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In ancient times, the island was known as Hydrea (Ὑδρέα, derived from the Greek word for "water"), a reference to the natural springs on the island. [4] The municipality of Hydra consists of the islands Hydra (area 49.6 km 2 (19.2 sq mi)), Dokos (area 13.5 km 2 (5.2 sq mi)), and a few uninhabited islets, with a total area of 64.443 km 2 ...
Port Town-nishi Station (ポートタウン西駅, Pōtotaun-nishi-eki, station number: P12) is a train station on the Nankō Port Town Line (New Tram) in Suminoe-ku, Osaka, Japan. It literally means "Port Town West".
Madripoor is a fictional location apparently modeled on Singapore. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They are both wealthy maritime Asian island port nations at a strategic location with a single major city. However, Madripoor is not Singapore itself, as Singapore exists in the Marvel Universe as well, including the comics explicitly stating Madripoor as it being an ...
Dokos (Greek: Δοκός) is a small Greek island of the Argo-Saronic Gulf, adjacent to Hydra, and separated from the Peloponnese by a narrow strait called, on some maps, "the Hydra Gulf." It is part of the municipality of Ýdra (Hydra) in Islands regional unit and reported a population of 18 persons at the 2011 census.
The 20.8-square-kilometre (8.0 sq mi) island lies in Flekkefjord Municipality, south of the mainland coast, separated by the 350-metre (1,150 ft) wide Hidrasund strait and the Listafjorden. [2] The island has about 500 residents (in 2015), mostly living on the west side in Kirkehavn , where Hidra Church is located.
The island was somewhat affected by the tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. Service personnel on the western arm of the island reported only a minor increase in wave activity. The island was protected to a large degree by its favourable ocean topography. About 80 km (50 mi) east of the atoll lies the 650-kilometre-long (400 mi ...
The islands are composed of granite. There are five islets, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of Puerto Vallarta. The three largest arches are named Roca de Los Arcos (The Rock of the Arches), Roca de la Tortuga (Turtle Rock), and Roca del Diablo (Devil's Rock). Devil's Rock is named so due to one of its cliffs' shadows looking similar to Satan. The ...
The Island can be physically moved in space, while many of its occupants have been seen to move through time and space, to wherever the island is located at that moment in time. This phenomenon is achieved by tapping into the Island's energy source, as the frozen wheel does.