The Amelia Island North Range Light was built to mark a channel over the sandbar at the mouth of the St. Mary's River, which led to the harbor at Fernandina...
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The Amelia Island Light is the oldest existing lighthouse in the state of Florida in the United States. It is located near the northern end of Amelia Island...
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future discoveries. The Earhart Light, also known as the Amelia Earhart Light, is a navigational day beacon on Howland Island, where she was due to land before...
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Howland Island (/ˈhaʊlənd/) is an uninhabited coral island located just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean, about 1,700 nautical miles...
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Reef Lighthouse". Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved October 11, 2017. "Amelia Island Lighthouse". Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved October 11, 2017. "American...
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Sanibel Island Light or Point Ybel Light was one of the first lighthouses on Florida's Gulf coast north of Key West and the Dry Tortugas. The light, 98-foot...
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Nassau County, Florida (category North Florida)
Key). There is a statue of David Yulee in Fernandina Beach. Amelia Island Light Amelia Island Museum of History American Beach Historic District Bailey...
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Several lighthouses called Dog Island Light were constructed on the western tip of Dog Island south of Carrabelle, Florida. They marked the "middle entrance...
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Coconut crab (category Christmas Island cuisine)
meme suggests that Amelia Earhart crash-landed on Nikumaroro and her remains were rapidly consumed by coconut crabs on the island. However, as no evidence...
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St. Augustine, Florida. The current lighthouse stands at the north end of Anastasia Island and was built between 1871 and 1874. The tower is the second...
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Gasparilla Island Light was originally constructed in 1885 to serve as the Delaware Breakwater Range Rear Light. Due to erosion, the light was decommissioned...
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Key Light dates from 1858. It is the oldest structure in the Tampa Bay area still used for its original purpose. When the first Egmont Key Light was built...
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Hejira (album) (redirect from Amelia (song))
album drew on a range of influences but was more cohesive and accessible than some of her later more jazz-oriented work. "Coyote", "Amelia", and "Hejira"...
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Alligator Reef Light is located 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) east of Indian Key, near the Matecumbe Keys of Florida in the United States, north of Alligator...
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Philae temple complex (redirect from Island of Philoe)
Younger, a British Egyptologist and museum curator visited the island. So did Amelia Edwards, a British novelist in 1873–1874. The approach by water...
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later years, before the light was automated, the lighthouse was manned by Coast Guardsmen who rotated on and off the island every few days. Florida portal...
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Sombrero Key Light is located offshore of Vaca Key in Marathon, Florida. The lighthouse is located on a mostly submerged reef. The name Sombrero Key goes...
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Texas. Amelia affected the Texas coast for two days which caused several shipping incidents and minor damage in Corpus Christi and South Padre Island. While...
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Cape Cod (redirect from Cape Cod and the islands)
Highland Light, Nauset Light, Three Sisters of Nauset, Mayo Beach Light, Billingsgate Island Light Cape Cod is connected to the mainland by a pair of canal-spanning...
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located within a 15-mile radius of significant landmarks, including Amelia Island, Jacksonville International Airport, Florida State College at Jacksonville's...
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The Cape Florida Light is a lighthouse on Cape Florida at the south end of Key Biscayne in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Constructed in 1825, it guided...
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thousand terns nested on the island. At other times the island has been washed away completely. The first navigational light on Sand Key was a 60-foot (18 m)...
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Bay. This light was also partially obscured by trees close to the tower and on Santa Rosa Island. In 1858 a new tower was built on the north side of the...
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The Jupiter Inlet Light is located in Jupiter, Florida, on the north side of the Jupiter Inlet. The site for the lighthouse was chosen in 1853. It is located...
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m) - Farallon Island Light, California 294 feet (90 m) - Point Reyes Light, California 278 feet (76 m) - Marcus Hook Range Rear Light, Delaware 277 feet...
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location on the mainland allowed the light to serve as the rear range light for the channel to the west of Dog Island, used by ships in the lumber trade...
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Red-light districts are areas associated with the sex industry and sex-oriented businesses (e.g. sex shops and strip clubs). In some of these places prostitution...
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Territory, 1868 by Kristiana Gregory (1999) A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861 by Karen Hesse (1999) The...
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their location, the Canary Islands have historically been considered a link between the four continents of Africa, North America, South America, and...
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Cape Hatteras Light in North Carolina is taller at 207 feet (63 m)). It is located between St. Augustine Light and Cape Canaveral Light. Restored by the...
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