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A good place to take one's leave from Hawaii is the northernmost island of Kauai and its spectacular Hanalei Bay.
The Barbados slave code was established on the island of Barbados, a British colony, in 1661. It was the first official law regarding slave status.
Manganese mining, for example, in the central part of the island of Timor has been controversial.
Regardless of population numbers, the Chagossians had to be removed from the island before the base could be constructed.
From 1763 to 1784, the island was administratively part of the colony of Nova Scotia and was governed from Halifax.
As an artificial island, it is sometimes mentioned as the world's smallest island divided by a border.
Officials freed the Africans and arranged for 168 persons to be apprenticed to island proprietors on Grand Turk Island for one year.
It was captured shortly afterwards by the English and English control of the island was confirmed under the Treaty of Breda the following year.
During the late 1940s the island repaired the damage caused to its buildings during the occupation.
Here Barber designed the strategic island concept, where the US would obtain as many less populated islands as possible for military purposes.
The metropolitan government also administers 39 municipalities in the western part of the prefecture and the two outlying island chains.
The individual island and place names in the Outer Hebrides have mixed Gaelic and Norse origins.
More years pass and Crusoe discovers native cannibals, who occasionally visit the island to kill and eat prisoners.
The Spanish side tower rests on an artificial island built on the riverbed, while the pillar on the Portuguese side is on land.
By 1672 a slave depot existed on the island of Nevis, serving the Leeward Islands.
The island offers a mixture of both trad climbing and sport climbing and also offers a good variety of bouldering and deep water soloing.
The station offers a wide selection of music and news within the island and also on the internet for Montserratians living overseas.
In 1799, both the Turks and the Caicos island groups were annexed by Britain as part of the Bahamas.
Captain James Cook circumnavigated the island in 1775 and made the first landing.
During the First World War, about 3,000 island men served in the British Expeditionary Force.
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The island hosts its own tournament each year with teams from all over Europe visiting the island.
In February 1942, the mission was to protect the small Royal Navy base and Royal Air Force station located on the island from Japanese attack.
The first botanical observations of the island were made by Hume in 1883, when the coconut plantations had been in operation for a full century.
Naval attacks on other ports, such as the ones in the island of Hogland in the Gulf of Finland, proved more successful.
He bought a closed-in motor-van and fitted it out and went with it to a different part of the island each day, while Gwen minded the shop.
Smaller isles and skerries and other island groups pepper the North Atlantic surrounding the main islands.
Coupled with the Fortress of Louisbourg, it has driven the growth of the tourism industry on the island in recent decades.
In 1893 missionaries of the Primitive Methodist Church arrived from Fernando Po, an island off the southern coast of Nigeria.
The use of the term as an inhabitant of the island of Great Britain or the UK is relatively recent.
The island itself is one of the wildest in the world on account of the bold and craggy rocks.
She sent him to study under Cudda, formerly one of her husband's retainers, but by that time in about 648 a monk on the island of Lindisfarne.
A castle on the eastern edge of the island spawns a new instance whenever a party of players enters.
For the next century, the island is believed to have been visited frequently, but not settled.
This resupplied the island at a critical time in the face of concentrated air attacks from German and Italian forces.
The southern part of the island was evacuated and visits are severely restricted.
The only secondary school on the island is the Montserrat Secondary School.
In a meeting of the island councils in March 2013, leaders of the three territories discussed their future in the event of Scottish independence.
The locations of settlements on the island have been vastly changed since the volcanic activity began.
The island of Guernsey and the other Channel Islands formed part of the lands of William the Conqueror.
The island has one shallow harbour with a launch ramp accessible only by small longboats.
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The island of Guernsey and the other Channel Islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Duchy of Normandy.
The Guernsey Militia was operational in 1337 and would help defend the island for a further 600 years.
When they learned that Strongbow was on his way, they burnt Wexford and withdrew to a nearby island with FitzStephen as a hostage.
The national animals of the island of Guernsey are the donkey and the Guernsey cow.
The eldest, Locrinus, married Corineus' daughter and when the two younger sons died, the island was ruled by him and his 98 successors.
These men bolstered the ranks, helping the British to hold the island until reinforcements arrived.
The main island is the largest of about 60 islands which form the Chagos Archipelago.
The island was protected to a large degree by its favourable ocean topography.
The ship delivered more than 200,000 tons of cargo to the island each year.
From July to October, there is often haze caused by bush fires in neighbouring Indonesia, usually from the island of Sumatra.
There were no injuries to the passengers, crew or people on the ground despite debris falling onto the Indonesian island of Batam.
Curtis argued for the idea that spiral nebulae were star systems in their own right as island universes.
The mountain countries of Nepal and Bhutan, and the island countries of Sri Lanka and Maldives are generally included as well.
The island became completely uninhabited by 1980 with the automation of the lighthouse.
The centre of the island is moorland and the island's main industries have been peat extraction and limestone quarrying.
These are Llyn Alaw to the north of the island and Llyn Cefni in the centre of the island, which is fed by the headwaters of the afon Cefni.
Travelling south from Whiting Bay, the C147 goes round the south coast continuing north up the west coast of the island to Lochranza.
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church also have a church on the island of Cheung Chau.
Llangefni is located in the centre of the island and is the island's administrative centre.
The Roman conquest of the island began in AD 43, leading to the establishment of the Roman province known in Latin as Britannia.
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Japan has island disputes with all three of its neighbours, Russia, South Korea and China, leaving it diplomatically isolated in its near-abroad.
On rare occasions, bats have been carried to the island with the winds, but they are not able to breed there.
Air transportation exists both within Greenland and between the island and other nations.
Baseball and basketball are also emerging sports in Ireland, both of which have an international team representing the island of Ireland.
In 1815, the sacking of Palma on the island of Sardinia by a Tunisian squadron, which carried off 158 inhabitants, roused widespread indignation.
The French temporarily took over the island in 1666 but returned it to English control under the terms of the Treaty of Breda the next year.
It is directly north of Saint Martin, separated from that island by the Anguilla Channel.
The island is subject to both sudden tropical storms and hurricanes, which occur in the period from July to November.
The strategic location of the island was also significant at the centre of the Indian Ocean, and to counter any Soviet threat in the region.
The naval base and the ships based there played a key role in the provisioning and supply of the island of Malta during its long siege.
The language includes different dialects that can vary greatly from one town to another or from one island to another.
A series of six passages separates each of the islands or island groups in the chain.
It has been suggested that its origin lies in Sicily, an island which has been associated with the triskelion since ancient times.
Together the geothermal wells are expected to produce more power than the island requires.
There are several flocks on the island and others have been started in England and Jersey.
It is the second largest university on the island of Ireland, after the federal National University of Ireland.
Under the IOC charter, the Olympic Council of Ireland is responsible for the entire island of Ireland.
The percentage of island countries that are democratic is higher than that of continental countries.
This article refers to those who reside in Great Britain, the largest island and principal territory of the United Kingdom.
Climate change also impacts island countries by causing natural disasters such as tropical cyclones, hurricanes, flash floods and drought.
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Belfast is one of the most visited cities in the UK, and the second most visited on the island of Ireland.
As the island remains a British Overseas Territory, at some point the British government may have to make a decision about the island's future.
However, the Nationalists were forced to retreat to the island of Taiwan in 1949, during the Chinese Civil War.
The island was recaptured by British forces on 25 April in Operation Paraquet.
There is free movement of goods and trade between the island and Member States.
This intensified during the Hundred Years War, when, starting in 1339, the island was occupied by the Capetians on several occasions.
Many Irish people were also transported to the island of Montserrat, to work as indentured servants or exiled prisoners.
The principal hurricane belt arcs to northwest of the island of Barbados in the Eastern Caribbean.
The island strives to be progressive and innovative in new products, whilst providing a high quality of service.
The military history of the island has left a number of fortifications, including Castle Cornet, Fort Grey.
Like most other large cities, Birmingham has a considerable urban heat island effect.
The most devastating of Gaunilo's objections is a parody of Anselm's argument involving an island greater than which nothing can be conceived.
Brutus divides the island into Britain, ruled by him and Cornwall, ruled by Corineus.
In terms of votes, the DUP was the fourth largest party on the island of Ireland.
Apart from Ireland itself, Achill Island to its northwest is now considered the largest island in the group.
The island consists of the largest continuous dryland rim of all atolls in the world.
Two are of significance to island wildlife and to recharge their respective freshwater lenses.
Service personnel on the western arm of the island reported only a minor increase in wave activity.
Jamaica had been a conquest of Oliver Cromwell's and Charles II's claim to the island was therefore questionable.
The island was one of 33 emergency landing sites worldwide for the NASA Space Shuttle.
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Singapore's territory consists of one main island along with 62 other islets.
