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Johannesburg may not be built on a river or harbour, but its streams are the source of two of southern Africa's mightiest rivers.
Yesterday, the animal was sleek and well-covered as he slid into the sea off East Pier in Howth harbour.
Just as the sea looks ready to submerge the coastal burgh of Montrose, so has its football club become a harbour for washed-up professionals.
The town is also accessible by good roads, has an airport and a harbour, but all these facilities need tourist upgrading.
The Port Authority acting harbour master said the skipper anchored the boat and radioed for help about 5 am.
Got under weigh and stood down the harbour but unfortunately the water being low the vessel got aground.
The river water is untreated and can harbour germs that cause illnesses such as Weil's disease.
Short, stocky, bearded, wearing what appeared to be waterproofs, he sat staring out of the window at the harbour below.
Other changes for Fremantle Ports in the outer harbour include the recent acquirement of 43 hectares of land.
Rain or shine, every morning he walks down the fishing harbour jetty to feed the crows.
Within an hour, a huge crowd had gathered to watch it enter the new harbour and berth at the quay.
Molesey's want-away players have been criticised by new manager Ian Hazel, who says they harbour inflated opinions of themselves.
The high seas harbour a host of job opportunities for those driven by wanderlust and the desire for a life away from the humdrum.
We are a harbour city, yet we are cut off from the waterfront by a six-lane road.
A tidal entrance to the harbour at Hayle restricts departure and return times.
Arisaig proper greets you after a few more turns in the road, with a small waterfront looking out across a muddy harbour.
The office and the accommodation are a few hundred metres back from the harbour along the waterfront road.
Come face to face with polar bears, walruses, harbour seals and beluga whales.
When you consider that it costs more than that sum to construct just a good harbour, you can see there was no wastage there.
The harbour has both a commercial quayside and marina which was crowded with expensive yachts and cruisers.
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Some fifteen minutes from the last lookout there is a stone seat from which you can view the upper harbour and the jetty at Governors Bay.
Branson understands that quite a few of us harbour a desire to rise above the multitude.
We were dining at Bruno's restaurant, La Taverne du Port, overlooking the quayside where a symphony of boats bobbed and jangled in the harbour.
After the race the Duke and Duchess had a thrilling, bouncy ride across the harbour in an amphibious vehicle.
Situated past East Arm in the southern part of the harbour, it was considered well protected from storm surges and the strong winds expected with the twister.
The dunes harbour a number of freshwater lakes abundant in wildlife.
The Bahamas' capital, with its large, sheltered harbour, has swung many times from boomtown to backwater and back again in its rather raffish past.
This is another well-preserved old town full of beautiful houses, and has a quaint little yachting harbour guarded by stone Bavarian lions on pillars.
Back down in the harbour you can hire a boat or catch a water taxi and island hop to the Pakleni Islands, Marinkovac, Vodnjak and St Klement with its sandy beach coves.
In the tidal section of the river below Gloucester, the Gloucester Harbour Trustees are the competent harbour authority.
Further along the coast, Porlock is a quiet coastal town with an adjacent salt marsh nature reserve and a harbour at nearby Porlock Weir.
Watchet is a historic harbour town with a marina and is home to a carnival, which is held annually in July.
Later in the century Falmouth was awarded its own charter giving it rights to its harbour, starting a long rivalry between the two towns.
Without the harbour, is a lazarette, where persons coming from infected places, are obliged to perform quarantine.
Across the harbour, parliamentarians in Gosport joined in the assault, with their guns damaging St Thomas's Church.
Another source asserted that the bombs were mistakenly dropped into the harbour rather than the dockyard.
The scheme attracted criticism due to its large size and location, with some officials saying that it would interfere with harbour operations.
He then called a meeting of his fellow sailors and moved eight ships into the harbour, causing panic within the town.
New Providence's harbour could easily accommodate hundreds of ships, and was too shallow for the Royal Navy's larger vessels to navigate.
The first prophecy is thus fulfilled, and Macbeth, previously skeptical, immediately begins to harbour ambitions of becoming king.
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Belfast harbour was dredged in 1845 to provide deeper berths for larger ships.
Donegall Quay was built out into the river as the harbour was developed further and trade flourished.
By the late 17th century, one out of every four ships that left Liverpool harbour was a slave trading ship.
