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The islands are said to be two in number separated by a very narrow strait and lie 10,000 furlongs ( 2,000 kilometers / 1,250 miles ) from Africa. They are called the Isles of the Blessed. [...] Moreover an air that is salubrious, owing to the climate and the moderate changes in the seasons, prevails on the islands.
The largest island is Nendö, which is also known as Santa Cruz Island proper. Lata, located on Nendö, is the largest town, and is the capital of Temotu Province.. Other islands belonging to the Santa Cruz group [1] are Vanikoro (which is actually made up of two islands, Banie and its small neighbour Teanu) and Utupua.
Law reveals that Doflamingo cannot pursue them in cloudless areas with his String-String Fruit and advises them to find one fast. Once the Straw Hats escaped with Caesar Clown and the Marines heading to Dressrosa, the two Warlords have a showdown on the iron bridge.
The Trobiand Islanders' Way of Speaking [15] (2010) by Gunter Senft; Islands of Love, Islands of Risk: Culture and HIV in the Trobriands (2012) by Katherine Lepani; MacCarthy, Michelle (2012). Playing Politics with Yams: Food Security in the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea. Culture, Agriculture, Food & Environment, 34(2), 136-147.
Third Thomas Shoal, known as Banko Thomas in the Philippines, Bãi Đồng Cam in Vietnam, and 和平暗沙 in China, is a reef in the north-west of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. It is located 7.5 nautical miles (13.9 km; 8.6 mi) north of Flat island , and 73 nautical miles (135 km; 84 mi) north of Mischief Reef .
The land and sea area of Maritime Southeast Asia exceeds 2 million km 2. [8] These are more than 25,000 islands of the area that comprise many smaller archipelagoes. [9] The major groupings are: Peninsular Malaysia [10] Singapore, Indonesia, East Timor, East Malaysia and Brunei. Sunda Islands. Greater Sunda Islands; Lesser Sunda Islands; Maluku ...
Agricultural products include coconuts, tomatoes, melons, taro, breadfruit, fruits, pigs and chickens. Industry is made up of the production of copra and craft items, tuna processing and tourism. The CIA estimates that the GDP in 2016 was an estimated $180 million, with a real growth rate of 1.7% while the GDP per capita was $3,300.
The Devil's Sea (Japanese: 魔の海, Hepburn: Ma no Umi), also known as the Devil's triangle, the Dragon's Triangle, the Formosa Triangle and the Pacific Bermuda Triangle, is a region of the Pacific, south of Tokyo. The Devil's Sea is sometimes considered a paranormal location, though the veracity of these claims has been questioned.