In 1299, according to the Malay Annals, the Kingdom of Singapura was founded on the island by Sang Nila Utama.
A feature of modern island life is the low crime rate and they are considered to be amongst the safest places to live in Britain.
On 29 November production moved to Jamaica, which doubled for the fictional island San Monique, the home of antagonist Kananga.
Nevertheless, the Cyprus Convention ceding the island to Britain was announced during the congress, and again made Disraeli a sensation.
Many leaked documents reference Bank Leumi, primarily its branch on the island tax haven of Jersey.
The small Caribbean island had been ruled by Bishop, a radical Marxist with close ties to Cuba.
This is a list of islands of Scotland, the mainland of which is part of the island of Great Britain.
Other island populations range down to very low levels on certain small isles.
Thus means that all the inhabited islands are now connected to at least one other island by a land transport route.
The 1973 British horror film The Wicker Man is set on the fictional Hebridean island of Summerisle.
Isle of Whithorn and the Black Isle are peninsulas, and Isleornsay is a village which looks out onto the island of Ornsay.
If you refuse, I'll have you killed on the spot and I swear I will ravage every island with fire and steel.
All the fish and crustaceans on display are caught around the island and are placed in reconstructions of their natural habitat.
Lamlash, however, is the largest village on the island and in 2001 had a population of 1,010 compared to 621 for Brodick.
The island lies in the Firth of Clyde between Ayr and Ardrossan, and Kintyre.
Pitchstone deposits on the island were used locally for making various items in the Mesolithic era.
The island can be explored using public transport using a bus service operated by Stagecoach.
The island of Bornholm is located east of the rest of the country, in the Baltic Sea.
It is 922 metres high, and located south of the head of Raudfjorden, Albert I Land, in the northwestern part of the island of Spitsbergen.
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Before embarking for England, Crusoe shows the mutineers how he survived on the island and states that there will be more men coming.
The Ireland national rugby league team, known as the Wolfhounds, represents the whole island of Ireland in rugby league football.
In Plato's Timaeus and Critias, the island of Atlantis was Poseidon's domain.
The first lazaret was founded by Venice in 1403, on a small island adjoining the city.
The island was governed as an independent commonwealth under the Althing, one of the world's oldest functioning legislative assemblies.
A message in a bottle is a form of communication often associated with people stranded on a deserted island attempting to be rescued.
Livestock is limited due to the small size of the island and people there utilise poultry, pork, goat and mutton, along with imported beef.
The French returned the island to Great Britain under the 1783 Treaty of Paris, which ended that conflict.
Thus, Septimius Severus spent the remainder of his second term as quaestor on the island of Sardinia.
The island has been invaded by some algae, some of which are now well established.
Various barbarian tribes went from raiding and pillaging the island to invading and settling.
The northeast of the island composes the unincorporated Northeast Greenland National Park.
He came into conflict with Paoli, who had decided to split with France and sabotage the French assault on the Sardinian island of La Maddalena.
After Napoleon's surrender and exile to the island of Elba, peace appeared to have returned.
Anegada is geologically distinct from the rest of the group and is a flat island composed of limestone and coral.
The island is bounded to the north and west by the Atlantic Ocean and to the northeast by the North Channel.
Life for the civilians on the island was very difficult, especially after June 1944 when the island was under siege.
Northeastern trade winds keep this tropical island relatively cool and dry.
Subsequently, BIOT has consisted only of the six main island groups comprising the Chagos Archipelago.
The Hilsea Lines are a series of defunct fortifications on the north coast of the island which border Portsbridge Creek and the mainland.
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The island archipelagos of Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles comprise a much smaller number of electors, due to their dispersed population.
Immigration from the United Kingdom, the South Atlantic island of Saint Helena, and Chile has reversed a population decline.
Figures such as Coel Hen were said to be placed into key positions to protect the island in Maximus' absence.
The rapid conquest of the island by Richard is more important than it may seem.
In 1266, the island became part of Scotland under the Treaty of Perth, after being ruled by Norway.
In the past the basic national dish of the island was spuds and herrin, boiled potatoes and herring.
The Manx government promotes island locations for making films by contributing to the production costs.
The island is the only jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom where it is possible to play the UK National Lottery.
The only commercial airport on the island is the Isle of Man Airport at Ronaldsway.
This government push has effectively given the island a headstart in the number of recognised Dark Sky sites.
Richard's troops, led by Guy de Lusignan, conquered the whole island by 1 June.
This museum preserves several aircraft, including Hurricane and Spitfire fighters that defended the island in the Second World War.
