Sentences with phrase «in rocky coasts»

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In about 562, moved «by the love of Christ», he left Ireland and with twelve companions established a base on the rocky island of Iona, off the Scottish coast, from where he evangelized the mainland of Scotland and Northumbria.

Originating in 1973, Sonoma - Cutrer's foundation was built upon a selection of several key vineyard properties in the benchlands, hillsides and rocky foothills in what later became recognized as the Sonoma Coast Appellation — an area with long, even growing seasons due to the cool and foggy coastal climate.

In the 1960s, there were various reports of sightings of large stick insects on Balls Pyramid, a rat - free rocky outcrop 14 miles from Lord Howe Island, which is off the eastern coast of Australia.

Nearly two miles deep in the ocean, a hundred miles off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, scientists during two cruises a year apart used subsea vehicles to explore the Dorado Outcrop, a rocky patch of sea floor made of cooled and hardened lava from an underwater volcano.

Enough remained in sheltered rocky pockets along the coast that by the 1960s the otter population had recovered in places.

No one disputes that a lot of oil lies untapped under the rocky floors of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans off the U.S. coasts, in areas where Congress has banned drilling since 1982.

A study of California mussels, a key species in the rocky intertidal ecosystems of the West Coast, indicates that the effects of ocean acidification will vary from place to place along the coast depending on a range of interacting facCoast, indicates that the effects of ocean acidification will vary from place to place along the coast depending on a range of interacting faccoast depending on a range of interacting factors.

The Ashy Storm - Petrel, a tiny, dark - gray seabird, nests on 11 rocky, isolated islands in the Pacific Ocean off the coasts of California and Mexico.

Bernard Sapoval from the École Polytechnique in Palaiseau near Paris and colleagues simulated waves smashing onto a rocky coast.

California mussel (Mytilus californianus) is a foundation species in the rocky intertidal ecosystems along the West Coast.

Since their last report from the U.K. research vessel James Clark Ross off the coast of Antarctica, the team of 22 scientists has been working in 4 - hour shifts around the clock to study the rocky slope that connects the continental shelf with the deep seafloor.

The next 5 days of our trip was spent on the east coast of the US visiting my parents and helping them to do a lot of spring yardwork, etc. before coming back home last night to a springtime snowstorm here in the rocky mountains of Colorado (hello May powder day tomorrow at A-basin!)

Filmed on the rocky coasts and in the emerald forests of Ireland, Boorman turns this landscape into a primal world hewn out of stone and wood and mud by blood and iron.

A layer of red clay soil seemed to be washing over the entire countryside, roads were flooded and seemingly disintegrating before our eyes, and the off - road trails that our Land Rover hosts had laid out in the dunes and rocky creek beds on the Atlantic coast near Essaouira were challenging enough to require multiple spotters.

In the first illustration, kids play at the beach along a rocky sea coast.

Unspoilt white sand beaches, rocky outcrops and views out over the sea are only part of the charm of Baywatch Penthouse in one of the oldest fishing villages along the West Coast.

If you do the Miwok Trail in the Marin Headlands, you may enjoy the special treat of seeing the rare coast rock cress (Arabis blepharophylla)-- look for it on those rocky hillsides, growing out of the chert.

The beaches in Encinitas are coveted by locals as hidden gems, where the terrain ranges from white sand beaches to rocky bluffs, and legendary surf spots line the coast.

Soetwater's two tidal pools lie south of Kommetjie's Slangkop lighthouse, in a stretch of narrow, rocky coast way below the coastal road (fantastic lookout points).

This narrow valley is nestled in the soft rolling hills just outside the redwood forest that leads to the rocky shores of the Mendocino coast.

Ucluelet is a small village on the west coast of Vancouver Island, with a range of beautiful scenery... from our rocky beaches along the Wild Pacific Trail to our long stretches of soft sand beaches in the world renowned Pacific Rim National Park.

It is in the neighborhood of Dwejra bay (2 km), where visitors will come across a unique natural phenomenon, the Inland Sea, a shallow body of water in the niche of a rocky coast connected to the sea through a narrow tunnel.

Sitting in a half lotus on a small rocky island named Koh Farn off the north east coast of the island and connected to mainland Koh Samui via a causeway, the 12 metre high buddha image is lit up at night providing a spectacular sight.

While traveling in Croatia you can discover a wide range of different landscapes including the Dinaric Mountains, eight national parks (e.g. the world - famous Plitvice Lakes National Park), the long and rocky Dalmatian Coast or almost eighty islands on the Mediterranean Sea.

What makes it special is the presence of a massive headland along this part of the coast that bends the winds into an offshore direction, cleaning up swells that are often overpowering and crossed up elsewhere, as well as a very indented rocky coastline with many rock and sand points, reefs and quality beachbreaks tucked in.

This spectacular historic property was built in 1917 and sits high atop a cliff overlooking the rocky California coast and the Pacific Ocean.

