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Topic: Lobos Lagoon


  
  Lobos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lobos Administrative Area is bordered by Navarro to the northwest; General Las Heras to the north; Cañuelas to the northeast; San Miguel del Monte to the east; Roque Pérez to the south and 25 de Mayo to the west.
As far as its history is concerned, Lobos is overly known for being the place of birth of three times President Juan Domingo Perón born in 1895, and it is also the place where the gaucho's legend Juan Moreira found his death in 1874 after stuggling with the law.
The Lobos Lagoon (or Laguna de Lobos), at 15 kilometres from Lobos and 115 kilometres from the City of Buenos Aires is the main turism lure of the area.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lobos   (1178 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Lagoon
A lagoon is a body of comparatively shallow salt water separated from the deeper sea by a shallow or exposed sandbank, coral reef, or similar feature.
The Venetian Lagoon The Venetian Lagoon is a lagoon off the Adriatic Sea in which the city of Venice is situated.
lagoon is also given to an artificial pond used for treatment of effluent (usually to oxygenate or settle particulates) or to accommodate an overspill from surface drains during heavy rainfall.
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 Lobos: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Lobos
The Laguna de Lobos[?], (the lagoon) is located at 115 km from Buenos Aires and it constitutes the most important lure for tourism and sports activities.
Another tourist place in Lobos is the aerodrome, a unique place in the province and one of the most important within the country on account of public access for parachuting classes and regular flights for tourism.
Besides its tourist attractions where the lagoon takes the lion's share of tourists, Lobos boasts a park for recreation, a history museum and the house (now turned into a museum) of former president Juan Domingo Perón, who was considered until recently one of the most important presidents of Argentina.
www.encyclopedian.com /lo/Lobos.html   (202 words)

  
 Lobos -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Lobos is a city in the (additional info and facts about Buenos Aires Province) Buenos Aires Province, (A republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America) Argentina, founded on June 2, 1802 by José Salgado.
The Lobos Lagoon (or Laguna de Lobos), at 15 kilometres from (additional info and facts about Lobos) Lobos and 115 kilometres from the City of (Capital and largest city of Argentina; located in eastern Argentina near Uruguay; Argentina's chief port and industrial and cultural center) Buenos Aires is the main turism lure of the area.
Lobos boasts as well of 6 lagoons: Salada; Laguna Salada Chica; Laguna Culú Culú; Laguna de Colis; (additional info and facts about Laguna Seca) Laguna Seca, and the most important of all: Lobos Lagoon (Laguna de Lobos for Spanish).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/lo/lobos.htm   (1411 words)

  
 Lobos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Lobos is a city in the Province ofBuenos Aires, Argentina, founded on June 2, 1802 by José Salgado.
Lobos Administrative Area is bordered by Navarro to the northwest; General Las Heras to the north; Cañuelas to the northeast; San Miguel del Monte tothe east; Roque Pérez to thesouth and 25 de Mayo to the west.
As far as its history is concerned, Lobos is overly known for being the place of birth of three times President Juan Domingo Perón born in 1895, and it is also the place where the gaucho's legend JuanMoreira found his death in 1874 after stuggling with the law.
www.therfcc.org /lobos-160849.html   (1143 words)

  
 History of Lobos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the history of Lobos, a city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
By 1779 several guards settled down in the area and several forts, fortresses and military positions were built to form a defensive wall against the natives.
The chapel became the urban core of Lobos.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Lobos   (334 words)

