Infobox islands name HochelagaArchipelago image name Archipel Hochelaga.PNG image caption Map of the HochelagaArchipelago image size image map native name Archipel d Hochelaga native name link French language nickname location Saint Lawrence River coordinates coord 45 32 58 N 73 39 02 W region CA QC type isle source CGNDB scale 500000 display inline,title total islands 320 major islands le de Montr al , le J sus , le Perrot , le Bizard highest mount Mont Royal elevation m 234 location of highest mount l le de Montr al country flag Canada country admin divisions title Provinces and territories of Canada Province country admin divisions flag Quebec country admin divisions title 1 City country admin divisions 1 flag Montreal additional info discovered 1535 by Jacques Cartier Image FAH Ile ... Eustache, Quebec Saint Eustache in the Rivi re des Mille les . The HochelagaArchipelago , also known as the Montreal Islands French archipel d Hochelaga , is a group of islands at the confluence ... the modern city of Montreal. See also Montreal Archipelago Ecological Park Thousand Islands References reflist Montreal Category Islands of Quebec Category HochelagaArchipelago Category Geography ... of Quebec , Canada . Size Estimates of the number of islands in the archipelago vary. The most widely accepted number seems to be 234, ref cite web url http www.britannica.com eb topic 268541 HochelagaArchipelago title Encyclop dia Britannica accessdate 2008 01 11 format HTML work Online encyclopedia ... 74 smaller islands in the archipelago, most notably Nuns Island , le Bizard and the two islands that served ... largest island in the archipelago is le J sus , which along with the les Laval and several smaller ... de la Visitation le Wight Name The archipelago takes its name from Hochelega village Hochelega , an Iroquois ... Geography of Mont r gie ca Arxip lag d Hochelaga de Hochelaga Archipel es Archipi lago de Hochelaga fr Archipel d Hochelaga pl Archipel d Hochelaga pt Arquip lago de Hochelaga ru ... more details
Hochelaga may refer to HochelagaHochelaga village , a 16th century village on the Island of Montreal HochelagaArchipelago , Montreal and surrounding islands Hochelaga, a 19th century town eventually annexed to Montreal, now part of the neighbourhood of Hochelaga Maisonneuve Hochelaga electoral district , a federal electoral district within Montreal Hochelaga provincial electoral district , a former provincial electoral district in Quebec Hochelaga film , a movie about Montreal biker gangs HMCS Hochelaga see also Hochelaga Maisonneuve , a neighbourhood of Montreal Hochelaga Maisonneuve provincial electoral district , a current provincial electoral district in Quebec Mercier Hochelaga Maisonneuve , borough of Montreal disambig place name de Hochelaga Begriffskl rung fr Hochelaga ... more details
Use mdy dates date October 2011 Infobox settlement official name Hochelaga settlement type Village native ... list embed yes designation1 Canada Hochelaga meaning beaver dam or beaver lake was a St. Lawrence ..., and named the mountain he saw nearby, Mount Royal. Several names in and around Montreal and the HochelagaArchipelago are due to him. A stone marker recalling the former village was placed in 1925 on land ... National Historic Site of Canada . ref cite web title Hochelaga url http www.pc.gc.ca apps lhn nhs det E.asp?oqSID 0654&oqeName Hochelaga&oqfName Hochelaga work Directory of Designations of National ... Hochelaga August 1, 2011 ref Location The primary source of documentation that allows us to appreciate ... titled La Terra de Hochelaga nella Nova Francia illustrating, in the European manner of the period ... fr fr15.htm Presentation of La Terra de Hochelaga ref A reproduction of La Terra de Hochelaga by Paul ... as the cause of the disappearance of Hochelaga, possibly coming from Stadacona . The inhabitants ... that Hochelaga was at the Dawson site, discovered in 1860 close to McGill University . The site appears ... of the mountain. This hypothesis isn t very well supported, since La Terra de Hochelaga is a second ... village, that Hochelaga was