Critically, the British expected, as in the First World War, German submarines would be coastal craft and only threaten harbour approaches.
At Omaha Beach, parts of the Mulberry harbour are still visible, and a few of the beach obstacles remain.
The following is a list of places which were formerly islands, but which are no longer so due to silting up, harbour building etc.
Offshore there are harbour porpoises, basking sharks and various species of dolphin.
The oldest surviving structure in Stonehaven is the Stonehaven Tolbooth at the harbour, used as an early prison and now a museum.
The local harbour features the Tolbooth, the town's small museum of local heritage.
These protected habitats support a variety of wildlife such as harbour porpoises and marsh fritillary.
The shoreline has been altered considerably since the early 19th century through development of the harbour area and land reclamation.
The island has one shallow harbour with a launch ramp accessible only by small longboats.
Other sources of revenue are the sale of postage stamps and coins, tourism and customs and harbour dues.
Ships from the harbour at these ancient port cities established trade with Mesopotamia.
He investigated building a breakwater and pier at the harbour and a railway to Caracas.
The Environment Agency is the harbour authority for Rye and the Conservancy Authority for the Dee Estuary.
The colony of Cape Breton Island had its capital at Sydney on its namesake harbour fronting on Spanish Bay and the Cabot Strait.
Sydney has traditionally been the main port, with facilities in a large, sheltered, natural harbour.
Harried by the intrusive attentions of the press, Shaw was glad when his ship sailed from New York harbour.
The Cornish pilot gig was designed and built to ferry harbour and river pilots to and from ships in fierce coastal waters.
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The harbour functions as an important transit point for bulk materials and between the European continent and overseas.
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries Stirling harbour was a busy port, with goods coming into Scotland and being exported to Europe.
During the First and Second World Wars, however, Stirling harbour thrived again as a gateway for supplies of tea to Scotland.
The harbour, and the chalk and limestone hills of the Isle of Purbeck to the south, lie atop Western Europe's largest onshore oil field.
The Admiralty Railway was created to transport the stone down to the harbour.
We toiled over the capstan, and late in the afternoon slipped out of the harbour.
Glory be to God, all sublunary coastings will soon be over. Yet a little while, and we shall get into an eternal harbour.
Commodore, and ranged a line from the eastermost part of the fortifications to the outer part of the harbour.
The docks, which once harboured tall ships, now harbour only petty thieves.
The common or harbour seal and the grey seal are both resident in the Irish Sea.
Common seals, and harbour porpoises can be found along the coasts, at marine installations, and on islands.
The name does not make it clear if it referred to a harbour on a larger island than today's St Mary's, or a whole island.
St Mary's Harbour is the principal harbour of the Isles of Scilly, and is located in Hugh Town.
James IV put the enterprise on a new footing, founding a harbour at Newhaven and a dockyard at the Pools of Airth.
At Ostia, in front of a crowd of spectators, Claudius fought a killer whale which was trapped in the harbour.
A killer whale was actually seen in the harbour of Ostia, locked in combat with the emperor Claudius.
Richborough has a large natural harbour which would have been suitable, and archaeology shows Roman military occupation at about the right time.
To his chaplain, Osborn, later William's Bishop of Exeter, Edward gave the harbour and other land at Bosham.
He adopted a plan to capture a hill where republican guns could dominate the city's harbour and force the British to evacuate.
On 11 April the British squadron entered the harbour and opened fire, whilst Nelson took command of the land forces and commenced bombardment.
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On the morning of 2 April 1801, Nelson began to advance into Copenhagen harbour.
Kingston upon Hull is the main port in the region and historically a notable fishing harbour.
It is estimated that about 5,000 refugees are waiting in the harbour town Calais to find a chance to get to England.
It was an important harbour and shipping port for most of the 19th and 20th centuries.
At the beginning of the 1800s a harbour was developed, but it was the coming of the railways in 1843 that would have the bigger impact.
In 1842 the company became bankrupt and the Government put the derelict harbour up for sale.
The major landmark in Folkestone, apart from the harbour, is the Leas, the cliffs above the beach.
Rosemary Stewart the Canadian insurance heiress resided here for an extended period, known for dedication to coastal swimming from the harbour.
