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	The Strand National Historic Landmark District
		The Strand National Historic District is located on the east end" of Galveston Island.
		The Strand is easily the social and shopping center of the island.
		At night, The Strand transforms itself it a giant, outdoor party as islanders and tourist alike head for the variety of bars, cafes, and clubs there.
	www.utmb.edu /galveston/attractions/strand.html (460 words)

	E M AUDIGIER Watercolour Paintings
		Description: This cottage near the coral strand, is near a causeway that connects this island to the shore at low tide.
		Description: On the white strand, spindrift is sucked from the waves in to the air mostly obscuring the view of Crump Island.
		Description: The island of Omey, fameous for its early church and monastic remains, is accessed by a beach which is accessible except at high tide.
	www.emaart.com /gr1.htm (460 words)

	CONNEMARA COASTAL COTTAGES, CONNEMARA, CO. GALWAY, IRELAND
		Claddaghduff is a short distance from Cleggan and is probably best known for its many sandy beaches, particularly Omey strand, which separates Omey island from the mainland.
		Omey island is a mysterious place, with many relics of early christian settlement dating back thousands of years.
		Almost all the houses in this area have stunning sea views towards the panorama of islands and ocean that surrounds the peninsula.
	www.cc-cottages.com /english/intr_cduf.html (460 words)

	Terrain.org - Well, by Theresa Kishkan
		The dog disappeared before we began our walk across the strand to the car (Omey Island is tidal and accessible on foot except for during the year’s highest tides).
		I wanted to eat on the strand opposite the island where I’d lived and we found the grocery store where it had always been, though now larger, with a deli, bought cold chicken, bread, tomatoes and apples, and drove out the Sky Road.
		Passing Ballynakill Lough, we saw the island that the map told us was a crannog or a man-made fortified island, we saw a ring fort on the crest of a hill, more standing stones watching our progress on the unfamiliar path.
	www.terrain.org /essays/13/kishkan.htm (460 words)

	Racing Against Time and Tide
		Horse racing on the strand is an old practice in Ireland, and the Omey Races go back farther than anyone can recall: ''Long before my grandfather remembers,'' said Feicin Mulkerrin, an Omey Island resident in his 50's.
		One such window is the Omey Races, a horse race on the strand, or beach, held every summer in Connemara on Ireland's west coast.
		Leaving the beach, I was reminded of why I go back to this land every year: a slower pace of life, the wildflowers at the end of the lane, the perfect proportions of the Irish cottage, stone walls running up deserted mountains, the clarity of the Atlantic light.
	travel2.nytimes.com /mem/travel/article-printpage.html?res=9F03E2D6133CF937A25752C1A9629C8B63&n=Top/Features/Travel/Destinations/Europe/Ireland (460 words)

	Amazon.com: Tir a'Mhurain: Outer Hebrides: Books: Basil Davidson,Paul Strand,Catherine Duncan
		Paul Strand, one of the great photographers of the world, spent three months in 1954 on the Island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
		Tir a' Mhurain: The Outer Hebrides Of Scotland is a new and impressive edition showcasing the 105 duotone, breathtaking, sequenced photographs by Paul Strand (1890-1976) drawn from his 1954 sojourn to the untamed island of South Uist, located near the west coast of Scotland.
		"Paul Strand is one of those photographers who have established not just a body of work but a way of seeing.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/089381993X?v=glance (705 words)

	Sherpa Guides Florida Florida Keys & Everglades Western Everglades: Big Cypress to Ten Thousand Islands
		The region contains a mosaic of relatively new public land holdings, the Big Cypress National Preserve, the Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve, the Picayune Strand State Forest, the Panther National Wildlife Refuge, and the famous Ten Thousand Islands region of Everglades National Park.
		The extraordinary biological richness and diversity of these habitats is vital to a number of threatened and endangered species, including the Florida panther, redcockaded woodpecker, wood stork, and West Indian manatee.
		Much like the eastern side of the Everglades, the general geologic structure of the Western Everglades is of a large, barely sloping watershed where seasonal rainfall travels through a system of sloughs and across wetland prairies until it finally reaches the tidal mangrove estuary.
	www.sherpaguides.com /florida/western_everglades (430 words)