close to and adjoining a mountain and that he went to Mount Royal a distance of a quarter league of the site Hochelaga , the distance that, in fact, separates the basin ... Royal have come up empty. The exact location of Hochelaga remains unknown. Discovery Future site of Montreal Image Hochelaga village circa 1535 Project Gutenberg etext 20110.jpg thumb upright 1 La Terra de Hochelaga Nella Nova Francia 1909 The arrival of Jacques Cartier in Hochelaga at the foot ... Montreal blocked his route. He would then visit Hochelaga, which he described in Bref Recit ... Cartier got to Hochelaga. Furthermore, the three rapids described by Cartier on a subsequent expedition ... troupe arrived in the vicinity of Hochelaga. As night fell, he withdrew with his men aboard the boats ... more details
About the district other uses Hochelaga disambiguation Hochelaga Original research date July 2008 Refimprove date July 2008 Image March Maisonneuve.jpg thumb right 300px March Maisonneuve, in Hochelaga Maisonneuve Hochelaga Maisonneuve is a district of Montreal , Quebec , situated on the eastern half of the island, generally to the south and south west of the city s Olympic Stadium Montreal Olympic Stadium . A part of the Montreal borough borough of Mercier Hochelaga Maisonneuve , its borders are roughly rue Moreau to the west, rue Sherbrooke to the north, rue Viau to the east, and the Saint Lawrence River to the south. Its population of 129 110 persons is a mix of working class French speaking Quebecer Qu b cois , welfare recipients, students and recent immigrants . Locally, it is abbreviated as HoMa or Chlag . Named after the First Nations village of Hochelaga encountered in 1535 1536 by the explorer Jacques Cartier , this neighborhood at one time was believed to be the location of the prehistoric village. Historians and anthropologists have not reached agreement on the location of Hochelaga , a village of the St. Lawrence Iroquoians , who spoke a Laurentian language and were distinct from the Iroquois nations of the Haudenosaunee . ref http books.google.com books?id T3NQ1lsaHs0C&pg PA214&lpg PA214&dq The Disappearance of the St. Lawrence Iroquoians&source bl&ots tq1jiNS2sf&sig Z6z2g4fSPdAjHTc1KhG1dC b8l8&hl en&ei CVdoS7jbAoWjnQfIv6CsBw&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum ..., 1976, pp. 214 218, accessed 2 Feb 2010 ref Nevertheless, it is generally agreed that the village of Hochelaga ... was not located in the vicinity of Hochelaga Maisonneuve. Despite being one of the poorest areas ... to come, eternally... See also Hochelaga electoral district Hochelaga , federal electoral district Hochelaga Maisonneuve provincial electoral district Hochelaga Maisonneuve , provincial electoral district ... Category First Nations history Category History of Montreal fr Hochelaga Maisonneuve ... more details
Infobox ship begin Infobox ship image Ship image File HMCS Hochelaga CN 3400.jpg 300px HMCS Hochelaga Ship caption HMCS Hochelaga , with a QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun 12 pounder visible forward. Infobox ship career Hide header Ship country Canada Ship flag Ship name HMCS Hochelaga Ship namesake Ship ordered Ship builder Hawthorn & Company, Leith , Scotland Ship laid down Ship launched 1900 Ship acquired 1914 Ship commissioned 13 August 1915 Ship decommissioned 31 March 1920 Ship in service Ship out of service Ship renamed HaChayal Ha Ivri , 1946 Ship struck Ship reinstated Ship honours Ship fate Seized by Royal Navy , 1946 Ship status Ship notes Infobox ship characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship class Ship displacement 628 tons Ship length convert 193 ft m abbr on Ship beam convert 28 ft m abbr on Ship draught convert 15 ft m abbr on Ship draft Ship propulsion Ship speed convert 12 kn km h Ship range Ship complement Ship sensors Ship EW Ship armament 1 QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun 12 pounder Ship armour Ship armor Ship aircraft Ship aircraft facilities Ship notes HMCS Hochelaga was a commissioned patrol vessel of the Royal Canadian Navy RCN that served in the World War I