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Vostok Island. / 10.06194°S 152.31278°W / -10.06194; -152.31278. Vostok Island is an uninhabited coral island in the central Pacific Ocean, part of the Line Islands belonging to Kiribati. Other names for the island include Anne Island, Bostock Island, Leavitts Island, Reaper Island, Wostock Island or Wostok Island.
The Falkland Islands ( / ˈfɔː ( l) klənd, ˈfɒlk -/ FAW (L)K-lənd, FOLK-; [ 6] Spanish: Islas Malvinas [ˈislas malˈβinas]) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about 300 mi (480 km) east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and about 752 mi (1,210 km) from Cape ...
Two Hummock Island) is an ice-covered island, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) long in a north–south direction, conspicuous for its two rocky summits 670 metres (2,200 ft) high, lying 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) southeast of Liège Island in the Palmer Arc
Tabuaeran. / 3.86000°N 159.36444°W / 3.86000; -159.36444. Tabuaeran, also known as Fanning Island, [1] is an atoll that is part of the Line Islands of the central Pacific Ocean and part of the island nation of Kiribati. The land area is 33.73 square kilometres (13.02 square miles), and the population in 2015 was 2,315. [2]
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India. It consists of 836 islands (of which only 31 are inhabited) grouped into two island groups: the northern Andaman Islands and the southern Nicobar Islands, separated by a 150 km (93 mi) wide channel. Port Blair is the capital and largest city of the territory, located about 1,190 km ...
Geography of the Falkland Islands. / 51.683°S 59.167°W / -51.683; -59.167. The Falkland Islands are located in the South Atlantic Ocean between 51°S and 53°S on a projection of the Patagonian Shelf, part of the South American continental shelf. In ancient geological time this shelf was part of Gondwana, and around 400 million years ...
The archipelago, consisting of East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 lesser islands, is a self-governing Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom. [1] The capital, Stanley , is on East Falkland. The islands contain two airports with paved runways, with settlements around the archipelago served by grass airstrips.
Increment 1 of the system was first fielded in March 2011 on the Reaper and could cover an area of 16 km 2 (6.2 sq mi); increment 2, incorporating ARGUS-IS and expanding the coverage area to 100 km 2 (39 sq mi), achieved initial operating capability (IOC) in early 2014. The system has 368 cameras capable of capturing five million pixels each to ...