An expedition reconnoitered the coast to find out the exact location of enemy forces. |
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The Borough, set on the Suffolk coast close to Britten's homeland, awakened in him such longings for England that he knew he must return. |
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A severe storm off the coast of Portugal separated Tiger from the rest of the fleet. |
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The WIC also succeeded in conquering Goree, Elmina Castle, Saint Thomas, and Luanda on the west coast of Africa. |
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In 1562 Elizabeth sent privateers Hawkins and Drake to seize booty from Spanish and Portuguese ships off the coast of West Africa. |
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The Golden Hind sailed north along the Pacific coast of South America, attacking Spanish ports and pillaging towns. |
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Before reaching the coast of Peru, Drake visited Mocha Island, where he was seriously injured by hostile Mapuche. |
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Taken as a prize off the Pacific coast of Mexico, it was made of enamelled gold and bore an African diamond and a ship with an ebony hull. |
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The Armada managed to regroup and, driven by southwest winds, withdrew north, with the English fleet harrying it up the east coast of England. |
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The intention would have been to keep well to the west of the coast of Scotland and Ireland, in the relative safety of the open sea. |
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Shortly after a proxy marriage in Copenhagen in August 1589, Anne sailed for Scotland but was forced by storms to the coast of Norway. |
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To facilitate this trade, forts were established on the coast of West Africa, such as James Island, Accra and Bunce Island. |
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Cleveland iron ore is high in phosphorus and needs to be mixed with purer ores, such as those on the west coast in Cumberland and Lancashire. |
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Nelson and Seahorse spent the rest of the year cruising off the coast and escorting merchantmen. |
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For the rest of the month he carried out raids along the coast and intercepted enemy shipping. |
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He began searching the Italian coast for Napoleon's fleet, but was hampered by a lack of frigates that could operate as fast scouts. |
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Nelson joined Admiral Sir Hyde Parker's fleet at Yarmouth, from where they sailed for the Danish coast in March. |
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Harrogate, Shropshire and the south coast of Kent are making similar restrictions. |
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Starting in the 1700s, French colonists began to settle along the coast and founded New Orleans. |
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It experiences the lowest wind speeds and sunshine total in between that of the coast and the moors. |
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Rainfall is the lowest at the coast and snowfall is rarer than the rest of the region. |
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The city of Swansea is the largest settlement on the Welsh coast of the Bristol Channel. |
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Where these reach the coast cliffs are formed which are cut with ravines and waterfalls. |
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Badgworthy Water is one of the small rivers running north to the coast and is associated with the Lorna Doone legends. |
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The South West Coast Path which starts at Minehead and follows all along the Exmoor coast before continuing to Poole. |
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The Two Moors Way runs from Ivybridge in South Devon to Lynmouth on the coast of North Devon, crossing parts of both Dartmoor and Exmoor. |
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They experience the lowest wind speeds and the total sunshine hours are between those of the coast and the moors. |
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Rainfall is lowest at the coast and snowfall there is rarer than the rest of the region. |
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The process of western intensification causes the Gulf Stream to be a northward accelerating current off the east coast of North America. |
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The Gulf Stream influences the climate of the east coast of North America from Florida to Newfoundland, and the west coast of Europe. |
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A river of sea water, called the Atlantic North Equatorial Current, flows westward off the coast of Central Africa. |
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When this current interacts with the northeastern coast of South America, the current forks into two branches. |
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However, almost all of Norway's coast remains free of ice and snow throughout the year. |
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The whiting pollock sometimes, par excellence is styled pollock only. On the Yorkshire coast it is called a leet, and in Scotland a lythe. |
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The south coast was vulnerable to Danish Viking invasions during the 8th and 9th centuries. |
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Instead, Henry gathered a fleet at Southampton and invaded the Norman coast in August of that year. |
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Further north on the east coast is Great Salterns recreation ground and golf course, which forms an area around Portsmouth College. |
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The Hilsea Lines are a series of defunct fortifications on the north coast of the island which border Portsbridge Creek and the mainland. |
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Being located on the south coast of England, Portsmouth has a mild oceanic climate, receiving more sunshine than most of the British Isles. |
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It has been speculated that several place names on the west coast of southern France might also stem from Viking activities. |
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Mangrove forests form much of the coastal wetlands along the coast in the south. |
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In 1970, a massive cyclone devastated the coast of East Pakistan killing up to half a million people. |
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Cornish piracy was active during the Elizabethan era on the west coast of Britain. |
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He requested that the mobile reserves, especially tanks, be stationed as close to the coast as possible. |
