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The hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) is a critically endangered sea turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae. It is the only extant species in the genus Eretmochelys . The species has a global distribution that is largely limited to tropical and subtropical marine and estuary ecosystems.
USS Hawkbill (SSN-666), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the hawksbill, a large sea turtle.The name perpetuated the inadvertent misspelling of "hawksbill" in the naming of the first ship of that name, USS Hawkbill (SS-366), a Balao-class submarine launched in 1944.
USS Hawkbill (SS-366), a Balao-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the hawksbill, a large sea turtle (the "-s-" was inadvertently dropped at commissioning.). Construction and commissioning
The hawksbill sea turtle is one of the world's most endangered sea turtles and basically found in tropical waters around the world but also occasionally in Albania. [79] The territory of Albania is populated by two important species of freshwater turtles such as the European pond turtle and the Balkan pond turtle. [80]
Hawksbill Mountain is a mountain with an elevation of 4,050 feet (1,234 m). [1] Marking the border between Madison County and Page County in Virginia , the summit of Hawksbill Mountain is the highest point in Shenandoah National Park , as well as the highest point in both Madison and Page counties.
Hawksbill Station is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert Silverberg. The novel is an expanded version of a short story first published in Galaxy Science Fiction in August 1967. The novel was published in 1968 and was released in the United Kingdom under the title The Anvil of Time .
Upper Buffalo Wilderness is located in the U.S. state of Arkansas.Created by an act of Congress in 1974, the wilderness covers an area of 12,108 acres (49 km²). Contained within Ozark-St. Francis National Forest, the wilderness is managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
The name 'Hawksbills' comes after the Hawksbill Sea Turtle that populates around the Caribbean Sea and is critically endangered according to the World Conservation Union. The franchise was one of six teams that was established for the inaugural CPL season in 2013, and the only one located in the Leeward Islands .