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The Principality of Sealand (/ ˈ s iː ˌ l æ n d /) is a micronation on HM Fort Roughs (also known as Roughs Tower), [2] an offshore platform in the North Sea.It is situated on Rough Sands, a sandbar located approximately 11 kilometres (6 nmi) from the coast of Suffolk and 13 kilometres (7 nmi) from the coast of Essex.
At the time, the fort was international waters. In 1978, Germany sent a diplomat to Sealand to negotiate with Bates for the release of a German citizen who claimed to be Sealand's prime minister, and had led a failed attack on the fort. Bates would thereafter claim that the dispatching of the emissary constituted recognition of Sealand by Germany.
Lived at Sealand until the twenty-fifth of that month, when she was moved to the Japanese Deer Park in California. From 1971 to 1972 Knootka was residing at a Texan park named "Seven Seas Texas." She would go on to live at Marineland of Canada until 1986, and SeaWorld San Diego, where she spent the final four years of her life. She died on ...
Find a globe in your local library or classroom and try this: Close the eyes, spin it and drop a finger randomly on its curved, glossy surface. In the age of Google Earth, watches that triangulate ...
When it opened in 1954, one year before Disneyland, Marineland of the Pacific was the world's largest oceanarium.The park was designed by William Pereira, whose work, which included the Transamerica Pyramid, the Los Angeles International Airport, and Geisel Library helped define the architectural look of mid-20th century California.
Wreckage of a crashed plane found about 34 miles southeast of Nome, Alaska, on Feb. 7, 2025. The crashed plane is believed to be a Bering Air Caravan carrying 10 people which went missing on Feb. 6.
The number of living former U.S. presidents dwindled to four on Dec. 29, 2024, when Jimmy Carter died at age 100 just months after extending his record as the longest-living president in U.S ...
Earth (アース, Āsu) was born at Kamogawa Sea World located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, on October 13, 2008. [24] "Kamogawa is the location of Kamogawa Seaworld, which opened in 1970. . . Lovey gave birth to Earth on October 13, 2008, which makes Lovey the first captive-born mother in a Japanese marine park". [28]