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The pier in Płock at Vistula River in Poland Sopot, Poland. The longest wooden pier in Europe - 450 metres from bank, 650 whole. Gdańsk Brzeźno; Gdynia Orłowo Pier; Jurata Pier (the part of the town of Jastarnia) Kołobrzeg Pier; Międzyzdroje Pier; Płock Pier; Puck; Sopot Pier - the longest wooden pier in Europe; Miedwie
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Piers in Australia (12 P) B. Piers in Belgium (1 P) C. Piers in Canada (7 P) ... Piers in the United States (2 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Piers by country"
For example, Oxley is a place name in England, but Oxley, Queensland is named for the explorer John Oxley rather than the English place. Similarly, Kenilworth is a place name in England, but Kenilworth, Queensland is reportedly named after a novel of that name.
Major piers in the Port of Geelong include: Cunningham Pier: opened as the Railway Pier in the mid-1850s, [11] the pier was rebuilt in the late 1920s and renamed Cunningham Pier in 1929. Disused by the 1980s, it was later occupied by a Smorgy's restaurant. Currently used as a restaurant and social venue called 'The Pier'.
A mole is a massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater, or a causeway separating two bodies of water. A mole may have a wooden structure built on top of it that resembles a wooden pier. The defining feature of a mole, however, is that water cannot freely flow underneath it, unlike a true pier.
The Entrance is a coastal town in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the Central Coast Council local government area. At the 2021 census, The Entrance had a population of 4,244 people. [2] The town occupies a promontory bounded by water on three sides.
That is, it's a list of the names of cities, towns, lakes, and other geographic places that are derived from acronyms. Acronyms are abbreviations formed by the initial letter or letters of the words that make up a multi-word term. For the most part, the geographic names in this list were derived from three or more other names or words.