	Friends of the Florida Panther Refuge
		His home range is from the Catherine Island area on private land to the north of the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge, east near the town of Sunniland on State Road 29, and south of Janes's Scenic Dive in Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve.
		He uses the wildlife underpass crossing under I75, between the Florida Panther Refuge and Fakahatchee Strand.
		Florida Panther #75 (above with kitten) is a female panther born June 1998 in Bear Island and weighs 70 pounds.
	www.floridapanther.org /posse-sample-update.htm (636 words)

	KiteIreland Locations - Come Fly a Kite in Ireland - Locations
		However Keel Beach, located on the west of the island and partially surrounded by beautiful cliffs, is the best for sporting activities because of its long sandy but firm strand.
		Benone Strand is home to the Gumball Rally.
		You will probably also see kites flying is the weather is OK. Take the bigger road on to the island (not the wooden bridge).
	www.kiteireland.com /locations (1526 words)

	Photos from High Arctic Canada: Ellesmere and Axel Heiberg Island
		Geological Survey of Canada camp on Strand Fiord, western Axel Heiberg Island, summer 1983.
		Camp between diabase sills (black) on Western Axel Heiberg Island, near Strand Fiord.
		Photos from geological expeditions on Axel Heiberg Island and Ellesmere Island up to 200 km from the weather station Eureka in the summers of 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988 and 1989, organised by the University of Toronto in collaboration with the Geological Survey of Canada and Polar Continental Shelf Project (Energy, Mines and Resources, Canada).
	www.geocities.com /Yosemite/Rapids/9905/arctic.htm (995 words)

	Birdnet-Reiseberichte aus Irland
		Following this way one reaches the pass (Windy Gap, about 300 m above sea-level) from which one has a good look to the Dingle Bay with Rossbehy Strand, Inch Strand, and the Blasket Islands at the north and west, respectively, and to the Macgillycuddy's Reeks (higher than 1000 m above sea-level) at the east.
		Küste zwischen Wexford und Hook Head (inklusive Ladys Island lake, Tucumshin lake) 28.7.-11.8.
		After a short walk downwards the River Caragh and the southern part of the Lough Caragh (Lake Caragh, Loch Cárthaí) can be seen eastwards in the valley all the time for the rest of the walk, which ends on the road N70 2 km before Glenbeigh (Gleann Beithe).
	www.birdnet.de /travel/travel-e02.htm (2428 words)

	Catherine Island, Florida - Detailed Topographic Map
		Airplane Island, Big Cypress Swamp, Catherine Island, Clearwater Pond, Cochran Island, Cochran Lake, Collier County, Curry Lake, Flinthead Island, Flinthead Lake, Hog Pond, Lucky Lake, Lucky Lake Strand, Pennington Post Camp, Rock Spring Island, Stumpy Strand, West Hinson Lake, Wilson Lake
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	www.maporders.com /loc/26/081/260730t0812230.shtml (245 words)

	St. Mary-le-Strand - 1st 4 London Guide - Churches and Cathedrals
		Standing on an island in the middle of a busy city street, St. Mary-le-Strand was built by Gibbs between 1714-7, to help alleviate the need for more churches to serve London's growing population.
		Now combined with the parish of St. Clement Danes, another "island" church a short way up the same street, St. Mary serves mainly as a concert and exhibition center.
		When you reserve rooms in London hotels through this site, you are guaranteed to pay the lowest rate!
	www.1st4londonhotels.co.uk /003001.htm (100 words)

	Mark Strand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mark Strand is a poet, essayist, and translator who was born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada on April 11, 1934.
		Mark Strand (born April 11, 1934) is an American poet, born in Canada.
		Strand has since taught at many universities and published eleven books of poetry, in addition to translations from the poetry of Rafael Alberti and Carlos Drummond de Andrade, among others.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mark_Strand (323 words)

	Cook Islands - Recollections of Penrhyn (Tongareva Island)
		The windward side of Penrhyn is uninhabited; the sea that breaks in blinding white foam upon the untrodden strand, wreathed with trailing vines of vivid green, is never broken by a sail.
		There were nine lepers in all upon the island; but the other five either could not, or did not wish to leave their huts, and the agent refused to break the quarantine any further than he had already done.
		No Government, however, can alleviate the wretched condition of these unfortunate prisoners, once sent to the island.
	www.janeresture.com /cookislands_visit (3854 words)

