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1914: Svenor, iron barque, abandoned at sea after being dismasted, went ashore at Wreck Bay on the west coast, remains still visible. 1915: Nord, cargo steamer, struck Hippolyte Rocks off the Tasman Peninsula. A popular dive wreck. 1929: TSS Kanowna, steamer, one of Tasmania's largest shipwrecks, found in 2005 in Bass Strait.
As of the census [5] of 2000, there were 1,053 people, 407 households, and 310 families residing in the village. The population density was 95.0 inhabitants per square mile (36.7/km 2).
Louisa Island is an island with a short sandy tombolo, located adjacent to the south-western coast of Tasmania, Australia. The irregularly shaped 23-hectare (0.089 sq mi) island is part of the Maatsuyker Islands Group , and comprises part of the Southwest National Park and the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Site .
It stretches southward from the southern end of Birchs Inlet (where it adjoins the North-west Tasmanian Coast Important Bird Area).It encompasses Melaleuca and Port Davey, and extends to Louisa Bay on the coast facing the Maatsuyker Island group. The area is rugged, with extensive beaches and coastal plains rising to rocky mountains.
Kilian Island [1] formerly Elvira Island [2] is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Viscount Melville Sound , west of Stefansson Island , and north of Victoria Island .
Vermilion Bay is located in southwestern Iberia Parish and southeastern Vermilion Parish. It is an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico , to which it is connected to the south by a narrow strait called Southwest Pass ; Marsh Island and a portion of the Louisiana mainland in southeastern Vermilion Parish otherwise separate it from the Gulf of Mexico.
(1997) South coast walks [cartographic material] : track coverage Moonlight Ridge Wilson Bight, Scotts Peak - Melaleuca - Cockle Creek [Tasmania] Land Information Services, Department of Environment and Land Management, in co-operation with Parks and Wildlife Service Hobart : The Department.
Louisa "Lou" Jo Killen (born Louis Killen; 10 January 1934 – 9 August 2013) was an English folk singer from Gateshead, Tyneside, who also played the English concertina. [ 1 ] Killen formed one of Britain 's first folk clubs in 1958 in Newcastle upon Tyne , and became a professional folk singer in 1961.