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  2. Patos Island - Wikipedia

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    The island and adjacent islets comprise Patos Island State Park, a 207-acre (0.84 km 2) marine park with 20,000 feet (6,100 m) of saltwater shoreline. The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission began operating Patos Island as a state park under a lease agreement with the Bureau of Land Management in 1974. [ 3 ]

  3. Patmos - Wikipedia

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    Selene was always trying to get Artemis to bring the sunken island to the surface and hence to life. Selene finally convinced Artemis, who then gained her brother Apollo's help to persuade Zeus to allow the island to rise from the sea. [citation needed] Zeus agreed, and the island emerged from the water. The sun dried up the land and brought ...

  4. National Register of Historic Places listings in San Juan ...

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    Location of San Juan County in Washington. This list presents the full set of buildings, structures, objects, sites, or districts designated on the National Register of Historic Places in San Juan County, Washington, and offers brief descriptive information about each of them.

  5. Patos Island Light - Wikipedia

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    Patos Island Lighthouse ; Location: San Juan Islands, Washington: Coordinates: 1]: Tower; Foundation: Surface: Construction: Wood: Automated: 1974: Height: 38 feet (12 m): Shape: Square: Heritage: National Register of Historic Places listed place : Light; First lit: 1908: Focal height: 12 m (39 ft) : Lens: Fourth order Fresnel lens: Range: 9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi) (white), 6 nmi (11 km; 6.9 mi ...

  6. Federal Dependencies of Venezuela - Wikipedia

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    Map showing the maritime border treaties between Venezuela and the US, France, the Netherlands, Dominican Republic and Trinidad and Tobago, setting part of the borders of the Federal Dependencies. In 1777, when the Captaincy General of Venezuela was created, the island of Patos became part of the province of Cumaná.

  7. Patos Island (Venezuela) - Wikipedia

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    Patos Island is located about 540 kilometres (340 mi) northeast of Caracas in the Golfo de Paria (Gulf of Paria).The coordinates are It lies in the Boca Grande strait of the Bocas del Dragón (Dragon's Mouth), approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) off the Paria Peninsula of mainland Venezuela and about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west-south-west of Chacachacare, which is part of Trinidad and Tobago.

  8. John of Patmos - Wikipedia

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    John is considered to have been exiled to Patmos during a time of persecution under the Roman rule of Domitian in the late 1st century. Revelation 1:9 states: "I, John, both your brother and companion in tribulation... was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ."

  9. Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve - Wikipedia

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    The Reserve at Ebey's Landing provides a vivid historical record of Pacific Northwest history, including the first exploration of Puget Sound by Captain George Vancouver in 1792; early settlement by Colonel Isaac Ebey, who filed a claim under the Donation Land Claim Act in 1850; [3] growth and settlement resulting from the Oregon Trail and the Westward migration; the Donation Land Laws (1850 ...