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He also noted that, in the Italian Campaign, the armoured units stationed near the coast had been damaged by naval bombardment. |
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Mistpouffers are dull, distant explosive sounds heard around the coast of Europe all the way to Iceland. |
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The North Sea coast of England is mainly flat and sandy with many dunes and is similar to coastlines across the sea in the Netherlands. |
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The English North Sea coast is an important area of bird life and is a habitat for many shore and wading birds. |
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The English Irish Sea coast hosts two important geographic areas, Morecambe Bay, a large bay, and the Furness and Walney Island areas. |
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The English section of the Irish Sea coast ends at the border with Scotland in the Solway Firth. |
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This section includes the entire coast of Sussex and the south and east coasts of Kent. |
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This section includes the entire North Sea coast of the traditional county of Yorkshire. |
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The west coast in particular is heavily indented, with long promontories separated by fjordlike sea lochs. |
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The east coast is more regular, with a series of large estuarine inlets, or firths, and long sandy beaches, for example at Aberdeen. |
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Scotland has some 790 islands, most of which are located off the northern and western coast of the country. |
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The Highland Boundary Fault is a major fault zone that traverses Scotland from Arran and Helensburgh on the west coast to Stonehaven in the east. |
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King's Cave on the south west coast is an example of an emergent landform on such a raised beach. |
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Travelling south from Whiting Bay, the C147 goes round the south coast continuing north up the west coast of the island to Lochranza. |
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At this point the road becomes the A841 down the east coast back to Whiting Bay. |
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It meets the North Sea with Fife on the north coast and Lothian on the south. |
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Major roads and railways follow the east coast route and various valley routes radiating northwards from the Carlisle area. |
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The A487 coast road links Cardigan with Aberystwyth, and the A44 links Aberystwyth with Rhayader, Leominster and Worcester. |
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Areas close to the border with Cheshire can have Scouse accents of English, and along the coast Manchester accents are common. |
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Further round the coast is Belfast Lough, between County Antrim and County Down. |
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Further along the coast is Hook Head while the Old Head of Kinsale is one of many headlands along the south coast of Ireland. |
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The capital of the Cayman Islands is George Town, on the southwest coast of Grand Cayman. |
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The Rock is a popular tourist attraction, particularly among British tourists and residents in the southern coast of Spain. |
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A new town and port is being developed at Little Bay, which is on the northwest coast of the island. |
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British ships sometimes intercepted slave traders in the Caribbean, and some ships were wrecked off the coast of these islands. |
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In 1841, the Trouvadore, an illegal Spanish slave ship, was wrecked off the coast of East Caicos. |
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Neolithic farmers then settled on its coast and built the dolmens and menhirs found in the islands today. |
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Throughout the war Royal Marines units raided up and down the east coast of America including up the Penobscot River and in the Chesapeake Bay. |
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The British settlers along the coast were upset that French troops would now be close to the western borders of their colonies. |
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Once through the Kerch Strait, British and French warships struck at every vestige of Russian power along the coast of the Sea of Azov. |
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In early 1923, and in poor health, Baird moved to 21 Linton Crescent, Hastings, on the south coast of England. |
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Australia's 60 Minutes reported that people living along the gulf coast were becoming sick from the mixture of Corexit and oil. |
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As of 1 January 2013, the Kulluk was grounded off the coast Sitkalidak Island, near the eastern end of Kodiak Island. |
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Siemens chose the Hull area on the east coast of England because it is close to other large offshore projects planned in coming years. |
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Five sites were withdrawn, including the Shell Flat site off the coast of Lancashire. |
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These writings have been found throughout Ireland and the west coast of Great Britain. |
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It is possible that Ptolemy did as well, as Agricola's information about the west coast of Scotland was of poor quality. |
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The Nova Scotia climate is in many ways similar to the central Baltic Sea coast in Northern Europe, only wetter and snowier. |
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Areas not on the Atlantic coast experience warmer summers more typical of inland areas, and winter lows a little colder. |
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However, winters are colder on the inland plateaus east of the slopes and further down the coast on the south east end of the Patagonian region. |
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Snow is uncommon at the coast in the north, but happens more often in the south, and frost is usually not very intense. |
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In 1893 missionaries of the Primitive Methodist Church arrived from Fernando Po, an island off the southern coast of Nigeria. |
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It has a higher ratio of coast to landmass than any other continent or subcontinent. |
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On 22 August 1770, James Cook discovered the eastern coast of Australia while on a scientific voyage to the South Pacific. |
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Soon other radio stations along the west coast of the United States followed suit. |
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The durable, dark-colored wood of the coast myall or mountain brigalow has been likened to that of English walnut. |
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It is the only nation with both a Red Sea coast and a Persian Gulf coast and most of its terrain consists of arid desert and mountains. |
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A port is a location on a coast or shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land. |
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In 1724 Daniel Defoe wrote of Lymington, Hampshire, on the south coast of England. |
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Classic examples of solution lakes are abundant in the karst regions at the Dalmatian coast of Croatia and within large parts of Florida. |
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From the coast on the Indian Ocean, the low plains rise to central highlands. |
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Kenya's climate varies from tropical along the coast to temperate inland to arid in the north and northeast parts of the country. |
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Generally speaking, the south coast is warmer, wetter, and windier than the north. |
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Tijuana traces its modern history to the arrival of Spanish explorers in the 16th century who were mapping the coast of the Californias. |
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During this same period, Russian ships also explored along the California coast and in 1812 established a trading post at Fort Ross. |
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The Port of Stockton is the easternmost port on the west coast of the United States. |
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The northern coast is characterised by a number of coral reef systems that have been determined to be at risk. |
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In 1970, large quantities of oil were discovered off the coast of Scotland. |
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Another route proposed is that, either on foot or using primitive boats, they migrated down the Pacific coast to South America. |
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The major suppliers for the city of Rome were the west coast of Italy, southern Gaul, the Tarraconensis region of Hispania, and Crete. |
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The fortifications on the coast of Cumbria, which were erected later, were intended to prevent the Wall being circumvented in the West. |
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The crews of the watchtowers and forts on the coast of Cumbria were usually only able to warn the population. |
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In 82, he moved with his troops and a unit of the fleet along the east coast of Scotland, into the regions north of the Firth of Forth. |
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Only a few forts like Segontium on the northwest coast remained occupied to keep the Celtic tribes living there under control. |
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One of these was founded at Abercorn on the south coast of the Firth of Forth, and Trumwine was consecrated as Bishop of the Picts. |
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It rises on Ben More Assynt, a few miles from Ullapool on the west coast of Scotland, and drains into the North Sea via the Kyle of Sutherland. |
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The generally south slope and southern coast make for mild and wet climate, and there is a great deal of good pasture. |
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Sailing around the west coast of Scotland he halted off the Isle of Arran, and negotiations commenced. |
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Beaton wanted to move Mary away from the coast to the safety of Stirling Castle. |
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After calling at Madeira and the West Indies, the fleet made landfall off the coast of Darien on 2 November. |
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Suffren arrived off the Indian coast in February 1782, where he clashed with a British fleet under Hughes, winning a narrow tactical victory. |
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However, being still in sight of his native land he moved further north along the west coast of Scotland. |
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Unlike other parts of the west coast of Scotland, the Solway Firth is generally devoid of islands. |
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Finds of bloodstone microliths on the foreshore at Orbost on the west coast of the island near Dunvegan also suggest Mesolithic occupation. |
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The Talisker Distillery, which produces a single malt whisky, is beside Loch Harport on the west coast of the island. |
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There is a continuous outcrop along the Highland Boundary Fault from Stonehaven on the North Sea coast to Helensburgh and beyond to Arran. |
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The Moray Firth is one of the most important places on the British coast for observing dolphins and whales. |
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It is possible that Ptolemy did so also, as Agricola's information about the west coast of Scotland was of poor quality. |
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Machair is distinguished from the links on the east coast of Scotland by a lower mineral content, whereas the links are high in silica. |
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The mountains stretch along the coast from Port Manvers to Cape Chidley, the northernmost point of Labrador. |
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The north coast is the most isolated region of Labrador, with snowmobiles, boats, and planes being the only modern modes of transportation. |
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In 1542 Basque mariners came ashore at a natural harbour on the north east coast of the Strait of Belle Isle. |
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Most Antarctic Bottom Water forms near the Antarctic coast south of South America during winter. |
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The largest colony has 32,000 nests and is on Bonaventure Island off the south coast of Quebec. |
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Wildcats on the Black Sea coast are thought to feed on small birds, shrews, and hares. |
