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Noroît (vent)
Noroît is French word meaning North-West wind. It may refer to: * ''Noroît'' (film), a 1976 French film * Noroît Seamount, a seamount in the Caribbean Sea *RV ''Le Noroît'', a defunct research vessel, sister ship of RV ''Le Suroît'' {{Disambiguation ...
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Noroît (film)
''Noroît (Une vengeance)'' is a 1976 experimental Adventure film, adventure fantasy film, fantasy drama film, drama directed by Jacques Rivette. The title is an alteration of ''nord-ouest'' (north-west), meaning the direction or the wind from that direction (in English, a "nor'wester"). The story is loosely based on Thomas Middleton's ''The Revenger's Tragedy''. The film stars Geraldine Chaplin and Bernadette Lafont as pirates. ''Noroît'' would have followed ''Duelle'' (1976) as the third episode of the intended four-film series ''Scènes de la vie parallèle'' (the first being a supernatural love story and the fourth a musical). Plot On a beach, Morag (Chaplin) weeps over the lifeless corpse of her brother, Shane and vows to avenge his death. Shane was killed by Giulia (Lafont), the leader of a band of pirates that inhabit the island's castle. Amongst Giulia's band are three men, Jacob, Ludovico and Arno. Morag enlists Erika to be a spy in the pirate's castle and she is employ ...
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Noroît Seamount
Noroit Seamount is a seamount in the Caribbean Sea, in the Anegada Passage. It is also spelled Noroît Seamount after the French survey and research vessel RV ''Le Noroît'' () which was operated by IFREMER. It is also known as Noroit Knoll. Several research projects are conducted in vicinity of Noroit Seamount. Geology The seamount is a (relatively young) inactive submarine volcano, located on the boundary between the North American Plate and the Caribbean Plate.Earthquake, Landslide, and Tsunami Hazards in the Northeastern Caribbean—Insights from a 2013 E/V Nautilus Expedition


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