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Victoria Island (Inuinnaqtun: Kitlineq) [5] [6] is a large island in the Arctic Archipelago that straddles the boundary between Nunavut and the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is the eighth-largest island in the world , and at 217,291 km 2 (83,897 sq mi) 1 in area, it is Canada's second-largest island .
Victoria Island (Chile) (Spanish Isla Victoria) is an island in the Chonos Archipelago of Chile. See also. List of islands of Chile; External links.
Island oak is a tree growing up to 20 metres (66 feet) in height. [5] The mature tree has a grayish to reddish brown trunk with scaly, furrowed bark. [3] The twigs are reddish and covered in woolly hairs. The leathery leaf blades are often concave and are an oblong lance shape or oval with pointed or rounded tips. The edges are smooth or ...
The deep-blue waters hold a number of islands, most notably Isla Victoria with an area of 31 km 2 (12 sq mi), and Isla Huemul on the south end of the lake. The lake's crystal clear waters are very susceptible to climate changes and have an average surface temperature of 7 °C (45 °F); this makes it both beautiful and treacherous.
Acacia victoriae matures into a shrub-like tree with multiple trunks. It reaches a height of about 5–6 metres (16 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 19 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft) and is moderately fast growing. It has a life-span of about 10–15 years. The tree has a large root system, known to extend to 20 m (66 ft).
Dracaena draco, the Canary Islands dragon tree or drago, [4] is a subtropical tree in the genus Dracaena, native to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira, western Morocco, and possibly introduced into the Azores. [5] It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1762 as Asparagus draco. [3] [6] In 1767 he assigned it to the new genus, Dracaena ...
Victoria revealed she became stuck when a fallen tree blocked her path on a road in Canada. Husband David, son Cruz and Butler came to her rescue and lifted the tree, allowing other cars to pass.
Dryococelus australis, commonly known as the Lord Howe Island stick insect or tree lobster, [2] is a species of stick insect that lives on the Lord Howe Island Group. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Dryococelus. Thought to be extinct by 1920, it was rediscovered in 2001. [3]