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	Swan Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Swan Island chain is a group of three islands in the Caribbean Sea.
		The islands gained attention in the early 1960s due to the activities of Radio Swan which claimed to be owned by the Gibraltar Steamship Company.
		The station was removed from the islands in the late 1960s and its main transmitter was transferred for use in the Vietnam conflict.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Swan_Islands (223 words)

	Swan Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Swan Islands three Honduran islands known as Great Swan, Little Swan and Booby Cay which are located at latitude 17 deg.
		Swan Island (industrial area) is a northern industrial area of Portland, OR
		Swan Island (band) is an all-female rock band from Portland, OR
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Swan_Island (117 words)

	Swan Islands, Honduras
		The climate on the islands is about the same as that of the surrounding seas with daytime average highs in the 80's and overnight lows in the 70's.
		In 1960, a census was taken of the island by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
		Keith, D.E. Shallow-water and terrestrial brachyuran crabs of Roatan and the Swan Islands, Honduras.
	www.tarleton.edu /~dekeith/swanislands.html (1072 words)

	Swan Islands/History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		From Chris Kulig: "The Swan Islands consist of two islands (Isla Grande and Isla Pequena), the former being inhabited by a few military and one "permanent" farmer, tending to the livestock on the island.
		The perimeter of the island is surrounded by sheer cliffs and there is really no area where the sea is calm.
		From Russ Summerell: Swan island was used by the CIA during the Contra war to resupply the contras via airplane.
	www.swanislands.com /history1.htm (1362 words)

	Las Islas del Cisne - Swan Islands of Honduras
		In 1982, the Swan Islands were named as a territory of Honduras in the Honduran Constitution.
		Swan Islands, Honduras Written by a PHD who researched the history of the Swan Islands, and visited himself.
		Swan Islands This website, built apparently to entice investors for its luxury vessels, claims the islands were discovered by Christopher Columbus on St. Anne's day in 1502, and originally named Islas Santa Ana.
	www.islasdelcisne.com (451 words)

	trsc.com : Radio Swan & Radio Americas
		Realizing the islands were now unclaimed and unoccupied, Adams returned the next day taking formal possession for himself alleging "the discovery, occupation, and possession, of the said Swan Islands.
		Swan Radio also broadcasted coded messages prior to the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 but, apparently, interrupting Tito Puente songs with messages like, "Look well into the rainbow...The fish will rise very soon...Chico is in the house, visit him" aroused more than just casual suspicion.
		The Americans stationed on the island were, of course, invited to attend the ceremony and afterwards, graciously hosted the ensuing victory party.
	www.trsc.com /ref_radio_swan_americas.html (1421 words)

	Swan's Island, Maine
		LTHOUGH served by several daily ferry trips from the mainland at Bass Harbor, Swan’s Island is still remote, with few of the mainland amenities normally taken for granted.
		The island has three little villages— Atlantic in Mackerel Cove on the north coast, where the ferry comes in, and Minturn and Swan’s Island, on the shores of Burnt Coat Harbor in the south.
		Since 1986, honoring their island’s bicentennial, Swan’s Islanders have made a deliberate effort—in defiance of the nautical charts and the U.S. Postal Service—to restore the grammatically and historically correct apostrophe to the name Swans, a fitting tribute to their colorful founding father.
	www.coastguides.com /r5/5.29Swans.html (584 words)

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		Jurisdiction in the Territorial Court of the Virgin Islands was predicated upon V.I. Code Ann.
		The Appellate Division of the District Court of the Virgin Islands dismissed this case for lack of jurisdiction.
		Accordingly, we conclude that the local law of the Virgin Islands may not preclude review of her claim.
	vls.law.vill.edu /Locator/3d/Feb1995/94a0958p.txt (1979 words)

	Doctor Who and the Pirates
		As Swan whines over the loss of his ship and all of his worldly possessions, Evelyn comes up with another plan; as the pirates destroyed all of the ship-to-shore boats, they will have to make another of their own, using the intact planks from the deck, the empty barrels, and some rope.
		Swan rushes up in a panic, claiming that he’s being pursued by a dragon, and as he climbs the tree, he causes the Doctor to drop the compass.
		On deck, Swan is having trouble convincing the greedy sailors to rethink their allegiances again until the Doctor and Evelyn arrive, bearing the body of a child who wanted to come to sea all his life, only to end up being brutally murdered by a sadistic killer.
	www.drwhoguide.com /who_bf43.htm (5463 words)

	Reefs at risk case studies
		[1] The reefs of the Swan Islands and the Mosquito Cays and banks are poorly known because of their inaccessibility.
		The Bay Islands are predominantly surrounded by fringing reefs, but the north coast of Roatan, the largest and best-known island, is dominated by a nearly continuous barrier and fringing reef.
		Reefs in the Bay Islands and coastal areas are subject to the same threats as those faced all across the Caribbean region.
	reefsatrisk.wri.org /casestudy_text.cfm?ContentID=3347 (1052 words)

