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Limonium perezii is a species of Limonium known by the common names Perez's sea lavender and seafoam statice. It is also known as simply statice (reflecting the former name of the genus), sea lavender or marsh rosemary (common names for the genus). It is native to the coasts of the Canary Islands but are widely used in gardens throughout the world.
Guide to Faroe Islands is a Faroese company which was founded in 2018 by Høgni Reistrup [3] and others. [4] It was subsided by the Faroese Government through Vinnuframi. [ 1 ] The company is a collaboration of organizers of travels, excursions, [ 5 ] car rental etc. in the Faroes.
An island that is located where the ocean water temperatures are just sufficiently warm for upward reef growth to keep pace with the rate of subsidence is said to be at the Darwin Point. Islands in colder, more polar regions evolve toward seamounts or guyots; warmer, more equatorial islands evolve toward atolls, for example Kure Atoll.
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St. Simons Island is the largest of the Golden Isles, with a permanent population of 12,743 as of the 2010 census. Reachable via the F. J. Torras Causeway, the Island is a tourist destination for its beaches, water sports, boating and fishing, golf, nature trails, historical landmarks, shopping, restaurants and nightlife.
Schematic overview of Majuro. Majuro Atoll consists of over 60 islands, three of which are larger than 0.5 km 2 (0.2 sq mi). [3] At the western end of the atoll, about 50 kilometers (30 mi) from Delap-Uliga-Djarrit (DUD) by road, is the island community of Laura, an expanding residential area with a popular beach. [4]
Lines appear as individual islands of foam that accumulate against obstructions, shorelines, etc. [2] Foam lines have some characteristics in common with sea foam from the marine environment which may form lines of spume as the tides rise and fall.
A trip through the Kyles of Bute was a common feature of a trip "doon the watter" on a Clyde steamer during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. [10] As of 2018 the PS Waverley, the last sea-going paddle steamer in the world, still operates a summer season on the Clyde and continues to offer sailings through the Kyles. [11]