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unusual facts about Mount Taranaki/Egmont



Brachyglottis elaeagnifolia

Volcanic debris on Mount Taranaki has been colonized by this species, which occurs in dense stands up to 100 years old.

Cape Egmont Lighthouse

The light was manufactured by Simpson & Co., Pimlico, London, in 1864 and erected on Mana Island to the north west of Porirua in 1865, but it was sometimes confused with the Pencarrow Head light at the entrance to Wellington Harbour and in 1877 the light was dismantled and moved to Cape Egmont.

Christian Frederik von Schalburg

; Smith, P. S., Under hagekors og Dannebrog : danskere i Waffen SS 1940–45, Aschehoug, 2006 (Hardcover, ISBN 978-87-11-11843-6, p.152).

; Smith, P. S., Under hagekors og Dannebrog : danskere i Waffen SS 1940–45, Aschehoug, 2006 (Hardcover, ISBN 978-87-11-11843-6, p.155-158).

; Smith, P. S., Under hagekors og Dannebrog : danskere i Waffen SS 1940–45, Aschehoug, 2006 (Hardcover, ISBN 978-87-11-11843-6, p.164).

; Smith, P. S., Under hagekors og Dannebrog : danskere i Waffen SS 1940–45, Aschehoug, 2006 (Hardcover, ISBN 978-87-11-11843-6, p. 139-142).

David Crutcher

In the 2004 Alberta general election Crutcher ran for the Alberta Alliance Party in the provincial constituency of Calgary-Egmont.

Egmont Ehapa

Some of the more popular German-language comics published by Egmont Ehapa Verlag GmbH include Asterix, Lucky Luke, Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Wendy the Good Little Witch and SpongeBob SquarePants.

Egmont Key State Park

In 1761, the English named the island Egmont Key for the Earl of Egmont.

Hugo Egmont Hørring

Hugo Egmont Hørring (17 August 1842 – 13 February 1909) was a Danish politician, a member of the Højre political party.

ICUE

ICUE has partnerships with many of the UK's largest publishing houses including Penguin, Harper Collins, Pan Macmillan, Random House, Egmont, Transworld, A&C Black and Kogan Page.

Jennifer Fallon

She is published by Snapping Turtle Books worldwide, in addition to some titles through Voyager Books in Australia, Tor and Random House in the United States, Orbit in the UK, AST in Russia, Heyne and Egmont in Germany and Luitingh Fantasy in The Netherlands.

John III of Egmont

John III of Egmont (or Egmond) (Hattem, April 3, 1438 – Egmond, August 21, 1516) was first Count of Egmont, Lord of Baer, Lathum, Hoogwoude, Aarstwoude, Purmerend, Purmerland and Ilpendam, and Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and West-Friesland.

Josephine Wessely

She gained recognition for playing Gretchen in Goethe's Faust, Klärchen in Egmont and Marie Beaumarchais in Clavigo, as well as for her performance as Lessing's Emilia Galotti.

Mount Tauhara

Mount Tauhara is a dormant stratovolcano, reaching 3,569 feet (1,088 m) above sea level, situated within the Taupō caldera towards the centre of the Taupō Volcanic Zone, which stretches from White Island in the north, to Mount Ruapehu in the south, to Mount Taranaki in the west.

Original Town of Fernandina Historic Site

During the early period of British rule, the island was known as Egmont Isle, after Lord Egmont who had a 10,000 acre estate there, almost the entire island.

Ormond Wilson

He suffered from severe hay fever and as a child, he spent his summers in a hostel on Mount Egmont in order to be less exposed to pollen.

Philip Francis Johnson

He became proprietor in 1860 of the substantial Egmont Hotel in Kanturk through renting it from the estate of the Earl of Egmont.

Port Egmont

Port Egmont was the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands, on Saunders Island and is named after the Earl of Egmont.

Saunders Island, Falkland Islands

Unaware of the French presence at Port Louis, in January 1765, British captain John Byron explored and claimed Saunders Island, at the western end of the Falkland Islands, where he named the harbour of Port Egmont, and sailed near other islands, which he also claimed for King George III.

Stefan Printz-Påhlson

Together with fellow Egmont editor Lars Bergström Stefan Printz-Påhlson also created a series of albums where Donald Duck and Huey, Dewey and Louie travel back and forth in a time machine Gyro Gearloose has invented.

Stephenson Percy Smith

While still in his teens, he began a series of expeditions in his spare time, joining a party to scale Mount Taranaki in 1857, for example, and undertaking a journey in 1858 up the Mōkau River to Taupo, Lakes Rotomahana and Tarawera, the Tongariro-Ruapehu area, returning via Rangitikei and Wanganui.

The Butterfly Clues

The Butterfly Clues is a young adult mystery novel written by Kate Ellison and published in February 2012 by Egmont USA.

Trevor Chute

Chute led a 620-strong force across South and Central Taranaki, from Wanganui to New Plymouth, destroying approximately twenty villages between the Waitotara River and Mount Taranaki/Egmont.

Wellington VHF Group

They also hold Trustee status for nodes located at Mount Taranaki/Egmont (Taranaki), Wharite (Horowhenua) and Belmont (Wellington).


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