Results for "Vashon Island"
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Tortola
World Directory, Caribbean, British Virgin Islands, Tortola, Tortola
Tortola, is on the calm Caribbean side of the island. This creates an excellent swimming and snorkeling area from the small private beach. The South/West side of the island where the cooling trade winds give constant breezes, especially during the summer.
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Tobago
World Directory, Caribbean, Trinidad And Tobago, Tobago, Tobago
Tobago is a stunningly beautiful tropical island just 26 miles long and 8 miles wide (42 by 10 kilometres) and 10 degrees north of the equator, with a rugged, craggy coastline, deserted palm-fringed beaches, enchanting coral reefs and a wealth of protected rainforest.
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Cowes
World Directory, Australia, Australia, Victoria, Phillip Island
Phillip Island is one of Melbourne's most popular destinations and Cowes is the unofficial capital of the island. Renowned for the nightly Fairy Penguin Parade when these cute creatures return to their rookeries, and for being the venue of the Australian 500cc. Motorcycle Grand Prix, held each October, it is jammed packed with things to see and do. Beaches, galleries, museums, displays, antiques, restaurants and even wineries, make this a perfect place to spend a day or two on your visit to Melbourne.
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VIR
World Directory, Europe, Croatia, Zagreb, Zagreb
The island of Vir is situated about 25 km north-west from Zadar in North Dalmatia and is connected with the mainland by bridge. This 22,5 km large island, by the Italian name of "Punta Dura" (the stony strand), presents itself to the visitor by varigated sceneries, such as those of the rocky tracts of land interspersed with pines and vineyards, fig and olive trees.
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Bornholm
World Directory, Europe, Denmark, Hovedstaden, Bornholm
Bornholm is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea located to the east of the rest of Denmark, the south of Sweden, and the north of Poland. The main industries on the island include fishing, arts and crafts like glass making and pottery using locally worked clay, and dairy farming. Tourism is important during the summer.
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Middelfart
World Directory, Europe, Denmark, Funen, Middelfart
Middelfart is a town in central Denmark, with a population of 14,081(2008). It is in Middelfart municipality on the island of Funen. The town name Middelfart means central passage - and refers to one of the three ferry links formerly connecting the island of Funen with the peninsula of Jutland, in this case, the link between Strib and Fons.
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Binz
World Directory, Europe, Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ruegen
Binz is the largest seaside resort on the German island of Rügen. It lies between the Prorer Wiek and the Schmachter See in the south-east of the island. To the north of Binz stretches the Schmale Heide (the "narrow heath"), a tongue of land which joins the Muttland region of Rügen to the Jasmund peninsula. The land to the south and east of Binz is hilly, reaching a height of over 100m above sea level.
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Halki
World Directory, Europe, Greece, South Aegean, Dodecanese
Halki is a small and quiet and unspoiled island with an attractive village port and very few people. As there is no bus, it is a place for those who love walks - which in fact are rewarding. Halki, once sponge-fishing centre with a rich fleet and thousands of people living there, took its name from the copper (Halkos in Greek), that mined in antiquity.
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Symi
World Directory, Europe, Greece, South Aegean, Dodecanese
Symi is a small but historic Greek island and municipality. The island, along with the rest of the Dodecanese, changed hands several times in the 20th century: in 1912 the Dodecanese declared independence from the Ottomans as the Federation of the Dodecanese Islands though this was almost immediately occupied by Italy.
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Woolamai
World Directory, Australia, Australia, Victoria, Phillip Island
Cape Woolamai is a small town and headland at the south eastern tip of Phillip Island in Victoria, Australia.