  
 Big Lagoon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A lagoon is a body of comparatively shallow salt water separated fromthe deeper sea by a shallow or exposed sandbank), coral reef, or similar feature.
Thus, the enclosed body ofwater behind a barrier reef or enclosed by an atoll reef is called a lagoon.
The term "lagoon" is also given to an artificial pond used for treatment of effluent (usually to oxygenate or settle particulates) or toaccommodate an overspill from surface drains during heavy rainfall.
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 Sunset Lagoon Hotel
The Venetian Lagoon is a lagoon off the Adriatic Sea in which the city of Venice is situated.
Being at the end of a closed sea, the Lagoon is subject to high variations in water level, the most extreme being the spring tides known as the ''acque alte'' (Italian for "high waters"), which regularly flood much of Venice.
The Curonian Lagoon (or Bay, Gulf) is sundered from the Baltic Sea by the Curonian Spit and belongs to Lithuania and Russia.
www.artistbooking.com /trips/194/sunset-lagoon-hotel.html   (1312 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Uruguay
The northern boundary, 450 miles in extent, was definitively settled by treaty with Brazil on 15 May, 1852, as the Río Quarim, the Cuchilla de Santa Ana to the Río San Luis, thence to the Río Jaguarão, and the western shore of Lago Mirim.
There are a few islands in the Río de la Plata belonging to Uruguay, one of which, Flores, serves as a quarantine station for Montevideo; Lobos, lying to the south-east of Uruguay, in the Atlantic off Maldonado, is a centre of the sealing industry.
Seals breed on the Lobos and Castillos islands in the Atlantic; the sealing industry is very strictly preserved by the Government, but during the season the killing is carried out without judgment, and the industry is in danger of perishing.
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 History of Lobos: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about History of Lobos
In 1740 a Jesuitic[?] mission led by Reverend Father Kalkner, who surveyed the centre and South of the Province of Buenos Aires[?] and thus picked up some geographic information of the area.
By 1779 several guards settled down the are and several forts, fortresses and military positions were built to form a defence wall gainst the indians.
By late 1800 José Salgado[?] and his wife Pascuala Rivas de Salgado[?] were granted an area to colonize as a donation made by Virrey Vértiz, founding Pago de Los Lobos on June 2, 1802.
www.encyclopedian.com /hi/History-of-Lobos.html   (386 words)

  
 San Cristobal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
El Junco Lagoon, a 45 minute bus ride from Puerto Baquerizo is one of the few permanent fresh water lakes in the islands.
Isla Lobos is located north of Chatham, 1 hour across a small channel.
Isla Lobos means ”Sea-Lion Island”, and the name is certainly appropriate because they frolic, leap and make a racket here.
www.yachtsgalapagos.com /galapagos/san_cristobal.htm   (329 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - Features - The road less travelled   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
First among equals, Blao Lonia (Blue Lagoon) is a huge, blue-green, geothermal spa lake that not only offers swimmers a remarkably warming experience but also throws in the power of healing for free.
Contrasting starkly with the fl and green contorted remnants of a volcanic eruption that surround it, the lagoon is a 45-minute drive south of Reykjavik.
The lagoon’s milky azure water, topped off with a layer of mist, is mixed with cooling sea water, silica mud and blue-green algae, and is as hygienic as anyone could wish for.
news.scotsman.com /features.cfm?id=182662005   (2712 words)

  
 History of Lobos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The map containedthe inscription Laguna de Lobos (Lagoon of Wolves, in Spanish) below the drawing of the lagoon.
By 1779 several guards settled down in the area and several forts, fortresses andmilitary positions were built to form a defence wall against the natives.
On August 21, 1779 Gunnery Sergeant Pedro Rodríguez concludedthe construction of the main parts of the fort San Pedro de Los Lobos, over the eastern bank of the Lagoon about 300 meters fromits shoreline and nearly 1,500 meters east of the mouth of Las Garzas stream, finishing the work Lieutenant Bernardo Serrano had begun.
www.therfcc.org /history-of-lobos-341152.html   (352 words)

