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Yttygran Island. / 64.583°N 172.450°W / 64.583; -172.450. Location of Yttygran and neighboring Arakamchechen Island in Chukotka. Yttygran Island (Russian: Итыгран; Eskimo–Aleut: Siklyuk) is an island in the Bering Sea 24 kilometres (15 miles) northwest of Cape Chaplino, close to the coast of Chukotka . Nowadays this island is ...
Also known as Kenilgan, [21] Kyga, [22] and Kygynin [22] this site on the northeast coast of Arakamchechen Island, on Cape Kygynin, is linked with the Whale Bone Alley on Yttygran Island and consists of a series of whale bone columns pointing in the direction of Whale Bone Alley, two burial mounds, and a ring of boulders. [15]
Red pencil urchin – Papahānaumokuākea. The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (PMNM) (roughly / p ɑː p ɑː ˈ h ɑː n aʊ m oʊ k u ˌ ɑː k eɪ. ə / [2]) is a World Heritage listed U.S. National Monument encompassing 583,000 square miles (1,510,000 km 2) of ocean waters, including ten islands and atolls of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
Hawaii, United States. Coordinates. 20°56′10″N 156°46′12″W / 20.936°N 156.77°W / 20.936; -156.77 [1] Area. 1,400 square miles (3,600 km 2) Designated. 1992. hawaiihumpbackwhale.noaa.gov. The Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary is one of the world's most important whale habitats, hosting thousands of ...
Keōua Kuahuʻula. Ruins of Mailekini Heiau in foreground. Puʻukoholā Heiau National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located on the northwestern coast of the island of Hawaiʻi. The site preserves the National Historic Landmark ruins of the last major Ancient Hawaiian temple, and other historic sites. [2][3][4][5]
77710000126. Yanrakynnot ( Russian: Янракыннот) is a rural locality (a selo) in Providensky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. [ 2 ] Population: 338 ( 2010 Russian census); [ 3 ][ 4 ] Municipally, Yanrakynnot is a part of Yanrakynnot Rural Settlement in Providensky Municipal District.
A pod of six sea creatures surprised whale watchers in Kona, Hawaii, on April 17. That morning, a boat from Hawaiian Adventures Kona was about ten miles offshore when the crew spotted several tall ...
1867254. Hawaiian Paradise Park, also referred to as Paradise Park and known by many as HPP, is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaiʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States, located in the District of Puna. The population was 11,404 at the 2010 census, [2] up from 7,051 at the 2000 census. There are also numerous historic and archeological ...