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  2. South Padre Island, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Due to the island being next to the ocean, temperatures above 100 °F (37.8 °C) are not common. South Padre Island went down to at least 25 °F (−4 °C) during the 2021 Texas freeze. Due to the fact that South Padre Island is surrounded by water, precipitation is a little higher than cities farther inland in the Rio Grande Valley. In March ...

  3. Padre Island - Wikipedia

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    Padre Island is the second-largest island by area in the contiguous United States, after Long Island in New York on the Atlantic Coast. It is about 113 miles (182 km) long [2] [3]: 186 and 1.8 miles (3 km) wide, [4] stretching from the city of Corpus Christi, in the north, to the resort community of South Padre Island in the south.

  4. South Padre Island - Wikipedia

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    South Padre Island is a barrier island in the U.S. state of Texas. The remote landform is located in Cameron County , Willacy County , and accessible by the Queen Isabella Causeway . South Padre Island was formed when the creation of the Port Mansfield Channel split Padre Island in two.

  5. Snorkeling - Wikipedia

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    Snorkeling (British and Commonwealth English spelling: snorkelling) is the practice of swimming face down on or through a body of water while breathing the ambient air through a shaped tube called a snorkel, usually with swimming goggles or a diving mask, and swimfins.

  6. Submarine snorkel - Wikipedia

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    An early submarine snorkel was designed by James Richardson, an Assistant Manager at Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock, Scotland as early as 1916, during World War I. Although the company received a British patent for the design, [ 3 ] no further use was made of it—the British Admiralty did not accept it for use in the ...

  7. Bog snorkelling - Wikipedia

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    Bog snorkelling is a sporting event where competitors aim to complete two consecutive lengths of a 60 yards (55 m) water-filled trench cut through a peat bog in the shortest time possible, wearing traditional snorkel, diving mask and flippers. They complete the course without swimming, relying on flipper power alone.

  8. Padre Island National Seashore - Wikipedia

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    Padre Island National Seashore (PINS) is a national seashore administered by the National Park Service, located on Padre Island off the coast of South Texas, USA. In contrast to South Padre Island , known for its beaches and vacationing college students, PINS is located on the north end of Padre Island and consists of a long beach where nature ...

  9. Queen Isabella Memorial Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The bridge sustains the continuation of Texas Park Road 100 and is the only road connecting South Padre Island to mainland Texas. Stretching 2.37 miles (3.81 km) across the Laguna Madre, the causeway is the second-longest bridge in Texas, after the Fred Hartman Bridge over the Houston Ship Channel. [2] It is named after Queen Isabella of Castile.