The population of grey and harbour seals numbers up to 700 in the Thames Estuary.
The dumping of raw sewage into the Thames was formerly only common in the City of London, making its tideway a harbour for many harmful bacteria.
Boats can be approved by the harbour master to travel at speeds of up to 30 knots from below Tower Bridge to past the Thames Barrier.
Atlantic grey seals from Liverpool Bay occasionally venture into the estuary along with bottlenose dolphin and harbour porpoise.
Following articles 363 and 364 of the Treaty of Versailles, Czechoslovakia was entitled to lease its own harbour bassin, Moldauhafen in Hamburg.
Bergenhus fortress dates from 1240s and guards the entrance to the harbour in Bergen.
The city was subject to some Allied bombing raids, aimed at German naval installations in the harbour.
Docks, breakwaters and other harbour works were built by hand, often in a grand scale.
They were the first dredgers in the Netherlands to maintain the harbour at Velsen.
Little improvement took place beyond the Roman approach to harbour construction after the Renaissance.
Fowlsheugh can be accessed by a public clifftop trail, or by boats which usually emanate from the nearby harbour at the town of Stonehaven.
One classic view of the Farnes, very popular with photographers, is that from the harbour at Seahouses.
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The harbour, now known as Gjoa Haven, later developed as the only permanent settlement on the island.
By the end of the month, Japanese artillery were firing shells into the harbour.
He also had dozens of obsolete warships scrapped or reduced to harbour duties.
The squadron returned to harbour, with some ships so badly damaged as to require extensive repairs.
During the civil war in Russia, British torpedo boats made a raid on Kronstadt harbour damaging two battleships and sinking a cruiser.
From its inland core, Rotterdam reaches the North Sea by a swathe of predominantly harbour area.
The fifteenth, Westpoort, covers the harbour of Amsterdam and had very few residents.
Most of the many quarries, which opened in the metropolitan area for building the harbour wall, are now closed.
With the implementation of the harbour and military port, Cherbourg became a port of war at the end of the 18th century, with a large garrison.
Various zones of subduction harbour and form the deepest and most majestic oceanic ridges, east of the Ionian Sea and south of the Aegean.
The French decided to launch the invasion force entirely from Le Havre, a large harbour some distance from the blockading British fleet at Brest.
The force watching the harbour was led by Captain Blackwood, commanding HMS Euryalus.
The main French ships of the line had been kept in harbour for years by the British blockade with only brief sorties.
Indeed, his captains had held a vote on the matter and decided to stay in harbour.
This slowed the progress of the fleet leaving the harbour, giving the British plenty of warning.
Similar memorial obelisks stand at Cap Blanc Nez on the French channel coast, and at Fort Hamilton, overlooking New York harbour.
The bombardment opened late because of the need to tow Marshal Soult, which slowed the fleet and also by haze off the harbour.
The German destroyers frustrated two attempts to enter the harbour, which left the fleet without sighting data and reliant on dead reckoning.
On 23 April a second attempt was made, in conjunction with a raid on the neighbouring harbour of Ostend.
The usual remedy of increased destroyer raids was not possible, because of the difficulty in using Zeebrugge as a harbour.
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Dutfoy ordered his men to disable the Coastal artillery in the forts and to head for the harbour for evacuation.
The German bombardment was extended to the harbour, where there was a hospital train full of wounded waiting to be evacuated.
On the other side of the harbour, the 1st RB held positions around the Gare Maritime under attack from the south and east.
The party ran back and the boat cast off, as Gulzar was fired on from around the harbour.
Valery moved down to the beaches and the harbour but no ships arrived, because thick fog prevented them from moving inshore.
Severe storms on 19 June interrupted the landing of supplies and destroyed the Omaha harbour.
Near dawn, the troops at the harbour were ordered back into the town, then discovered that the local French commander had negotiated a surrender.
On 25 January 1942, the ships were photographed in the harbour and two short periods in dry dock by two ships were seen.
Members of Combined Operations Pilotage Parties clandestinely prepared detailed harbour maps, including depth soundings.
If the situation so demands, the blockading nation can request that the ship divert to a known place or harbour for inspection.
In port or in harbour, vessel traffic service radar systems are used to monitor and regulate ship movements in busy waters.
