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The following is an alphabetical list of "lost" unincorporated towns and communities in Virginia, and in some instances, their dispositions: Aiken's Landing was located in Henrico the area is now part of Varina. Algonquin Park was in Norfolk County; Batestown became part of Prince William Forest Park; Bayville was in Princess Anne County
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map. [1]
List of settlements and estates in the United States Virgin Islands, sorted by island. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( August 2008 )
Kisimul Castle, the ancient seat of Clan MacNeil, Castlebay, Barra. Smaller islands, tidal islets only separated at higher stages of the tide, and skerries that are only exposed at lower stages of the tide pepper the North Atlantic surrounding the main islands. This is a continuing list of these smaller Outer Hebridean islands. [12]
In addition to the Isle of Man itself, the Isle of Man Government administers three small neighbouring islands: the Calf of Man, St Patrick's Isle and St Michael's Isle. There is one place with official status as a city, three places with official status as towns, four villages, and many other smaller settlements.
The Fortunate Isles or Isles of the Blessed [1] [2] (Ancient Greek: μακάρων νῆσοι, makarōn nēsoi) [3] were semi-legendary islands in the Atlantic Ocean, variously treated as a simple geographical location and as a winterless earthly paradise inhabited by the heroes of Greek mythology.
The largest of the other islands are to be found in the Hebrides and the Northern Isles to the north, and Anglesey and the Isle of Man between Great Britain and Ireland. Not included are the Channel Islands which, positioned off the coast of France, are not part of the archipelago. There are 188 permanently inhabited islands in total: Isle of ...
Grande Batture Islands; Isle aux Dames (Island of the ladies) Isle aux Herbes (Island of the herbs) [10] LaFayette (for the Marquis de Lafayette) [11] Lamar County (named for Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, former Confederate officer and U.S. Secretary of the Interior of French Huguenot descent) Lanett (for a settler named Lanet) [11] Lapine ...