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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Barren Island, New York
		Barren Island, originally an island off the southern end of Brooklyn NY, in Jamaica Bay just opposite Rockaway Peninsula in Queens NY.
		The island called Iceland, which, though really a part of America, is considered, because of its population and history as forming a part of Europe, is situated in the North Atlantic Ocean, between 63 deg.
		During the reigns of Christian III and his successors the ecclesiastical hierarchy in the island was dissolved, and Luther's teachings were forced upon the people, who were deprived of all their rights.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Barren-Island%2C-New-York (304 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Barren Island, Brooklyn
		Barren Island, was originally an island off the southern end of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, in Jamaica Bay just opposite the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens.
		The island housed a plant that rendered horse bones (supplied from the streets of New York City, and others) into glue, which activity inspired the name Dead Horse Bay to the still extant water body on the western shore.
		Mill Basin/ Mill Island is a neighborhood in southeastern Brooklyn lying along Jamaica Bay and bounded to the north by Avenue U, and to the east, south, and west by the Mill Basin/ Mill Island Inlet.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Barren-Island%2C-Brooklyn (1546 words)

	Volcanic erruption at Barren Island
		Renewed lava eruption reported from the only active volcano in Barren Island of Andaman Group of Islands in the Indian subcontinent on 28.05.2005 after a gap of 10 years.
		Barren island volcano along with the extinct Narcondam sub-aerial volcano, also In Andaman Islands lie on a young (less than 65 million years before present) volcanic belt.
		The Barren Island volcano is marked by a prominent cone with a main central crater that underwent change in shape, size and position from time to time in response to the phases of volcanic activities.
	www.gsi.gov.in /barren1.htm (725 words)

	Global Volcanism Program \| Barren Island \| Monthly Reports
		A scientific team from the GSI and the Zoological Survey of India visited Barren Island on 8-9 April 1993 to assess the impact of the 1991 eruption on the distribution, habit, and abundance of fauna.
		Barren Island as seen from the vessel CGS Lakshmi Bai on 3 February 2003.
		Dense clusters of incandescent pyroclasts of various sizes ejected forcefully from the crater mouth "with ballistic trajectories." Apart from eruption from the main crater, a "glow of fire" from the N flank of the cone and thin layers of red hot materials on W slope were observed.
	www.volcano.si.edu /world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0600-01=&volpage=var (6855 words)

	Barren Island, Andaman Islands, India
		A new eruption at Barren Island was first noticed by the Indian Navy on 20 December 1994.
		A team composed of scientists from the Geological and Zoological surveys of India arrived at the island early on 24 January, and an aerial survey over the volcano was made on the 31st.
		Megascopically the lava was basaltic andesite, similar to that erupted during September 1991, with a high percentage of large plagioclase phenocrysts and frequent olivine in a dark-gray glassy groundmass.
	volcano.und.nodak.edu /vwdocs/current_volcs/barren_isle/Barren_Isle.html (767 words)

	Barren Island - LoveToKnow 1911
		BARREN ISLAND, a volcanic island in the Bay of Bengal.
		It has an irregularly circular form of about 2 m.
		This page was last modified 22:17, 1 Sep 2006.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Barren_Island (82 words)

	Barren Island Volcano, India - John Seach
		Barren Island is circular (7.9 sq km) and consists of a 1.6 km wide somma and a central cone.
		Barren volcano consists of a caldera open towards the west and a central cinder cone.
		Two spatter cones the south-eastern and western flanks of the cinder cone formed during the 1994-95 eruption.
	www.volcanolive.com /barrenisland.html (112 words)

	Barren Island
		Barren Island, which is part of the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, is located twelve miles south of the Choptank River in the Chesapeake Bay.
		Barren Island is one of the few remaining islands in the bay and it is eroding at a rapid rate.
		Offshore islands are a unique ecosystem in the bay.
	www.aqua.org /conservationevents_barrenisland.html (233 words)

