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Shag Rocks (other)
Shag Rocks may refer to: * Shag Rocks (Massachusetts) * Shag Rocks, South Georgia The Shag Rocks ( es, Islas Aurora) are six small Islet, islets, as opposed to islands, in the westernmost extreme of South Georgia Island, South Georgia, west of the main island of South Georgia and off the Falkland Islands. The Shag Rocks a ... * Shag Rocks (Western Australia), rocks in Western Australia See also * Shag Reef * Shag Rock (other) {{geodis ...
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Shag Rocks (Massachusetts)
Shag Rocks are barren rocks situated 8 nautical miles offshore of Custom House Tower in downtown Boston, in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area and within the city limits of Boston. The rocks are northeast of Little Brewster Island and east of Great Brewster Island and have been the site of several shipwrecks. Boston Light Boston Light is a lighthouse located on Little Brewster Island in outer Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. The first lighthouse to be built on the site dates back to 1716, and was the first lighthouse to be built in what is now the United States. The c ... on Little Brewster Island warns mariners to steer clear of the rocks. Public access is impractical. References Boston Harbor islands Islands of Massachusetts Islands of Suffolk County, Massachusetts {{Boston-geo-stub ...
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Shag Rocks, South Georgia
The Shag Rocks ( es, Islas Aurora) are six small Islet, islets, as opposed to islands, in the westernmost extreme of South Georgia Island, South Georgia, west of the main island of South Georgia and off the Falkland Islands. The Shag Rocks are located at . further southeast is Black Rock, South Georgia, Black Rock, which is located at . The Shag Rocks cover a total area of less than . Situated on the South Georgia Ridge, they have a peak elevation above sea level of , and stand in water approximately deep. Temperatures average , rarely climbing above . There is no significant vegetation, but the rocks are covered by the guano of seabirds. The main wildlife found on the rocks are the South Georgia shags, Prion (bird), prions and wandering albatrosses. History The Shag Rocks were discovered by Jose de la Llana in 1762 with the Spanish ship ''Aurora (ship), Aurora'', and originally named the Aurora Islands, after his ship. They were visited by the Spanish ship ''English sh ...
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Shag Rocks (Western Australia)
Shag Rocks may refer to: * Shag Rocks (Massachusetts) * Shag Rocks, South Georgia The Shag Rocks ( es, Islas Aurora) are six small Islet, islets, as opposed to islands, in the westernmost extreme of South Georgia Island, South Georgia, west of the main island of South Georgia and off the Falkland Islands. The Shag Rocks a ... * Shag Rocks (Western Australia), rocks in Western Australia See also * Shag Reef * Shag Rock (other) {{geodis ...
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List Of Rocks In Western Australia, O-S
This list includes all gazetted rocks, boulders, pinnacles, crags, needles, pillars, rock formations, and tors in Western Australia, both inland and offshore. It does not include monoliths gazetted as Mountain, mounts or hills, such as Mount Augustus National Park, Mount Augustus. It is complete with respect to the 1996 Gazetteer of Australia.Gazetteer of Australia (1996). Belconnen, ACT: Australian Surveying and Land Information Group. Dubious names have been checked against the online 2004 data, and in all cases confirmed correct. However, if any rocks have been gazetted or deleted since 1996, this list does not reflect these changes. Strictly speaking, Australian place names are gazetted in capital letters only; the names in this list have been converted to mixed case in accordance with normal capitalisation conventions. Locations are as gazetted; some large rock formations may extend over large areas. See List of rocks in Western Australia for more. __TOC__ O P Q R ...
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Shag Reef
Shag Reef, part of the Sister Islands Conservation Area, is a small granite island, with an area of located in Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia. Location and features The Shag Reef is located north of Flinders Island in the Furneaux Group. The island has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports over 1% of the world population of black-faced cormorants, with 500-600 individual birds. As well as the cormorants, seabirds and waders recorded as breeding on the island include silver and Pacific gulls, Caspian terns and sooty oystercatchers. See also * Inner Sister Island * Outer Sister Island Outer Sister Island, part of the Sister Islands Conservation Area, is a granite and dolerite island, with an area of , located in Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia. Location and features The Outer Sister Island is located north of Flinders Isla ... References Furneaux Group Important Bird Areas of Tasmania {{Tasmania-geo-st ...
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