  
 lagoon
A lagoon is a stretch of comparatively shallow salt water separated from the deeper sea by a shallow or exposed sandbank, coral reef, or similar structure.
It adapted and extended the sense of the Venetian laguna (cf Latin lacuna, 'empty space'), which specifically referred to Venice's shallow, island-studded stretch of salt water, protected from the Adriatic by the barrier beaches of the Lido.
The name is also given to an artificial pond used for the treatment of effluent (usually to oxygenate or settle particulates) or to accommodate an overspill from surface drains during heavy rainfall.
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 POSADA DEL CANONIGO - El Burgo de Osma - Soria
To less than average legua to the North of Muriel de la Fuente, the clean and suggestive lagoon is the birth, or nacedero, of the Abión river that, after watering and turning fertile orchard Earth fertile valleys of the Burgos, yields its waters to Ucero river in the episcopal villa.
Torcas and lagoons always have been legend object, considered propitious places where inhabit monsters animals, that used to watch in the bank, always waiting for some traveller who approached to give its horse to drink to rush themselves on the poor animal and to swallow it of a mouthful.
Other fantastic beings were the ondinas, elementary spirits of the water who with their songs and their beauty made lose the reason to some young person that approached that way.
www.posadadelcanonigo.es /pagesi/zona8.htm   (155 words)

  
 Trail results for
The Carmel River flows through the north end of this 106-acre state beach, forming a lagoon at a...
The Carmel River Lagoon and Wetlands, within Carmel River State Beach, is a protected sanctuary for migrating birds and shorebirds.
The brackish water lagoon sits at the mouth of the Carmel River.
www.trails.com /AdvancedFind.asp?GeoSearch=1&Lat=36.5167&lon=-121.9493&Distance=25&Activities=HK,WK&OrderBy=Distance   (834 words)

  
 California Commercial Fishing Restrictions
Includes the ocean waters from the west end of north jetty at entrance to Humboldt Bay to the southern boundary of Mendocino County; excluding all streams, sloughs and lagoons.
Includes the waters of Golden Gate lying between a line running from Point Bonita to Point Lobos and a line from the foot of Powell Street, San Francisco, to the southerly extremity of Peninsula Point, thence to Northwestern Pacific Railroad ferry slip at Sausalito, then along the shoreline to Point Bonita.
Includes the waters and tidelands to highwater mark of that portion of Monterey Bay lying to the south of a line drawn 100 degrees magnetic from the extreme northerly point of Point Pinos in a straight line easterly to the eastern shore of Monterey Bay.
ca-seafood.ucdavis.edu /maps/district.html   (389 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: History of Lobos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
By 1779 several guards settled down in the area and several forts, fortresses and military positions were built to form a defence wall against the natives.
These positions were set up by the order of Virrey Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo and were named Chascomús, Ranchos, Monte, Lobos, Navarro, Areco and Rojas.
By late 1800 José Salgado and his wife Pascuala Rivas de Salgado were granted an area to colonize as a donation made by Virrey Vértiz.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/History-of-Lobos   (353 words)

  
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Lobos MTY 17-1987-12 15-17 Nov 87 King Salmon HUM 401-1987-13 16 Apr-1 May 88 Woodby I., Eureka HUM 202-1988-16 (ph.) 21 Oct 88 Shelter Cove HUM 266-1988-15 20 Aug 90 Abbotts Lagoon, Pt.
20 Sep 1988 Bolinas Lagoon MRN 177-1988-13 9.
Lobos SR MTY 92-1972-1 26 Sep 74 Santa Cruz SCZ 12-1977-4 20 Oct 74 Pt.
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 Fishery Bulletin: Spatial and temporal variation in the diet of the California sea lion in the Gulf of California, ...
This is an estuarine-lagoon species, typical of coastal lagoons of northern Sinaloa and Sonora (Castro-Aguirre et al., 1995).
The presence of this prey in Isla Lobos is possibly due to the sandy coast (Walker, 1960), which is similar to that of the Sinaloa-Sonora coast.
San Pedro Martir and Isla lobos sea lions seem to depend on a more stable feeding areas compared to sea lions at rookeries on Isla Granito and Los Machos, where changes in diversity of consumed species indicated that sea lions feed on fewer species during certain times of the year.
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 History of Lobos -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In 1740 a (A member of the Jesuit order) Jesuit mission led by Reverend Father Kalkner surveyed the centre and south of the (additional info and facts about Province of Buenos Aires) Province of Buenos Aires and thus picked up some geographic information of the area.
Their (A religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination) Christian faith inspired them to build a straw-and-mud oratory, with the prompting of Nuestra Señora del Carmen; the Chapel was finished in June 1803.
The main altar is made up of (additional info and facts about Carrara) Carrara marble.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/H/Hi/History_of_Lobos.htm   (396 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Latin Playboys: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This side project by the guys from LOS LOBOS is a masterpiece.
I've been a Los Lobos fan since their beginnings and still am one today, and the period surrounding the Latin Playboys project yielded two of their most interesting and fantastic albums (Kiko and Colossal Head) as well as the 1999 follow-up album Dose.
A side project to Los Lobos, this uninteresting effort is somewhat experimental but equally dull, repetitive and forgettable.
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 Land visits
A 2 km path will take you past a salt lagoon into the lower slopes of volcano Darwin where volcanic formations could be observed.
Here are commonly found sea lions and pelicans behind the beach is a salty lagoon with flamingos and white cheeked pitails, on the three quarter of a path you will find Palo Santo and magnificent views of the island.
Isla Lobos: which is the main sea lion and blue-footed booby colony for visitors to San Cristobal.
www.aquanautes.com /galapagos/visites.a.html   (674 words)

