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  Encyclopedia: Staten-Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Staten Island is one of the five boroughs of New York City, located on an island of the same name on the west side of the Narrows at the entrance of New York Harbor.
Staten Island is separated from Long Island by the Narrows and from mainland New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull.
The island was probably abandoned later, possibly because of the extinction of large mammals on the island.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Staten_Island   (9916 words)

  
 Staten Islander - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Staten Islander   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Island in New York harbour, part of New York City, USA, comprising the county of Richmond and, since 1975, the borough of Staten Island; area 155 sq km/60 sq mi.
Staten Island is the city borough with the smallest population.
Staten Island Railway (NY, formerly SIRT, Staten Island Rapid Transit)
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Staten+Islander   (204 words)

  
 Penguins are starving to death
The worst affected areas are along the north of the islands, where 50% of the Rockhopper penguin population and 10% of the Gentoo penguin population has died.
The nearest Rockhopper penguin colony to the Falklands is on Staten Island, Argentina.
Magdalena Island in Chile is the nearest colony of Magellanic penguin burrows to the Falklands.
www.falklands.net /PenguinsStarve.shtml   (1034 words)

  
 Jacob Le Maire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He discovered the strait between Tierra del Fuego and Staten Island, Argentina; that strait has now his name.
They followed the north coasts of New Ireland and New Guinea and visited adjacent islands, including what became known as the Schouten Islands.
Although they had opened an unknown route, the VOC claimed infringement of its monopoly of trade to the Spice Islands.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jacob_Le_Maire   (291 words)

  
 Howland Island on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The island was discovered by American traders and was claimed by the United States in 1856, along with Jarvis Island and Baker Island.
While en route to Howland Island in 1937 the aviator Amelia Earhart was lost in the Pacific.
Howland Island is under the U.S. Dept. of the Interior.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/H/HowlandI1.asp   (537 words)

  
 Antarctic Research Trust: Projects: Rockhoppers
Unlike the Rockhopper Penguin colonies on the Falkland Islands, the recently discovered population on Staten Island, Argentina, appears to be stable or even slightly increasing.
This colony is one of the main tourist attractions of the Falkland Islands, and tourism is rapidly increasing.
As a result, these undisturbed islands provide a haven for the flora and fauna originally resident in the Falkland Islands, among which are a number of endemic and endangered species.
www.antarctic-research.de /projec_e.htm   (449 words)

  
 TIERRA DEL FUEGO - Online Information article about TIERRA DEL FUEGO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
fjord-like inlets, it is nevertheless clearly disposed in three main sections: (1) the main island; (2) the islands to the south, from which it is separated by Beagle Channel; (3) the islands to the west, marked off from those to the south by the Brecknock See also:
geographical divisions correspond three well-marked ethnical groups—the Onas of the main island, the Yagans (Yahgans) of the south and the Alakalufs of the west.
settlement of the main island, which is now sometimes called Onisia, leaving the name of Tierra del Fuego to the archipelago, the Onas tribe has become fairly known.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /THE_TOO/TIERRA_DEL_FUEGO.html   (2987 words)

  
 Antigua Island - A Great Resource of Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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 LU5GPL - Main awards of Argentina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This award is issued by by the CW GROUP OF ARGENTINA (GACW) for all radio amateurs who have worked five (5) different argentine stations in islands, 2 of them will valid for DXCC.
Example for DXCC: LU-Z Malvinas Islands; LU-Z South Orkney Is.; LU-Z South Shetland Is.; LU-Z San Pedro (Georgia) Is.; LU-Z South Sandwich Is.; and all the Antartic Islands.
Example non DXCC: LU-X Staten Island; LU-X Tierra del Fuego Is.; LU-X Becasses Is.; LU-X Pavon Is.; and all the argentine oceanic islands.
www.qsl.net /lu5gpl/saltos/awards.htm   (994 words)

  
 ! International Angler
He moved to Staten Island to be close to the nation's major sporting publishers and built a stunning career.
During his prime, James Jump was known on Catalina Island as the "King of Light Tacklers." He held light tackle records for marlin, broadbill swordfish, and tuna.
Born into poverty on the island of Sysma, in the village of Rapala, Finland, Lauri Saarinen grew up fishing the many lakes and streams for pike, perch, trout, and whitefish.
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 famous people of argentina -- famous people of argentina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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 Argentina
Covers the northern half of present day Argentina, all of Uruguay and Paraguay, the central and lower part of Bolivia, and the northern part of Chile, The adjoining (lower) part of Brazil is almost totally obscured with a large and very decorative title cartouche which also incorporates two scales.
The Andes and a non existent east/west range of mountains between the Rio de la Plata and the Andes are shown.
A strongly engraved map of the present day northern parts of Argentina and the Chaco region, Uruguay, and Paraguay and the adjoining parts of southern Brazil.
www.heritageantiquemaps.com /South_America/argentia.htm   (840 words)

  
 Falklands Network - Falklands war of the penguins
Whether you concentrate on the decline, the increase, or the overall change depends on your viewpoint or political stance.
Magellanic and Southern Rockhopper penguins are only found in the Falklands and South America, and there are no signs of decline in Chile or Tierra del Fuego.
Indeed the closest colonies to the Falklands on Isla Magdalena (Chile) and Staten Island (Argentina) appear to have increased as Falklands populations declined.
www.falklands.net /Newsletter1.shtml   (1313 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Staten Island, Argentina
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www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Staten-Island%2C-Argentina   (70 words)

  
 Antigua Travel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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 Nature Travel Specialists - Fantastico Sur birding Chile books and publications
Over 430 species are described, and more than 300 species have 2,000 plus images set opposite concise descriptive accounts of identification, status, habits, conservation issues and range maps.
This guide covers the the southern part of Chilean and Argentine Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Staten Island (Argentina), the southern islands of the Beagle Channel including the Cape Horn Archipelago and Diego Ramirez Islands (Chile) and surrounding waters.
All the birds recorded in the region are included, where the more likely seen have an detailed description, including geographical range and status in the area, plus a carefully selected, illustrative photograph of the bird.
www.naturetravelspecialists.com /chile/fspublications.htm   (500 words)

  
 AsAE - Noticias e Informaciones Útiles: Artículos de Ecólogos Argentinos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Fernández-Juricic E and Jokimäki J (2001) A habitat island approach to conserving birds in urban landscapes: case studies fromsouthern and northern Europe.
Foraging in sand of threespecies of gerbilline rodents.
Mezquida ET and Marone L (2000) Breeding biology of Gray-crowned Tyrannulet in the Monte desert, Argentina.
www.unlu.edu.ar /~asae/espaniol/info_util/citas.htm   (5696 words)

  
 midgett realty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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 Staten Island, Argentina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Staten Island, Argentina
Staten Island (in Spanish, Isla de los Estados), named for the Netherlands States General[?], lies across the Le Maire Strait from the eastern extremity of the Argentinian portion of Tierra del Fuego.
It uses material from the wikipedia article Staten Island, Argentina.
www.eurofreehost.com /st/Staten_Island,_Argentina.html   (111 words)

  
 New York cities and locations - Staten Island : Search by Region New York cities and locations - Staten Island .   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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 Staten Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Staten Island
Staten Island
article at Free Euro Online Encyclopedia
It uses material from the wikipedia article Staten Island.
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