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Index Of Bermuda-related Articles
The following is an alphabetical list of topics related to the British Overseas Territory of the Bermuda Islands. 0–9 * .bm– Internet country code top-level domain for Bermuda A * ACE Ltd. * Americas ** North AmericaGreater North America may be geographically subdivided into Northern America, Central America, and the Caribbean. *** Northern America Northern America is defined as the portion of greater North America north of Central America and the Caribbean Sea. Northern America most commonly includes Canada, the United States, Mexico, Greenland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Bermuda, the Bahamas, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. **** North Atlantic Ocean ***** Bermuda IslandsThe Bermuda Islands North Atlantic Ocean are usually considered a part of Northern America. * Anglican Church of Bermuda * Anglo-America * Annie's Bay, Bermuda * Anselm Genders * Antonio Pierce * Area code 441 * Arthur Heber Browne * Ashley House (Paget Parish, Bermuda) * Atla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenland
Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is the world's largest island. It is one of three constituent countries that form the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark and the Faroe Islands; the citizens of these countries are all citizens of Denmark and the European Union. Greenland's capital is Nuuk. Though a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe (specifically Norway and Denmark, the colonial powers) for more than a millennium, beginning in 986.The Fate of Greenland's Vikings , by Dale Mackenzie Brown, ''Archaeological Institute of America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashley House (Paget Parish, Bermuda)
Ashley House (previously named 'The Crosskeys') is a 17th-century cottage located at 15 Railway Trail in the parish of Paget, Bermuda. The original structure is believed to date from circa 1650. The Government of Bermuda has classified Ashley House as a Grade One listed property, one of only 60 such properties in the entire British Overseas Territory The British Overseas Territories (BOTs), also known as the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs), are fourteen dependent territory, territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom. They are the last remna .... A Grade One listing is applied to properties that are of significant historic and/or architectural importance to the country. Architectural features * Extensive use of juniper wood * Three large chimneys * Chimneys separated from the roofline, indicating the prior existence of a thatched roof * All original Bermuda Cedar beams * Casement-style windows Houses in Bermuda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Heber Browne
Arthur Heber Browne (186410 June 1951) was the inaugural Bishop of Bermuda. Born in 1864 and educated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, he was ordained in 1887. After a curacy at Berkeley, Gloucestershire he was appointed the Vicar of Northleach in 1890. He then served the Anglican Church in Canada before a lengthy spell as ''Missioner'' within the Diocese of Exeter. His final post (before his appointment to the episcopate) was at the united parish of ''St Michael and All Angels with All Saints , Paddington Paddington is an area within the City of Westminster, in Central London. First a medieval parish then a metropolitan borough, it was integrated with Westminster and Greater London in 1965. Three important landmarks of the district are Padd ...''. A colourful character, he died on 10 June 1951. References 1864 births 1951 deaths Alumni of St Edmund Hall, Oxford 20th-century Anglican bishops in Bermuda Anglican bishops of Bermuda {{Anglican-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Area Code 441
Area code 441 is the telephone area code for Bermuda. It was created by a split from the original area code 809 on 1 October 1995, although permissive dialing continued until 30 September 1996. When calling from countries and territories outside the North American Numbering Plan, the area code is prefixed by the international access code and the country code 1; for example from the United Kingdom, subscribers would dial 00 1 441. The Register, 2001, page 68 From 1995 to 1999, each of the groups of the various Caribbean and Atlantic islands using the North American Numbering ...
