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Brewer's: Shepherd of the Ocean

(The). So Sir Walter Raleigh is called by Spenser, in his poem entitled Colin Clout's Come Home Again. (1552-1618.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Shepherd…

shearwater

(Encyclopedia) shearwater, common name for members of the family Procellariidae, gull-like sea birds related to the petrel and the albatross and including the fulmar. Shearwaters are found on…

Irazú

(Encyclopedia) IrazúIrazúēräs&oomacr;ˈ [key], active volcano, c.11,260 ft (3,430 m) high, central Costa Rica, E of San José. A massive volcano, Irazú erupted in 1723, destroying Cartago, and…

Tulun

(Encyclopedia) TulunTuluntŭl&oomacr;nˈ [key] inhabited atoll, Papua New Guinea, SW Pacific, in the N Solomons Islands chain 45 mi (72 km) NE of Buka. Also known as the Carteret Islands, Carteret…

Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument

(Encyclopedia) Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, 582,578 sq mi (1,508,870 sq km), in the Pacific Ocean surrounding the NW Hawaiian Islands, c.270 mi (435 km) NW of Oahu; est. 2006 as…

El Niño–Southern Oscillation

(Encyclopedia) El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO)El Niño–Southern Oscillationĕl nēnˈyō [key], large-scale climatic fluctuation of the tropical Pacific Ocean and the overlying atmosphere. The El Niño…

Ocean County, NJ Census Data

New jersey Ocean County, New Jersey People QuickFactsOcean CountyNew JerseyPopulation, 2005 estimate 558,3418,717,925Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 9.3%3.6%…

Mariana Trench

(Encyclopedia) Mariana Trench or Marianas Trench,Marianas Trench,mârˌēănˈəz [key], elongated depression on the Pacific Ocean floor, 210 mi (338 km) SW of Guam. It is the deepest known depression on…

Inland Sea

(Encyclopedia) Inland Sea, Jap. Seto-naikai, arm of the Pacific Ocean, c.3,670 sq mi (9,510 sq km), S Japan, between Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu islands. It is linked to the Sea of Japan by a narrow…

Buenaventura

(Encyclopedia) Buenaventura Buenaventura bwāˌnävānt&oomacr;ˈrä [key], city (2020 est. pop. 451,000), W Colombia, a…