First World War and postwar until 1920. Originally the yacht Waturus , she was acquired by the RCN in 1914. After performing coastguard duties for a number of years, she was sold and became a Pictou Charlottetown ferry . Sold again in 1942, she was eventually renamed HaChayal Ha Ivri Jewish Soldier and used in a 1946 attempt to carry Jewish immigrants to Palestine , now known as Israel , at the time British mandate of Palestine controlled by the British . Departing Antwerp on 14 July 1946 and carrying some 550 passengers, she was seized off Haifa by the British destroyer HMS Saumarez G12 HMS Saumarez . References http www.hazegray.org navhist canada ww1 convert Converted civilian vessels ... DEFAULTSORT Hmcs Hochelaga Category Patrol vessels of the Royal Canadian Navy Category Jewish immigrant ... more details
Infobox Film name Hochelaga image image size caption DVD cover of Hochelaga director Michel Jett producer Michel Jett br Louise Sabourin writer Michel Jett narrator starring Dominic Darceuil br David Boutin br Ronald Houle br Michel Charette music Gilles Gr goire cinematography Larry Lynn editing distributor Cin ma Libre released September 1, 2000 runtime 130 min. country Canada language French language French budget Canadian dollar CAD 1 million preceded by followed by Hochelaga is a French language Canadian crime drama written and directed by Michel Jett . Produced in the year 2000 , it stars Dominic Darceuil as a young would be criminal and his deepening involvement with an outlaw motorcycle club during the Quebec Biker war . Cast Dominic Darceuil ... Marc David Boutin ... Finger Ronald Houle ... Massif Jean Nicolas Verreault ... Eric Nose Beaupr Michel Charette ... Bof Deano Clavet ... Tatou Claudia Hurtubise ... Coco Patrick Peuvion ... Frais Chi Paul Dion ... Popeye Mich le P loquin ... M re de Marc Andr Lacoste ... Stash Michael D Amico ... Motton Catherine Trudeau ... Louise External links imdb title id 0215850 Amg movie 220905 Please do not remove the 3 primary film categories Year, Country, Language end of primary film categories Category 2000 films Category Canadian films Category Quebec films Category French language films Category Canadian drama films Category 2000s crime films Category Films shot in Montreal Category Films set in Montreal crime film stub fr Hochelaga film ru , 2000 ... more details
Hochelaga Maisonneuve formerly known as Maisonneuve was a federal electoral district Canada electoral district in Quebec , Canada , that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 2004. It was created in 1976 as Maisonneuve riding from parts of Hochelaga electoral district Hochelaga , Lafontaine electoral district Lafontaine and Maisonneuve Rosemont electoral district Canada ridings . It was renamed Hochelaga Maisonneuve in 1978. The riding was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into Hochelaga, Honor Mercier electoral district Honor Mercier and La Pointe de l le electoral district La Pointe de l le ridings. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following Member of Parliament Members of Parliament Serge Joyal , Liberal Party of Canada Liberal 1979 1988 Allan Koury , Progressive Conservative Party of Canada Progressive Conservative 1988 1993 R al M nard , Bloc Qu b cois 1993 2004 Election results CanElec1 1979 Canadian elections Liberals Serge Joyal JOYAL, Serge align right 21,059 Canadian elections Social Credit AUBRY, Andr align right 3,769 Canadian elections Progressive Conservatives COUTU, Andr align right 3,605 Canadian elections Not affiliated LAVOIE, Jacques align right 1,837 Canadian elections NDP GAGNON SIROIS, Marie Ange align right 1,746 Canadian elections Rhino BOUFFARD, Daniel Bouf Bouf align right 1,097 Canadian elections Union Populaire CHARTRAND, R ginald Reggie align right 644 Canadian elections Marxist Leninist CHENIER, Pierre align right 114 Canadian elections Communist FERLAND, Danielle align right 92 Canadian elections Not affiliated DUGR , Michel align right 60 end CanElec1 1980 Canadian elections Liberals Serge Joyal JOYAL, Serge align right 21,138 Canadian elections NDP GAGNON SIROIS, Marie Ange align right ... LOP HFER hfer.asp?Language E&Search Det&rid 288&Include Riding history for Hochelaga Maisonneuve from ... fr Hochelaga Maisonneuve ... more details