Some species, such as the Uria guillemots, nest in large colonies on cliff edges; others, like the Cepphus guillemots, breed in small groups on rocky coasts; and the puffins, auklets and some murrelets nest in burrows.

Even though this hotel on Oregon's rocky northern coast was built in 2002, its 1940s style — a stone - and - timber exterior and big verandas — evokes an old - school resort feeling.

Accommodation in Yzerfontein Yzerfontein offers unspoilt coastline with both rocky and sandy beaches including the famous sixteen mile beach which stretches all the way to Postberg Nature Reserve within the West Coast National Park.

On the evening of 8 September 1923, Chauncey in company with a large group of destroyers was sailing through a heavy fog from San Francisco to San Diego, when a navigational error on board the first ship in her column turned that destroyer and the six that followed toward the rocky California coast rather than on a reach down Santa Barbara Channel.

Range Pigeon guillemots are distributed in subtidal and intertidal marine habitats and on rocky shores from the Russian Pacific coast, to Alaska and down through California.

Located along Maine's rocky coast, the celebrated resort features picturesque oceanfront views in a serene setting.

Porec's coast is mostly rocky, resulting in several pebbly beaches.

Malmok Beach in Aruba is a narrow sandy stretch that interrupts the limestone and rocky terrace along Malmok's coast.

You can also see birds in many of the rocky and sandy beaches along each coast.

The other four sites included here are small rocky islands off the coast of Bali that offer some of the most breath - taking diving in Bali.

Barranco de Balito where the hotel is located have a rocky beach but you can walk along the coast and in around 15 minutes you will be in Anfi del Mar one of the best beaches in Gran Canaria.

It is an exposed reef rocky break located across the water in Limon Province on the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica.

Within the bay are 5 main beaches: La Playa Principal aka La Playa Municipal or La Playa del Puerto (located in front of the town itself), Playa La Madera (a 5 minute walk from town), Playa La Ropa (5 minutes from town by car or about a 25 minute walk), Playa Las Gatas (at the extreme southern end of the bay; accessible by water taxi from the pier or a footpath along the rocky coast from La Ropa, there is no road), and Playa Contramar (at the northwestern end of the bay: accessible by boat or footpath).

Located on the seafront in Qawra, next to St. Paul's Promenade, you have access to this popular coastline, which is packed full of restaurants, bars and rocky beaches (there are some lidos for lounging on if you don't fancy the rocky coast.)

Later, discover a world - class food scene in downtown Tofino or dine at Black Rock Oceanfront Resort where'll you'll be treated to fresh West Coast cuisine and spectacular views of the surrounding rocky headlands.

Pomorie is situated on a narrow rocky peninsula in the southern part of the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, 20 km from Bourgas and 18 km from Sunny Beach.

Set high in the rocky hills on the east coast of Sicily, Belmond Grand Hotel Timeo has long been a favourite...

Wake up in your spacious suite and watch the awe - inspiring ocean waves crashing against the rocky coast on your private balcony.

It's location in Fort Williams makes it a afternoon destination only 3 miles from Inn by the Sea and a great place for picnics, hiking and exploring the rocky coast of Casco Bay.

Domestic animals are not permitted in Magnetic Island National Park or on tidal land, including sand dunes, beaches, mangroves and rocky headlands, within the Great Barrier Reef Coast Marine Park adjacent to Magnetic Island National Park.

Gaya Island Resort is located on Pulau Gaya, the largest of a cluster of five islands that form the Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park, a natural conservation area off the coast of Borneo, close to Kota Kinabalu.Gaya Island Resort has a unique setting: the land is fringed with a golden sandy beach, rocky coastal outcrops, and surrounded by coral reefs.The hilly island landscape is covered with lush tropical rainforest and an abundance of flora and fauna.And to complete this perfect setting, visible in the distance, is the stunning outline of Mount Kinabalu.The guest villa exterior respects Sabahan architecture, uses local materials and blends harmoniously with the natural environment.

They'll fish tranquil lakes, rocky coasts, flooded forests, and more, all rendered in eye - popping 3D that brings every leaping fish and splash of water to life.

Despite her native credentials and lifelong association with Maine (she was born in Marsden Hartley's hometown of Lewiston in 1957 and currently lives in Waldoboro), Bell has never been inspired to represent its famed landscape — no Monhegan headlands, no Prout's Neck rocky coast, no Mount Katahdin eminence, no working waterfronts.

Another of Walker's students was Arthur Watson, now president of the Royal Scottish Academy; in the introduction to Downie's exhibition catalogue for her 2013 show Walk Through Resonant Landscape, the consequence of her Chinese residency and travels, Watson observes the contribution made by Walker to her students» ability to perceive and explore the unique landscape of Scotland and for the primacy of drawing: «With a base on the island of Tiree, [Frances Walker] ranged across the West Coast and Western Isles interrogating the coastal margins — the rhythm of pebbles across a storm beach or the fractured architecture of a rocky foreshore, meticulously recorded through a vocabulary of precise but unforgiving ink lines.»