	Barren Island 1876
		Its odors and its industries--possible improvements Barren Island in no sence is an attractive resort.It is a place of swamps, some hills, fertilizing factories, and bad odors.
		When the refuse animal matter is received at the island it is immediately prepared for the tanks, into which it is put 6 o'clock of the same day.
		The flesh of the dead animals costs about 3 cents per pound to gather and land on the island, and a carcase weighs from 1,200 to 1,400 pounds.The manure prepared for farmers is sold mostly on Long Island in its dry state and to New Jersey in its wet condition.
	www.deepcreekyachtclub.com /WebPage/BarrenIsland.html (790 words)

	ipedia.com: Malden Island Article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is part of the Line Islands belonging to Republic of Kiribati, chiefly notable for its "mysterious" prehistoric ruins (of Polynesian origin), its once-extensive deposits of phosphatic guano (exploited by Australian interests from c.
		Malden Island is located 241 nautical miles (446 km) south of the equator, roughly 1400 miles (2,253 km) south of Honolulu, Hawaii, and more than 4000 miles (6,000 km) west of the coast of South America.
		Malden was claimed by the U.S. Guano Company under the Guano Islands Act of 1856, which authorized citizens to take possession of uninhabited islands under the authority of the United States for the purpose of removing guano, a valuable agricultural fertilizer.
	www.ipedia.com /malden_island.html (1050 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Frontpage
		The latest volcanic blow-up does not seem to be as powerful as the one in 1994 when a smouldering river of lava flowed into the sea, creating a tongue of cooled and hardened rock that extends to a distance of about half-a-kilometre into the sea.
		Though uninhabited, the 3-km diameter Barren Island is home to bats, crabs, rats and several species of birds and goats.
		Barren Island is in the north end of a chain of volcanic islands that extends from the Java-Sumatra region to the north Andaman sea.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050531/asp/frontpage/story_4808268.asp (573 words)

	Beaches - Andaman Nicobar Island
		Barren Island:If you want to get close to India's only active volcano, then a 135 km day-trip to Barren Island is what you should make.
		Cinque Island:Surrounded by pristine coral reefs, uninhabited North and South Cinque are among the prettiest islands in the Andamans.
		This island is 82 km from Port Blair by sea, and connected by a ferry thrice a week from Phoenix Bay Jetty.
	www.indiatravelite.com /Beaches/andamanislands.htm (990 words)

	Barren Island (Andaman Islands) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Barren Island (coordinates :12°16′N 93°51′E) is located in the Andaman Sea, one of the most easterly of the Andaman Islands.
		The island along with the rest of the Andamans is part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and lies some 135 km northeast of the territory's capital, Port Blair.
		The island is 3 km long with a total surface area of 10 km²; the caldera of the volcano is 2 km wide.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Barren_Island_(Andaman_Islands) (421 words)

	Chesapeake Bay Journal: The rise and fall of Bayâs level determines islandsâ empires - April 2003
		Many other islands were abandoned by humans and reverted to wild habitat along the course of their devolution from island to estuary.
		The 1862 chart of Barren Island seems to pre-date the settlement Simmons spoke of, showing just farmland here, and todayâs navigation channel, leading east to Hooper Islands and the Honga River was absent, not dredged until well into the 20th century.
		Barren Island is a long, expensive way down the Bay to transport wet silt and sand, but there are other islands still farther south under consideration.
	www.bayjournal.com /article.cfm?article=1116 (3370 words)

	P.O.V.'s Borders . Environment . Talk \| PBS
		Barren Island, which appears on few modern maps, holds a special place in the city's garbage history.
		Starting in 1909, the city began to fill the north side of the island with refuse, and numerous small islands were connected for the construction of houses and a naval air station, which would later be expanded to create Floyd Bennett Field, the city's first municipal airport.
		Anthropologists have done limited digging on the island, but a collection of their artifacts resides in a storage room at the headquarters of Gateway National Recreation Area, at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island (Barren Island is part of the Recreation Area's Jamaica Bay unit).
	www.pbs.org /pov/borders/2004/talk/er_185.html (967 words)

	Dredging Up Answer to Vanishing Islands: Plan Would Solve Commerce, Environment Concerns - Science - RedOrbit (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The two agencies propose to remove tons of silt and sediment from the state's waters, then haul it down the bay to create a 2,000-acre wildlife preserve at James Island, a spit of land off the coast of Dorchester County that is quickly vanishing.
		Both projects, which would be similar to the government's restoration of Poplar Island, are expected to attract a vast array of wildlife, including eagles, terrapins and great blue herons.
		The agencies embarked on a plan to restore Poplar to its original footprint of 1,140 acres, hoping that the island would become a welcome mat for fish and birds that are getting pushed out of mainland habitats by development pressures and natural predators.
	www.redorbit.com /news/science/728433/dredging_up_answer_to_vanishing_islands_plan_would_solve_commerce/index.html?source=r_science (1331 words)

	05-may
		Barren island volcano is one of India's only two active volcanoes (the other is Narcondam island volcano).
		I would be interested to know if the animal life of the island is in jeopardy.No human beings ever lived there but the vegetation of the island camouflages a population of goats,jungle fowls and some unknown birds.
		The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are situated on an undersea fault that continues to nearby Indonesia.
	www.andaman.org /BOOK/news_tsunami/2005_06Jun/05_jun.htm (712 words)

	Boston Harbor Islands \|\| Island Factsheet
		The island is a rock outcropping that rises to an elevation of approximately 20 feet.
		This barren island is visible from most points in the outer harbor.
		From the island there are views to surrounding outer harbor islands and inner harbor islands in the distance.
	www.bostonislands.org /factsheet_template.asp?rsIslands__MMColParam=lica (101 words)

	Andaman Nicober Islands, Red Skin Island, Indian Beach Holidays, Jolly Buoy, Beaches & Islands, View of Corals, ...
		Red Skin Island is another island in Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park that has a nice beach and offers spectacular view of Corals and marine life.
		At a distance of about 135-km from Port Blair is the land of volcano, Barren Island, the only active volcano in India.
		The Island, about 3-km long, has a big crater of the volcano, rising abruptly from the sea, about ½-km from the shore and is about 150 fathoms deep.
	andaman-nicobar.indiantravelportal.com /islands/other-islands.html (277 words)

	MAKRONISOS ISLE OF SHAME
		When one sails from Lavrion to the island of Kea much of the journey is spent going around a long barren island where you can see the ruins of some old buildings and little else besides rocks.
		This is the island of Makronisos, Greece's equivelant of Alkatraz.
		In 1946 under a government directive from Prime Minister Sofoulis, communists of draft age were sent to the barren island of Makronisos off the coast of Attika, between the town of Lavrion and the island of Kea.
	www.greektravel.com /greekislands/makronisos/index.htm (1060 words)

	Barren Island, Brooklyn
		Barren Island, a small community immediately south of Floyd Bennett Field, and an island in name only, resembles an isolated village in some remote countryside.
		To the south, on Dead Horse Inlet, are the ruins of a fertilizer factory where the families of Barren Island once found employment.
		The notorious pirate Gibbs, who met death on the gallows in the early nineteenth century, was said to have buried a portion of his booty on Barren Island, and legend has it that the treasure is still hidden there.
	www.brooklyn.net /neighborhoods/barren_island.html (260 words)

	Global Volcanism Program \| Barren Island \| Summary
		Barren Island, a possession of India in the Andaman Sea about 135 km NE of Port Blair in the Andaman Islands, is the only historically active volcano along the N-S-trending volcanic arc extending between Sumatra and Burma (Myanmar).
		The 354-m-high island is the emergent summit of a volcano that rises from a depth of about 2250 m.
		The caldera, which is open to the sea on the west, was created during a major explosive eruption in the late Pleistocene that produced pyroclastic-flow and -surge deposits.
	www.volcano.si.edu /world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0600-01= (170 words)

