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	Farallon Island Lighthouse, California at Lighthousefriends.com
		It was atop this island that the Farallon Island Lighthouse was constructed.
		However, due to narrowness of the island's summit, only a tower was placed atop the peak, while the keeper's quarters was built on a large plateau on the eastern side of the island.
		Since the island lacks a good harbor, a large crane is used to launch a small boat to retrieve visiting biologists brought to the island aboard larger vessels.
	www.lighthousefriends.com /light.asp?ID=100 (1538 words)

	Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association :: A History of the Farallon Islands
		The Farallones were first discovered by the Native Americans who called them the "Islands of the Dead" and refused to set foot on them for spiritual reasons.
		The Gulf of the Farallones is the local supermarket to all the animals that come to the islands to breed.
		The waters surrounding the islands also act as the feeding grounds for 36 species of marine mammals, including the largest population of blue whales found anywhere else on earth.
	www.farallones.org /farallonislands.php (658 words)

	California's Islands and Offshore Rocks
		California's islands, in particular the Channel Islands, harbor many rare, endemic species that have evolved or survived as a consequence of their isolation from the mainland, and the characteristics of their specialized island habitats.
		The four northern Channel Islands are actually the western terminus of the Santa Monica Mountains, separated from the mainland by the waters of the Santa Barbara Channel.
		The island populations were able to survive the post- Pleistocene climatic changes that resulted in the demise of ironwood forests on the mainland.
	ceres.ca.gov /ceres/calweb/coastal/islands.html (760 words)

	Farallon Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The islands are part of the City and County of San Francisco.
		The islands are currently the subject of long term ecological research.
		The Farallon Islands are an important reserve protecting a huge seabird colony.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Farallon_Islands (1680 words)

	The Grand Duchy of Farallonus - The History of the Farallon Islands
		Most of the animals that were disturbed and exploited have returned to repopulate the Farallons but the northern fur seals never recovered from this intense carnage and are still absent from the area.
		The Farallons were given a slight reprieve, very slight, until the discovery of gold precipitated an invasion of California.
		An island occupied solely by seabirds and marine mammals for 10,000 years was severely disrupted in a decade.
	www.geocities.com /farallonus/history.html (1252 words)

	September 1997: The Farallon Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Two sets of islands are remnants of ancient upheaval nearly 90 million years ago that created abrupt, sharp ridges that jut through the ocean's surface.
		Viscaino's drawing was the first map of the islands, roughly marking their location offshore of the unknown coast of what was then known as "Alta California." Others had stopped by, either out of curiosity or desperation.
		The most recent use of the islands was as a communications center -- as a lighthouse and a radio relay station.
	www.sfgate.com /getoutside/1997/sep (763 words)

	Farallon de Medinilla
		The Farallon de Medinilla Target Range is located about 150 miles north of Guam and is leased from the Government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands.
		Farallon de Mendinilla is classified as public land that is under lease by the US military from the Commonwealth.
		Farallon de Medinilla hosts colonies of great frigatebirds; masked, red-footed, and brown boobys; red- and white-tailed tropicbirds; white and sooty terns; brown and fl noddys; and other species of migratory seabirds.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/farallon-de-medinilla.htm (1268 words)

	Farallon Islands -- Marine Sanctuary -- Gulf of the Farallones
		Farallon Islands -- Marine Sanctuary -- Gulf of the Farallones
		The Farallon Islands are located in the Gulf of the Farallones, designated a marine sanctury in 1981.
		Today, the island is inhabited only by research scientists cataloging the important species the live and pass through on migration and breed in the Gulf of the Farallons.
	www.sfbayadventures.com /farallon_islands.htm (557 words)

	Farallon Islands Lighthouse
		The Farallon Islands lie 23 miles west of the Golden Gate, and mark the approach to the San Francisco Bay.
		Thousands of birds nested on the Farallons, and the island was a treasure trove for failed prospectors who turned their attention to other means of turning a profit.
		Even in the 1930's, there was no dock to the island, so supplies and personnel were delivered via small boats or via a winch system from a tender - supplies and personnel were literally hoisted to the island.
	www.rudyalicelighthouse.net /CalLts/Farallon/Farallon.htm (491 words)

	Great White Shark Spotting, Farallon Island Tours, Sharks
		The Farallon Islands are 27 miles off the coast of San Francisco, California in the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary.
		The Farallon Islands is a haven for Northern fur seals, harbor seals, elephant seals, California Sea Lions, stellar sea lions and a breeding ground for more sea birds then any other spont in the Continental US.
		We are merely a natural history tour in the Gulf of the Farallones, but during the fall, the possibility exists to see white sharks feeding in their natural habitat.
	www.sfbayadventures.com /great_white_shark.html (1128 words)

	California Diving News Scuba Dive Spot - San Francisco County, Farallon Islands - North Coast State Beach (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Considered by many to be the apex of the "Red Triangle," these islands have a reputation of being far too sharky to be considered a prime dive spot; yet a handful of divers visit the islands every year and come back with tails of a rich and diverse reef community.
		At the far end of the Farallon chain is Noonday rock, a submerged pinnacle marked by a whistle buoy.
		The lasting impression of the Farallons is in the size and abundance of the marine life.
	www.saintbrendan.com /cdnaug00/ncalif8.html (852 words)

	Farallon Recorder Quartet: renaissance recorder ensemble
		Farallon's debut CD, a collection of sacred and secular works by the 16th century composer Ludwig Senfl, was released January 21, 2005.
		Farallon Recorder Quartet performs on numerous types of recorder from renaissance to modern, from sopranino to contrabass, from 6 inches to 6 feet tall.
		She is a member of the baroque ensemble Music's Re-creation, the Farallon recorder quartet, and Magnificat, and has performed widely in her native Britain, as well as in New Zealand, Poland, Ireland, China and the Netherlands.
	magnatune.com /artists/farallon (1791 words)

	Wilderness.net- Farallon Wilderness
		Southeast Farallon is a main island of about 70 acres (including the only major flat spot on the refuge) and numerous small rocks.
		The Farallons are the smallest California Wilderness, and because of their delicate ecological structure, they remain off-limits to most visitors.
		The Farallon National Wildlife Refuge, part of which is designated as the Farallon Wilderness, is closed to visitation to protect wildlife and other natural, cultural, and/or other resources consistent with the conservation purpose(s) of the refuge.
	www.wilderness.net /nwps/wild_view.cfm?wname=Farallon (587 words)

	Great White Adventures - Farallon Island Shark Diving
		The Farallon Islands are located along the California coast, 26 miles west of San Francisco.
		Expeditions to the Farallon Islands are approximately 12 hours in duration and include an early morning continental breakfast, hearty lunch, snacks and beverages, aboard the expedition vessel, New Superfish.
		Our Farallon expeditions are very educational and exciting for anyone who loves to be outdoors and on the ocean.
	www.greatwhiteadventures.com /farallons.html (586 words)

	Farallon National Wildlife Refuge
		Islands located approximately 30 miles offshore of San Francisco in the Pacific Ocean.
		Stellar sea lions and northern elephant seals breed and pup on the South Farallon Islands.
		Marine mammals are easily seen in the surf or hauled out on the Islands, and most of the refuge's nesting seabirds can be viewed in the proper season.
	www.fws.gov /pacific/refuges/field/ca_farallon.htm (190 words)

	Farallon Islands - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Farallon Islands, also The Farallones, group of seven small, rocky islands and several islets, western California, in the Pacific Ocean, near...
		Island, any comparatively small body of land completely surrounded by water.
		An island differs from a continent both in geological structure and in...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Farallon_Islands.html (110 words)

	Farallon Islands
		The main island is Southeast Farallon I., and virtually all research and discussion of the Farallones refers to that island [note the difference in spelling that is dependent on whether the word "Islands" is included].
		The South Farallon Islands hosts one of the most important seabird colonies in the northeast Pacific (including half of the world's population of Ashy Storm-Petrel).
		Thus, for most birders, their only view of the Farallones is from boats that circle the island in spring or summer, with observers viewing the seabird colonies.
	montereybay.com /creagrus/CA-Farallon.html (545 words)

	Farallon Islands
		For thirty years, a 365 square mile area around the Farallon Islands served as the nation's primary nuclear waste dumping ground.
		From 1945 to 1970, when nuclear dumping at sea was prohibited, an estimated 47,500 barrels of radioactive debris from nuclear labs such as Lawrence Livermore were dumped in the area.
		Ships irradiated in the Bikini Atoll nuclear bomb tests of the 1940's and '50's were sunk off the islands (including the aircraft carrier Independence), along with numerous undocumented materials.
	ludb.clui.org /ex/i/CA3160 (93 words)

	The jagged edge: San Francisco's Farallon Islands are mysterious, wild, and remote, but a new book has put them in the ...
		The total human population of the Farallones is strictly capped at eight--all biologists from PRBO Conservation Science, a local organization that monitors the islands in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
		Sixty-five-acre Southeast Farallon Island, a stretch of rock the size of a few city blocks, is home to the country's largest seabird colony outside Alaska.
		The islands are perched at the ragged edge of the continental shelf, right before it plunges more than 2 miles down to the abyssal plain.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1216/is_6_214/ai_n13798079 (909 words)

