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  2. Abdul Kalam Island - Wikipedia

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    Abdul Kalam Island is located close to the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary, the world's largest rookery of the endangered olive ridley sea turtle. Abdul Kalam Island's sandy beaches are a favoured nesting location for the turtles.

  3. List of things named after A. P. J. Abdul Kalam - Wikipedia

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    Mount Kalam, a 6,180 metres high peak located near the Bara Shigri Glacier in Himachal Pradesh. [4] [5] Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Road, a road in New Delhi. The renaming was criticised by the historians citing "New Delhi's geography was inspired by history, not politics and bigotry". [6] A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Island, an island in the Bay of Bengal. [7]

  4. List of organisms named after famous people (born 1900–1949 ...

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    A. P. J. Abdul Kalam: A tropical plant native to West Bengal, India, which "honours Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam), the 11th President of [the] Republic of India, professor and aerospace scientist, for being an inspiration to the entire scientific community, especially the students and young researchers." [219 ...

  5. Category:Islands of Odisha - Wikipedia

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    Abdul Kalam Island; H. Hukitola; S. Subalaya This page was last edited on 23 August 2021, at 14:14 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...

  6. Flora and fauna of Odisha - Wikipedia

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    It is a major island in the centre of the lake and has an area of 15.53 km 2 (6.0 sq mi). The island gets completely submerged during the monsoon season. As the monsoon recedes in the winter, lake levels decrease and the island is gradually exposed, birds flock to the island in large numbers to feed on its extensive mudflats.

  7. As storm raged, volunteers saved tiny Hunting Island turtle ...

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    In 2020, a random July 7 storm dumped 13 inches on the Island and standing water claimed 90 of the 120 some nests on the island. During Tropical Storm Debby, Glass said, “we lucked out,” and ...

  8. Jonathan (tortoise) - Wikipedia

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    Jonathan (hatched c. 1832) [2] [3] is a Seychelles giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa), a subspecies of the Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea).His approximate age is estimated to be 192 as of 2024, making him the oldest known living land animal.

  9. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Memorial - Wikipedia

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    Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam National Memorial is a memorial dedicated to the former president of the Republic of India A. P. J. Abdul Kalam located in Peikarumbu, Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, India. The memorial was designed and constructed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) as a tribute to Kalam and to display the cultural ...