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Clew Bay, in County Mayo, is a natural ocean bay. It contains Ireland's best example of sunken drumlins. According to tradition, there is an island in the bay for every day of the year. The bay is overlooked by Croagh Patrick, Ireland's holy mountain, and the mountains of North Mayo. Clare Island guards the entrance of the bay. The bay was the focus of the O'Malley family possessions in the Middle Ages, and is associated especially with Grace O'Malley. |
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The Elbe River (Czech Labe Sound listen?, Sorbian/Lusatian ?objo, Polish ?aba, German Elbe, Hungarian Elba) is one of the major waterways of central Europe. It originates in the North West Czech Republic before traversing much of Germany and finally flowing into the North Sea. Its total length is 1165 km. |
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Elba is an island in Tuscany, Italy, 20 km from the coastal town of Grosseto. It is the largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago, and the third largest Italian island. Elba and other islands of the Tuscan Archipelago are protected in the National Park of the Tuscan Archipelago.
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Where a voice from the gambling room is callin' her to come on in.
She smiles, walks the other way
As the last ship sails and the moon fades away
From Black Diamond Bay.
Usually lack of morals is, or at least at one time was associated with rough and sturdy sailors.
In this case those left on the island will soon suffer the consequences of their quickly detoriating morals, not the sailors &hellip and like it has been thought to have happened before, the island will sink into the sea. Sounds familiar? |
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Banks Peninsula is located in the Canterbury region on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand, partly surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, and adjacent to the largest city in the South Island, Christchurch, which has approximately 340,000 residents. The peninsula has a land area of approximately 1,000 kmē. The Banks Peninsula District Council has 7,833 residents (2001 census).
Three successive phases of Maori settlement took place on the peninsula. Waitaha settled there first, followed by Kati Mamoe. Ngai Tahu took over in the 17th century.
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Nipawin is a town located in north-east Saskatchewan, Canada on the Saskatchewan River. Industries in the area include agriculture. tourism, vegetable oil processing, honey production and lumber.
The town lies between Codette Lake, created by the Francois-Finlay Hydro Dam (built in 1986) and Tobin Lake, created by the E.B. Campbell Hydro Dam (built in 1963). Nipawin has become a tourist destination featuring camping, boating, golfing, hunting and fishing. |
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