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Peñas (other)
Peñas is a location in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. Peñas, meaning "rocky outcrops" or "rocky summits" in Spanish (Aragonese: ''Penyas'', Catalan: ''Penyas''), may also refer to: Geography * Gulf of Penas, a body of water located south of the Taitao Peninsula, Chile * Peñas Azules, a peak in Argentina * Peñas Blancas, a village and municipality in Río Negro Province in Argentina * Peñas del Chache, a rocky mountain located in the Famara massif * Peñas Chatas, a corregimiento in Ocú District, Herrera Province, Panama People * Adriana González-Peñas (born 1986), Spanish former professional tennis player * Ánxeles Penas (born 1943), Spanish poet * Maxine Penas (1946-2008), American politician and educator. * Mercedes Peñas Domingo (born 1968), Spanish–Costa Rican political scientist * Oscar Peñas (born 1972), Spanish-born jazz composer-guitarist based in New York * Óscar Peñas (born 1974), male judoka from Spain Other * Penas Air, regional airline service in In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulf Of Penas
The Gulf of Penas (''Golfo de Penas'' in Spanish, meaning "gulf of distress") is a body of water located south of the Taitao Peninsula, Chile. Geography It is open to the westerly storms of the Pacific Ocean, but it affords entrance to several natural harbours. Among these are the gulfs of Tres Montes and San Esteban and San Quintín, and Tarn Bay at the entrance to Messier Channel. To the south of the gulf lies Guayaneco Archipelago and to the east lies San Javier Island and then the mainland. History Spanish explorers and Jesuits, sailing south from Chiloé Archipelago in the 17th and 18th centuries, regularly avoided rounding the Taitao Peninsula by entering the Gulf, after a brief land crossing at the isthmus of Ofqui. In 1741, the British warship ran aground along the coast of (future) Wager Island, in the southeastern region of the Gulf, while attempting to tack from a lee shore during a storm. Some of the survivors were rescued by Chono chieftain Martín Olleta and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peñas Azules
Cerro Peñas Azules is a peak in Argentina with an elevation of metres. Peñas Azules is within the following mountain ranges: Argentine Andes and Puna de Atacama. It is located within the territory of the Argentinean province of La Rioja. Its slopes are within the administrative boundaries of the Argentinean city of Vinchina. First Ascent Peñas Azules was first climbed by Vicente Cichitti, Jorge Guajardo and Hermann Klark (Argentina) March 11th 1955. Elevation Data from available digital elevation model ASTER yields 5947 metres. The height of the nearest key col is 5187 meters, leading to a topographic prominence of 783 meters. Peñas Azules is considered a Mountain Subgroup according to the ''Dominance System'' and its dominance is 13.12%. Its parent peak is Pissis and the Topographic isolation is 30 kilometers The kilometre ( SI symbol: km; or ), spelt kilometer in American and Philippine English, is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peñas Blancas
Peñas Blancas is a village and municipality in Río Negro Province in Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt .... References Populated places in Río Negro Province {{RíoNegroAR-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peñas Del Chache
Peñas del Chache is the highest altitude of the island of Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, with a height of 672 meters above sea level. It is located in the north of the island, in the municipality of Haría (municipality), Haría. Toponymy The term Chache is of probably of Guanche language, Guanche origin. As for its possible meaning, the philologist Maximiano Trapero has proposed its translation as 'the height'. Characteristics Peñas del Chache is a rocky mountain located in the Famara massif. The top is occupied by an installation of the Air Surveillance Squadron. Geology Peñas del Chache is a basaltic intrusive formation dating from the Miocene period, and is part of the Famara volcanic edifice, one of the oldest massifs on the island. Vegetation The surroundings of the Peñas del Chache were characterized by thickets of the Canarian thermophilic forest in the past. However, historical human activity has caused its near disappearance, finding itself dominated by substitu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peñas Chatas
Peñas Chatas is a corregimiento in Ocú District, Herrera Province, Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ... with a population of 1,778 as of 2010. Its population as of 1990 was 1,836; its population as of 2000 was 1,811. References Corregimientos of Herrera Province {{Herrera-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriana González-Peñas
Adriana González-Peñas (30 March 1986) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. González-Peñas was French Open girls’ doubles champions 2003 with her compatriot Marta Fraga. June 2003 "Fraga y González, campeonas - Las españolas Marta Fraga y Adriana González-Penas se proclamaron campeonas en la categoría de dobles junior" As a professional, her career-high WTA rankings are 328 in singles and 313 in doubles. In her career, González-Peñas won four singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit
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Ánxeles Penas
Ánxeles Penas García (born 5 May 1943 in Teixeiro, Curtis, Spain) is a Spanish poet, first in Spanish and, since 1982, in Galician. She has also participated in more than 50 exhibitions as a sculptor and painter. Education She holds a degree in Philosophy and Letters from the University of Santiago de Compostela (1970) and in Fine Arts (sculpture specialty) from the Faculty of Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid (1986). In addition, she studied music at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de A Coruña. Career In the plastic arts field, she has the double skill of sculptor and painter and has participated in more than fifty exhibitions. Penas founded the Experimental Art Group ''A Carón'' in 1975. She is a member of ''Asociación Internacional de Amigos de la Universidad Libre Iberoamericana en Galicia'' (AULIGA), and sits on the Advisory Council of ''Serta'', an inter-Roman poetry magazine, which is affiliated with the National University of Distance Edu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxine Penas
Maxine Marilyn Penas (née Sluka) (October 6, 1946 – December 29, 2008) was an American politician and educator. Born in Roseau, Minnesota, Penas went to Corbett College at Mount Saint Benedict in Crookston, Minnesota. She then graduated from Saint Benedict College in 1968. She was a school teacher and farmer, and lived in Badger, Minnesota. Penas served in the Minnesota House of Representatives The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the U.S. state of Minnesota's Minnesota Legislature, legislature. It operates in conjunction with the Minnesota Senate, the state's upper chamber, to write and pass legislation, whic ... from 2001 to 2006 and was a Republican. She died in Roseau, Minnesota after suffering a stroke. Notes 1946 births 2008 deaths People from Roseau, Minnesota College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University alumni Educators from Minnesota American women educators Women state legislators in Minnesota Republican Party me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes Peñas Domingo
María Mercedes Peñas Domingo (born November 18, 1968) is a Spanish–Costa Rican political scientist and specialist in international development in Latin America. Peñas held the position of First Lady of Costa Rica from May 8, 2014 to May 8, 2018, as the partner of former Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solís. Biography Peñas was born in Madrid, Spain, on November 18, 1968. She first visited Costa Rica in August 1991 to attend the University for Peace (UPEACE), where she obtained a master's degree in International Relations, Peace, and Development Cooperation. Peñas spent two years studying at UPEACE in Costa Rica before returning to Spain after completing her master's degree. Two years later, she returned to Costa Rica to work at the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture's (IICA) Department of External Affairs. Additionally, she has worked as a consultant for the Rainforest Alliance, the European Union and the United Nations. Peñas has worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Peñas
Oscar Peñas Cambray (born August 13, 1972) is a jazz bandleader and composer-guitarist. He has been living in New York since 2007. Biography Oscar Peñas is a composer and guitarist born in Barcelona, Spain. He is known for leading small ensembles, composing, and organic fingerpicking. Peñas began his musical journey at eight, receiving training in classical guitar. He later attended the Taller de Músics and swapped to jazz while studying law at seventeen. During a visit to the USA 1997, he dropped out of law school in Barcelona and enrolled in a Professional Music program at Berklee College of Music. After graduating in 1999, he returned to his native Barcelona, Spain, where he led the Oscar Peñas Group (a.k.a. Astronautus). He recorded ''Astronautus'' (2003) and ''The Return of Astronautus'' (2005) with this group, both under the same label, Fresh Sound New Talent, and toured in Europe. In 2005, Peñas was awarded a scholarship to pursue a Master's degree in Music, Jazz St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Óscar Peñas
Óscar Peñas García (born 17 November 1974 in Madrid) is a male judoka from Spain, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics: 2000, 2004, and 2008. He was the 1999 European Judo Championships, 1999 European Judo Champion in the extra lightweight (60 kg) division. Achievements Notes References * External links * * * 1974 births Living people Spanish male judoka Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Spain Martial artists from Madrid Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in judo Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games {{Spain-judo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |