10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FARQUHAR ISLANDS»
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Islands in the Southern Indian Ocean, Westward of Longitude ...
A bank on which a depth of 11 fathoms was obtained lies 13 miles north-north—
west from Farquhar islands. FARQUHAR ISLANDS—(British), This group,
formerly known as~Joao de Nova, forms an atoll 11!; miles long in a north-east
and ...
Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept,
1891
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Islands in the Southern Indian Ocean, Westward of Longitude ...
A bank on which a depth of 11 fathoms was obtained lies 13 miles north-north-
west from Farquhar islands. FARQUHAR ISLANDS— (British). This group,
formerly known as.Joao de Nova, forms an atoll 1 1J miles long in a north-east
and ...
Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept,
1891
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Islands in the Southern Indian Ocean, Westward of Longitude ...
It is high water full and change at the Farquhar islands at 4 hours ; springs rise 7
feet, neaps 5 feet. At the anchorage, the flood (which is the stronger) runs east-
north-east and the ebb runs about west. Winds. — South-east winds prevail from
...
4
Indian ocean. Sailing directions for Mauritius and the ...
FARQUHAR ISLANDS. 61 Anchorage. — The most convenient anchorage to
communicate with Providence island, is in 19 fathoms, sand and coral, with the
village boat- house bearing S.E. by E., and the north extreme of the island N.E. £
E., ...
Admiralty hydrogr. dept,
1884
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Seychelles: The Bradt Travel Guide
Other Farquhar islands have also claimed craft, including SV StAbbs which in
1854, en route from London to Bombay, hit a reef.There were only six survivors
and an account by one of them, Edward Ross, is held in the Seychelles archives.
Lyn Mair, Lynnath Beckley,
2012
6
A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical ...
They are chiefly of coral structure. FARQUHAR'S ISLANDS (Govaaxou), a group
of islets, 9 in number, in the South Pacific, in S lat. 7° 40', and E long. 151° 30'.
They are enclosed on all sides except the S by the Lahou shoal. FARR. See Fan.
V bank on which a depth of 11 fathoms was obtained is reported to lie IB miles
332° from Farquhar Islands, and in a direct line between those islands and the
southern end of the Providence Reef. The British naval vessel Scalark obtained a
...
United States. Hydrographic Office,
1917
8
Seychelles Business Law Handbook: Strategic Information and Laws
When Seychelles became a separate colony, the other islands of the archipelago
, except for Coetivy and the Farquhar Islands, were added to the original group
acquired by Britain in 1814. Coetivy was transferred from Mauritius in 1908 and ...
Ibpus.com, International Business Publications, USA,
2012
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THE GAZETTEER OF THE WORLD
Pop. 150. Farquhar's Islands, a group of six islands in the Indian Ocean, NNE. of
Madagascar, and 750 miles NNW. of Bourbon — on the government of which
they are dependent— in lat. 10° 7' N., lon. 51° 13' E. They lie in a horse-shoe
form, ...
10
History of the Coelacanth Fishes
It is thought that the Comores lie at the southwestern end of a series of volcanic
islands which form an arcuate chain which clips northern Madagascar before
running north to the Farquhar Islands and the Seychelles (Fig. 2.10). Emeric and
...
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China and India's Strings of Pearls
In addition, Antsiranana on Madagascar, the Diego Garcia atoll as well as the Aldabra and Farquhar islands and Île Desroches in the ... «Atlantic Sentinel, Oct 10»