Historically the original harbour was formed by the protection offered by the south coast of England, Chesil Beach and the Isle of Portland.
Construction of the modern harbour began in 1845 when the Royal Navy established a base at Portland for replenishment of the fleet.
The harbour became a Royal Navy base with dockyard, refuelling and training facilities.
As part of defence works against the threat torpedo attack, work commenced on two northern breakwaters to complete the enclosed harbour.
In 1902 Upton Fort, was built north of Weymouth at Osmington to defend Weymouth and the approaches to Portland harbour.
Mantle is buried in Portland's Royal Naval Cemetery, which overlooks the harbour.
The port's aim was of developing the ship repair, leisure and tourism potential of the harbour.
The harbour is a popular location for wind surfing, wreck diving and sailing.
The harbour and dockyard has various buildings and structures that are Grade Listed.
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Since the 16th century, Brussels has had its own harbour, the port of Brussels.
Thanks to its situation near the coast, the village had a small harbour of little importance on the river Touques.
Some of the Lancasters carried Tallboy bombs, and as a result, the harbour and the surrounding area were completely destroyed.
The harbour has the distinction of being the only Royal Harbour in the United Kingdom.
Ramsgate Maritime Museum near the harbour quayside has exhibits showing the evolution of Ramsgate Harbour and east Kent maritime history.
In all, there are 900 listed buildings in the town with more than 200 in the vicinity of the harbour.
May was unable to sail the Herald out of the harbour, sinking twice and damaging the vehicle beyond repair.
They deliver him at night, while he is fast asleep, to a hidden harbour on Ithaca.
The timing is relative to high water at some harbour where the tidal behaviour is similar in pattern, though it may be far away.
As other fish, groupers harbour parasites, including digeneans, nematodes, cestodes, monogeneans, isopods, and copepods.
The duke appoints a number of officials in the county and acts as the port authority for the main harbour of the Isles of Scilly.
Both the crew and passengers were drunk and, just outside the harbour, the ship hit a submerged rock.
Cromwell's Castle is an artillery fort overlooking New Grimsby harbour on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly.
It comprises a tall, circular gun tower and an adjacent gun platform, and was designed to prevent enemy naval vessels from entering the harbour.
King Charles's Castle is a ruined artillery fort overlooking New Grimsby harbour on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly.
It was positioned on the high ground of Castle Down to protect New Grimsby harbour, overlooking the narrow, northern entrance to the harbour.
It would have held a battery of guns and an accompanying garrison, designed to prevent enemy vessels from entering the harbour.
Despite Parliamentary opposition a Pier and Harbour Provisional Order Bill passed in June 1890 gave him revenue from the harbour dues.
Before harbour boards were established, pilots known as hobblers would compete with one another.
These facilities proved valuable in supporting the steamships that were soon calling at the harbour in increasing numbers.
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Thus, mariners sought to learn of protected bays or flat beaches, not only for safe harbour but also for coastal navigation.
Penzance railway station is at the eastern end of Market Jew Street and close to the harbour.
The current conservation area forms most of the core of the town of Penzance and the historic harbour areas of Newlyn and Mousehole.
The goal of the salvage may be to repair the vessel at a harbour or dry dock, or to clear a channel for navigation.
The term harbour salvage refers to the salvage of vessels stranded or sunk in sheltered waters.
Prior to the Invasion of Europe, components for a Mulberry harbour were built here.
The town has a large tourist industry, based on proximity to the New Forest and its harbour.
However, in August 1759 the French Mediterranean Fleet under Admiral La Clue left harbour and was destroyed at the Battle of Lagos near Portugal.
Poole Harbour is a large natural harbour in Dorset, southern England, with the town of Poole on its shores.
With regular dredging of a channel through the harbour, it has regained some importance.
The harbour lies on a band of weak gravel and clay which is easily eroded by the rivers and sea.
Four rivers drain into Poole harbour, the largest being the River Frome, which flows from the west through Dorchester and Wareham.
The harbour is very shallow in places and has extensive mud flat and salt marsh habitats, as well as muddy and sandy shores and seagrass meadows.
The south shore of the harbour, including Wytch Heath and Godlingstone Heath, is open heathland of little agricultural use.
This is a convenient method of manoeuvring in a narrow waterway or through a busy harbour.