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He sailed west, towards the edge of the known world, and was shipwrecked on the coast of Fife, Scotland. |
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One bomber came down in the water off Port Seton on the East Lothian coast, and another off Crail on the coast of Fife. |
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By 1404, they were raiding the coast of England, with Welsh troops on board, setting fire to Dartmouth and devastating the coast of Devon. |
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These occur primarily on the Atlantic coast of Europe, but there are also megaliths on western Mediterranean islands. |
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Elidyr was killed in the attempt but his death was then avenged by his relatives who ravaged the coast of Arfon. |
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Instead the new canalised section followed the coast along northeast Wales. |
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Dyfed has a long coast on the Irish Sea to the west and the Bristol Channel to the south. |
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The south coast has many fishing villages and sandy beaches and the eastern part around Llanelli and Burry Port is more industrial. |
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The Aberdyfi Rowing Club rows in the Dyfi Estuary and Cardigan Bay and takes part in races all round the coast of Wales and internationally. |
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On 24 August 1217, a French fleet arrived off the coast of Sandwich, bringing Louis soldiers, siege engines and fresh supplies. |
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Eleanor died giving birth to Gwenllian of Wales on 19 June 1282 at the royal palace in Abergwyngregyn, on the north coast of Gwynedd. |
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This connected the town with the North Wales coast and the expanding national network. |
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In 1406, English pirates captured the future James I of Scotland off the coast of Flamborough Head as he was going to France. |
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Products from the woollen mills were taken to the coast from the quay at Trefiw using the River Conwy. |
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The Rhondda lay within Penychen, a narrow strip running between modern day Glyn Neath and the coast between Cardiff and Aberthaw. |
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The Battle of the Lys and the Fifth Battle of Ypres were fought before the Allies occupied the Belgian coast and reached the Dutch frontier. |
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On the Baltic coast from 1 to 5 September 1917, the Germans attacked with their strategic reserve of six divisions and captured Riga. |
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The Pembrokeshire coast is home to common porpoises and bottlenose dolphins. |
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The coast along the Dee estuary is heavily developed by industry and the north coast much developed for tourism. |
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The town is situated near the confluence of the rivers Ystwyth and Rheidol, on the west coast of Wales. |
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This is particularly pronounced due to its west coast location facing the Irish Sea. |
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Connecting services from Machynlleth also provide a link to Gwynedd's west coast as far as Pwllheli. |
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The other major branch continues north along the coast of Northwestern Europe. |
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Traders sailed along the coast to Bristol and Ireland and further afield to France, Spain and Portugal. |
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Several bus services are run by Arriva Wales along the main coast road between Chester and Holyhead, linking the coastal resorts. |
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Lawrence through Greenland and the coast of Ireland down to Portugal, as well as in the high Arctic islands. |
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In 1853, a woman wearing a dress made of cormorant feathers was found on San Nicolas Island, off the southern coast of California. |
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Feral goats are common in many areas of the Irish west coast including counties Mayo, Donegal and Kerry. |
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A 2009 study tagged 25 sharks off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and indicated at least some migrate south in the winter. |
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Juvenile dolphins off the coast of Western Australia have been observed chasing, capturing, and chewing on blowfish. |
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On parts of the North American west coast sport salmon fishing completely replaces inshore commercial fishing. |
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For instance, mussels should be avoided along the west coast of the United States during the warmer months. |
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This species is also found on the west coast of the United States, from Washington to California. |
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They are found in both temperate and tropical seas, mostly living along the coast or offshore in the oceanic environment. |
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Some stocks migrate in large schools along the coast to suitable spawning grounds, where they spawn in fairly shallow waters. |
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Frank Forrester's Fishermens' Guide in 1885 mentions a hake that was transplanted from the coast of Ireland to Cape Cod, United States. |
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This section intersects with the A487 towards Caernarfon, and the west coast of North Wales. |
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Heading west, the coast is an expanse of alluvial deposits stretching to the mouth of Glamorgan's most well known river, the River Taff. |
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Goidelic was once restricted to Ireland and, possibly, the west coast of Scotland. |
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From early on, Roman and Byzantine policy was to develop close links with the powers of the coast of the Red Sea. |
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Historically, Aden would import goods from the African coast and from Europe, the United States, and India. |
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Many of the towns and villages along the coast have small harbours and facilities for sailing, dolphin watching and other maritime activities. |
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Dublin's sheltered location on the east coast makes it the driest place in Ireland, receiving only about half the rainfall of the west coast. |
