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Sanda Island (Scottish Gaelic: Sandaigh) is a small island in the Firth of Clyde, off of Argyll and Bute, Scotland, near the southern tip of the Kintyre peninsula, near Southend and Dunaverty Castle. On clear days Sanda can be seen from the southern tip of the Kintyre peninsula, from the Isle of Arran and from northeast County Antrim .
The island was known as Quarantine Island during the 19th century, when it was used to quarantine ships believed to carry contagious passengers. During World War II , Sand Island was used as an Army internment camp to house Japanese Americans as well as expatriates from Germany, Italy, and other Axis countries living in Hawaii.
Sanda, the Brown Gargantua, featured in War of the Gargantuas (1966) Sanda (manga) , a 2021 manga series written and illustrated by Paru Itagaki Indian spiny-tailed lizard or sanda in Indic languages, a species of lizard renowned as a source of aphrodisiac
The islands can be identified with Ptolemy's Satyrorum insulae (Isles of the Satyrs), a name probably drawn from the monkeys endemic to the islands, the Con Song long-tailed macaque, (Macaca fascicularis ssp. condorensis). Ptolemy refers to the three islands inhabited by people, 'said to have tails such as they depict satyrs having'.
The archipelago consists of 21 large and small islands. [3] The largest island is Hòn Lớn (sometimes referred as Nam Du) Island with a peak of 309 m. [1] [2] Islands have tropical monsoon climate; the rainy season lasts from April to October every year. [3] List (not exhaustive) of Nam Du Islands [2] [4]
In July 2012, China declared the Paracel Islands to be under the administration of Sansha prefecture in Hainan province. Vietnam established Hoàng Sa district in 1982 as part of Quảng Nam-Da Nang province. [8] Since Quảng Nam and Da Nang were split in November 1996, the island district has belonged to Da Nang. [5]
The region includes several islands. Some of the larger ones are the Lý Sơn Islands, the Cham Islands, and Phú Quý island. The Paracel Islands and the Spratly Islands are officially administered by Da Nang City and Khánh Hòa Province. However, sovereignty over them is disputed and Vietnam actually controls only some of the Spratly Islands.
He traveled between 15 cities, while appearing in stage shows for Kyuranger on weekends. In April, a mobile fan club site is launched. [ 5 ] After officially graduating from Kyuranger in the summer movie Uchu Sentai Kyuranger vs Space Squad , he held a birthday live in Shibuya and announced his major debut in December.