Sentences with phrase «less than a mile wide»

Most of my time was spent on Eleuthera, an amazing, near - unmolested island that's 112 miles long and less than a mile wide.

Holbox is a tiny island that is only about 26 miles long and less than a mile wide, and is separated by a shallow lagoon from the mainland.

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The biggest immediate cost - advantage comes from savings in energy costs: fully loaded, the Tesla Semi consumes less than two kilowatt - hours of energy per mile and is capable of 500 miles of range at GVW and highway speed, accommodating a wide range of shipping applications given that nearly 80 % of freight in the U.S. is moved less than 250 miles.

Actually, it is less than 15 miles long and four miles across at the widest point.

Located less than 20 miles north of New York City, the cable - stayed span crosses one of the widest parts of the river and will be the largest bridge in New York State history.

The moon is likely less than 100 miles wide while its parent dwarf planet is about 870 miles across.

The Cassini observations reveal that the channels — in particular, a network of them named Vid Flumina — are narrow canyons, generally less than half a mile (a bit less than a kilometer) wide, with slopes steeper than 40 degrees.

Charon is about half the size of Pluto, while Nix and Hydra, both discovered in 2005, are less than 100 miles wide.

Members of this class apparently ushered the dinosaurs off the evolutionary stage 65 million years ago and left a three - quarter - mile - wide hole in the Arizona desert less than 50,000 years ago.

The ex-planet's moons P4 and P5, discovered in 2011 and 2012 and both less than 25 miles wide, are now officially known as Kerberos, after the mythological multiheaded «hellhound» that guards the gates of Hades, and Styx, after the goddess who watches over the underworld river of the same name.

The largest one is inside a 10 - mile - wide (16 - kilometer) crater located less than 40 miles (65 kilometers) from the north pole.

Pulsars, the dense spinning remnants of exploded stars, contain about the same mass as the sun crushed into a wad of neutrons less than 10 miles wide.

The amount of dimming — less than one - thirtieth of a percent — tells the astronomers that their new world, provisionally named Corot - 7b, is about 15,000 miles wide.

Although the main rings are more than 250,000 kilometers (more than 14,000 miles) wide, they are likely less than one kilometer thick.

The largest one is inside a 10 - mile - wide (16 - kilometer) crater located less than 40 miles (65 kilometers) from Ceres» north pole.

For all the wide - open spaces in this part of western New Mexico, it turned out WNM only needed to lay less than a half - mile of cable to upgrade the district to a faster connection.

Factory two tone Onyx Black / India Ivory, original 265cid V8 (rebuilt less than 500 miles with receipts), 2 speed powerglide automatic (rebuilt), factory power steering, continental kit, very rare factory wire wheel covers, front bumper guards with «T» bar, front bumper corner protectors, front fender gravel guards, gas lid guard, rocker panel moldings, rear bumper corner protectors, original gray & ivory interior, wonder - bar radio (works), correct Daytona weave carpet, tissue dispenser, dash clock, factory GE spotlight with backside mirror, electric wipers, deluxe heater, brand new 2 1/2» radial wide whites.

The island itself is less than thirty miles long and only three miles across at its widest point.

At less than 9 miles long and 5 miles wide, cycling or hiking, is the perfect way to get around and I'm doing a bit of both.

Adding to the appeal are direct flights from the US, a wide range of beachfront hotels to enjoy, and dive boats that make easy runs in calm waters to sites less than a mile from shore.

Shopping enthusiasts will love to spend time exploring Woodbury Common - the largest designer outlet center in the U.S, or the wide variety of antique shops and farmers» markets.The Hudson Valley was the first wine - producing region in the United States and is proud to be home to the country's oldest winery — Brotherhood Winery — that is less than 2 miles from the inn.

Isla Mujeres is less than five miles long and is only a 1/2 mile wide at its widest.

Isla Mujeres is a small island, just 7 km (less than 5 miles) long and 650 meters wide.

Guests staying at the Best Western Orlando Gateway Hotel will be less than ten miles from local attractions such as the Walt Disney ® Resort and Theme Parks, SeaWorld ®, Discovery Cove ®, Disney's the Wide World of Sports and Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.

To better accommodate their trading, it is believed that the Mayans dug a narrow channel, less than a mile long and no wider than a few feet, at the northern most tip of the Caye.

25 miles (40 km) long and less than a mile (2 km) wide in places, it is home to a surprising amount of flora and fauna, both above and below the water.

The Europa shopping centre which has a wide variety of shops and entertainment is less than a mile away, Amadores Beach is a 10 minutes walk down and Puerto Rico Shopping Center is a 5 minute taxi ride.

For the geographically challenged, Bali is an island less than 100 miles long and 50 miles wide, and is one of more than 10,000 islands that make up Indonesia.

Isla Mujeres is an island approximately 5 miles long and less than 1/2 a mile wide.

The AGM comes less than two weeks after Shell spilled more than 88,000 gallons of oil from a group of four underwater oil wells located some 97 miles south of Port Fourchon in Louisiana and creating a 13 mile - wide slick on the water's surface.

The Washington Post reported, «[EDF] has reached out to Ingersoll and others in the commercial space business to create a device that will be able to measure methane emissions on a 125 - mile wide swath with pixel resolution of less than five - eighths of a mile.»