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    The Galite Islands (Tunisian Arabic: جالطة Jalita, French: La Galite, Italian: La Galita) are a rocky group of islands of volcanic origin that belong to...
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    Kerkennah Islands Chergui Gharbi Galite Islands Zembra Kneiss Chikly Plane Island The following are some of the most notable Turkish Aegean islands. See Turkish...
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    Pemba Island Ukerewe Island Zanzibar Djerba (Jerba) Galite Islands Kerkennah Islands Chergui Island Gharbi, Tunisia Zembra Island Sese Islands Africa...
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    principally on inlet between Bizerte lake and the Mediterranean. The offshore Galite Islands are part of the governorate, as are the ruins of the ancient city of...
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  • List of archipelagos (category Lists of islands)
    Archipelago Phlegrean Islands Cres-Lošinj Archipelago Elaphiti Islands Galite Islands Ionian Islands Kerkennah Islands Kornati Ksamil Islands Maddalena Archipelago...
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  • aircraft destroyed on the ground at Metlaoui Sea born operation on the Galite Islands Sea born operation on Lampedusa Submarine operation on airfields in...
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  • Province 38°36′N  Afghanistan South of Qal'Aikhum 38°22′N  Tunisia Galite Islands Ras ben Sakka ( the northernmost point of mainland Africa) 37°31′N 37°21′N...
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    fresh water can be found. For example, in the section covering the Galite Islands, the Kitab-ı Bahriye notes the dangers posed by southern winds, the...
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  • south-east, hampering the eastward flight of the aircraft. Near the Galite Islands, 50 mi (80 km) north of Tunisia and 93 mi (150 km) south of Sardinia...
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    they proved to be unsuccessful. He was arrested and imprisoned on La Galite Island for two years, before being exiled in France. There, he led negotiations...
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    which allowed for new municipal elections. Bourguiba, in exile on the Galite Islands, understood all too well the extreme pressure which the Bey had withstood...
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    September. The battleship Nelson was hit by a torpedo north of the Galite Islands. That evening the freighter Imperial Star was sunk north of Cap Bon...
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  •  240–241. ISBN 978-0-00-721393-1. Defoe, Daniel (1727). A Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain. Prindle, Richard A. (1963). "Notes Made During the London...
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  • Island of Sardinia 39°0′N 9°0′E / 39.000°N 9.000°E / 39.000; 9.000 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Passing just east of the Galite Islands,...
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    or west than any other Northernmost point - Gallo, Iles des Chiens, Galite Islands, Bizerte Governorate Northernmost point (mainland) – Ras ben Sakka (Ra's...
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    but was spotted by Italian aircraft at early on 14 November south of Galite Islands and sunk by torpedo bombers. Empire Defender was sunk at sunset the...
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  • Tunisia French occupation of Tunisia Gabès Governorate Gafsa Governorate Galite Islands Geography of Tunisia Gharbi Governorates of Tunisia Gulf of Gabès Gulf...
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    escorts. During August 1941 Alagi patrolled between Sardinia and La Galite Island. She spent November and December 1941 patrolling off Cape Fer. In the...
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  • British cargo ship Empire Defender was torpedoed and sunk south of the Galite Islands, Tunisia by Italian aircraft. The Alfred Hitchcock-directed romantic...
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  • are two submerged rocks approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of the Galite Islands of Tunisia, at approximately 37°24′N 8°36′E / 37.400°N 8.600°E /...
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    Tunisia Gulf of Gabès Gulf of Hammamet Gulf of Tunis Djerba Galite Islands Kerkennah Islands Chergui Gharbi Zembra Ichkeul Lake Lake Tritonis (former lake)...
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  • her and she blew up and sank 18 nautical miles (33 km) south of the Galite Islands, Tunisia. Empire Defiance was a 4,667 GRT cargo ship which was built...
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    1918, she was on the surface in the Mediterranean Sea north of the Galite Islands off the coast of Tunisia when she crossed paths with an Allied convoy...
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  • sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) east of the Galite Islands, Tunisia (38°07′N 9°28′E / 38.117°N 9.467°E / 38.117; 9.467) by SM U-33...
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  • hours due to numerous jellyfish stings. La Galite Channel in Tunisia on 31 July 1999, from La Galite Island to Cap Serrat, 40K, in 7 hours and 15 minutes...
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  • this when she blew up and sank 18 nautical miles (33 km) south of the Galite Islands, Tunisia. Four of her crew were killed. The survivors became prisoners...
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  • sunk in the Mediterranean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of the Galite Islands, Tunisia by SM UC-54 ( Imperial German Navy). Castrenzo Coppola  Italy...
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  • located along the Mediterranean coastline, and on a number of Tunisian islands. The list includes those marine lighthouses that are named landfall lights...
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  • 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012. "Dozens rescued after boat sinks off Solomon Islands". ABC Asia Pacific News. 28 May 2012. Archived from the original on 21...
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    The destroyer La Railleuse escorted them as far as the island of La Galite in the Galite Islands off the northern coast of Tunisia, where the La Melpomène-class...
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