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Abd al Kuri (Arabic: عبد الكوري) is a rocky island in the Guardafui Channel. [4] As a part of the Socotra Archipelago Governorate of Yemen, [3] [2] it lies about 65 miles (105 km) southwest of the main island of Socotra. [2] Its terrain primarily consists of granite and diorite covered with limestone. [5]
The General Post Office (GPO) is the headquarters of Hongkong Post. Built in 1976, it is located at Connaught Place , Central , Hong Kong . The office was adjacent to the former Star Ferry Pier , and it is adjacent to Jardine House and the International Finance Centre .
The island has an airport, Koro Airport, situated on its eastern coast. On its northwestern tip is situated the Dere Bay Resort [ 3 ] and the Koro Beach Resort. [ 4 ] A residential subdivision, Koro Seaview Estates [ 5 ] was established around Dere Bay Resort in 1989 and about 60 homes have been established in the development as of 2009 [update ...
Most of the terrain in the Kornati islands is karst-limestone which, in the distant geological past, arose from sediment from the sea. In the stone on the islands there are numerous fossils of crustaceans and fish. In the area there examples of all the typical forms of karst: bizarre shapes formed by the atmosphere, unexplored caves, areas of ...
Kori Creek This map shows the creek in the Rann of Kutch of Gujarat. The Kori Creek is a tidal creek in the Kutch region of the Indian state of Gujarat. It lies just to the west of the Great Rann of Kutch area of India. This region belonging to India is a part of the Indus River Delta, which lies across Gujarat state in India and Sindh in Pakistan.
A paduraksa (left) marks the entrance into the main sanctum of the temple, while the candi bentar (right) marks the entrance into the outer sanctum of the temple.. Paduraksa (in Javanese), or also known as kori (in Balinese) is a Javanese and Balinese-style type of gateway covered with towering roofs that can be found in the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali.
Kura island is located 7.5 kilometers (4.7 mi) off the Kura Spit, the nearest point, and 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) to the east of the Kyzylagach Bay (Qızılağac Bay) shore. [3] Although located quite far away from it, it is considered the southernmost island of the Baku Archipelago. [4] The area of Kura Island is 43 square kilometers (17 sq mi).
Kure Atoll (/ ˈ k ʊər iː /; Hawaiian: Hōlanikū, lit. 'bringing forth heaven'; Mokupāpapa, 'flat island') [1] or Ocean Island is an atoll in the Pacific Ocean 48 nautical miles (89 km; 55 mi) west-northwest of Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands at