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(Tutuila center) The geographic center of American Samoa’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is located in the Pacific Ocean, about 35.08 miles (56.45 km) northeast of the island of Ta‘ū. [11] The geographic center of Tutuila (the main island) is about 1.03 miles (1.65 km) southwest of Fagatogo. [12
Rhode Island is nicknamed "The Ocean State", and the nautical nature of Rhode Island's geography pervades its culture. Newport Harbor, in particular, holds many pleasure boats. In the lobby of T. F. Green, the state's main airport, is a large life-sized sailboat, [169] and the state's license plates depict an ocean wave or a sailboat. [170]
Coventry Centre is a historic village in Coventry, Rhode Island.. The village was founded in 1809 and was originally called "Shoethread." The village was renamed Coventry Centre because it is the geographic center of the town.
Pages in category "Geography of Rhode Island" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Providence (/ p r ɒ v ɪ d (ə) n s / ⓘ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island.The county seat of Providence County, it is one of the oldest cities in New England, [7] founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
English Colonies of Rhode Island, 1638–1644 Portsmouth Compact, 1638; English Colony of Providence Plantations, 1644–1663 History of slavery in Rhode Island; English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1663–1686 King Philip's War, 1675–1676; English Dominion of New-England in America, 1686–1689
The flag of Rhode Island. Rhode Island (/ ˌ r oʊ d-/ ⓘ, pronounced "road") is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound; and shares a small maritime border with New York, east of Long Island.
The US Geological Survey and independent geological researchers began the formal process of mapping Rhode Island's bedrock geology, carrying out quadrangle mapping between 1944 and 1971. Until 1985, Rhode Island did not have a designated state geologist. Alonzo Quinn (1940-1977) served unofficially as state geologist until his death. J.