	Seacology - California Farallon Islands project
		After designation of Northern California's Farallon Islands as a National Wildlife Refuge in the 1970s, populations began to recover.
		Presently the Farallon Islands, Ano Nuevo Island and Castle Rock in Northern California provide habitat for approximately 96 percent of the California breeding populations, totaling no more than 2,000 birds.
		Pairs of Rhinoceros Auklets and Cassin’s Auklets that were new to the boxes in 2002 have now returned two years in a row to breed on the Farallon Islands and on Año Nuevo Island.
	seacology.org /projects/individualprojects/CALIFORNIA_farallones.htm (228 words)

	Farallon Islands Nature Cruise: October 21, 2006: Oceanic Society Expeditions
		The Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary is a bountiful marine ecosystem attracting endangered blue and humpback whales, sharks and huge schools of dolphins; the islands are also home to thousands of seals and sea lions.
		The Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge is refuge for the largest seabird rookery in the continental US, including breeding populations of puffins, murres, cormorants, auklets and storm petrels.
		Presented in cooperation with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the Point Reyes Bird Observatory, trips depart from San Francisco for the Farallon Islands and the Continental Shelf, on Coast Guard-certified, insured diesel motor vessels with open observation deck and enclosed salon (limited indoor seating).
	www.acteva.com /booking.cfm?bevaID=115023 (624 words)

	Farallon Island Foundation Home Page
		To support islands, including their conservation, research, maintenance, restoration, public education and acquisition.
		We would entertain proposals to restore islands to their original flora and fauna, such as predator eradication programs by the Island Conservation and Ecology Group.
		We would also entertain the acquisition of islands, subject to our funding limitations, as well as projects having to do with public education.
	www.farallonislandsfoundation.org (248 words)

	Farallon Islands Shark Diving, Great White Shark Diving, Cage Diving, California, Carcharodon carcharias, Underwater ...
		Expeditions to the Farallon Islands are approximately 12 hours in duration and include an early morning continental breakfast, hearty lunch, snacks and beverages, aboard the expedition vessel, Superfish.
		Our destination was the Farallon Islands (the Spanish word “farallon” means rocky promontory rising from the ocean), 30 miles (26 nautical miles) west of the Golden Gate Bridge.
		All Farallon expeditions are very educational and exciting for anyone who loves to be outdoors and on the ocean.
	www.ecophotoexplorers.com /GreatWhite_Farallon.asp (2233 words)

	San Francisco Bay Whale Watching- Farallon Island and Eco Tours
		The Farallon Islands are located 27 miles off the coast of California west of San Francisco, in the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary.
		The Farallones also are important habitat for thousands of seals and sea lions that use the islands for breeding and resting.
		The waters surrounding the islands are some of the richest waters on the planet and provide important ocean habitat for many species of porpoises and dolphins such as harbor porpoise, Pacific white-sided dolphin, and Dall's porpoise.
	www.sfbaywhalewatching.com /farallons.html (1105 words)

	NPWRC :: Bird Checklists of the United States
		Special boating restrictions around all of the Farallon Islands include year-round speed (5 nautical mph) and noise restrictions within 1000 feet of all of the islands.
		Farallon National Wildlife Refuge is a unit of the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex, with headquarters in Fremont, California.
		Farallon National Wildlife Refuge supports the largest and most diverse seabird rookery on the Pacific coast south of Alaska.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/birds/chekbird/r1/farallon.htm (1157 words)

	Oceanic Society: WHALE WATCHING - Farallon Islands
		The Farallon Islands, just 27 miles off San Francisco, lie amid the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, a food-rich marine ecosystem which attracts whales, dolphins, seals and seabirds each summer and fall, to feed and to breed.
		Island beaches are covered with sea lions, including massive Steller's sea lions, now on the Endangered Species List.
		Humpback and Blue whales migrate to the Gulf of the Farallones during the months of June through November, and sea bird nesting season is from March through August.
	www.oceanic-society.org /pages/wwd.html (528 words)

	Farallon National Wildlife Refuge
		The Farallon Islands often conjure up images of unimaginable bounty of avian and mammalian wildlife.
		Southeast Farallon Island is the largest island at 70 acres and was added to the refuge in 1969.
		The Farallon National Wildlife Refuge is one of seven National Wildlife Refuges in the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex, and is just one of 540 refuges in the National Wildlife Refuge System.
	www.fws.gov /sfbayrefuges/farallon/farallon.htm (154 words)

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