island
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An extra service to the island was added at 19:50 on the MV Alfred from Troon.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
It added: "Approving the proposal without the necessary supporting information would have gone against the planning policy framework and could have set a precedent for similar applications elsewhere on the island."
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The stars of this "penguin parade" are from a wild colony on the island, numbering up to 40,000 seabirds at the height of the breeding season in the southern hemisphere's spring and summer.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
In June, the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or Nmesis—a new antiship missile launcher mounted on a remote-controlled truck—rolled onto the runway on the Philippines’ island of Itbayat, one of the country’s most northern islands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Two weeks after landfall, Magellan held the country’s first Mass on the island of Limasawa, located in the Visayan Islands.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Glenn Wakai, a state senator, said new industries would help keep more residents on the islands where they grew up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
In June, the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or Nmesis—a new antiship missile launcher mounted on a remote-controlled truck—rolled onto the runway on the Philippines’ island of Itbayat, one of the country’s most northern islands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Yes, we do have that reputation on these islands, and I’m incredibly proud of it, because you know what it does?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Across the weekend, it will continue moving westwards, and may weaken into a tropical storm, with the centre passing just below Hawaii's other islands.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Many game songs originated in the Georgia Sea Islands, a series of over 100 islands off the coast of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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