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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 .
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
The Holland Island Bar Light was a screw-pile lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay which existed from 1889 to 1960. It is remembered for the unexplained death of one of its keepers, and for being "attacked" by United States Navy pilots during a training exercise.
A private Bahamas island used by Carnival and Holland America Line is to be renamed and refreshed by both cruise brands.. The private island destination, Half Moon Cay has been renamed RelaxAway ...
Marken was an island in the Zuiderzee. [5]For some time during the later 19th and early 20th centuries, Marken and its inhabitants were the focus of considerable attention by folklorists, ethnographers and physical anthropologists, who regarded the small fishing town as a relic of the traditional native culture that was destined to disappear as modernization of the Netherlands gained pace. [6]
Texel (Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ; Texels dialect: Tessel) is a municipality and an island with a population of 13,643 in North Holland, Netherlands. It is the largest and most populated island of the West Frisian Islands in the Wadden Sea. The island is situated north of Den Helder, northeast of Noorderhaaks, and southwest of Vlieland.
Texel Dunes. Duinen van Texel National Park (duinen = dunes) is a national park located on the North Holland island of Texel in the Netherlands.All dune systems on the western side of the island and the large coastal plains on both the northern and southern points of the island are part of the park.
Long Island was an island located in Chesapeake Bay, northwest of another former island, Holland Island. The island was shown on maps up until near 1934, [ 1 ] when erosion of nearby islands combined with the rising sea levels caused it to be submerged.