Various menhirs and dolmens are located around the Mediterranean islands of Malta and Gozo.

Various smaller islands and cays, including Vieques, Culebra, Mona, Desecheo, and Caja de Muertos comprise the remainder of the archipelago with only Culebra and Vieques being inhabited year-round.

Various small islands lie within the Persian Gulf, some of which are the subject of territorial disputes between the states of the region.

Various names were given to individual islands by the captains and chartmakers on visiting European ships.

Various islands in the Caribbean that were colonies of the United Kingdom, including Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica, and those on the Leeward and Windward Islands, came together to form the Federation, with its capital in Trinidad.

Various islands within the bay are a part of the Sedge Islands State Wildlife Management Area or Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge.

Various Caribbean naturopathic and ritualistic treatments originated in Cuba and nearby islands.

Various other settlements sprang up nearby on the islands and on both banks of the Warta.

Various islands and a continent are also shown on the moon.

Various Atlantic islands including the Azores and Canary Islands are depicted, as is the mythical island of Antillia and possibly Japan.

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Various saints such as the Celts Samson of Dol and Branwaldr ( Brelade ) were active in the region, although tradition has it that it was Saint Helier from Tongeren in modern-day Belgium who first brought Christianity to the Island in the 6th century, and Charlemagne sent his emissary to the island ( at that time called Angia, also spelt Agna )< ref >

Various European powers – Portugal, the Netherlands, and England – competed for trade in the area from the 15th century onward, until in 1677, France ended up in possession of what had become a minor slave trade departure point — the infamous island of Gorée next to modern Dakar.

Various species of mongoose can also be found on the island.

Late authors Shel Silverstein and William Styron also lived on the Vineyard, as did writer, journalist and teacher John Hersey, poet and novelist Dorothy West and artist Thomas Hart Benton Various writers have been inspired by the island — including the mystery writer Philip Craig who set several novels on the island.

Various groups of interest are hoping to fuse all municipalities on the island into a single governing body.

Various island governors and the convents participated in commercial viticulture.

Various types of membranophones, traditionally associated with solemn occasions, are found throughout the island.

Various authors have suggested that comparable Mediaeval buildings can be found in Europe ; in particular the Orphir Round Church on Orkney built in Scotland around 1115 and the round churches on the Danish island of Bornholm such as Østerlars Church dating from around 1160.

Various members of the past group still perform at both the brimstone head festivals and Ethridge point festival, Jamie Hancock who is seen every year playing in Joe batt's arm with another band which he is a part of, as well as Melanie penton who still lives on the island, and has played with her cousin who is also an accordionist.

Various lake features include Rattlesnake Island ( a small island east of Peachland ), Squally Point ( a popular cliff-diving area ) & Fintry Delta on the west side.

Various bronze statues are scattered around the island which depict life as it was during earlier periods on the island, as well as from more recent times.

Various species of Bougainvillea are the official flowers of the island of Guam ; Lienchiang and Pingtung Counties in Taiwan ; Ipoh, Malaysia ; the cities of Tagbilaran, Philippines ; Camarillo, California ; Laguna Niguel, California ; San Clemente, California ; the cities of Shenzhen, Huizhou, Zhuhai, and Jiangmen in Guangdong Province, China ; and Naha, Okinawa.

Various levels of government are un-officiallly undertaking a process to create the territory as an historical site and conservation area for the numerous species of migratory bird chicks which inhabit the island during the summer months ; these include Piping Plovers, with the Sandy Point colony comprising between 15-30 % of Newfoundland's overall plover population.

Various cultural groups, including representatives of each island, travel to the sculpture to present and drape it with long lei ( See lei ( garland ).

Various names have been used for the island of Britain, see Britain ( name ).

Various supernatural accounts of his execution, and of his escaping capture by the French authorities, are preserved in island folklore, and are widely depicted in paintings and popular art.

Various birds were noted to be inhabiting the island by the time it was completed in 1981.

