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Dún Briste (English: Dun Briste Sea Stack) is a natural sea stack or pilaster - in geomorphology called stack - that was formed in Ireland during the Carboniferous period, possibly Mississippian, approximately 350 million years ago.
In a general sense, the Caribbean can be taken to mean all the nations in and around the Caribbean Sea that lie within an area that stretches from The Bahamas in the north to Guyana in the south, and Suriname in the east to Belize in the west in a general sense. This is an expanse (mostly of ocean) which measures about 1,000 miles (1,600 ...
Located west of the island of Great Britain, Ireland lies at approximately It has a total area of 84,421 km 2 (32,595 sq mi) [ 1 ] and is separated from Great Britain by the Irish Sea , bounded to the north and south respectively by the North Channel and St George's Channel , and from mainland Europe by the Celtic Sea .
Drupada (Sanskrit: द्रुपद, lit. 'firm footed or pillar' [ 1 ] ), also known as Yajnasena ( Sanskrit : यज्ञसेन , lit. 'he whose army is sacrificial', IAST : Yajñasena ), [ 2 ] is the king of the southern part of Panchala Kingdom , in the Hindu epic Mahabharata .
After the Mediterranean Sea, the Caribbean Sea is the second-most-polluted sea. Pollution in the form of up to 300,000 tonnes of solid garbage dumped into the Caribbean Sea each year is progressively endangering marine ecosystems, wiping out species, and harming the livelihoods of local people, who rely primarily on tourism and fishing.
Location of the Irish Sea From the pier at Dún Laoghaire a suburban seaside town in County Dublin, Ireland Dublin Bay Brittas Bay. The Irish Sea [a] is a 46,007 km 2 (17,763 sq mi) body of water that separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain.
Pacific Ocean, Micronesia, Polynesia, and Caribbean Sea U.S. Virgin Islands [n 17] Archipelago: Continental shelf United States: 346 134 87,146 [13] 252 650 Caribbean Sea, Lesser Antilles Wallis and Futuna: Three main islands of: Uvea Hoorn Islands of Futuna and Alofi Island. Oceanic France: 264 102 15,289 57.9 150 Pacific Ocean, Polynesia
The Caribbean Sea. Most of the Caribbean countries are islands in the Caribbean Sea, with only a few in inland lakes. The largest islands include Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and Puerto Rico. Some of the smaller islands are referred to as a rock or reef. Islands are listed in alphabetical order by sovereign state.