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The origin of the name Arbatax is uncertain. According to german linuist Max Leopold Wagner, it is derived from an Arabic word, which means "14th Tower", and refers to the nearby watchtower built by the Spaniards to protect the territory from the incursion of Arab pirates.
Tortolì is situated on the eastern coast of Sardinia. Its port and greatest hamlet is Arbatax, which has also an airport that once connected it to continental Italy and the European continent.
The airport was built in the 60's, with a grass runway, as logistical and technical support for the near Arbatax paper mill. The mill closed in 1986. The mill closed in 1986. In 1975, a 1,188-metre (3,898 ft) [ 2 ] asphalt runway, a hangar and a control tower were built.
The 2023–2024 European windstorm season was the ninth season of the European windstorm naming in Europe. It comprised a year, from 1 September 2023 to 31 August 2024. This was the fifth season where the Netherlands participated (through KNMI), alongside the United Kingdom's Met Office and Ireland's Met Éireann in the western group.
A meteotsunami or meteorological tsunami [1] is a tsunami-like sea wave of meteorological origin. Meteotsunamis are generated when rapid changes in barometric pressure cause the displacement of a body of water.
UTC+14:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +14:00. This is the earliest time zone on Earth, meaning that areas in this zone are the first to see a new day, and therefore the first to celebrate a New Year. It is also referred to as the "latest time zone" on Earth, as clocks in it always show the 'latest' (i.e., most advanced) time ...
This meant that the Gilbert Islands were nearly a full day ahead of the eastern islands. [10] For administrative purposes, the time zones had to be adjusted. [11] To solve it, the government of Kiribati introduced a change of date for its eastern half on 31 December 1994, [12] from time zones UTC−11:00 and UTC−10:00 to UTC+13:00 and UTC+14: ...
Tortoli was the scenographer for the premieres of Rossini's La gazzetta (Teatro dei Fiorentini, 26 September 1816) and Otello (Teatro del Fondo, 4 December 1816). [2] When the newly rebuilt San Carlo was inaugurated on 12 January 1817, Tortoli was one of the scenographers for the gala performance of Simone Mayr's Il sogno di Partenope.