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The S4C analogue signal also spilled over on to the east coast of the Republic of Ireland. |
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Like its counterpart on the opposite coast to the East, there is a grand variety of shellfish in this region. |
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Jones was born in the seaside town of Colwyn Bay, on the north coast of Wales. |
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Although Clogging is a nationwide style of dance there is a varying difference between East coast and West coast. |
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West coast tends to follow more closely to hip hop, Cheerleading, and Jazz styles of dance. |
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While East coast tends to follow more of a modernized version of the classic clog and hoedown style. |
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Its remains can still be seen today on the island of Llanddwyn, off the coast of Anglesey. |
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It consists of a number of waterbodies between the Scottish mainland, the Outer Hebrides islands, and the coast of Ireland. |
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The Sundarbans and Bhitarkanika Mangroves are two of the large mangrove forests in the world, both on the coast of the Bay of Bengal. |
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The road was considered inadequate, and a new coast road was created by connecting some short segments of road and closing some gardens. |
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Belfast Lough is a large, intertidal sea inlet on the east coast of Northern Ireland. |
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On the southern coast are Omeath, Carlingford and Greenore backed by the Cooley Mountains, all on the Cooley Peninsula in County Louth. |
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It was Ireland's leading fishing port in the 15th and 16th century exporting mainly to ports along the west coast of England and Wales. |
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They are common along much of the eastern coast of the United States and the Frisian Islands. |
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The coast is a highly attractive natural feature to humans through its beauty, resources, and accessibility. |
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It came to be applied as a proper name to the coast of the Ligurian Sea, in the form riviera ligure, then shortened to riviera. |
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It is found from low tide mark to depths of 50 metres in British waters and 80 metres off the coast of Nova Scotia. |
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Further north, off the Pacific coast of Canada, leatherbacks visit the beaches of British Columbia. |
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This tropical island off the coast of Venezuela is known for its vibrant ethnic diversity and rich cultural events. |
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On the Atlantic coast of Costa Rica, the village of Parismina has one such initiative. |
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In the Pacific, its range reaches as far north as the southern coast of Alaska and as far south as Chile in the east. |
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The east coast of the African continent hosts a few nesting grounds, including islands in the waters around Madagascar. |
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Major nesting sites are common on either side of the Arabian Sea, both in Ash Sharqiyah, Oman, and along the coast of Karachi, Pakistan. |
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Other species such as merlin Falco columbarius and Eurasian skylark Alauda arvensis move further, to the coast or towards the south. |
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In prehistoric times, this animal was hunted by the Alby People of the east coast of Oland, Sweden. |
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Reduced stocks of sand eel along the east coast of Scotland seems to have been the main reason for the malnutrition in porpoises in the area. |
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Populations have been hunted off the coast of Peru for use as food and shark bait. |
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Sei whales appeared off the coast of Norway at the same time as the pollock, both coming to feed on the abundant plankton. |
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Some evidence from tagging data indicates individuals return off the coast of Iceland on an annual basis. |
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These animals feed in areas ranging from the coast of California to the Bering Sea. |
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During a specific time of year, approximately December to March, these whales beach themselves in high numbers along the coast of New Zealand. |
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Distinct populations may also exist off the west coast of tropical Africa, and Papua New Guinea. |
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On the west coast of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, seal and sea lion populations have also substantially declined. |
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The same whale was sighted again on May 30, 2010, off the coast of Barcelona, Spain. |
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By late December to early January, eastern grays begin to arrive in the calving lagoons and bays on the west coast of Baja California Sur. |
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For the entire west coast of North America for the years 1919 to 1929, some 234 gray whales were caught. |
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A climatological low in the Gulf of Alaska keeps the southern coast wet and mild during the winter months. |
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Pacific harbor seals or Californian harbor seals are found along the entire Pacific coast shoreline of the state. |
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Harbor seals move down from eastern Canadian waters to breed along the coast of Maine in May and June, and return northward in fall. |
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Zalophus, Eumetopias and Otaria diverged next, with the latter colonizing the coast of South America. |
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The Isle of Walney, also known as Walney Island, is an island off the west coast of England, at the western end of Morecambe Bay. |
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The bridge forms part of the A590, which runs between Walney's western coast and the M6 Motorway. |
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Since 2005, the coast off Walney has become a centre for the construction of offshore wind farms. |
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Windsurfing takes place around the island, particularly to its west coast and around the mouth of Walney Channel. |
