Sentences with phrase «over rocky islands»

Countless neighbours have done each other harm over a few inches of lawn, and countries argue over rocky islands that are inhabited primarily by gulls and clams.

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Malta is at the cross-roads of the Mediterranean and that's why this rocky island has such a varied history: Phoenician traders, the Romans, the Moors and the Italians all tussled over the island, with each culture influencing the language, food and architecture.

There are four types of diving environments in the archipelago: first are the shallow inshore fringing island reefs where visibility is often poor but the diversity of marine life is unsurpassed; second are the offshore fringing reefs where the visibility is considerably better, and the coral much healthier; third are the pinnacles and small rocky islands which rise from the depths and attract larger marine life such as sharks and rays; and fourth are the banks which rise up from depths of over 300 meters and attract different types of marine life altogether.

While paddling this network of tiny islands, you might see over a hundred Stellar sea lions hauled out on the rocky outcrops.

With so much diving and surfing, there is also a wide range of other activities to fill your time on the island, there is the underground house carved by hand over 15 years, a punting trip through the mangroves forest, a seaweed history tour, a geyser like blow hole in the rocky cliffs called «The Devil's tear «and many water sports are available at Jungut Batu beach.

The east side, aka «the wild side» of the island is mostly undeveloped and there are beautiful beaches, big waves and rocky outcrops over the ocean.

If you prefer a guided walking tour, book the Bruny Island Long Weekend, which will take you across beaches, over rocky headlands and through rainforest.

Glaciers melted, and the Coral Sea rose over the coastal plain, leaving only mountain - tops and ridges exposed as the rocky Whitsunday islands we see today.

The small rocky cliff to its south provides great views over the island's main surf breaks, namely Shipwrecks and Lacerations, together with the beautiful sunsets over mainland Bali afar.

The seascapes of Tory Island off the rocky windswept coast of Donegal, the scenic pleasures of the Glens of Antrim, the Giants Causeway, the bogs of Connemara in Galway, the Atlantic cliffs and coastline of Kerry and Mayo, the traditional Celtic landscapes of the Aran Islands, Achill Island as well as the unusual contours and countryside of County Cork - each of these locations has, over the years, attracted its painters and artists.