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Nikumaroro, previously known as Kemins Island or Gardner Island, is a part of the Phoenix Islands, Kiribati, in the western Pacific Ocean. It is a remote, elongated, triangular coral atoll with profuse vegetation and a large central marine lagoon. Nikumaroro is about 7.5 km (4.7 mi) long by 2.5 km (1.6 mi) wide.
Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan. Speculation on the disappearance of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan has continued since their disappearance in 1937. After the largest search and rescue attempt in history up to that time, the U.S. Navy concluded that Earhart and Noonan ditched at sea after their plane ran out of fuel; this "crash and sink theory" is the most widely accepted explanation.
Getting on shore requires navigating a skiff through a narrow channel, barely 32 feet wide, that cuts through a reef just beyond the beach on the island’s western coast. The water churns violently.
By RYAN GORMAN Researchers believe they have discovered where Amelia Earhart's plane crashed during her 1937 attempt to circumnavigate the globe. A sheet of metal found more than 20 years ago on ...
Location of Virginia Beach in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Virginia Beach, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. The locations of National ...
Location of Amelia County in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Amelia County, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Amelia County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
Misha Sobol, co-owner of the Slainte Irish pub in downtown Wilmington, with a fossil he found on Wrightsville Beach. The find might be millions of years old.
Location of Accomack County in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Accomack County, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties ...