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Holland Island is a marshy, rapidly eroding island in the Chesapeake Bay, in Dorchester County, Maryland, west of Salisbury. The island was once inhabited by watermen and farmers but has since been abandoned due to sinking of the land's surface associated with isostatic subsidence and sea level rise .
Sa Vĩ Cap in Trà Cổ island is the North-Easternmost promontory of Vietnam Co To Islands 20°59′00″N 107°46′00″E / 20.98333°N 107.76667°E / 20.98333; 107 Hạ Long Bay 's islets 20°54′N 107°12′E / 20.900°N 107.200°E / 20.900; 107
Flevopolder, the world's largest artificial island; IJsseloog; Marken; Pampus; Vuurtoreneiland; Wieringen, Schokland and Urk are former islands, now part of a polder; De Kreupel, an artificial island, constructed to be a bird refuge; The Marker Wadden archipelago, a collection of artificial islands in the Markermeer
Israel Do Thái, I-xra-en, Y-sơ-ra-ên, Ít-ra-en English name Vietnamese name Endonym Notes Name Language Acre: Akko Ako (עכו) Hebrew Bethlehem: Bê-lem, Bết-lê-hem Bayt Laḥm (בית לחם) Hebrew currently in Palestinian territories: Jerusalem: Gia Liêm, Giê-ru-xa-lem, Giê-ru-sa-lem [58] Yerushaláyim (ירושלים) Hebrew
Vietnamese people in the Netherlands (Dutch: Vietnamezen in Nederland; Vietnamese: Người Việt tại Hà Lan) form one of the smaller overseas Vietnamese communities of Europe. They consist largely of refugees from the former South Vietnam , Vietnamese born-citizens and their descendants (Dutch born-citizens of part or full Vietnamese origin).
Thoi Son Island; The 1,200 hectare island is located in the lower section of the Tiền River. It has been a popular eco-tourism site since the 1990s. Today, it welcomes hundreds of tourists and visitors every day. The paths through the island is lined with fruit trees, including plums, nipa palms and mangoes.
It also encompasses a few small islands and marine areas of the east of Cat Ba island. Primarily a limestone forest area, it has 839 vascular plant species which include 25 species which are listed in the Red Data Book of Vietnam. It is the only park in the world where Cat Ba langur (Trachypithecus poliocephalus) species is reported. Some ...
The island was created in 1719, when the newly built Kryukov Canal and Admiralty Canal connected the Moika River with the Neva. The triangular island took its name after a number of canals and shipbuilding facilities that rendered its appearance similar to Amsterdam. [1] The island was originally built for timber storage. [2]