	Swan Islands -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Australian island in the Indian Ocean, lying 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Fremantle (at the mouth of the Swan River, near Perth), Western Australia.
		Canadian provincial flag consisting of horizontal stripes of red and white bearing an elongated golden lion on the red stripe and three oak saplings and an oak tree on the wide white stripe; the three fly edges of the flag have alternating red and white rectangles.
		The English physicist and chemist Joseph Swan produced an early electric light bulb and invented the dry photographic plate.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9070589 (843 words)

	L.L.Bean: Park Search - Steve Powell Wildlife Management Area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Swan Island is managed to support eagles, wood ducks, Canada geese, deer and other species.
		Swan Island was once the site of Perkins, a shipbuilding and ice-cutting town with a lively history.
		The island has one half-hour hiking trail and one three-hour trail, and 10 Adirondack shelters that are the only spots in any Maine wildlife management area where camping is allowed.
	www.llbean.com /parksearch/parks/html/457lln.htm (341 words)

	Yachts and Yachting Online - The UK's top performance sailing magazine
		Day three of the Rolex Swan Cup 2004, organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, and the 102-boat fleet of Swans were off on the long-distance Islands Race.
		Nautor's Swan recognise that with over 100 Swans present in Porto Cervo, and over 33 models within the entire Swan portfolio (past and present) entered in the regatta, it is the perfect occasion to open the doors on the new and improved SwanLine.
		German Frers chief designer for Nautor's Swan for over 20 years, comments on the extensive SwanLine: "We are making consistent and continuous progress, producing a modern line of performance cruisers and racing yachts, which is a big change from the past and will secure Nautor's position as the undisputable leader in the market.
	www.yachtsandyachting.com /news?article=14819 (771 words)

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		_______________________________________________________________ From: Russ Summerell Swan island was used by the CIA during the Contra war to resupply the contras via airplane.
		He sold the islands to a group of Boston businessmen.My grandmother had a letter from them in the Swan Islands written on stationary from the Swan Islands Trading Company.
		The letter was postmarked in New Orleans.A good description of Swan Islands and Captain Adams and his family appears in a 1911 book titled" A Naturalist on Desert Islands", by Percy R. Lowe.
	www.weathermatrix.net /tropical/1998/13/swan.txt (810 words)

	NC Hizbullah Supporters Found Guilty
		Hurricane Mitch, which formed during the last two days of the Wye Summit, crossed the Swan Islands of Honduras and sat in the corner of the Yucatan.
		The constellation, Cygnus, the Swan, is part of the Star Gospel.
		However, the weather angels painted a swan over Florida, which was an additional reminder of Wye because Hurricane Mitch at the same time symbolized the swan.
	www.biblenews1.com /history2/20020621.htm (1150 words)

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		The Swan Islands were not exempt from this pressure.
		John Bailey, the fl chief of police under the British, promptly assumed the role of president of the Swan Islands and began to seek ways of improving the economy of the new nation.
		A malaria epidemic was sweeping the Carib community in the interior of the Swan Islands.
	www.andrews.edu /~schwab/multityp.html (1166 words)

	Honduras This Week Opinions and Editorials
		Swan Island Development, LLC is a Las Vegas, Nevada based development partnership and as such is a U.S. based corporation not a Honduran corporation.
		Swan Island Development, LLC is giving Honduras the chance to make a statement to the tourism industry and the world, "Honduras is no longer looking to the past, but the FUTURE".
		R's expertise on the feasibility of investing two billion dollars in the Swan Islands, we feel is better to accept the expertise of Economic Research Associates a world renowned company with the credentials of doing work for Disney, Universal and Sun International, owner of the Atlantis Resort on a small island in the Bahamas.
	www.marrder.com /htw/2002jun/editorial.htm (6685 words)

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		Three juvenile Tundra Swans were found in a sugar mill settling pond near Kahului Airport, Maui on October 28th 2003.
		One of the Maui Swan carcasses was sent to the Bishop Museum on O'ahu and examined by Peter Pyle where he confirmed the species identification.
		Peter Pyle who took the measurements of the Maui Swan carcass had recently been summarizing measurements from the literature for all waterbird species and below are the summaries for Trumpeter and Tundra swans for comparisons.
	www.birdinghawaii.co.uk /XMauiTundraSwans2.htm (762 words)

	Spectacular British Columbia Kayaking Trip - Queen Charlotte Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Queen Charlotte Islands are a large archipelago that consists of two main islands and a myriad of smaller ones.
		Prior to the 1970's, the natural and cultural wonders of Moresby Island (the southerly of the two large islands comprising most of the Queen Charlottes’ land mass), were little known except to a handful of biologists and archaeo-logists, a few timber cruisers, and commercial fishermen, the latter primarily Haida.
		The Haida have inhabited the islands upwards of 10,000 years and habitation sites of various vintages are easily visible such as: Windy Bay (Hlk'waah), Burnaby Narrows, T'anuu, and Skung’gwaii (Anthony Island), the hallmark of historic sites with its large standing totems.
	www.freshtracks.ca /sea_kayaking/sk_qcharlotte.shtml (1779 words)

