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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.
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The growth brought to Docklands enabled the Jubilee Line to be extended in 1999 to east London by a more southerly route than originally proposed, through Surrey Quays, Canary Wharf and the Greenwich Peninsula ( which was the next regeneration area ) to Stratford.
The next southerly human-occupied outpost of South America is the lighthouse of Cape Horn.
The next stage in touchdown development was the construction of a temporary structure to carry the westbound upper deck in a similar southern loop, now possible since the eastbound traffic is now more southerly.
It is by far the most southerly atoll or island of the country and of the Caroline Islands, 300 km south of the next southerly atoll, Nukuoro, and 740 km southwest of the main island of Pohnpei state.
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The communal buildings of the area on the north side of Cooper Island ( the only occupied area of the atoll ) consist of a common cooking and dining building next to the only sea dock, and there is a kayak and scuba diving equipment storage building adjacent to this.
Throughout the next century, ownership of the atoll passed through various hands.
For the next several days the 2nd Battalion 6th Marines landed on Bairiki, moved up the remaining islands in the atoll to clean up, completing this on November 28.
The island once supported a small copra industry with a settlement established next to the small reef passage less than one kilometer northeast of Turakino, the westernmost point of the atoll.
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He must construct transitions so that a dancer who is told to lie prone one second and to leap wildly the next will have some physical preparation for the leap.
This is brought out in the next to last chapter of the book, `` A Hero's Funeral '', written in the form of an impassioned prose poem.
All we want from Dr. Huxley's statement is the feeling that this is an open world, in the view of the best scientific opinion, with practically no directional commitments as to what may happen next, and no important confinements with respect to what may be possible.
The account of the battle is, next to his descriptions of Garibaldi's campaigns, Trevelyan's outstanding military narrative.
yet the tide is too strong against us, and I fear ( if the framer of hearts help not ) it will force me to little Patience, a little isle next to your Prudence ''.
Long-range planning of programs and ways to finance them have become musts if the state in the next few years is to avoid crisis-to-crisis government.
Traffic in the next lane appears to be moving more smoothly so he pokes a tentative fender into Lane B, which is heavily populated by cars also moving at 70 m.p.h..
On a team a man feels he is a part of it and akin to the men next to him.
`` The hero of his next poem is Napoleon Bonaparte '', said Claire, with slightly overdone carelessness.
These cases in which light is already visible at the other end of the tunnel are ones which over the next few years will absorb the bulk of our capital assistance.
If the last day ( due date ) for performing any act for tax purposes, such as filing a return or making a tax payment, etc., falls on Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, you may perform that act on the next succeeding day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.
While this may well be true in general, I believe it is also important to keep in mind that some recent developments suggest that over the next year or so military electronics may be one of the most strongly growing areas in an economy which is not expanding rapidly in other directions.
it's a single-shot bolt-action with an automatic safety -- i.e., the safety goes on every time the bolt is lifted and the gun cocked for the next shot.
The keelson, made of two three-inch widths, is next installed.
A stem jig is next cut to the proper shape and temporarily fastened to frame one.
The next step is to remove it and spread glue where it has been marked at the contact points.
With no set standards, there is the tendency to promote to the next highest level when the top of a salary band is reached regardless of performance.
It is believed that these boards will, within the next few years, replace many of the conventional flood-lighted boards now in use.
If you've travelled in Europe a time or two, it is quite certain that you've had that wanting-to-be-alone feeling or that you will get it on your next visit across the Atlantic.
My advice, if you live long enough to continue your vocation, is that the next time you're attracted by the exotic, pass it up -- it's nothing but a headache.
For four of the six ( the anaconda and the amethystine python cannot be included for lack of data ) there is also a correlation between size at maturity and maximum length, the boa constrictor being the smallest and the Indian python the next in size at the former stage.
It is a very interesting fact that these two problems can be handled simultaneously and this is what we shall do in the next chapter.
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He attended Ducie Technical High School ( became Ducie High School then closed in 2003 to become Manchester Academy ) next to the University of Manchester on Lloyd Street North in Moss Side, Manchester ( three years below John Thaw ).
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Research carried out in the U. K. during World War II left Gruinard Island in Scotland contaminated with anthrax for the next 48 years.
* 1956 – 45 miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SS Andrea Doria collides with the MS Stockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51.
Most of the Line Islands including Christmas Island, the Phoenix and even the Union ( Tokelau ) islands ( until 1925 ) were incorporated piecemeal into the Gilbert and Ellice Islands over the next 20 years.
He was buried next to Katharina at the Smolensk Lutheran Cemetery on Vasilievsky Island.
For the next couple of centuries the island was known as Savage Island, until its original name Niu ē, which translates as " behold the coconut ", regained use.
For the next 20 years, many could find only low-paid work with the island government and the only available employment overseas for the islanders was restricted to the Falkland Islands and Ascension Island, a period during which the island was often referred to as the “ South Atlantic Alcatraz ”.
The Bank of St Helena, located next to the Post Office, commenced operations in 2004, inheriting the assets and accounts of the former St Helena Government Savings and the Ascension Island Savings Banks, both of which then ceased to exist.
The next morning he tried to assassinate J. P. Morgan, Jr., son of the financier, at his home on Long Island, New York.
A civilian chemist working at the U. S. Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island, he noticed that when a block of explosive guncotton with the manufacturer's name stamped into it was detonated next to a metal plate, the lettering was cut into the plate.
In the next three decades Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Plymouth exerted pressure to destroy both Rhode Island and the Narragansetts.
The economic and political center of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was Newport for the next 100 years, and they disregarded the anti-slavery law.
The establishment of Rhode Island was so threatening to its neighbors that they tried for the next hundred years to extinguish the “ lively experiment ” in religious freedom that had begun in 1636.
Up until 1958 the Territory had only 12 miles of motorable roads ; over the next 12 years the road system was vastly improved, linking West End to the East End of Tortola, and joining Tortola to Beef Island by a new bridge.
The colonies of Prince Edward Island and British Columbia joined over the next six years, and Newfoundland joined in 1949.
They were both scuttled by their crews the next morning, the Admiral Nakhimoff off Tsushima Island, where she headed while taking on water.
Charlotte Amalie sits on the south part of Saint Thomas next to Water Island.
Principal photography began on 19 May 1976 on the South Fork of Long Island with the scene in which Alvy and Annie boil live lobsters ; filming continued periodically for the next ten months.
The next title, Tales of Monkey Island released in 2009, is a series of five episodic chapters.
The game is the twelfth and last LucasArts game to use the SCUMM engine, which was extensively upgraded for its last outing before being replaced by the GrimE engine for the next game in the series, Escape from Monkey Island.
Yoshi proved to be popular in his debut, which caused the next game in the series, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, to focus on his species.
The crowd eventually dispersed after Acting Governor Thomas Hutchinson promised an inquiry, but reformed the next day, prompting the withdrawal of the troops to Castle Island.
The next excavation attempt was made in 1861 by a new company called the Oak Island Association which resulted in the collapse of the bottom of the shaft into either a natural cavern or booby trap underneath.
In order to watch and get further information about it, one can go to the Lantau Link Visitor Centre and Viewing Platform which is located at the northwest corner of Tsing Yi Island, just next to the Bridge's Tsing Yi end.
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