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The longest hole is the 6th, which is a gruelling 594 yards. Shillong Golf Course is considered to be the " Glen Eagle of the East" at the United States Golf Association Museum . It was set in a valley at an altitude of 5,200 ft in 1898 as a nine-hole course and later converted into an 18-hole course in 1924 by Captain Jackson and C. K. Rhodes .
The underwater soil displacement caused a local tsunami 30 feet (9.1 m) high that traveled westward, away from the city and down Valdez Bay. 32 men, women, and children were on the city's main freight dock to help with and watch the unloading of the SS Chena, a supply ship that came to Valdez regularly. All 32 people died as the dock collapsed ...
According to local folklore, when a native plant called fireweed goes to seed after a full bloom, the first snowfall of winter is 6 weeks away. [ 44 ] Average January low and high temperatures at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) are 11 to 23 °F (−12 to −5 °C) with an average winter snowfall of 75.5 in (192 cm). [ 45 ]
Rank State/Territory Life Expectancy 2019 [9] Male Female 1. Hawaii 81.6 78.6 84.6 2. California 81.2 78.7 83.6 3. New York 81.2 78.6 83.5 5. Minnesota 80.6 78.4 82.8 6.
[8]: 350–351 The average yearly rainfall in Pago Pago Harbor is 197 inches (5,000 mm), whereas in neighboring Western Samoa, it is around 118 inches (3,000 mm) per year. [151] Rainmaker Mountain, which is also known as Mount Pioa, is a designated National Natural Landmark. [3]
Baltimore's elevation ranges from sea level at the harbor to 480 feet (150 m) in the northwest corner near Pimlico. [ 6 ] In the 2010 census, Baltimore has a total area of 92.1 square miles (239 km 2 ), of which 80.9 sq mi (210 km 2 ) is land and 11.1 sq mi (29 km 2 ) is water. [ 100 ]
An individual's body temperature typically changes by about 0.5 °C (0.9 °F) between its highest and lowest points each day. [15] Body temperature is sensitive to many hormones, so women have a temperature rhythm that varies with the menstrual cycle, called a circamensal rhythm. [11] [unreliable medical source?
American Samoa [c] is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the Polynesia region of the South Pacific Ocean.Centered on , it is 40 miles (64 km) southeast of the island country of Samoa, east of the International Date Line and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, west of the Cook Islands, north of Tonga, and some 310 miles (500 km) south of Tokelau