About a chain of islands File MerguiArchipelagoMap.png thumb The Mergui Archipelago An archipelago IPAc en icon r k p l o respell ark i PEL goh , sometimes called an island group , is a chain or cluster of island s. The word archipelago is derived from the Greek language Greek arkhi chief and p lagos sea through the Italian arcipelago . In Italian language Italian , possibly following a tradition of Ancient Greece antiquity , the Arcipelago from medieval Greek Linguistic reconstruction was the proper name for the Aegean Sea and, later, usage shifted to refer to the Aegean Islands since the sea is remarkable for its large number of islands . It is now used to refer to any island group or, sometimes, to a sea containing a large number of scattered islands such as the Aegean Sea. ref cite web url http www.thefreedictionary.com archipelago title Archipelago accessdate 2008 10 02 year 2008 publisher Farlex, Inc. archiveurl http www.thefreedictionary.com archipelago archivedate 2008 ref Types of archipelago Image Ksamil Islets.jpg thumb left 235px The Ksamil Islands Ksamil Archipelago in Albania Image Fernando noronha.jpg thumb left 235px The archipelago of Fernando de Noronha Archipelagos may be found isolated in bodies of water or neighboring a large ... an archipelago. Archipelagos are often volcano volcanic , forming along island arc s generated ... publications the world factbook geos id.html accessdate 2008 12 07 ref The archipelago with the most islands is the Archipelago Sea in Finland . See also Portal Geography Island arc Geography Earth science Geomorphology Landform List of landforms Plate tectonics Island country Earthsea The World archipelago ... wstitle Archipelago http www.environmentalgraffiti.com featured island archipelagos 3612 30 Most ... xmf ms Kepulauan nl Archipel ja no Arkipel nn ygruppe oc Archip la pap Archipelago ... scn Arcip lacu simple Archipelago sk S ostrovie sl Oto je sr sh Arhipelag fi Saaristo ... more details
Infobox settlement name The Archipelago official name settlement type Township nickname motto image skyline Miv03.jpg imagesize image caption image flag flag size 120x100px image shield shield size 100x90px image map mapsize pushpin map Canada Ontario pushpin mapsize 200 pushpin label The Archipelago pushpin label position top latd 45 latm 35 latNS N longd 80 longm 23 longEW W coordinates display inline,title coordinates region CA ON subdivision type Country subdivision name CAN subdivision type1 Province subdivision name1 ON subdivision type2 District subdivision name2 Parry Sound District, Ontario Parry Sound established title Settled established date established title2 Incorporated established date2 1980 government type Township leader title Reeve leader name Peter Ketchum leader title1 ... Contains&SearchPR 01&B1 All&Custom The Archipelago community profile ref population total 576 ... footnotes The Archipelago is a township Canada township in central Ontario , Canada , along ... index.php?option com content&view article&id 23&Itemid 16 title History of the Archipelago publisher Township of The Archipelago accessdate 2010 07 26 ref The township is characterized ... of Georgian Bay South Archipelago and Georgian Bay North Archipelago were formed out of unincorporated ..., the Township of the Archipelago was formed on April 1, 1980, when the townships of Georgian Bay South Archipelago and Georgian Bay North Archipelago merged. ref name TA hist Demographics According to the 2006 ... map accessdate 2009 06 13 cite web title The Archipelago url http www12.statcan.ca census recensement ... Township of The Archipelago North part Geographic location Centre The Archipelago ... Centre The Archipelago North Wasauksing First Nation Parry Island FN Northeast East Seguin, Ontario ... Parry Sound District DEFAULTSORT Archipelago, The Category Township municipalities in Ontario Category Municipalities in Parry Sound District, Ontario Ontario geo stub pl The Archipelago ... more details