Various security devices were installed on the island to make sure the daikaiju wouldn't escape.

Various rules are in place to prevent the more aesthetically displeasing aspects of modern construction from ruining the beauty of the island, such as replacing concrete walls with hand-packed stone.

Various facilities can be created that bring tourists to the island such as airports and ferries, and they act in a manner similar to other resource sources like mines ( although the " used up " tourists are returned then, unlike mines ).

Various publishers, editors, and writers work on the island, as do painters and graphic designers.

Various light sources may be used as excitation sources, including lasers, photodiodes, and lamps ; xenon arcs and mercury-vapor lamps in particular.

Various resonances between the ring particles and Galatea may also have a role in maintaining the arcs.

Various political parties in India repeatedly called for the military base to be dismantled, as they saw the US naval presence in Diego Garcia as a hindrance to peace in the Indian Ocean.

Various states in the republic of India provide 12 years of compulsory school education based on national curriculum framework designed by the National Council of Educational Research and Training.

Various types of hammered dulcimers are traditionally played in India, Iran, Southwest Asia, China, and parts of Southeast Asia, Central Europe ( Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Poland, Czech Republic, Switzerland ( particularly Appenzell ), Austria and Bavaria ), the Balkans, Eastern Europe ( Ukraine and Belarus ) and Scandinavia.

Various studies in India, for example, have concluded that about 10 % of total wheat production is lost at farm level, another 10 % is lost because of poor storage and road networks, and additional amounts lost at retail level.

Various state governments in India have enacted laws to ban this practice prior to India's independence and since.

Various schools of Buddhism flourished, a successfully imported and modified cultural influence from India, as represented by the Chan or Zen beliefs of Wang Wei ( 701-761 ).

Various pro-Khalistan outfits have been involved in a separatist movement against the government of India ever since.

Various festivals are held throughout India and abroad which mainly consist of Carnatic music performances, like the Madras Music Season which has been considered as one of the world's largest cultural events.

Various locally made configurations are used around India.

Various dialects of the Tai / Dai language family are spoken from Assam, India to Taiwan and Shanxi Province, China in the North to Java in the South.

Fortuitously, Lamb's first publication was in 1796, when four sonnets by " Mr. Charles Lamb of the India House " appeared in Coleridge's Poems on Various Subjects.

Various substances have been used for libations, most commonly wine or olive oil, and in India, ghee.

Various major industries emerged in various parts of the State of Hyderabad before its incorporation into the Union of India, especially during the first half of the twentieth century.

Various preparations of the plant are used in traditional medicines for a variety of complaints in both Africa and India.

Various facts from Rajagopal Chakrabarti's book, " Swami Vivekananda in India ", published 1999.

Various Asian palm civet subspecies, as illustrated in Reginald Pocock | Pocock's The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma-Mammalia Vol 1

Various nationwide college surveys rate most of the NITs over other colleges in India, except for the IITs and a few other institutions.

Among the Various forms of Hinduism, the Veerashaivism is being practiced by crores of People all over the India.

Various Indian holy books like Mahabharat, Puranas etc, tell us that this formulation was first prepared by the ' Royal Vaids ', named ' Ashwini Kumar brothers ', the twins, who were medical advisers to Devas, during Vedic times, 10, 000 years ago, for Chyawan Rishi at his Ashram on Dhosi Hill near Narnaul, Haryana, India ), hence the name Chyawanprash.

Various groups are involved in the Insurgency in Northeast India, India's north east states, which are connected to the rest of India by a narrow strip of land known as the Siliguri Corridor. In the region several armed factions operate.

Various species of the genus Kannemeyeria are known from South Africa, Argentina, India, and ( either this or a similar genus ) China, and it can be assumed that, like many animals of this time, it had worldwide distribution.

P. J. Abdul Kalam and Governor of Karnataka Hansraj Bhardwaj on September 8, 2011. Former president of India addressed the gathering. Various national level competitions were held on the occasion