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South Seas Island Resort is a 330-acre (1.3 km 2) resort located on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico in the community of Captiva in Lee County, Florida.The original resort, South Seas Plantation, was opened in 1946 as a fishing resort by Clarence Chadwick, following a dry hurricane (salt-water storm surge kills the plants) which ended commercial farming on the island.
Today the term South Seas, or South Sea, most commonly refers to the portion of the Pacific Ocean south of the equator. [1] [2] [3] The term South Sea may also be used synonymously for Oceania, or even more narrowly for Polynesia or the Polynesian Triangle, an area bounded by the Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand and Easter Island.
The umbrella term Pacific Islands has taken on several meanings. [1] Sometimes it is used to refer only to the islands defined as lying within Oceania. [2] [3] [4] At other times, it is used to refer to the islands of the Pacific Ocean that were previously colonized by the British, French, Spaniards, Portuguese, Dutch, or Japanese, or by the United States.
These images of South Seas Island Resort in Captiva, Florida, were taken on Sept. 29, 2022, a day after Hurricane Ian made landfall, and are from NOAA’s Emergency Response Imagery website.
Sea Island is a privately owned, unincorporated area of Glynn County, Georgia, and is part of the Golden Isles of Georgia, which include St. Simons Island, Jekyll Island, Little St. Simons Island, and the mainland city of Brunswick. The well-visited seaside resort island is located along the Atlantic Coast just east of St. Simons Island.
QUOGUE, N.Y. — The board members and supporters of the Salvation Army of Palm Beach County emerged from their gilded summer cocoons to celebrate a different paradise on the other side of the ...
The Bubble Room was one of the first establishments on Captiva Island to originate the bright pastel colors now widely used there. [12] South Seas Island Resort and Yacht Harbor, a 330-acre (1.3 km 2) resort, occupies the northern two miles (3 km) of Captiva Island. Pepperidge Farm created a cookie in honor of the island. It is a Dark Chocolate ...
4. MACKINAC ISLAND, MI. A tiny 4.35-square-mile dot in Lake Huron, between Michigan’s Upper and Lower peninsulas, Mackinac Island is a beloved summer destination with a sort of frozen-in-time charm.