Refimprove date June 2007 Hochelaga was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec , Canada . Formed in 1867 and located in the Montreal region, it existed until 1912, when it was part of Montreal Hochelaga until 1923. The name Hochelaga was reused when the riding of Hochelaga Maisonneuve provincial electoral district Hochelaga Maisonneuve was formed in 1989. It was named after the former aboriginal village of Hochelaga, Quebec Hochelaga where today is located Montreal which existed when France , led by explorer Jacques Cartier discovered territories including the current Island of Montreal and what became New France until 1760. Members of Legislative Assembly Riding of Hochelaga Louis Beaubien , Parti conservateur du Quebec Conservative Party 1867 1886 Joseph Octave Villeneuve , Conservative Party 1886 1887 Charles Champagne , Quebec Liberal Party Liberal 1888 1890 Joseph Octave Villeneuve, Conservative Party 1890 1897 Daniel J r mie Decarie , Liberal 1897 1904 J r mie Louis Decarie , Liberal 1904 1912 Riding of Montreal Hochelaga S verin Letourneau , Liberal 1912 1919 Joseph Hercule B dard , Liberal 1919 1923 References http www.quebecpolitique.com elections et referendums circonscriptions elections dans hochelaga Election results Coord missing Quebec DEFAULTSORT Hochelaga Provincial Electoral District Category Former Quebec provincial electoral districts ... more details
Infobox settlement name Mercier Hochelaga Maisonneuve native name settlement type Boroughs of Montreal ... size image map Carte localisation Montr al Mercier Hochelaga Maisonneuve.svg mapsize 275px map caption Map of the island of Montreal, with Mercier Hochelaga Maisonneuve in red. pushpin map pushpin label ... footnotes Infobox ends Mercier Hochelaga Maisonneuve is a Montreal borough borough of Montreal ... Hochelaga Maisonneuve. In 1860, Hochelaga developed as a village counting a little more than 1000 ... through Hochelaga the railway was renamed the Canadian Pacific in 1881 further catalyzing its industrial development and encouraging urbanization. In December 1883, Hochelaga was annexed to the city of Montreal against the demands of proprietors in Hochelaga. In response, they founded the village ... of welfare, especially in Hochelaga Maisonneuve . ref Portrait du Territoire, L Arrondissement Mercier Hochelaga Maisonneuve . United Way of Canada Centreaide du Grand Montr al , Service d ... Montreal Merger municipal mergers . It is composed of the Hochelaga Maisonneuve , Mercier Ouest ... s area and its urban character. Demographics There are 128,440 inhabitants 46 085 in Hochelaga ... 1996 and 2001 it grew roughly 2.3 . However this growth was mainly concentrated in the Hochelaga ... continued decreasing. It is worth noting that the population in Hochelaga Maisonneuve decreased 48 between ... of the three sectors differ, namely because of the varying population densities. Hochelaga ... in Hochelaga Maisonneuve and Mercier Est . 92.9 of the population speaks French at home, the highest ... living in Hochelaga Maisonneuve 9 or Mercier Est 10 . Many Italians are concentrated in the Louis ..., Vietnam, Algeria and France. The sectors also differ when it comes to age demographics. Hochelaga Maisonneuve ... tenants of the Hochelaga Maisonneuve district, taking up residents in renewed abandoned ... to gentrification in the area, specifically in the Hochelaga district. The average family income ... more details
Information Description Canadian patrol vessel HMCS Hochelaga. Source Canadian Navy Heritage website. Image Negative Number CN 3400 br Downloaded from http www.navy.gc.ca project pride photo archive photo archive description page e.asp?ImgNegNum CN 3400 Date 1915 1920 Author Photographer not identified. Credit National Defence Permission PD Canada other versions ... more details
