General Thomas E. Watson, assistant division commander of 4th Marine Division, ordered both the amphib recon and scout companies to continue reconnoitering, seizing and clearing other islands in the atoll, moving south toward the islet of Japtan, or LADYSLIPPER.
The islet and chapel is only a short distance away from the beach at Malia and a short distance from the islet of Agia Varvara.
There are 45 bird species nesting on the islet annually, including Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus), Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) and Whitethroat (Sylvia communis).
Almourol is a small islet on the Tagus river, Portugal.
The other islands in the strait are Manono which has four village settlements and the tiny uninhabited islet of Nu'ulopa.
When he returned to the Philippines, he rejoined the bureau and was hired as assistant geologist to Busuanga Island, the northernmost islet off Palawan.
The Biketawa Declaration takes its name from the Kiribati islet of Biketawa, where negotiators met behind closed doors in order to draft the agreement.
Canigao Island, an islet located in the Philippines, near the municipality of Matalom
In the present days, when the tide is low and blows East wind, the islet emerges from the water.
The islet is offered for sale by its proprietors and The Guardian reported the Greek islanders of Lesbos raising money among themselves to buy the islet.
Great Dog Island, main islet, about 98 acres (0.41 km2)
Originally settled by the Carib (and possibly Arawak), a French map from 1717 provides the first identification of the area as Gros Islet.
There are over 3,600 islands, islets and skerries belonging to the municipality, with the three largest islands being Utö, Ornö and Muskö.
Islet amyloid polypeptide or Amylin, a protein produced by the pancreatic beta-cell that has been linked to type II Diabetes.
The islet is located just north of the coast of the island of São Tomé north of the city of and east of the island's northernmost point and north of the Água Grande and Lobata district boundary.
Ilhéu de Sal Rei (in Cape Verdean Creole, written in ALUPEC: Djeu d Sal Rei) is an islet located 1 km west of Sal Rei and nearly 1 km southwest of its nearest point of Boa Vista Island (which includes Praia de Chaves) in Cape Verde.
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The islet can definitely be seen from the western part of Boa Vista including the Praia da Chave and the town of Sal Rei, it cannot be seen from Rabil since a part of the area blocks its view, the islet can also be seen from a mountain to the south of the island.
The islet is located just off the east coast of the island of São Tomé near the town of Santana in Cantagalo District.
Ilhéu de Pássaros (in Cape Verdean Creole: Djeu) is an islet located between 2 to 3 kilometres NW of the island of São Vicente (Mindelo) and also 2 kilometres northwest of the Mindelo's nearby point, the João Ribeira.
The reason was that during the second World War boats of a British Special Boat Service flotilla often evaded German patrols by making fast alongside Turkish fishing boats near the islet and convincing the Germans that they were Turkish fishermen in Turkish territory.
The municipal unit Kissamos includes the Gramvousa peninsula (Chernisos Gramvousas Χερσόνησος Γραμβούσας) in the northwest and the adjacent Gramvousa islets, as well as the islet of Pontikonisi, and the villages of Sfinari, Koukounaras, Polirinia, Platanos, Lousakia, Sirikari, Kallergiania and Kalathena.
From 1803 to 1829, during Ratu Naulivou's reign as Vunivalu of Bau, the islet kingdom reached the zenith of its power.
Huxter Fort is located on an islet to the southeast of the loch, connected by a causeway.
Something of, from, or related to Mayotte, an overseas department of France consisting of a main island, Grande-Terre (or Mahoré), a smaller island, Petite-Terre (or Pamanzi), and several islets around these two.
Mañagaha is a small islet which lies off the west coast of Saipan within its lagoon.
The neighbouring islands are Apolima, which has a small village settlement and the islet Nu'ulopa.
It is known with certainty only from the small granitic islet of Marianne Island (0,962 sqm) in the Seychelles about 6 km east of La Digue.
Before Ferdinand Magellan discovered the Philippines, a sea-faring people lived along the banks of the Matalom River and also on the islet of Canigao (formerly Comigao).
The main village of Ofu is located on the western shore, protected behind an offshore islet (eroded tuff cone) known as Nu'utele.
The name Pavlopetri ("Paul's and Peter's", or "Paul's stone") is the modern name for the islet and beach, apparently named for the two Christian saints that are celebrated together; the ancient name or names are unknown.
The river continues, passing Hen islet and various villages, crossing the Sinh junction (capital of ancient Châu Hóa) before emptying into the Tam Giang lagoon.
The Atlantic Ocean is to the north and Ponto Cais, a point is to the north making it the island's northernmost point, a small islet named the Ilhéu Laja Branca lies to the northeast at about 500 m offshore.
The term "Pugo" which means "islet"; while Pugo itself is not an island, the term describes the huge rockbeds in the Tapuacan River.
Renfrew Castle was a castle situated near junction of the River Clyde and White Cart upon the former river islet, known as the King's Inch, at Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
Silver Islet is featured as the hometown of Sarah, a waitress, in Jane Urquhart's novel The Underpainter.
The first bridge to connect Skeppsholmen to the rest of the city was a wooden bridge on poles, simply called Holmbron ("The Islet Bridge") and provided with a drawbridge, constructed by the admiralty in 1638-1640 when the camp of the Swedish Navy was relocated from Blasieholmen to Skeppsholmen.
The incident began on 12 January 1958 as the crew of the Chilean Navy transporter Micalvi built a lighthouse on the islet Snipe to improve the navigation on the channel.
The ritual was an annual competition to collect the first Sooty Tern (manu tara) egg of the season from the islet of Motu Nui, swim back to Rapa Nui and climb the sea cliff of Rano Kau to the clifftop village of Orongo.
Tinhosa Pequena, an islet in Príncipe Province, São Tomé and Príncipe
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Tinhosa Grande, an islet in Príncipe Province, São Tomé and Príncipe
The other Dutch fort ever to stand on what is now Venezuelan soil (also in the 17th century) stood on the little uninhabited islet La Tortuga, just west of Isla Margarita.
This islet should not be confused with the Walrus Islands in the Walrus Islands State Game Sanctuary, located close to Hagemeister Island (in the Dillingham Census Area), nor with Walrus Island located in the southeastern shores of the Bristol Bay (in the Aleutians East Borough).