The Farallon Islands /færəlɔːn/ FA-ra-lon, or Farallones (from Spanish farallón 'pillar, sea cliff'), are a group of islands and sea stacks in the Gulf...
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named for the Farallon Islands, which are located just west of San Francisco, California. Over time, the central part of the Farallon Plate was subducted...
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Farallonophilus (redirect from Farallon Cave Cricket)
cavernicolus, also known as the Farallon cave cricket or the Farallon camel cricket, which is endemic to the Farallon Islands in California, United States...
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uninhabited volcanic island, the northernmost island and also farthest west in the Northern Mariana Islands chain. Presumably Farallon de Pajaros was never...
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Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. is an American multi-strategy hedge fund headquartered in San Francisco, California. Founded by Tom Steyer in 1986...
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island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain Farallon de Pajaros (Birds Rock), the northernmost island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain Farallon...
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name given to an 1863 conflict between rival egging companies on the Farallon Islands, 25 miles off San Francisco. It was the culmination of several years...
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rocky islands. In later years it was shorn of its lantern, but it remains in use. Farallon Island Light was constructed on Southeast Farallon Island. After...
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inset frame shows an inferior mirage of the Farallon Islands. The second inset frame is the Farallon Islands with a green flash on the left-hand side. The...
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within Humboldt County. Other islands of the San Francisco Bay Area: The Farallon Islands are a group of rugged small islands over 20 miles (32 km) offshore...
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Farallon de Medinilla , also known as No'os, is a small uninhabited island in the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean. It is located 45 nautical...
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and islands are in two countries, many of the ecoregion, habitat, conservation, and ecological issues are shared. Farallon Islands Año Nuevo Island The...
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Archipelago (redirect from Group of islands)
mass due to tectonic displacement. The Farallon Islands off the coast of California are an example. Sets of islands formed close to the coast of a continent...
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Pearl Harbor and San Francisco for study, she was later sunk near the Farallon Islands. Begun as light cruiser Amsterdam, CL-59, she was launched as CV-22...
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Treasure Island, San Francisco, on a coastal antisubmarine patrol. Its scheduled route would have taken the airship over the Farallon Islands, Point Reyes...
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swimming challenge. In 2015, she became the first woman to swim from the Farallon Islands to the Golden Gate Bridge – a distance of about 30 miles. Chambers...
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return from a short solo trip to scatter his mother's ashes at the Farallon Islands near San Francisco. The weather was clear, and no distress call was...
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extending from Bodega Bay, north of San Francisco, out slightly beyond the Farallon Islands, and down to the Big Sur region, south of Monterey. The area has a...
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westward from the opening of the San Francisco Bay and Drakes Bay to the Farallon Islands. Most of the gulf lies in Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary...
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Fata Morgana (mirage) (section Phantom islands)
sequential image here shows sixteen photographic frames of a mirage of the Farallon Islands as seen from San Francisco; the images were all taken on the same day...
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relay team of six people in a swim from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Farallon Islands, and then back to the Golden Gate Bridge. The route was 59.4-mile-long...
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North Farallon Island State Marine Reserve, San Francisco County North Farallon Islands Special Closure, San Francisco County Southeast Farallon Island State...
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define the Santa Barbara Channel between the islands and the California mainland. The four Northern Channel Islands are part of the Transverse Ranges geologic...
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Farallón Island is an islet belonging to Uruguay, located on the Río de la Plata near the city of Colonia del Sacramento. It is notable for its lighthouse...
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almost half a million eggs a year from the Farallon Islands in the mid-19th century, a period in the islands' history from which the seabird species are...
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Greater Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries, the Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge, and the California Coastal National Monument...
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Francisco's islands are protected as parkland or nature reserves. Alcatraz Island, operated by the National Park Service, is open to the public. The Farallon Islands...
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description of Manila Galleon pilot Cabrera Bueno) Point Reyes and the Farallon Islands. The expedition was blocked from going farther north toward Point Reyes...
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string of the northernmost islands of the Northern Marianas, including (from north to south) Farallon de Pajaros, the Maug Islands, Asuncion, Agrihan, Pagan...
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the location of colonies on islands, which are inaccessible to terrestrial predators, is an obvious advantage. Islands where terrestrial predators have...
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