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Its east coast resembles Walney, and the main town to the east of the island is 'Vicarstown', located at the same place as Vickerstown. |
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Norwegian government and police reportedly allowed the coast guard to tow the Greenpeace ship. |
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A subduction zone on the coast of western North America continues to create the Ancestral Rocky Mountains. |
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There are extensive Liassic outcrops around the coast of the United Kingdom, in particular in Glamorgan, North Yorkshire and Dorset. |
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It lies along the western coast of France from Point Penmarc'h to the Spanish border, and the northern coast of Spain west to Cape Ortegal. |
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The south area of the Bay of Biscay washes the northern coast of Spain and is known as the Cantabrian Sea. |
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Devon's coast is lined with tourist resorts, many of which grew rapidly with the arrival of the railways in the 19th century. |
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The Torbay conurbation of Torquay, Paignton and Brixham on the south coast is now administratively independent of the county. |
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With the department's research and fisheries protection vessel Helga they continued their surveys of the west coast of Ireland. |
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The coast of the mainland forms the eastern side and the western boundary is the 30 degree meridian, which passes through Iceland. |
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Water near the coast and not too deep to be fathomed by a hand sounding line was referred to as in soundings or on soundings. |
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A few yards off the northeastern coast is Seal's Rock which is so called after the seals which rest on and inhabit the islet. |
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It appears to be a form of play and is most commonly seen off the coast of Argentina and South Africa. |
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The names were first applied just to lands near the coast and only later extended to include the hinterlands. |
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An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, and a small island off the coast may be called a holm. |
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Inland temperatures are more extreme, with colder winters and hotter summers compared with the coast of the island. |
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North African slave raids discouraged settlement along the coast until the 19th century. |
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The coast of Novaya Zemlya is very indented, and it is the area with the largest number of fjords in the Russian Federation. |
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They were driven off their course by a violent storm and their ship went aground along the coast of an island that may have been Madeira. |
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Funchal is the capital and principal city of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, located along the southern coast of the island of Madeira. |
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In 1928, Italian explorer Umberto Nobile and the crew of the airship Italia crashed on the icepack off the coast of Foyn Island. |
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A number of cities were founded along the coast by Phoenicians, and trading outposts and colonies were established by Greeks in the East. |
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They reside primarily on the Mediterranean coast and the Balearic islands, where many choose to live their retirement or telecommute. |
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The Danish Wadden Sea Islands and the German North Frisian Islands stretch along the southwest coast of Jutland in the German Bight. |
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It continues along the Swedish west coast to Gothenburg and most of the way to the Norwegian border. |
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Along the coast the mountains gradually merge with the shore. |
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Moving to the coast had some drawbacks, but there were also compensations. |
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Caught the day before far off the coast of West Africa, they have been airfreighted to London for dinner. |
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She is passenger on the square-rigged barkentine Speedwell, now lying off the coast of Virginia. |
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The whole of this coast has been spoiled by the recent upheaval of Monte Nuovo with its lava floods and cindery deluges. |
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When I ran out of gas, fortunately I managed to coast into a nearby gas station. |
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The Atlantic Ocean borders the west coast and the North Sea is to the east. |
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On the African east coast the small cyclonic Angola Gyre lies embedded in the large subtropical gyre. |
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Around St Mary's several minor islands become accessible, including Taylor's Island on the west coast and Tolls Island on the east coast. |
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The north coast is unusual in having four high tides each day, with a double high tide every twelve and a half hours. |
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Ptolemy describes the coast to the east of the Saxons as inhabited by the Farodini, a name not known from any other sources. |
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The Portuguese began systematically exploring the Atlantic coast of Africa from 1418, under the sponsorship of Prince Henry. |
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Using a small brigantine and ten native canoes, they sailed along the coast and made landfalls. |
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In 1770, British explorer James Cook had discovered the eastern coast of Australia whilst on a scientific voyage to the South Pacific. |
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First mentions of amber deposits on the South coast of the Baltic Sea date back to the 12th century. |
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After the unification of Germany in 1871, the whole southern coast became German. |
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The uplift is about eight millimetres per year on the Finnish coast of the northernmost Gulf of Bothnia. |