Infobox Canada electoral district name Hochelaga Maisonneuve province Quebec image caption prov status active prov created 1988 prov abolished prov election first 1989 prov election last 2008 prov rep Carole Poirier prov rep link prov rep party PQ prov rep party link Parti Qu b cois demo census date 2006 demo pop 55168 demo electors 41210 demo electors date 2008 demo area 9.9 demo cd Hochelaga , Maisonneuve demo csd Montreal Hochelaga Maisonneuve is a provincial electoral district in Quebec , Canada , that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec . The district is located in Montreal . It is bordered to the West by the Canadian National Railway yard, to the South by the Saint Lawrence River to the North by Rachel Street Rachel and Sherbrooke Street Sherbrooke Streets and to the East by Frontenac Street . The riding was created in 1988 from parts of Maisonneuve provincial electoral district Maisonneuve and Sainte Marie provincial electoral district Sainte Marie . Members of the National Assembly Louise Harel , Parti Qu b cois 1989 2008 Carole Poirier , Parti Qu b cois 2008 Election results Election box begin title Quebec general election, 2008 Canadian politics party colours PQ row Parti qu b cois Carole Poirier align right 10,529 align right 54.32 align right Canadian politics ..., 2003 Electoral District Hochelaga Maisonneuve electoral district Election box begin title Quebec general ... election, 1994 Electoral District Hochelaga Maisonneuve electoral district Election box begin ... elections et referendums circonscriptions elections dans hochelaga maisonneuve Election results ... carte.php?lang fr&bsq 388 Map of Hochelaga Maisonneuve http www.electionsquebec.qc.ca english provincial ... districts The territory of the riding mostly covers the borough of Mercier Hochelaga Maisonneuve ... district Mercier Center Hochelaga Maisonneuve South Marie Victorin electoral district Marie Victorin ... districts of Montreal Category Quebec provincial electoral districts Hochelaga Maisonneuve fr Hochelaga ... more details
Infobox Canada electoral district name Hochelaga province Quebec image Hochelaga.png caption Hochelaga in relation to other electoral districts in Montreal fed status active fed district number 24021 fed ... Montreal Hochelaga formerly known as Sainte Marie and Montreal Sainte Marie is a federal electoral ... includes the neighbourhood of Hochelaga Maisonneuve and the western part of the neighbourhood of Longue Pointe in the Borough of Mercier Hochelaga Maisonneuve , the eastern part of the neighbourhood ... of Hochelaga was created in 1867 covering the entire eastern part of the Island of Montreal . In 1976 ... Rosemont ridings. Hochelaga riding was recreated in 2003 from parts of Hochelaga Maisonneuve and Laurier ... colspan 2 Member Party colspan 5 align center Hochelaga bgcolor CCCCCC 1st Canadian Parliament 1st 1867 ... colspan 5 align center Laurier Sainte Marie , Rosemont electoral district Rosemont and Hochelaga Maisonneuve from 1987 2003 colspan 5 align center Hochelaga bgcolor CCCCCC 38th Canadian Parliament ... results Hochelaga, 2004 preseent Canadian federal election, 2011 Electoral District Hochelaga electoral district Canadian federal by election, November 9, 2009 Electoral District Hochelaga electoral district Canadian federal election, 2008 Electoral District Hochelaga electoral district Canadian federal election, 2006 Electoral District Hochelaga electoral district Canadian federal election, 2004 Electoral District Hochelaga electoral district Montreal Sainte Marie, 1984 1988 CanElec4 1984 CanElec4Row ... valid votes 33,010 100.00 end Hochelaga, 1867 1979 CanElec4 by 14 October 1975 Pelletier resigned ... Det&Include Y&rid 287 Hochelaga 1867 1976 http www2.parl.gc.ca Sites LOP HFER hfer.asp?Language ... HFER hfer.asp?Language E&Search Det&Include Y&rid 1395 Hochelaga 2004 present Ridings in Montreal Ridings in Quebec coord missing Quebec DEFAULTSORT Hochelaga Electoral District Category Quebec federal electoral districts Category Federal electoral districts of Montreal fr Hochelaga circonscription ... more details