Britain sent three bishops to the Council of Arles in 314, and a Gaulish bishop went to the island in 396 to help settle disciplinary matters.
The Bailiwick of Jersey consists of the island of Jersey and a number of surrounding uninhabited islands.
According to the Historia, Hengest and Horsa fought the invaders of Britain under the condition of gaining the island of Thanet.
Maltese leaders presented the island to Sir Alexander Ball, asking that the island become a British Dominion.
The council is proud that, like the Irish rugby team, it represents the island of Ireland.
An island country is a country whose primary territory consists of one or more islands or parts of islands.
This was a year after the island was transferred to France by the Republic of Genoa.
Ship burials were also practised by Vikings abroad, as evidenced by the excavations of the Salme ships on the Estonian island of Saaremaa.
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The Dutch found the climate hostile and abandoned the island after several further decades.
Shortly afterwards, Cuthbert removed to Inner Farne island off the Northumbrian coast, where he gave himself up to a life of great austerity.
The geography and small size of the island makes the climbing easily accessible.
Many island countries rely heavily on imports and are greatly affected by changes in the global economy.
Early modern Britain is the history of the island of Great Britain roughly corresponding to the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.
In addition, the survey revealed that residents who had left the island over the past decades showed little interest in coming back.
By around 4000 BC, the island was populated by people with a Neolithic culture.
The SS Vega was sent to the island carrying Red Cross supplies and news of the success of the Allied advance in Europe.
Aware of the military importance of Jersey, the British government had ordered that the island be heavily fortified.
The Lieutenant Governor on the island is the personal representative of the Queen.
In England the Viking Age began dramatically on 8 June 793 when Norsemen destroyed the abbey on the island of Lindisfarne.
The Queen's representative and adviser in the island is the Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.
The island is therefore within the scope of the Treaties to a limited extent, as a European Territory.
The French blacklisting of the island had to be hastily revoked when this was pointed out.
He first named the island Anthony van Diemen's Land after his sponsor Anthony van Diemen, the Governor of the Dutch East Indies.
Saint George is the protector of the island of Gozo and the patron of Gozo's largest city, Victoria.
He was exiled to the island of Elba near Rome and the Bourbons were restored to power.
He might also have been influenced by the name of a legendary island mentioned in the Natural History of Pliny the Elder.
As a result of this, in April 1921 the island was partitioned into Southern and Northern Ireland.
The term Lesser Antilles is often used to define an island arc that includes Grenada but excludes Trinidad and Tobago and the Leeward Antilles.
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There, he traveled with Theophrastus to the island of Lesbos, where together they researched the botany and zoology of the island.
Aidan, an Irish monk from the Scottish island of Iona to convert his people.
The Indian Ocean island of Mayotte voted in referendum in 1974 to retain its link with France and forgo independence.
The island has lush vegetation, a product of its mild but changeable climate which avoids extremes in temperature.
Sumatra is the second largest island in the East Indies and the fourth largest in the world covering 182,859 square miles.
After this passage, the Pelican was pushed south and discovered an island which Drake called Elizabeth Island.
Supposedly Gregory inquired about the identity of the slaves, and was told that they were Angles from the island of Great Britain.
Ireland had known continuous war since the rebellion of 1641, with most of the island controlled by the Irish Confederates.
Britain sent three bishops to the Synod of Arles in 314, and a Gaulish bishop went to the island in 396 to help settle disciplinary matters.
In 1655, England annexed the island of Jamaica from the Spanish, and in 1666 succeeded in colonising the Bahamas.
Claudius himself travelled to the island after the completion of initial offensives, bringing with him reinforcements and elephants.
The British were driven from the Balkans after Germany conquered the Greek island of Crete by the end of May.
Posidonius and Strabo described an island of women where men could not venture for fear of death, and where the women ripped each other apart.
The island is noted for the breeding and training of race horses and is also a large exporter of racing dogs.
They gave him sovereignty over the island and allowed him to retain the title of Emperor.
The company could in turn issue letters of marque to subcontracting privateers who used the island as a base, for a fee.
The Carthaginian sailor Himilco is said to have visited the island in the 5th century BC and the Greek explorer Pytheas in the 4th.
The island was somewhat affected by the tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
Pimienta's decision to occupy the island was approved in 1643 and he was made a knight of the Order of Santiago.
He also wrote Utopia, published in 1516, about the political system of an imaginary ideal island nation.
