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Danes Island. Coordinates: 79°40′N 10°54′E. Danes Island (Danskøya) lies to the northwest of Spitsbergen. Danes Island[1][2][3] (Norwegian: Danskøya) is an island in Norway's Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean with an area of 40.6 km 2 (15.7 sq mi). [4] It lies just off the northwest coast of Spitsbergen, the largest island in the ...
Janes Island State Park is a public recreation area on Chesapeake Bay lying adjacent to the city of Crisfield in Somerset County, Maryland. The state park features some 30 miles (48 km) of marked water trails through the island's salt marsh leading to isolated pristine beaches. The park is managed by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
Blue Mound State Park: Dane: 1,153 467 1959 Ryan Creek: Contains observation towers atop the highest point in southern Wisconsin and the state park system's only swimming pool. [8] Brunet Island State Park: Chippewa: 1,225 496 1936 Chippewa and Fisher Rivers: Preserves a 179-acre (72 ha) island and backwater channels popular with canoeists. [9 ...
The Apostle Islands National Lakeshore is a U.S. national lakeshore consisting of 21 islands (Apostle Islands) and shoreline encompassing 69,540 acres (28,140 ha) [1] on the northern tip of Wisconsin on the shore of Lake Superior. It is known for its collection of historic lighthouses, sandstone sea caves, a few old-growth remnant forests, and ...
Kobbefjorden (English: Seal Fjord) is a small fjord on the west coast of Danes Island, on the northwestern coast of Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago. The fjord is about two miles (3.5 km) long and 1-1.2 miles (1.5–2 km) wide. It offers one of the best anchorages on Spitsbergen's northwest coast, "being sheltered ...
Virgohamna. Coordinates: 79°43′24″N 10°54′42″E. Virgohamna (English: Virgo Bay) is a small bay on the northern coast of Danes Island, an island off the northwestern coast of Spitsbergen. Spitsbergen and Danes Island are islands of the Svalbard archipelago. The bay is named after SS Virgo, the vessel of Swedish engineer and explorer ...
Website. Brunet Island State Park. Brunet Island State Park / ˈbruːneɪ / is a state park of Wisconsin, USA, featuring a 169-acre (68 ha) island in the Chippewa River. The remainder of the park's 1,225 acres (496 ha) are on the east bank of the river. It is noted for its numerous white-tailed deer and large eastern hemlock trees.
Blue Mound State Park is a state park in Wisconsin, United States, located atop the largest hill in the southern half of the state, near the village of Blue Mounds.The 1,153-acre (467 ha) park features a pair of observation towers affording views of the Wisconsin River valley and Baraboo Range to the north, the mounds, buttes, and rolling forests of the Driftless Area to the south and west ...