Sentences with phrase «tiny island chain»

Even though the tiny island chain is only about 10 kilometers across, researchers hadn't realized the extent of the penguin population, says study coauthor Heather Lynch, an ecologist at Stony Brook University in New York.

Not exact matches

This rare species lives only on two tiny islands — Waigeo and Batanta — in the Raja Ampat chain, a remote collection of islands off West Papua, an Indonesian province of New Guinea.

However, the scale is small relative to a large chain, and breakout books by new authors can not be driven on these tiny islands alone.

Off the coast of Cartagena lies a tiny chain of mostly - uninhabited islands called the Islas de Rosario.

Felicite Island is a tiny granite gem, about three square kilometers in size, situated like a glimmering grey pearl in the middle of the Seychelles island Island is a tiny granite gem, about three square kilometers in size, situated like a glimmering grey pearl in the middle of the Seychelles island island chain.

This vast chain of tiny islands have long been referred to as a tropical paradise.

To see even more species, consider taking an unforgettable guided cruise to the remote, wildlife - rich Farallon Islands, a tiny chain of jagged rock outcrops 27 miles / 43 kilometres off San Francisco.

The Similans are a chain of 9 tiny and verdant islands fringed with white sand beaches and surrounded by some of the area's richest waters.

For the first time ever, the birds have been found nesting on two tiny islands in the U.S., in the northwestern Hawaiian island chain.

He wrote in 1928: «The economic imperialism of a single tiny island kingdom [Great Britain] is today keeping the world in chains.