It has provision for up to 200 boats, either on floating pontoons or leaning against the harbour wall.
Then the path crosses the edge of Bembridge Harbour on the old mill wall, using Embankment Road to pass the houseboats in the harbour.
In 1882, the IWR opened a branch line from Brading to Bembridge, serving a large natural harbour between Bembridge and St Helen's stations.
Brading Harbour was located at Bembridge, a few miles from the village of Brading, and the harbour was doing good business.
Completion of the harbour barrier proved difficult, partly due to damage by storms, and a further Act had to be secured for an extension of time.
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During the Second World War, Hamburg suffered a series of Allied air raids which devastated much of the city and the harbour.
Wild animal populations may harbour diseases that can affect domestic animals which may acquire them as a result of insufficient biosecurity.
With an improved harbour the town would have played the same role that Gibraltar later played in British naval strategy.
The fortress and harbour of the city of Smyrna were held by the Knights Hospitaller.
This chain, which floated on logs, was strong enough to prevent any Turkish ship from entering the harbour.
The national capital Freetown sits on a coastal peninsula, situated next to the Sierra Leone Harbour, the world's third largest natural harbour.
Tema Harbour is Africa's largest manmade harbour and Takoradi Harbour along with Tema harbour in Ghana handles goods and exports for Ghana.
An important business centre, the World Trade Center Barcelona, is located in Barcelona's Port Vell harbour.
The Barcelona harbour is the leading European cruiser port and a most important Mediterranean turnaround base.
The harbour of Port Louis handles international trade as well as a cruise terminal.
In November 1515, he decided to return to Goa, but he fell increasingly ill during the journey and died in the harbour of Goa.
Napoleon hoped that by making Antwerp's harbour the finest in Europe he would be able to counter the Port of London and hamper British growth.
It has a secure harbour at the mouth of Banten River that provides a navigable passage for light craft into the island's interior.
Many pictures included some land, with a beach or harbour viewpoint, or a view across an estuary.
The Mormugao harbour on the mouth of the River Zuari is one of the best natural harbours in South Asia.
The Mormugao harbour near the city of Vasco handles mineral ore, petroleum, coal, and international containers.
In particular the books' Wild Cat Island with its secret harbour is based on Peel Island.
The castles once operated a defensive chain across the estuary, which was raised at dusk to destroy enemy ships attempting to attack the harbour.
The lower section of the River Dart forms Dartmouth Harbour, a deep water natural harbour with a long history of maritime usage.
Smaller naval tenders are often seen carrying out training exercises in the harbour and river.
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The harbour and port are popular leisure boating locations, and several marinas and boat yards are located on the river.
This may have been due to silting up of the harbour caused by tin mining on Dartmoor.
It is completely normal to harbour desires to batter these smug twunts about the head with a hot MacBook Air.
Water-hugging hotel, located on the end of the wharf and overhanging the harbour, has 280-degree views.
Customs officers found the 36ft UK-registered sloop Poseidon in Barbate harbour and took the boat to Algeciras in the south of Spain.
Sean Bisset, 18, is filmed filling a yard of ale glass with wine and gin before he dives 40ft into a harbour at low tide.
The 18-year-old was filmed by a friend mixing the two drinks together in a yard of ale glass before diving head first from the harbour wall.
These proved to be the vital fish and the teams that targeted them using a sea fishing bait, harbour ragworms, did best.
One such event was Wallace's attack on the port of Aberdeen, in which, according to Hary, he burned English ships moored in the harbour.
It was finally abandoned in March 1700 after a siege by Spanish forces, which also blockaded the harbour.
Although the harbour appeared to be a natural one it later proved to have tides that could easily wreck a vessel trying to leave.
The island's largest settlement is Portree, known for its picturesque harbour.
The most common species are the bottlenose dolphin and the harbour porpoise.
The eastern section of the John Muir Way coastal path starts from the harbour.
In 1542 Basque mariners came ashore at a natural harbour on the north east coast of the Strait of Belle Isle.
The harbour for Irvine has a long history and once was one of the most prominent ports in Scotland after Glasgow.
Much of the harbour went into decline in the 19th century when Glasgow, Greenock and Port Glasgow achieved higher prominence as sea ports.
Despite this, there was still commercial sea traffic, though the harbour went into further decline in the 20th century.