  
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We went across to Lobos (Island of Seals) with the ”amiable old seafarer• referred to in the walking guide, rather than the much larger and more commercial ”Glass Bottomed Boat• (he was also cheaper).
The port is a lagoon sheltered by volcanic reefs and surrounded with small conical hills known as hornitos (little ovens) because of their similarity in shape to the traditional ovens seen outside most of the older houses in rural areas.
The stretch of path round the west side of the montana was quite difficult in places, and with bad weather and a high tide might be impassable.
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 The Ultra-Friendly Gray Whales of San Ignacio Lagoon - May 2004 meeting of ACS Monterey Bay
To visit the gray whales in their breeding/calving grounds in Baja California is one of the world's greatest wildlife experiences.
All of this is made possible when the mother/calf pairs venture down to the lagoon entrance from its inner recesses in late February and March.
He is well known for his natural history talks and exciting photography and his presentation will transport the audience to the comfortable tented camp environment with its daily routine of whale watching and touching encounters, mangrove explorations (marvelous water birds) and desert walks.
www.starrsites.com /acsmb/meetings/mtg0405.htm   (304 words)

  
 Visitors Guide and Events Calendar for Carmel by the Sea California. - Parks & Beaches
Public restrooms and a public telephone are available at the Ocean Avenue end of Carmel Beach.
Mile-long beach with trails, a shallow lagoon for children, and wildlife viewing.
There is a public telephone and public restrooms in the parking lot.
www.carmel.com /pjb-cgi/carmel.cgi?op=parkbeach   (592 words)

  
 Todos Santos - Pescadero Beach Surf Map
Playa Punta Lobos, named for a sea lion colony, is also known as the fisherman's beach.
Las Palmas is a beautiful, secluded beach surrounded by a palm grove with a fresh water lagoon that is home to a variety of plants, birds and wildlife.
Due to strong riptides, swimming is the safest in the middle of the beach.
www.todossantos-baja.com /todos-santos/maps/beach-map.htm   (559 words)

  
 Bay Area Back Pages: Favorite Beaches
The path to the beach passes by a warm creek-fed lagoon.
Point Lobos State Reserve is one of the crown jewels of the state park system.
This is a very scenic beach, adjacent to the famous upscale village of Carmel-By-the Sea and north of Point Lobos State Reserve.
pages.prodigy.net /rhorii/favbeach.htm   (1861 words)

  
 Sunset: Whale-watching for landlubbers - from Crescent City to Point Lobos' beach parks, California
In northern California, this month is the first peak of the gray whale's annual 3,000-mile migration from the cold waters of the Bering Sea, where it feeds, to the warm lagoons of Baja California, where it calves and mates.
As the great sea mammals pass, record numbers of fans are expected to line the high bluffs and cliffs along coastal promontories to watch the parade.
A spotting scope is set up in the park's new southern information center, about a mile south of Orick on the coast near Freshwater Lagoon; a ranger is there to answer questions.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1216/is_v176/ai_4078028   (1232 words)

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