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Negombo has a population of about 142,136 within its divisional secretariat division. [1] Negombo municipal boundary is fully extended throughout its Divisional Secretariat area. Negombo is known for its long sandy beaches and centuries old fishing industry. Negombo has a large bilingual (Sinhala/Tamil) population with a clear Roman Catholic ...
On 8 March 1947 KK122 a Douglas Dakota C.4 of No. 216 Squadron RAF flew into high ground at Ischia, Italy in bad visibility. [10] On 18 March 1947 MW198 an Avro York C.1 of No. 51 Squadron RAF had an engine fail on takeoff, lost height and hit trees 2 miles North of Negombo, Ceylon, 11 killed. [10] 1948
Ischia (/ ˈ ɪ s k i ə / ISK-ee-ə, Italian:, Neapolitan:) is a volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It lies at the northern end of the Gulf of Naples , about 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the city of Naples .
Procida, with Ischia in the background, seen from Cape Miseno. The Phlegraean Islands (Italian: Isole Flegree [ˈiːzole fleˈɡrɛːe]; Neapolitan: Isule Flegree) are an archipelago in the Gulf of Naples and the Campania region of southern Italy. [1] The name is derived from the common affiliation to the geologic area of the Phlegraean Fields.
The two biggest islands of the Mediterranean: Sicily (right) and Sardinia (top left), which are both part of Italy. The Mediterranean Sea basin is supposed to host more than 10,000 islands, [1] with 2,217 islands larger than 0.01 km 2. [2]
Negombo Lagoon is a large estuarine lagoon in Negombo, south-west Sri Lanka. The lagoon is fed by a number of small rivers and the Hamilton Canal ...
The Tyrrhenian Sea also includes a number of smaller islands like Capri, Elba, Ischia, and Ustica. [3] Amalfi Coast, Positano Cala Goloritzé, Baunei, Sardinia. The maximum depth of the sea is 3,785 metres (12,418 ft).
In the 20th century, Ischia inspired at least two well-known English language poets. Ischia was the site where W.H. Auden composed one of his most famous poems, In Praise of Limestone. And the American Poet, Theodore Roethke, dedicated his poem The Storm, to "Forio d'Ischia" as printed in Selected Poems of Theodore Rothke (Library of America ...