The harbour and surrounding area became an area heavily blighted by industrial waste even long after some of the industries were gone.
A footbridge from the harbour area was constructed, although it had to be able to open and close to still allow the small pleasure craft to pass.
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This area, behind the harbour had been largely industrial wasteland for many years and was regarded as an eyesore.
The Gulf of Morbihan is a vast natural harbour with some forty islands that is almost a closed sea.
The village is the transport and shopping centre for the area as well as having a harbour and marina with pontoons for maritime visitors.
The compact village centre is close to the harbour and railway station, with residential areas beyond to the south and east of the harbour.
There is a small petrol station with restricted opening times near the harbour.
Later, Zeebrugge's harbour was the scene of disaster when in 1987 the MS Herald of Free Enterprise passenger ferry capsized killing 193 people.
The village was founded around the harbour and shipbuilding industry, but is now best known as a seaside resort with a high quality beach.
A new chime of bells was installed in September 1936 in the tower of St Peter's Church, which overlooks Aberdyfi harbour.
The mouth of the River Seiont is in the town, creating a natural harbour where it flows into the Menai Strait.
Milford Haven Waterway is the natural harbour on which the town stands and from which the town takes its name.
The layers of the Doushantuo formation from around 580 million year old harbour microscopic fossils that may represent early bilaterians.
Boats sail from Tenby's harbour to the offshore monastic Caldey Island, while St Catherine's Island is a tidal island.
In 1814 a road built on arches overlooking the harbour was built at Paxton's full expense.
A few species, like the harbour porpoise, are highly sociable, but pods generally do not exceed ten individuals for most species.
The stomach contents of harbour porpoises suggests that they mainly feed on benthic fish, and sometimes pelagic fish.
Of the 150 harbour porpoises kept worldwide, nearly 100 were kept in Denmark.
At least one population, off Scotland, has practiced infanticide, and also has attacked and killed harbour porpoises.
The low altitude of the city, and moderating influences of the harbour, mean that lying snow very rarely occurs in the city itself.
A water taxi has also been proposed to link the city with towns in the lower harbour.
Due to Glamorgan's long coastline, several settlements grew and prospered as harbour and port towns.
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Aden's ancient, natural harbour lies in the crater of a dormant volcano which now forms a peninsula, joined to the mainland by a low isthmus.
Aden encloses the eastern side of a vast, natural harbour that comprises the modern port.
Historically, Aden's harbour has been a major hub of transportation for the region.
The West Gate faced onto the harbour, and was also known as the Golden Gate, named after the principal gateway in the city of Constantinople.
Much private land was now open to the public, particularly around the inner harbour and the north side of Roath basin.
This disaster gave new impetus to an existing campaign for a harbour to be constructed near Dublin.
The harbour, one of the largest in the country, is notable for its two granite piers.
The obelisk near the old ferryport terminal at the harbour commemorates the construction of this harbour.
South of the harbour is Scotsman's Bay, where there was a Victorian seaside amusement area, with walks, shelters and baths.
Members can regularly be seen rowing their traditional, clinker built skiffs around the harbour and Scotsman's Bay throughout the year.
Jurisdiction of the constables extends to one mile beyond the harbour complex.
Sheltered from the rough seas of the North Channel and the North Atlantic the loch has been an important safe harbour for vessels.
The difficult navigation of the harbour gave security to the locals, as larger attacking ships could not enter.
However the dangerous state of the harbour was a major impediment to trade.
Unfortunately, this did not work to the advantage of the harbour and the improvement of its navigation.
The tides and currents of the river frequently shift mud and sand in the harbour.
Islands of sand can appear and then disappear over the course of a few weeks, particularly at the mouth of the harbour.
As a result, the harbour is not suitable for large ships and is used mainly by mussel dredgers and pleasure craft.
The harbour porpoise species is widespread in cooler coastal waters of the North Atlantic, North Pacific and the Black Sea.
Recent genetic evidence suggests the harbour porpoise population structure may be more complex, and they should be reclassified.
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Based on surveys in 1994, 2005 and 2016, the harbour porpoise population in this region is stable.
Grey seals are also known to attack harbour porpoises by biting off chunks of fat as a high energy source.
Overall the harbour porpoise is not considered threatened and the total population is in the hundreds of thousands.
Just south of the harbour is a small strand leading to Greenore Point, where grey seals are usually to be seen.
Specifically Kerkyra, with its harbour, scenery and wealth of ruins and castles, is a favourite stopping place for cruise liners.
James IV put the enterprise on a new footing, founding a new harbour at Newhaven in May 1504, and two years later ordered the construction of a dockyard at the Pools of Airth.
In November 2005 the main shipping channels into the harbour and the Port of Poole were dredged to accommodate modern ferries at all states of the tide.
For myself, I beg you to believe that I would not harbour such a thought.
These are the harbour porpoise, bottlenose dolphin and common dolphin.
A new bus interchange next to the railway station must be worked up, also the suggested use of ultra-light-rail on the short street tramway to the harbour should be evaluated.
When the Olive Branch was destroyed by an accidental fire, the survivors fled to Jamaica in the Hopeful Beginning, and landed in Port Royal harbour.
Port Allen, former harbour near Errol for ferry to Fife, with reedbeds.
The Germans had taken up positions overlooking the harbour and engaged the Guards and the ships, which used their guns to counter the German fire.
Today Stirling's harbour is not used but there are plans to redevelop it.
As a result, local watersport businesses operate around the harbour.
The yacht Conidaw entered the harbour on 26 May and ran aground.
The bare suspicion made it treason to harbour the person suspected.
The warning shot forced two of the RHIBs to make a quick retreat to Zlitan harbour, while the crew of the third ran ashore, beached their craft, and fled on foot.
Two were sunk in the approach channel but the third ship hit a mine just outside, which prevented it being sunk at the entrance to the inner harbour.
Oxalate is such a carbon source because soils generally harbour oxalotrophic bacteria that may derive all their energy needs from oxalates via the oxalate-carbonate pathway.
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Perhaps his most noticeable memorials are several huge pieces of masonry in Binnel Bay, which once formed a harbour which is all but inaccessible from the land.
Troops not needed to hold the perimeter at St Valery moved down to the beaches and the harbour but no ships arrived, because thick fog prevented them from moving inshore.
There is currently no working port at Stirling but there are plans to develop the river and the harbour which might include links with towns on the Firth of Forth.
They brought us to their bidings about two miles from the harbour.
Gneisenau was hit by a bomb which failed to explode and was moved from dry dock to the outer harbour, where it was photographed by a 1 PRU Spitfire on 5 April.
Bristol Beaufort torpedo bombers attacked at dawn next day and one aircraft found the harbour through the haze and torpedoed Gneisenau in the stern.
A set of various defences were created to defend the harbour.
The harbour was the site of the Zeebrugge Raid on 23 April 1918, when the British Royal Navy temporarily put the German inland naval base at Bruges out of action.
On 8 February, in a break in the weather, PR found that the ships were still in harbour, Scharnhorst was in dock and that another two destroyers had arrived.
This used to be the site of Chester's Roman harbour until, aided by the building of the weir, the River Dee silted up to become the size it is today.
It is situated beside Gunwharf Quays in the city's harbour, and is an important transport terminal, with a bus interchange and ferry services to Gosport and the Isle of Wight.
In the western part of the lodgement, US troops were to occupy the Cotentin Peninsula, especially Cherbourg, which would provide the Allies with a deep water harbour.
The remains of Mulberry harbour B still sits in the sea at Arromanches.
This was one of the few sites in the haven suitable for building a dock for constructing decent sized ships, as its shoreline was flat but led quickly into deep harbour.
It is situated on the north side of the Milford Haven Waterway, an estuary forming a natural harbour that has been used as a port since the Middle Ages.
The natural harbour of the Haven was known as a safe port and was exploited for several historical military operations throughout the second millennium.
He launched his new fleet to attack the French at the harbour of Damme.
The clash came on 30 November 1853 when a Russian fleet attacked an Ottoman force in the harbour at Sinop, and destroyed it at the Battle of Sinop.
Owing to its lower cost and less wind exposure, shipboard, airport surface, and harbour surveillance radars now use this approach in preference to a parabolic antenna.
Consequently, in the Late Middle Ages, Tenby was awarded royal grants to finance the maintenance and improvement of its defences and the enclosure of its harbour.

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