	Oak Island Guide
		Oak Island is 12.6 miles long and averages about one mile across, It consists of the Town of Oak Island and the Town of Caswell Beach with areas of salt marsh, freshwater wetlands, maritime forests and miles of beach strand.
		Oak Island, the most populated and largest of the Brunswick County Isles, is home to more than 5,000 residents.
		Situated midway between Wilmington and Myrtle Beach Oak Island is close to a host of cultural and entertainment activities, while maintaining the hospitality and warmth of a small town.
	www.oakislandguide.us (589 words)

	Budapest : Attractions : Parks, Gardens & Playgrounds Frommers.com
		In addition to three important ruins -- the Dominican Convent, a 13th- to 14th-century Franciscan church, and a 12th-century Premonstratensian chapel -- attractions on the island include the Palatinus Strand open-air baths, which draw upon the famous thermal waters under Margaret Island; the Alfréd Hajós Sport Pool; and the Open-Air Theater.
		Margaret Island is best reached by bus no. 26 from Nyugati tér, which runs the length of the island, or tram no. 4 or 6, which stops at the entrance to the island midway across the Margaret Bridge.
		Margaret Island, for all its charm, lacks a decent playground.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/budapest/0047021186.html (589 words)

	4WD Rentals - Brisbane Queensland - Fraser Island Page
		Lake Wabby is the deepest of the lakes on the island.
		The dingoes of Fraser are said to be the purest strand of dingo remaining in eastern Australia.
		Fraser Island offers a variety of accommodation options - from the comfort of modern resorts to the simple pleasures of camping.
	www.4wdrentals.com.au /fraser.html (4844 words)

	Mark Strand, Blizzard of One
		Mark Strand was born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada, in 1934, and was raised and educated in the United States and South America.
		Strand can't escape the momentary nature of experience: In the revelatory 'Suite of Appearances', he captures the fluidity of the self and reminds us that the history of ourselves leaves us cold, the past means nothing to our ever-present nowness.
		Risking tautology, Strand suggests that the self is both a disguise and not one, that all things are wronged / By representation, an idea that helps explain his precise diction, however wronged the object he hopes to describe.
	www.waywiser-press.com /strand.html (1134 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Tuamotu tropical moist forests (OC0115)
		Undisturbed atolls and lowlands of other islands support a mixed broadleaf strand forest with a zonation in species dominance from foreshore toward the island interior (Waldron et al.
		Henderson Island was occupied by Polynesians from 800 to 1600 but not since, and it has now been set aside as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
		Henderson Island is currently one of the most few relatively undisturbed makatea (raised limestone) islands in the world (Stattersfield et al.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/oc/oc0115_full.html (1134 words)

	Vegetation and Flora of Pitcairn Islands
		Those intrepid enough to venture down will be rewarded with interesting strand line plants on one of the islands few boulder beaches, and cliff petroglyphs which recall Pitcairn's former importance as Polynesian stone tool manufacturing site.
		The Pitcairn Islands are a remote group of four islands, roughly half way across the southern Pacific Ocean between Australia and Chile, on the tropic of Capricorn.
		These factors, together with its many endemic plants and animals, mean that the island is virtually unique and hence irreplaceable- hence its status as a World Heritage Site.
	www.tcd.ie /Botany/Research/Pitcairn.html (1134 words)

	Island Of Taiwan Won't Be Abandoned
		Anti-terrorism is only one strand, and support for this must anyway be taken for granted of any government that claims sovereign legitimacy, as China does.
		Taiwan, however, has a functioning democracy and continuing support for its regime by other liberal democracies is only to be expected.
		Certainly, China tested this during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum's summit in Shanghai, when it shabbily treated Taiwan, a fellow "economy" -- not state, mind you -- by refusing to extend an invitation to Li Yuan-zu, Taipei's former vice-president and its representative for Shanghai.
	www.taiwandc.org /feer-2001-05.htm (379 words)

