Sentences with phrase «on inhabited islands»

On the inhabited islands there are hiking options that can be done at your own pace.

Bottled water is readily available on all inhabited islands.

Land based hotels are opening on the inhabited islands of San Cristobal, Santa Cruz, Floreana and Isabela.

The relatively large population means that Muk is unkempt in places, with garbage being burned or lying discarded around villages — unfortunately common on inhabited islands throughout the region.

«A human influence on beak size evolution is not new; we have seen the signs in Darwin's finches on the inhabited island of Santa Cruz in the Galápagos,» says Peter Grant of Princeton University, who studies ecology and evolution in Darwin's finches.

Camp on an inhabited island in Komodo National Park and jump into an aquarium for your morning swim.

Not exact matches

Legend has it that John Crockett — still a common surname on the island — was the first to inhabit Tangier full - time when he arrived with his eight sons in 1686.

As fate would have it, I did not have to wait long, for we discovered that next summer that we each inhabited the same island as cottage owners in the Ottawa Valley: a discovery that led to many evenings spent together on each other's front deck, bourbon in hand, after sharing a common celebration of the Eucharist and a common meal.

Observations on the Cuisine of Ceylon, by James Emerson Tennent, 1860 The domestic economy of the great body of the Singhalese, who inhabit Colombo and the other towns of the island, is of the simplest and most inexpensive character.

The world's smallest inhabited island is located off Alexandria Bay on the St. Lawrence River, near the Canadian border.

Humans inhabited rainforests on the Indonesian island of Sumatra between 73,000 and 63,000 years ago — shortly before a massive eruption of the island's Mount Toba volcano covered South Asia in ash, researchers say.

The excavations on the island of Sai, which lies in what is now the Sudanese section of the Nile, not only provide insights into the relationship between the official representatives of the occupying power and the local Nubian population, they also demonstrate that the island was inhabited for longer than hitherto assumed.

In this acoustic monitoring study, five pilot recording sites were set up in three city parks, a forest and a forested suburb on Okinawa, which is the largest and most inhabited island in the Ryūkyū archipelago.

In 2008, it successfully destroyed a failed US spy satellite that was slowly falling back to Earth and posed a small risk of falling on inhabited Pacific islands.

Knutie and Clayton say their method might help the endangered mangrove finches, with only 60 cotton dispensers needed to cover the less than half a square mile inhabited by the birds on Isabela Island.

More than 7,000 plant and animal species make their homes here, and more than half of the bird species found on the entire continent inhabit the Sky Islands.

Photo: Meredith Schulte, Ph.D. student in evolutionary anthropology at WSU, is shown conducting research on spider populations inhabiting coastal sage scrub in Catalina Island, CA.

In the 1830's Charles Darwin collected finches from the Galapagos Islands and observed that the beaks of the finches were formed differently, depending on what type of habitat they inhabit.

I can imagine his next picture: White Van Stan: a wrongly accused child molester is sentenced to life on an island inhabited only by pederasts.

At least give The Karate Kid Part II credit for setting its scene on an island completely inhabited by Asians, despite its refusal to allow those crazy little fellers to communicate in their native tongue.

Cave Story + takes place on a floating island inhabited by rabbit - like creatures called Mimiga.

takes place on a floating island inhabited by rabbit - like creatures called Mimiga.

The Angry Birds Movie (PG for action and rude humor) Animated adventure, inspired by the video game series of the same name, set on an island inhabited by a flock of flightless birds with anger management issues whose patience is suddenly tested by an overwhelming pig invasion.

A runaway bride seeks refuge on a tropical island inhabited by a reclusive perfumer in this manic screwball comedy, dazzlingly filmed on location in New York, Provence, and Venezuela.

Based on Maurice Sendak's classic children's story, Wild Things follows an unruly little boy named Max that runs away from home one night and ends up on an island inhabited with dangerous but lovable monsters that at first want to eat him, but then choose to be ruled by him.

Full plot details are being kept secret but the film is based on the premise of a team of explorers venturing on an island inhabited by giant monsters.

Screenwriters: Rasmus Heisterberg and Nikolaj Arcel 40 years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan.

Windborne takes place on a floating island inhabited by creatures called Djinn, who have recently undergone a calamity that has disrupted their entire ecosystem.

The story takes us between 1895 and 1945, following the rival between a Japanese colony that inhabits the island and the aboriginal tribes who originally settled on the land.

The animated film tells the story of a man shipwrecked on an island inhabited by turtles.

De Wit's castaway revolves around a man shipwrecked on a tropical island inhabited by turtles, crabs and birds, The Red Turtle recounts the milestones in the life of a human being without dialogue.

Tell the students that they have been stranded on a desert island, and only half of the class can survive and continue to inhabit the desert island.

It challenges students, in - role as intrepid explorers, to consider the differing opinions about the dinosaurs inhabiting Isla Nublar before debating the varying motives for their preservation on the island.

Cage of Eden continues the story of a group of plane crash survivors who try to stay alive on a mysterious island inhabited by dinosaurs and other extinct animals.

Although eradication and control of invasive predators has been successful on uninhabited islands, such efforts are more complicated on islands inhabited by humans and their pets and by nontarget wildlife (Levy and Crawford 2004).

Located in the South Pacific - some 1,300 miles from New Zealand's North Island and 3,000 miles from Hawaii, Fiji may be just a dot on the map, but zoom in and you'll find the island nation is made up of over 300 tropical volcanic islands, of which 110 are inhaIsland and 3,000 miles from Hawaii, Fiji may be just a dot on the map, but zoom in and you'll find the island nation is made up of over 300 tropical volcanic islands, of which 110 are inhaisland nation is made up of over 300 tropical volcanic islands, of which 110 are inhabited.

Accommodation on the other inhabited island, Home Island, is largely restricted to resiisland, Home Island, is largely restricted to resiIsland, is largely restricted to residents.

The Cyclades lie on the southern part of the Aegean Sea and comprise 33 inhabited islands, all offering a unique Greek experience.

Native American Indians inhabited the island for over 10,000 years and Europeans explored and ranched on the island for over 150 years.

Do you want to be based in a hotel on one of the three inhabited islands, exploring other islands and areas via day - trip boat rides?

Home to about 3000 people, Vis is amongst the furthest inhabited islands and not one on the direct ferry route from either Split or Dubrovnik.

On the subject of islands, there are more than one thousand in Croatia, of which fifty are inhabited.

97 % of the land surface is National Park and only 3 % inhabited areas, situated only on four of the islands.

Enjoy the opportunity to see some of the 67 species of birds that inhabit Kangaroo Island on a bushwalk looking for the rare Kangaroo Island Glossy Black cockatoo.

Although La Digue is the third largest inhabited island in the archipelago, it is an unspoiled natural environment where most folks travel on bicycles.

Initially, Isola Bella was little more than a barren strip of rocky land inhabited by local fisherman but in 1630 the Borromeo family, influential members of Piedmont's aristocracy, began the construction of a grand residence (a «palazzo») and gardens on the island.

The Chumash, who lived on the northern islands and along the coastline, had inhabited those lands for millenia, living off of the rich resources of the land and the sea.

It is thought to have been first inhabited in the 10th century, and today there are approximately 50 permanent residents on the island.

About 25,000 people live on the Galápagos» five inhabited islands, and travelers are always struck by the incredible hospitality of the locals.

While Tarawa is busy, life on many of the 21 inhabited islands is slow — villagers work the copra plantations or go fishing before retiring to huts fashioned out of coconut and pandanus trees.