Sentences with phrase «from nearby islands»

Breathing Free Before 9/11, borders were considerably less secure and immigrants fleeing oppression sometimes traveled by homemade boat or rafts from nearby islands such as Cuba.

Given its close proximity to the Hauraki Gulf, ferry routes to Devonport include regular, fast crossings from the nearby islands of Waiheke and Rangitoto.

They demonstrated that flying foxes from the nearby islands of Chuuk Lagoon, long regarded as the separate species Pteropus insularis, are best regarded as a subspecies of Pteropus pelagicus.

Furthermore, Buden and colleagues demonstrated that flying foxes from the nearby islands of Chuuk Lagoon, long regarded as a separate species (Pteropus insularis), are also best regarded as a subspecies of Pteropus pelagicus, showing that the species has a wider geographic distribution than previously realized.

They found it in genomes from two populations, one from New Guinea and another from the nearby island of Bougainville.

There are frequent crossings from the nearby island of Yakushima to Nishinoomote on the northwest coast, as well as from Ibusuki and Kagoshima on the Japanese mainland.

The game centered around a Redguard man attmepting to find and rescue his sister from a nearby island south of Hammerfell.

In January 1876, the keeper reported two men attempting to row a boat to the mainland from a nearby island never arrived — a terrible storm came up shortly after their departure.

Not exact matches

The operation would transfer coal from rail cars to barges, which would then carry it to nearby Texada Island where it would be loaded on ships and transported to Asia.

Seafood lovers found shrimps, squid and fish from the ocean as well as from the nearby Lago Trasimeno (when visiting Piacere Barbecue next year, be sure make a stop at that wonderful lake and take the little ferryboat to the island within).

Look to the chalkboard for lesser - known cuts like coulotte, tip sirloin, and gracilis — all butchered in - house from cattle raised on Erickson's farm on nearby Whidbey Island.

It kicks off with a mercifully cool, clear morning under the Whitestone Bridge in the Bronx's Point Ferry Park, the Empire State Building visible past Riker's Island down the East River, its breeze blowing off any stench from a nearby landfill.

About 25 mins from the Trang pier by the long tail boat and 15 mins by speed boat, the Sivalai leaves you with a stunning view of the emerald waters and islands nearby.

Garden City is known for its tree lined streets; myriad activities for children; and is an easy commute to New York City from nearby Long Island Rail Road stations.

Mr. Seabrook, the union leader who has been a proud obstacle to plenty of the reform efforts aimed at Rikers Island by Mr. de Blasio over the last several years — he filed court documents to try to stop a new use of force policy and has held City Hall press conferences decrying the mayor's policies and telling him to «shape up or ship out» — pointed to something that would probably be an even larger obstacle to closing down the city's controversial jail complex: resistance from residential neighborhoods who don't want inmates nearby.

FISH TALES: Start your trip just a few hundred feet away from Gibraltar on nearby South Bass Island, at Stone Lab's sister facility, the Aquatic Visitors Center.

Stone Age seafarers may have transported red deer to far - flung Scottish islands from remote sites in Europe rather than from the Scottish mainland nearby, a new study suggests.

IT LIVES Although darker than those found on Lord Howe Island, these stick insects, from nearby Ball's Pyramid, are the same species.

Environmental microbiologist Jed Fuhrman of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles calls the situation a «nightmare» adding that his lab paused a 10 - year project of collecting monthly virus samples from the waters between Los Angeles and nearby Catalina Island.

Lead author Dr Steve Roberts from BAS says: «When we first examined the sediment cores we were struck by the intense smell of the guano in some layers and we could also clearly see the volcanic ash layers from nearby Deception Island.

The researchers spotted a segment of DNA on chromosome 8 that appeared in the colorblind islanders; then they tested another 60 people from Pingelap and nearby islands to narrow the search down further.

The composition of this lava dome is different from the magma that caused the giant caldera to erupt — it shows the same chemical characteristics as the current post-caldera volcano on the nearby Satsuma Iwo - jima Island.

Ferries from nearby Antigua can take you to the island or around it, depending on your appetite for risk.

The field of urban planning is gaining interest as cities around the world, including nearby Houston, are facing increased exposure to weather - related risks and hazards ranging from sea level rise and flooding to temperature build - up and urban heat island effect.

From 2009 to 2010, she put out seed baskets in the jungle on Guam and three nearby islands to collect seeds of two fleshy - fruit tree species and compared the patterns between islands with birds and Guam.

According to one prevailing but contentious theory, the hobbits descended from the larger Homo erectus, the first hominid to have modern human proportions, whose remains can be found on the nearby Indonesian island of Java.

The waters around the island of Ischia in Italy, for example, have been acidified for a long time because there is the Vesuvio volcano nearby; there are a lot of volcanic activities and CO2 sources, that is there is CO2 from the bottom to the surface, which is acidifying the water.

We didn't like how crowded it was so we agreed to leave after half an hour and decided to go to a nearby beach, Plum Island in Newburyport, which was about 10 - 15 minutes away from Colby Farm.

Caribbean — A tourist on the Caribbean island country of St. Maarten was killed Wednesday after a blast from a jet that was taking off nearby knocked her into a retaining wall, police said.