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The west coast of southern Norway and the coast of northern Norway present some of the most visually impressive coastal sceneries in the world. |
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In exchange for the land, the Norsemen under Rollo were expected to provide protection along the coast against further Viking invaders. |
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Immediately before the battle, the Venetian fleet had secured a victory in the coast surrounding the city. |
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Warwick and his supporters even began to launch raids on the English coast from Calais, adding to the sense of chaos and disorder. |
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He and Richard, Duke of Gloucester, fled from Doncaster to the coast and thence to Holland and exile in Burgundy. |
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Adventurers such as John Lok and William Towerson sailed south in an attempt to develop links with the coast of Africa. |
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The north coast on the Celtic Sea, part of the Atlantic Ocean, is more exposed and therefore has a wilder nature. |
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In places these have been subjected to severe folding, as can be seen on the north coast near Crackington Haven and in several other locations. |
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Newquay on the north coast is famous for its beaches and is a popular surfing destination, as is Bude further north. |
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St Piran's Crab, Clibanarius erythropus a small hermit crab found on the south Cornwall coast is named in honour of the hermit saint. |
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In the early twentieth century a significant community began to take shape on the west coast of the United States. |
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The system of milecastles and turrets is known to have continued along the Cumbria coast as far as Risehow, south of Maryport. |
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They then sailed to the wrecks of the 1715 Spanish fleet, off the eastern coast of Florida. |
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On 1 July 1822, Percy Shelley, Edward Ellerker Williams, and Captain Daniel Roberts sailed south down the coast to Livorno. |
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Ten days after the storm, three bodies washed up on the coast near Viareggio, midway between Livorno and Lerici. |
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By September 1896, the Kiplings were in Torquay, Devon, on the southwestern coast of England, in a hillside home overlooking the English Channel. |
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Later, they were accused of spying and signaling to German submarines off the coast of Cornwall where they lived at Zennor. |
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Britten was born in the fishing port of Lowestoft in Suffolk, on the east coast of England on 22 November 1913, the feast day of Saint Cecilia. |
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In September 1883 he went as a boarder to Field House preparatory school in Rottingdean on the south coast of England, forty miles from Wotton. |
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It is set in England, and Hitchcock used the north coast of Santa Cruz, California for the English coastline sequence. |
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The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England. |
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Natural features seen on this stretch of coast include arches, pinnacles and stack rocks. |
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The cliffs on this part of the coast are being eroded as sections crumble away and landslides occur. |
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On the coast tree ferns and pandanus palms. Inland termite menhirs seventeen feet high. |
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The petrol tank filler came adrift as they neared the Adriatic coast and drenched them both. |
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For the first time since its inception the America's Cup was defended outside of the US off the coast of Fremantle. |
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Her first experience of sailing was on a boat owned by her aunt Thea MacArthur on the east coast of England. |
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The Norfolk and Suffolk Broads form a network of waterways between Norwich and the coast and are popular for recreational boating. |
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Along the Pacific Ocean coast lie the Coast Ranges, which, while not approaching the scale of the Rocky Mountains, are formidable nevertheless. |
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From 986, Greenland's west coast was settled by Icelanders and Norwegians, through a contingent of 14 boats led by Erik the Red. |
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There are no roads between cities because the coast has many fjords that would require ferry service to connect a road network. |
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Hong Kong's long and irregular coast provides it with many bays, rivers and beaches. |
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The west coast is more rugged than the east, with numerous islands, peninsulas, headlands and bays. |
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The discovery of North Sea oil off the east coast of Scotland in 1970 further invigorated the debate over Scottish independence. |
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Or was I a broken-down college professor living out a spasm of middlescence on the golden coast of Califomia? |
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To the south, the kingdom extended some distance up the valley of the Clyde, and along the coast probably extended south towards Ayr. |
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In 1770, James Cook became the first European to visit the eastern coast of Australia whilst on a scientific voyage to the South Pacific. |
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Toward the end of the 9th century, Moorish pirate havens were established along the coast of southern France and northern Italy. |
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In the 12th century the coasts of western Scandinavia were plundered by Curonians and Oeselians from the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. |
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Piracy off the Barbary coast was often assisted by competition among European powers in the 17th century. |
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They would be used as coast guards, or sent on recon missions to deal with Arab piracy in the Arabian Sea. |
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From there he travelled to Scalpay, off the east coast of Harris, and from there made his way to Stornoway. |
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