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The magenta petrel (Pterodroma magentae), or Chatham Island tāiko, is a small seabird in the gadfly petrel genus, Pterodroma. Found exclusively on Chatham Island , New Zealand , it is one of the rarest birds in the world, believed to be extinct for over 100 years before its rediscovery in the 1970s.
The Chatham Islands (/ ˈ tʃ æ t ə m / CHAT-əm; Moriori: Rēkohu, lit. 'Misty Sun'; Māori: Wharekauri) are an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about 800 km (430 nmi) east of New Zealand's South Island, administered as part of New Zealand, [4] and consisting of about 10 islands within an approximate 60 km (30 nmi) radius, the largest of which are Chatham Island and Pitt Island ().
This is a list of unincorporated communities in the U.S. state of Washington which are not incorporated municipalities.Incorporated municipalities in the state are listed separately in a list of cities and list of towns.
Forbes moved his original Seattle-area house, first built in Madison Park, across the lake by barge, though this structure would have to be rebuilt following a fire in 1905. [1] Around 1890, Forbes constructed a wooden causeway to connect the village to Kirkland's newly-established Market Street. [ 3 ]
Waitangi is situated along the west coast of Chatham Island between the southern end of Waitangi Bay and the northern foothills of the island's southern plateau. The Nairn River flows north through the settlement before emptying into the bay. Lake Huro lies about 2 km (1.2 mi) to the east.
Pacific Beach is a census-designated place (CDP) in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. The population was 280 at the 2020 census , [ 4 ] down from 291 at the 2010 census . [ 3 ] Prior to 2010 it was part of the Moclips CDP.
It is located close to Hanson Bay at the north-eastern end of Chatham Island, the main island of the Chatham Islands. It was created in 1979 following a gift of land from a local business. This was done to protect 33 hectares of kōpi (karaka or Corynocarpus laevigatus) forest containing Moriori tree carvings called momori-rakau (or ...
In their language, Lushootseed, Warm Beach is called dxʷtux̌ʷub. [4] [5] Seattle real estate developer Clarence Dayton Hillman acquired 12,000 acres (4,900 ha) along Port Susan in 1906 and began to sell property for a future seaport city named "Birmingham" for his Michigan hometown. By 1910, he had sold plots and ran an excursion steamer to ...