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  2. Bare Island (New South Wales) - Wikipedia

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    Bare Island is a heritage-listed islet [1] located at La Perouse, New South Wales in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney in eastern Australia. The islet is located about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) south east of the Sydney central business district, within Botany Bay, close to the bay's northern headland.

  3. Barrier island - Wikipedia

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    Barrier Islands can be observed on every continent on Earth, except Antarctica. They occur primarily in areas that are tectonically stable, such as "trailing edge coasts" facing (moving away from) ocean ridges formed by divergent boundaries of tectonic plates, and around smaller marine basins such as the Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. [7]

  4. Wallis Lake - Wikipedia

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    Wallis Lake, an open and trained wave dominated barrier estuary, [1] is located within the Mid-Coast Council local government area in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Wallis Lake is located adjacent to the towns of Forster and Tuncurry, and adjacent to the east coast, about 308 kilometres (191 mi) north of Sydney.

  5. Developer who wanted a resort on untouched Beaufort County ...

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    A developer who was vying to build a luxury resort on a Beaufort County barrier island dropped its appeal against a July circuit court decision that upheld the denial of a special permit to build ...

  6. Lake Illawarra - Wikipedia

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    Lake Illawarra (Aboriginal Tharawal language: various adaptions of Elouera, Eloura, or Allowrie; Illa, Wurra, or Warra meaning pleasant place near the sea, or, high place near the sea, or, white clay mountain [1]) is an open and trained intermediate wave dominated barrier estuary [3] or large coastal lagoon, [1] is located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, situated about 100 ...

  7. Ian shows the risks and costs of living on barrier islands - AOL

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    SANIBEL ISLAND, Fla. (AP) — When Hurricane Ian struck Florida’s Gulf Coast, it washed out the bottom level of David Muench's home on the barrier island of Sanibel along with several cars, a ...

  8. Lord Howe Island Marine Park - Wikipedia

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    Lord Howe Island is located approximately 643 kilometres (400 mi) northeast of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Lord Howe Island is remote, has a biologically diverse marine system with a high degree of endemism. Lord Howe Island Marine Park was declared after it was recognised as an area with outstanding natural values, an extraordinary ...

  9. Restoring a barrier island forest may be key to protecting ...

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    ‘We are having a once-in-a-generation funding situation and we have to get it right.’