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The Americans withdrew north up the island to Harlem Heights, where they battled the next day repulsing a British advance.
These studies indicate the vegetation of the island may be changing rapidly.
A British assault force landed on the island on 7 February, after which Nelson moved to intensify the blockade off Bastia.
Spain acquired Britain's Florida colonies and the island of Minorca, but failed in its primary aim of recovering Gibraltar.
This area consists of the Highland council area and the island council areas of Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles.
After spending a few days with his close associates, Stuart sailed for the island of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides.
The United States is a federal republic of 50 states, a federal district, five territories and eleven uninhabited island possessions.
As an island nation, the United Kingdom was highly dependent on imported goods.
European route E01 runs from Larne through the island of Ireland, Spain and Portugal to Seville.
Goneril and Regan are to share half the island with their husbands, the Dukes of Albany and Cornwall.
On the island of Corsica, menhirs are found in Filitosa, a megalithic site in southern Corsica.
By the start of 1943, the Japanese were defeated on the island and withdrew their troops.
Six subspecies of the binturong or bearcat exist in the region, though the one endemic to the island of Palawan is now classed as vulnerable.
In the Pacific it held multiple island dependencies such as American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Midway Islands, Wake Island and others.
It generally includes Nepal, Bhutan, and the island country of Sri Lanka and may also include the island country of Maldives.
At the start of the modern era, the Spice Route between India and China crossed Majapahit, an archipelagic empire based on the island of Java.
The largest island of Northern Ireland is Rathlin, off the north Antrim coast.
After a long period of Roman rule, the Romans decide they no longer wish to defend the island and depart.
In many sports, the island of Ireland fields a single team, a notable exception being association football.
It is now used to refer to any island group or, sometimes, to a sea containing a small number of scattered islands.
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The public body Foras na Gaeilge is responsible for the promotion of the language throughout the island of Ireland.
His army of more than 8,000 men was the largest force brought to the island during the late Middle Ages.
He freed the island of Rhodes from Roman rule for their good faith and exempted Troy from taxes.
In 1742 the last possession of the Genoese in the Mediterranean, the island fortress of Tabarka, was lost to the Bey of Tunis.
A desert island, deserted island or uninhabited island is an island that is not permanently populated by humans.
Despite this island group's northerly latitude, temperatures average above freezing throughout the year because of the Gulf Stream.
There are various examples of Inner Hebridean island names that were originally Gaelic but have become completely replaced.
Lewis and Harris is the largest island in Scotland and the third largest in the British Isles, after Great Britain and Ireland.
The book, written in Latin, is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs.
The etymology of St Kilda, a small archipelago west of the Outer Hebrides, and its main island Hirta is very complex.
Although reported from two other sites in the nineteenth century, it currently grows only on two serpentine hills on the island of Unst.
After the six men lost their final appeal, the British government set up a prison on the island at Bob's Valley.
In addition, much of the lagoon waters are protected wetlands as a designated Ramsar site, and large parts of the island are nature preserves.
Spend six nights and seven days on a tropical island in the Caribbean!
The island is being promoted as a destination for romantic getaways.
Nothing daunted, the fleet put to sea, and after sailing about the island for some time, a landing was effected in the west of Munster.
Whole villages were removed and the Gaelic culture of the island devastated.
It has all the beauty of an idyllic tropical island without any of the nasty, bitey stuff.
Another area with large quantities of limestone is the island of Gotland, Sweden.
According to William McMahon's map of 1828, 44 percent of the island was caneland.
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In the colonial carve-up that followed, lines were drawn between the port cities of Mombasa and Dar es Salaam and the island of Zanzibar.
He knew there wasn't anything I liked better than a coney island and a strawberry Nehi.
Devon Island in Canada is claimed to be the largest uninhabited island in the world.
The best evidence is that Sandals, the fast-food king of island weddings, now markets the term weddingmoons.
No, a British agent and a British warship, HMS Narvik, are sent with British soldiers to the island at the end of the novel to settle the matter.
Four gondoliers dressed in black rowed the body to the island cemetery, Isola di San Michele, where he was buried near Diaghilev and Stravinsky.
The alternative term Home Nations is sometimes used in sporting contexts and may include all of the island of Ireland.
Anglesey is the largest island within the Irish Sea, followed by the Isle of Man.
Another story has to do with a Dutch seaman who was left alone on the island of Saint Helena as punishment.
By guarding the border, rather than conquering or colonizing Ezo, the Matsumae, in essence, made the majority of the island an Ainu reservation.
Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.
The theme of being stranded on a desert island has inspired films, such as Cast Away, and TV series, like Lost and the comedy Gilligan's Island.
The island is dominated by a maritime climate with quite narrow temperature differences between seasons.
Politically, the island is part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and constitutes most of its territory.
Great Britain refers geographically to the island of Great Britain, politically to England, Scotland and Wales in combination.
The island was first inhabited by people who crossed over the land bridge from the European mainland.
The North Channel, Irish Sea, St George's Channel and Celtic Sea separate the island from the island of Ireland to its west.
Relatives of the kings of Aragon ruled the island until 1409, when it formally passed to the Crown of Aragon.
As a result of this eventful geological history, the island shows a rich variety of landscapes.
At the present time the north of the island is rising as a result of the weight of Devensian ice being lifted.
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There is a wealth of birdlife, 583 species in total, of which 258 breed on the island or remain during winter.
The island has a wide variety of trees, including native species of birch, beech, ash, hawthorn, elm, oak, yew, pine, cherry and apple.
It is likely that until relatively recent times the islands were much larger and perhaps joined together into one island named Ennor.
The Gulf of Riga lies between the Latvian capital city of Riga and the Estonian island of Saaremaa.
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.
The islands' economy is highly dependent on tourism, even by the standards of other island communities.
If an extremely rare bird turns up, the island will see a significant increase in numbers of birders.
The island hosts annual music festivals including the Isle of Wight Festival, which, in 1970, was the largest rock music event ever held.
The Roman historian Suetonius mentions that the island was captured by the commander Vespasian.
During the Dark Ages the island was settled by Jutes as the pagan kingdom of Wihtwara under King Arwald.
Two cities were sacked, eighty thousand of the Romans and of their allies perished, and the island was lost to Rome.
Thereafter the island was under control of the English crown and its Lordship a royal appointment.
Under Henry VIII, who developed the Royal Navy and its Portsmouth base, the island was fortified at Yarmouth, Cowes, East Cowes, and Sandown.
During the First Punic War, the island was conquered after harsh fighting by Marcus Atilius Regulus.
Queen Victoria spent childhood holidays on the island and became fond of it.
Tahiti, which is located within the Society Islands, is the most populous island and the seat of the capital of the collectivity, Pape'ete.
Apart from the main island of Anguilla itself, the territory includes a number of other smaller islands and cays, mostly tiny and uninhabited.
All the rocks found on the island are sedimentary, such as limestones, mudstones and sandstones.
The island is one of the most important areas in Europe for dinosaur fossils.
The island probably became separated from the mainland about 125,000 years ago, during the Ipswichian interglacial.
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Like the rest of the UK, the island has an oceanic climate, but is somewhat milder and sunnier, which makes it a holiday destination.
However, two separate East and West constituencies are proposed for the island under the 2018 review now underway.
The island is home to the Wightlink Warriors speedway team, who compete in the sport's third division, the National League.
The island has produced some notable cricketers, such as Danny Briggs, who plays county cricket for Hampshire.
The island is home to the Isle of Wight Festival and, up to 2016, Bestival.
The largest industry is tourism, but the island also has a strong agricultural heritage, including sheep and dairy farming and arable crops.
The island has a warmer climate and longer growing season than much of the United Kingdom.
The island is still an important destination for coach tours from other parts of the United Kingdom.
Tourism is still the largest industry, and most island towns and villages offer hotels, hostels and camping sites.
As well as its more traditional attractions, the island is often host to walking or cycling holidays through the attractive scenery.
The island is also covered by a number of local stations on the mainland, including the BBC station BBC Radio Solent broadcast from Southampton.
The Chronicle was originally an island local paper during the later 19th and early 20th Century.
The ancient Romans knew of the island and called it Insula Manavia although it is uncertain whether they conquered the island.
The island is in customs union with the UK, and related revenues are pooled and shared under the Common Purse Agreement.
Standing on the River Thames in the south east of the island of Great Britain, London has been a major settlement for two millennia.
This bridge either crossed the Thames, or gave access to a now lost island in the river.
By the 14th century, England was also used in reference to the entire island of Great Britain.
Since 2 December 1999 the island has participated in the United Kingdom National Lottery.
However, the Isle of Man tourism board tasked someone from their team to nominate 27 places on the island as a civil task.
Indonesia shares land borders with Malaysia on Borneo, Papua New Guinea on the island of New Guinea, and East Timor on the island of Timor.

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