	THE CYCLADES - More info
		It is the island where locals and plain ordinary holidaymakers rub shoulders with the yacht set, the jet set, artists and celebrities from all over the world.
		The small chora sits on the edge of a cliff and is a delightful oasis of green trees and shrubs in the otherwise barren island.
		The west coast is barren and burnt rock, but on the east side of the island where most of the population live, it is greener and cultivated in places.
	www.yachtsgreece.com /greece/inf-cyc2.htm (1228 words)

	About Flinders Island
		The island was first identified by Europeans when Tobias Furneaux, the commander of Captain Cook’s support ship, became separated from the Endeavour in fog and discovered the Furneaux group of islands on 19 march 1773.
		The geology of the islands is dominated by ridges of granite which occupy about a third of the islands, including the striking features, that dominate the skyline of the Strezelecki Range, Darling Range, Mount Killercrankie and the Patriarchs, as well as the higher peaks of Cape Barren Island.
		The highest peaks are Mount Strezelecki on Flinders Island which rises to 756 metres and Mount Munro on Cape Barren Island to 687 metres.
	www.focusonflinders.com.au /about.htm (1105 words)

	About Flinders Island
		The island was first identified by Europeans when Tobias Furneaux, the commander of Captain Cook’s support ship, became separated from the Endeavour in fog and discovered the Furneaux group of islands on 19 march 1773.
		The geology of the islands is dominated by ridges of granite which occupy about a third of the islands, including the striking features, that dominate the skyline of the Strezelecki Range, Darling Range, Mount Killercrankie and the Patriarchs, as well as the higher peaks of Cape Barren Island.
		The highest peaks are Mount Strezelecki on Flinders Island which rises to 756 metres and Mount Munro on Cape Barren Island to 687 metres.
	focusonflinders.com.au /about.htm (1105 words)

	Flinders Island - Population & Industry
		The military used to listen for Japanese submarines that used the deep water at the northern end of the island.
		Flinders Island, the administrative centre for the region has a population of around 850.
		Cape Barren Island, just to the south of Flinders, has 58 residents, and Clarke Island, just to the south of Cape Barren Island, has six residents.
	www.flindersislandonline.com.au /aglance4.asp (239 words)

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		Brooklyn Union 4 September 1876 BARREN ISLAND Its odors and its industries--possible improvements Barren Island in no sence is an attractive resort.It is a place of swamps, some hills, fertilizing factories, and bad odors.
		The flesh of the dead animals costs about 3 cents per pound to gather and land on the island, and a carcase weighs from 1,200 to 1,400 pounds.The manure prepared for farmers is sold mostly on Long Island in its dry state and to New Jersey in its wet condition.
		PRIME discribes the island (1844) as having become " a place of great resort in a hot season for the luxury of sea-bathing and the enjoyment of ocean air." Coney Island has been a favorite resort with many of the theatrical people for years.
	www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com /Town/1876.Barren.Island.html (1468 words)

	Andaman Islands - Andaman Tropical Islands - Andaman Island Travels : India Line Travel
		The Narcondam and Barren islands are volcanic islands.
		The island is controlled by the Indian navy, which requires every visitor to sign in on entering.
		The Cinque Islands are part of the Marine National Park and are considered among the most beautiful islands in the Andamans.
	www.indialine.com /travel/andaman/islands.html (1278 words)

	Scientific Expedition to Barren Island (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On the way back a trip around the island was made by the vessel to see the steep seaward face of the prehistoric caldera wall, which was not accessible from the island.
		Barren Island Volcano (12.29° N, 93.87° E), Andaman Islands, Indian Ocean (India).
		Eruptions of Barren Island Volcano: 2000 (?), 1994-95, 1991, 1852 (?), 1803-04, 1795, 1789 and 1787.
	www.geos.iitb.ac.in /dchandra/biexp/barrendetailed.html (1769 words)

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