Schouten Island (formerly Schouten's Isle), part of the Schouten Island Group, is an island with an area of approximately 28 square kilometres (11 sq mi)...
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Biak Archipelago (redirect from Schouten Islands)
The Biak Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Biak, also Schouten Islands or Geelvink Islands) are an island group of Papua province, eastern Indonesia in the...
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restrictions of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in the Spice Islands. In 1616 Schouten rounded Cape Horn, which he named after the recently destroyed...
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New Guinea (redirect from Island of New Guinea)
Willem Schouten, called it Schouten island. They later used this name only to refer to islands off the north coast of Papua proper, the Schouten Islands or...
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Pieter Schout Islands: Schouten Island, island in Tasmania named after Joost Schouten Schouten Islands or Biak Islands or Geelvink Islands, in Indonesia...
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The Schouten Islands are a group of six small volcanic islands in the province of East Sepik in Papua New Guinea, north of the island of New Guinea. The...
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Rodondo Island Schouten Island Sloping Island Group Sloping Island Smooth Island (Tasmania) Waterhouse Island Group Swan Island Waterhouse Island Anser...
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Refuge Island is a flat granite island, with an area of about 6 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Schouten Island Group, lying close to...
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Joost Schouten (c. 1600 – 1644) was a Dutch East Indies Company figure of considerable repute, in demand as an astute administrator, diplomat, courtier...
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Tasmania (redirect from Tasmania (island))
The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania, the 26th-largest island in the world, and the surrounding 1000 islands. It is Australia's smallest and...
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Maria Island Group Ile du Nord Lachlan Maria Schouten Island Group Governor des Phoques Picnic Schouten Taillefer Rocks...
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Freycinet Peninsula, named after French navigator Louis de Freycinet, and Schouten Island. Founded in 1916, it is Tasmania's oldest park, along with Mount Field...
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some Torricelli languages. They are named after the Schouten Islands of Papua New Guinea. Schouten Siau family Arop-Sissano Sera, Sissano Ulau-Suain Tumleo...
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eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The peninsula is located north of Schouten Island and is contained within the Freycinet National Park. The locality of...
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List of Dutch explorations (section Hell Gate, Long Island Sound, Connecticut River and Fisher's Island (1614))
Biak Islands or Geelvink Islands) on 24 July 1616. The Schouten Islands (also known as Eastern Schouten Islands or Le Maire Islands) of Papua New Guinea,...
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Biak whistler (category Birds of the Schouten Islands)
The Biak whistler (Pachycephala melanorhyncha) is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is endemic to Biak in Indonesia. Gill, Frank; Donsker...
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Cenderawasih Bay (section Islands)
Auri Islands archipelago (Kepulauan Auri) Meos Waar Rumberpon Roon Island Meos Angra Biak Islands (aka Schouten Islands): Biak Padaido Islands (Kepulauan...
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impaired", see Driving under the influence#Terminology Owi Airfield, Schouten Islands, Indonesia; a WWII USAAF airfield of the South West Pacific Theatre...
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Numfor leaf warbler (category Birds of the Schouten Islands)
The Numfor leaf warbler (Phylloscopus maforensis) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae. It is endemic to Numfor in Indonesia...
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Coast of the bay with views of the granite peaks of the Hazards and Schouten Island of the Freycinet Peninsula which are incorporated in the Freycinet...
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name of the island of Tasmania used by the British during the European exploration and colonisation of Australia in the 19th century. The island was previously...
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Bougainville Island (Tok Pisin: Bogenvil) is the main island of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, which is part of Papua New Guinea. Its land area...
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Biak leaf warbler (category Birds of the Schouten Islands)
The Biak leaf warbler (Phylloscopus misoriensis) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae. It is only found in Biak, Indonesia. BirdLife...
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Maria Island and Freycinet national parks are contained in the region. Douglas River Freycinet Peninsula Maria Island Nugent Runnymede Schouten Island Tooms...
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Bismarck Archipelago (redirect from Bismarck Islands)
Micronesia, and Island Melanesia. The first European to visit these islands was Dutch explorer Willem Schouten in 1616. The islands remained unsettled...
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Picnic Island is a small, privately owned, rocky island, with an area of about one hectare, part of the Schouten Island Group, lying close to the eastern...
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Willem Schouten, called it Schouten island. They later used this name only to refer to islands off the north coast of Papua proper, the Schouten Islands or...
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Corneliszoon Schouten in June 1616 and then named "Gardner Islands". They were later visited by Abel Tasman who then dubbed the area to the "Visser Islands". The...
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2018-2.RLTS.T9003A22186735.en. Retrieved 11 November 2022. A Gap in Nature by Tim Flannery and Peter Schouten (2001), published by William Heinemann v t e...
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the tanning industry and is now a combined museum, tavern and bakery. Schouten House is a fine early Victorian colonial house built in 1844 and is now...
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