Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The story appears to be based in part on a folk legend explaining a geographic feature. [3] A pillar of salt named "Lot's wife" is located near the Dead Sea at Mount Sodom in Jordan. [4] A second one is shown to tourists across the Dead Sea, in Jordan, not far from the ruins of the Byzantine Monastery of St Lot. [5]
Rosa rugosa (rugosa rose, beach rose, Japanese rose, Ramanas rose, or letchberry) is a species of rose native to eastern Asia, in northeastern China, Japan, Korea and southeastern Siberia, where it grows on beach coasts, often on sand dunes. [1] It should not be confused with Rosa multiflora, which is also known as "Japanese rose". The Latin ...
The Bosporus connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and forms one of the continental boundaries between Asia and Europe. It also divides Turkey by separating Asia minor from Thrace. It is the world's narrowest strait used for international navigation .
The North Sea is Europe's main fishery accounting for over 5% of international commercial fish caught. [1] Fishing in the North Sea is concentrated in the southern part of the coastal waters. The main method of fishing is trawling. [145] In 1995, the total volume of fish and shellfish caught in the North Sea was approximately 3.5 million tonnes ...
In terms of shape, Europe is a collection of connected peninsulas and nearby islands. The two largest peninsulas are Europe itself and Scandinavia to the north, divided from each other by the Baltic Sea. Three smaller peninsulas— Iberia, Italy, and the Balkans —emerge from the southern margin of the mainland.
The Clipper Ship Flying Cloud off the Needles, Isle of Wight, off the southern English coast. Painting by James E. Buttersworth. The Maritime history of Europe represents the era of recorded human interaction with the sea in the northwestern region of Eurasia in areas that include shipping and shipbuilding, shipwrecks, naval battles, and military installations and lighthouses constructed to ...
The Principality of Sealand ( / ˈsiːˌlænd /) is a micronation on HM Fort Roughs (also known as Roughs Tower), [ 1] an offshore platform in the North Sea approximately twelve kilometres ( nautical miles) off the coast of Suffolk, England. [ 2] Roughs Tower is a Maunsell Sea Fort that was built by the British in international waters during ...
Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful liberation of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 ( D-Day) with the Normandy landings (Operation Neptune). A 1,200-plane airborne assault preceded an amphibious assault ...