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    60944 Côn Sơn Island Cambodia Laos Vietnam South China Sea Côn Sơn ([koŋ˧˧ ʂəːŋ˧˧] cong-suhng), also known as Côn Lôn is the largest island of the Côn Đảo...
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    Côn Đảo ("Côn Island") are an archipelago of Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province, in the Southeast region of Vietnam, and also a district (Vietnamese: Huyện Côn...
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    Côn Đảo Côn Đảo Prison (Vietnamese: Nhà tù Côn Đảo), also Côn Sơn Prison, is a prison on Côn Sơn Island (also known as Côn Lôn) the largest island of the...
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    Côn Đảo Airport or Côn Sơn Airport (IATA: VCS, ICAO: VVCS) is located on Côn Sơn Island, the largest island of Côn Đảo archipelago off the coast of Bà...
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    French colonialists in 1952, becoming the first woman to be executed at Côn Sơn Prison. Today she is considered a Vietnamese national martyr and heroine...
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    War Roosevelt Island (formerly Blackwell's Island), prison in the 19th century Terminal Island, a low security federal prison Côn Sơn Island, French colonial...
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  • T-59 tank and Bell UH-1H. MiG-21 at the Bien Hoa Museum Camp Carroll Côn Sơn Island Củ Chi tunnels In the middle of town is a war memorial commemorating...
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  • the Con Dao Prison. The cemetery is situated near the prison on Côn Sơn Island (also known as Côn Lôn) the largest island of the sixteen islands of the...
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  • Ghenh Hon Ba (Bình Thuận) Long Sơn Gò Găng Bãi Ngựa Cù lao Tào Hon Ba (Vũng Tàu) Côn Sơn Island (Côn Đảo) Hon Trung islands Hon Trung Lon (Big Egg) Hon Trung...
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    first time. When he was eighteen, he was sent to the penal colony on Côn Sơn Island in the South China Sea. Two further jail terms followed. In 1938, Thuỷ...
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  • commuted to life imprisonment with hard labour. He died in the notorious Côn Sơn Island prison in October 1943. While there he met several leaders of the Viet...
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  • Conson or Côn Sơn may refer to: Côn Sơn Island, an island located in Vietnam Diego Conson (born 1990), an Italian footballer List of storms named Conson...
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  • Ocean. The name was contributed by Vietnam, and comes from the name of Côn Sơn Island in Vietnam. Typhoon Conson (2004) (T0404, 07W, Frank) – struck Japan...
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    from Côn Sơn in 1941. Thereafter, under Japanese patronage, the Bình Xuyên grew rapidly, both in organization and influence. Bảy Viễn escaped Côn Sơn in...
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    41–42 cm (16–17 in) long. The subspecies R. b. condorensis of Vietnam's Côn Sơn Island averages only c. 30 cm (12 in) in head–and–body length and the tail...
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  • rock gecko or the Con Dao round eyed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Côn Sơn Island (also called Pulo...
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    for POWs and political prisoners in South Vietnam, such as the one on Côn Sơn Island.[citation needed] Mistreatment of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese prisoners...
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  • Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Côn Sơn Island in Vietnam. The specific name, condorensis, refers to the island's former English name, Pulo Condore...
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    1789) – Nepal and north India to south China and Indochina including Côn Sơn Island (off south Vietnam) C. m. tricolor (Vieillot, 1818) – west Malaysia...
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    The first apostle, Christopher Tärnström, died of a tropical fever on Côn Sơn Island in 1746. Tärnström's widow was angry with Linnaeus for making her children...
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    visited Saigon in the spring of 1959. She steamed to Da Nang, Côn Sơn Island, and Chàm Islands in 1965, and to Cam Ranh Bay in 1966. She also participated...
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    soldiers), and other equipment. Nguyễn Ánh ceded the Đà Nẵng estuary and Côn Sơn Island to France. The French were allowed to trade freely and control foreign...
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    others being imprisoned at the Poulo Condore jail island (Côn Sơn Island). Because of this Côn Sơn Island would become the best school for political prisoners...
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    west to Côn Sơn Island off Vietnam and down as far as Java. The History of Yuan uses the terms Qizhouyang (七洲洋, "The Ocean of Seven Islands") and Wanli...
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  • Saigon on 30 April 1975, and the next day rendezvoused with USS Kirk off Côn Sơn Island to be escorted to the Philippines. After settling in the United States...
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    East Sea Campaign (category Spratly Islands)
    Côn Sơn Island is the largest island with an area of 52 square kilometers, accounting for about 75% of the entire Côn Đảo archipelago. Côn Sơn is the largest...
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    in Congress. In 1970, Crane visited the South Vietnamese prison at Côn Sơn Island, and stated that the "tiger cages" were "cleaner than the average Vietnamese...
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    Tärnström never reached his destination, dying of a tropical fever on Côn Sơn Island the same year. Tärnström's widow blamed Linnaeus for making her children...
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    the "tiger cage" cells on the prison located on the island of Poulo Condore (modern Côn Sơn Island) in the South China Sea. Poulo Condore was regarded...
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    Whence he proceeded to the British settlement on Pulo Condore (now Côn Sơn Island) near the mouth of the Mekong River. On the morning of 3 March 1705...
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