	The Swan Islands-Fantasy International Resorts
		The islands will allow Casino gambling, and with the tax haven status will be an advantage to the casino operators and the guests, as their winnings are non-taxable.
		The Swan Islands and the capital city of Cygnet will be the first city and resort that will be designed for the Segway HT.
		Swan Island Development, L.L.C. will be the master developer of the islands and will be partners with Fantasy International Resorts the owner-operator of the Grand Swan Hotel and Themed Fantasy Resorts.
	www.fantasyinternational.com /page9.html (397 words)

	The World of Private Islands
		Swan Island with 3 homes and private airstrip
		Therefore, we hereby confirm that the island has been sold and tender process has been terminated.
		This is one of the most exceptional islands in Australia with its own airstrip, long beaches and an impressive sand dune landscape.
	www.vladi-private-islands.de /sales_islands/sites/08_swan.html (166 words)

	FORMERLY DISPUTED MAIN
		To the north of Panama and east of Nicaragua, this cluster of islands was the subject of a treaty which the United States and Colombia signed in Bogota on September 8, 1972.
		In relative isolation, the Swan Islands lie in the western Caribbean, ninety-five miles north of the coast of Honduras and three hundred twenty miles west of Jamaica.
		The United States' right to the actual or potential use of the islands remained unimpaired until April 25, 1971, when the lease was officially terminated and the Convention of Managua of July 14, 1970, entered into force.
	www.doi.gov /oia/Islandpages/disputedmain.htm (794 words)

	swan -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		Among waterfowl, swans are the largest and fastest, both swimming and flying; at about 50 lbs (23 kg), the mute swan (C.
		The cob keeps guard while the pen incubates, on average, six eggs on a heap of vegetation; the young (cygnets) are tended for several months.
		Their graceful form when swimming has made swans emblems of beauty for centuries.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9379981?query=dabble&ct= (124 words)

	Articles - Caribbean (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The countries and islands of the Caribbean are located to the south and east of Mexico and to the north and west of Venezuela, South America.
		There are at least 7,000 islands, islets, reefs, and cayes in the region.
		The region known as "Caribbean" is usually restricted to the islands of the Caribbean Sea, although sometimes the continental American coastline is included.
	www.healwater.com /articles/Caribbean (671 words)

	Ukraine, Kaniv, Biodiversity Conference, 1997: O.B. Bohatyreva, abstract of paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		About 550 pairs of birds of the family Ardeidae nest on the Swan islands in the Karkinit Gulf of the Black Sea, the most numerous colonies being of grey heron and little egret.
		Analysis of the life cycles of the recorded trematode species, and study of different invertebrates near the Swan Islands revealed that the most frequent food for Ardeidae in this region is freshwater fish, sea fish, more rarely Crustacea and, very rarely Mollusca.
		Ardea cinerea and Egretta alba are invaded by Pygidiopsis genata, Cryptocotyle concavum, Cryptocotyle lingua and Maritrema subdolum, a clear indication that on the Swan Islands thay prefer sea habitats.
	www.biodiversity.ac.psiweb.com /kaniv/00000007.htm (335 words)

	The Swan Islands
		The Swan Islands are the ultimate destination to live and vacation.
		The Swan Islands will bring a new Utopia to the world where people can live, work and vacation in total security and harmony.
		Private Islands Online is the largest source of islands for sale and islands for rent worldwide.
	www.fantasyinternational.com (356 words)

	File 6 - 1600-1625 - Merchants and Bankers Listings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This was soon abridged by a new fleet of English to the spice islands.
		William Claiborne by 1638-1642 was associated with the Providence Island Company which intended to harrass the Spanish, and also with the founding of an English colony at Ruatan, Honduras.
		Regarding the Providence Island Company, by May 1638, William Claiborne was granted a commission to found a new settlement on the island of Ruatan off the coast of Honduras, which till 1642 was called Rich Island, when the Spanish overwhelmed it.
	www.danbyrnes.com.au /merchants/merchants6.htm (7230 words)

	Swan Islands Location (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Welcome to The Swan Islands..Tahiti-Venice-England and Monaco all on one incredible Caribbean island.
		These islands are located in the Caribbean Sea at latitude 17 deg.
		The islands are only 400 miles from Key West, Florida, and 500 miles from New Orleans.
	www.fantasyinternational.com /islands_location.htm (49 words)

	Maine Local Government - Town of Dresden - Main Page
		The Germans, brought to the area through the encouragement of General Samuel Waldo, contributed the name Dresden after the city in their homeland.
		In 1847 it set off two islands to form the Town of Perkins, which surrendered its organization in 1918 leaving the unorganized township of Perkins.
		The two islands are Swan Island and Little Swan Island, now a nature preserve administered by the State of Maine.
	www.maine.gov /local/lincoln/dresden (189 words)

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