, or by throwing rocks at rebellious surface cities.