With Donkey Kong Island becoming encased by chilly arctic winds the Kong family have swept away from their tropical paradise, their immediate goal to therefore bound across the nearby isles to retake their home from the icy invaders.

At first glance, those obsessed with the night sky or astronomical concerns are played for laughs: in New York City and its nearby boroughs, a cast of amusing characters with thick regional accents illustrate that we can no longer even see the stars from the island of Manhattan.

The story, set in a near futuristic Japan, shows the rise and sudden decline and rejection of dogs after a strain of dog flu threatens even humans and the dogs are sent from Megasaki City to a nearby «Trash Island.»

Cropsey (Unrated) Urban legend documentary shot by a couple of first - time filmmakers from Staten Island determined to find out whether there's any truth to the haunting rumor circulated during their childhood that an escapee from a nearby insane asylum had been responsible for the mysterious disappearance of five kids from their neighborhood.

A film unlike anything you've seen (or will see), Julie Dash's rapturous feature debut is set at a moment of wrenching cultural crisis, when the island - dwelling Gullah — former African slaves living off the coast of South Carolina — decide in August 1902 to head to the nearby American mainland and endure the pain of a second separation from their past.

CDCH's ninety - four students come from ten nearby school districts, reaching from Hampton Bays to Montauk, Long Island's easternmost point.

Public education in America is far from one - size - fits - all, and there is dramatic diversity within the more than 13,000 school districts across the nation — from the 1 million students in New York City's more than 1,500 public schools, to the 60 students at the K - 8 school on Beals Island, Maine, and its 100 - student high school shared with the nearby town of Jonesport.

The narrators are a member of a doomsday cult who releases poison gas in a subway in Tokyo, and details his retreat to Okinawa and a small nearby island, Kume - jima; a jazz aficionado who works as a sales clerk in a Tokyo music store; a lawyer in a financial institution in Hong Kong who has been moving large sums of money from a certain account; a woman who owns a Tea Shack on China's Holy Mountain and speaks to a tree; a non-corporeal sentient entity which is searching for who or what it is; a gallery attendant in Petersburg who is involved in an art theft scam; a ghostwriter / drummer living in London who saves a woman from being run over by a taxi; an Irish nuclear physicist who quits her job when she finds her research is being used for military purposes; and a late night radio talkback DJ who finds himself fielding calls from an intriguing caller referring to himself as the zookeeper.

But despite the love from Osh and their neighbor Miss Maggie, Crow is consumed with finding her origins, and so she embarks on a search that leads her to a former leper colony on a nearby island — and here's where things get really exciting.

In Earthly Remains, the scene shifts from Venice to its nearby islands, resulting in a subtle change in pace and atmosphere in this outstanding new entry in the series.

From the ARIA website: «The Association of Rhode Island Authors (ARIA) is a non-profit organization of local, published writers of both fiction and non-fiction committed to raising awareness of the outstanding written works crafted by writers in Rhode Island and other nearby communities.»

Enjoy the peaceful and tranquil side of Magnetic Island, walk the beach, fish from the jetty or enjoy the sunset, play a round of golf or wander the nearby walking tracks to take in the fantastic views on offer.

Located on Sicily's western coast, not far from Palermo, Trapani is a buzzing port city and the gateway to the nearby Aegadian Islands.

From all our public areas and rooms, our guests will enjoy expansive views of the pristine arid savanna of the adjacent Galapagos National Park by looking north, to extinct volcanic cones shrouded in mist, mountains covered with lush tropical cloud forests, and green pasture farms by looking to the south - west; along with a 270 degree view of the infinite Pacific Ocean with nearby islands as a backdrop.

Last summer, we camped in Salibungot Beach in Jomalig, Quezon Province, a 10 - hour land and boat ride from Manila to give school supplies, groceries, medicines and other items to a community in a nearby island.

Head off on a boat trip to the nearby island of Cozumel and you'll be treated to a glimpse of the second largest coral reef in the world, with the chance to spot everything from loggerhead turtles to underwater caves.

Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) Authorities have issued the highest - level warning possible after volcanic eruptions from Mount Agung on the Indonesian resort island of Bali forced the closure of the island's main airport and evacuation of thousands of residents living nearby.

Well, not full exactly, but the Thai island (and its smaller nearby cousins, known for their white sand beaches and DEET - laced alcoholic cocktails) is on path for another record - setting year, with an estimated 4.7 million visitors expected to visit the island in 2012, up from 4.2 million in 2011.

Other tours could encompass the Latin Quarter, the Botanical Gardens (the largest after Kew Gardens in England), Mont Royal Park with the nearby magnificent St Joseph's Oratory — where the middle flight of steps is reserved for pilgrims ascending on their knees — and the islands of Sainte - Helene with its Biosphere (Buckminster Fuller's geodesic dome from Expo ’67 now home to environmental themes) and Notre Dame which has a bizarre combination of both a Formula One track (which you can walk cycle or roller blade on) and hundreds of frisky groundhogs.

As well as enjoying views of the Grand Canal from the water, you can use the water buses to visit nearby islands such as Murano and Burano.

The 20 - villa resort is the second project from Andrew Dixon, who opened the nearby Nikoi Island back in 2007: both are a two - hour journey from Singapore via ferry, car and private boat.