	emara Community Portal -- powered by X-Gate News
		Sherkin Island Rowing Club are having a fund raising dance at the Islanders Rest, Sherkin on Friday, 9th August.
		The performance begins at 6pm to facilitate the younger generation and ferries to the island are at 4.45pm and 5.30pm with a ferry returning to the mainland at 8.45pm.
		Water Safety week commences this morning at the Abbey Strand, Sherkin.
	www.emara.org /portal/news.php?id=81 (425 words)

	sherkin.htm
		A tarmac road leads from the ferry landing stage at Abbey Strand to the southwestern end of the island.
		Sherkin Island is ten minutes by boat from the small fishing port of Baltimore on the mainland.
		The Island is located in the very beautiful area of Roaring Water Bay and is one of the famed Carbery's Hundred Isles.
	www.odriscolls.me.uk /sherkin.htm (257 words)

	Skerries News On-line - From the archives: A 1915 lecture
		That industry as well as the salt works (now a coal yard) on Red Island have vanished, but the needleworks of the Skerries maids and matron is still remarkable for its excellence, and the famous Balbriggan hosiery is indebted to Skerries skill for the beautiful clock work on the socks and stockings.
		In 1915 Mr T.S.F.Battersby K.C. of Shenick Lodge, situated at The Brook on the South Strand, delivered a lecture in Skerries.
		It may be of interest to some to know that Mr.Archer, the writer says he found strings of lead ore and sulphur in two of our islands, and beautifully coloured slate rocks, particularly in Innispatrick.
	www.cognition.ie /skerries_news/1998/Jan/html/archive.html (257 words)

	Coastal News
		“The significance of the island is enhanced from an archaeological perspective because the Grand Strand area as a whole has seen few concerted efforts to understand its archaeological history or prehistory.”
		Sandy Island is a 9,000-acre freshwater island in Georgetown County located between the Waccamaw and Pee Dee rivers.
		Historically the island was primarily devoted to rice cultivation, but much of the land was owned by plantations that were centered on the mainland.
	www.coastal.edu /news/story.php?id=312 (245 words)

	HyperWar: USMC Monograph--The Marshalls: Increasing the Tempo
		This island was to be overrun by the 3d Battalion, 25th Marines under Lieutenant Colonel Justice M. Chambers, who would then on order cross the shallow strand separating Ennumennet from Ennugarret, the island immediately adjoining Namur.
		Upon reaching the southern end of the island, it was discovered that the beached tug on the lagoon shore of the island was occupied by Japanese, one of whom showed himself briefly and ducked back to cover before he could be captured or fired on.
		Under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel Chambers, whose battalion had seized the island, all weapons were duly coordinated, laid in and registered.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-Marshalls/USMC-M-Marshalls-3.html (10647 words)

	Places To Visit in Connemara
		Be sure to ask someone about the opening hours for Omey strand and drive or walk or horse ride across the 1 km expanse of sand to the island.
		The whole area is rich in archeological sites be it the remains of the 7th C church of St. Feichin on Omey island, the wedge tomb near Sellerna beach or the fairy hills (drumlins) of Sheeauns.
		Omey Island is a small uninhabited island that can be accessed when the tide is out.
	www.connemara-selfcatering.net /index_files/placestovisit.htm (10647 words)

	About the Town of Oak Island
		The Island has a complex coastal ecosystem with areas of salt marsh, freshwater wetlands, maritime forests, and miles of beach strand.
		In 1889, construction of the Oak Island Lighthouse was complete and the Oak Island Lifesaving Station was fully operational to protect sailors from the nearby rough waters of the mouth of the Cape Fear River.
		This made Oak Island a true island as the ICW construction deepened portions of the Elizabeth River, severing it from the mainland.
	www.oakislandnc.com /aboutoakisland.htm (766 words)

	Budapest Sights / Attractions
		There are two public baths on the island - the first being the sprawling Palatinus strand, which can hold up to 20,000 people in the summer (with both cold/warm water pools and an artificial wave maker).
		A short distance away is the island's distinctive and colourful rock garden, which leads on to Szent Mihály templom, a 20th-century reconstruction of a 12th-century church.
		The island was named after the daughter of King Bela IV (1235-1270) who lived in a Dominican convent here during the 13th century.
	www.talkingcities.co.uk /budapest_pages/sights_alpha6.htm (766 words)

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