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Antonio Pierce
Antonio Durran Pierce (born October 26, 1978) is the linebackers coach for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League. He played college football for the University of Arizona. He was signed by the Washington Redskins as an undrafted free agent, and also played for the New York Giants. Early years Pierce played high school football at Paramount High School in Paramount, California. He played two years of football at Mount San Antonio College in Walnut, California, before transferring to the University of Arizona. As a senior at Arizona, he had three sacks, 77 tackles (ten for losses), two forced fumbles, one interception, and one blocked kick. Pierce was not taken in the 2001 NFL Draft after his senior year at Arizona because many NFL scouts considered him too undersized to play linebacker in the NFL. Professional career Washington Redskins The Washington Redskins signed him as an undrafted rookie free agent in 2001. He played in all 16 games as a rookie, wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anselm Genders
Anselm Genders CR, born Roger Marson Genders and also added the name of Alban when he joined the Royal Navy (15 August 1919 – 19 June 2008), was the Bishop of Bermuda from 1977 until 1982. Genders was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Birmingham and Brasenose College, Oxford during which time his studies were interrupted by wartime service with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. After graduation Genders taught briefly at Dame Allan's School (where he succeeded South African theologian John Suggitt) and then began a long association with the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield, becoming a monk in 1952. In 1955 he was sent as a tutor to Codrington College, Barbados eventually becoming its principal. A decade later he was sent to Rhodesia, working first in Penhalonga before being appointed Archdeacon of Manicaland. In 1977, Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury, asked him accept the Bermuda bishopric vacated by the death of Robert Stopford. Genders was ordained a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie's Bay, Bermuda
Annie's Bay is a picturesque bay in the northeast of Bermuda ) , anthem = " God Save the King" , song_type = National song , song = "Hail to Bermuda" , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , mapsize2 = , map_caption2 = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = , .... It occupies much of the east coast of Cooper's Island, in St. George's Parish. Access to the bay was restricted from 1942 to 1995, while the surrounding land was part of military bases (originally the US Army's Fort Bell and then the US Kindley Air Force Base). The bay is now open to the public and is a popular recreation area. References Bays of Bermuda St. George's Parish, Bermuda {{Bermuda-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglo-America
Anglo-America most often refers to a region in the Americas in which English is the main language and British culture and the British Empire have had significant historical, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural impact."Anglo-America", vol. 1, Micropædia, ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', 15th ed., Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 1990. . Anglo-America is distinct from Latin America, a region of the Americas where Romance languages (e.g., Spanish, Portuguese and French) are prevalent. The adjective "Anglo-American", however, often refers to a broader geographic and cultural framework always encompassing the United Kingdom, and often including countries such as Australia and New Zealand. The adjective is commonly used, for instance, in the phrase "Anglo-American law", a concept roughly coterminous with Common Law. Geographic region The term ''Anglo-America'' frequently refers specifically to the United States and Canada, by far the two most populous English-speaking coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Church Of Bermuda
The Anglican Church of Bermuda (as the Church of England in the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda was retitled in 1978) is a single diocese consisting of nine parishes and is part of the Anglican Communion, though not a part of an ecclesiastical province. The current Bishop of Bermuda, seated at the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity in the City of Hamilton, is Nicholas Dill who was installed on 29 May 2013. As an extra-provincial diocese, both metropolitan and primatial authority come directly from the Archbishop of Canterbury. Among its parish churches is St. Peter's Church in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of St. George's Town. St. George's is the oldest English town in the New World and St. Peter's is the oldest non-Roman Catholic church in the New World. History The first Church of England services in Bermuda were celebrated by the Reverend Richard Buck, one of the survivors of the 1609 wreck of the Sea Venture who began Bermuda's permanent settlement. Nine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe and Asia from the "New World" of the Americas in the European perception of the World. The Atlantic Ocean occupies an elongated, S-shaped basin extending longitudinally between Europe and Africa to the east, and North and South America to the west. As one component of the interconnected World Ocean, it is connected in the north to the Arctic Ocean, to the Pacific Ocean in the southwest, the Indian Ocean in the southeast, and the Southern Ocean in the south (other definitions describe the Atlantic as extending southward to Antarctica). The Atlantic Ocean is divided in two parts, by the Equatorial Counter Current, with the North(ern) Atlantic Ocean and the South(ern) Atlantic Ocean split at about 8°N. Scientific explorations of the At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turks And Caicos Islands
The Turks and Caicos Islands (abbreviated TCI; and ) are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Turks Islands, two groups of tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and northern West Indies. They are known primarily for tourism and as an offshore financial centre. The resident population in July 2021 was put at 57,196, making it the third-largest of the British overseas territories by population. The islands are southeast of Mayaguana in the Bahamas island chain and north of the island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic). Grand Turk (Cockburn Town), the capital since 1766, is situated on Grand Turk Island about east-southeast of Miami, United States. They have a total land area of . The islands were inhabited for centuries by indigenous peoples. The first recorded European sighting of them was in 1512. In subsequent centuries, they were claimed by several European powers, with the Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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