Wiktionary archipelago An archipelago is a landform which consists of a chain or cluster of islands. It may also refer to In geography The Archipelago, Ontario , a township in Canada on Georgian Bay Duchy of the Archipelago , a maritime state created in the Aegean Sea the Cyclades in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade In music Archipelago album Archipelago , a live album by the American group, Land band Land The Golden Archipelago , a 2010 album by Shearwater band Shearwater Archipelago, an indie folk rock band from Brooklyn, NY In film Archipelago film Archipelago , a 2010 British film by Joanna Hogg In other fields The Gulag Archipelago , a novel about the Soviet slave labor and concentration camp system by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn NYSE Arca , an abbreviation of Archipelago Exchange, an online stock exchange owned by the NYSE Group Bismarck Archipelago Campaign , a military campaign from 15 December 1943 to 27 November 1944 Archipelago Tomorrow , a local right wing French political movement Archipelago Books , a book publisher. Archipelagos video game , a 1989 video game for the Atari ST, Amiga and PC Disambig fr Archipel homonymie hr Arhipelag razdvojba ... more details
Gorong archipelago is between Watubela archipelago and Seram Island Ceram in the Molucca Islands . Maluku geo stub coord missing Indonesia Category Archipelagoes of Indonesia nl Gorong ... more details
File Chonos.jpg thumb right 250px Satellite image of Los Lagos Region Los Lagos and Ais n Region . Guaitecas Archipelago is marked with light blue, Chonos Archipelago with dark blue and Chilo Archipelago is marked with red. Guaitecas Archipelago Spanish Archipi lago de las Guaitecas is an archipelago in the municipality of Guaitecas in the Ais n province. The Cipr s de las Guaitecas Spanish for Pilgerodendron tree is named after the archipelago. The only settlement in the archipelago is Melinka, Chile Melinka . coord missing Chile Category Islands of Ais n Region Category Archipelagoes of Chile Category Archipelagoes of the Pacific Ocean Ais n geo stub es Archipi lago de las Guaitecas fr Archipel de las Guaitecas ka pt Arquip lago das Guaitecas ... more details
Location map Atlantic Ocean label Wilhelm Archipelago lon dir W lat dir S lat deg 65 lat min 8 lon deg 64 lon min 20 position right width 300 float right mark Cercle rouge 100 .svg marksize 20 caption Location of the Wilhelm Archipelago Image Booth Island.jpg left 250px thumb Booth Island from the south, Lemaire Channel barely visible on the right Wilhelm Archipelago coord 65 8 S 64 20 W is an island archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula in Antarctica . Wilhelm Archipelago consists of a myriad of islands, the largest of which are Booth Island and Hovgaard Island . The archipelago extends from Bismarck Strait southwest to Lumus Rock , off the west coast of Graham Land . It was discovered by a German expedition under Eduard Dallmann , 1873 74. He named them for Wilhelm I , then Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia. See also Southwind Passage usgs gazetteer Category Islands of Antarctica Category Archipelagoes of the Southern Ocean Category Wilhelm Archipelago WilhelmArchipelago geo stub de Wilhelm Archipel es Archipi lago Wilhelm fr Archipel Wilhelm it Arcipelago Wilhelm no Wilhelm Archipelago pt Arquip lago Wilhelm ... more details
Turku archipelago may refer to Archipelago Sea , part of the Baltic Sea outside the Finnish city of Turku Islands of Turku , islands inside the city limits of Turku See also boland , the Swedish speaking part of the Archipelago Sea, excluding land, i.e. V st boland and Kimito n Turunmaa , the Finnish name for boland above disambig es Archipi lago de Turku ... more details
Orphan date April 2010 The Oura Archipelago is a group of islands near the city of Pori in Finland . It is a part of the municipality of Merikarvia . The archipelago consists of approximately 300 islands. The Oura Archipelago is famous for the annual Oura Opera Festival. Finland geo stub coord 60 29 40 N 21 25 41 E source kolossus eswiki display title Category Islands of Finland es Archipi lago Oura ... more details
Image Capri and Ischia map.png thumb Map of the Campanian Archipelago The Campanian Archipelago Italian language Italian Arcipelago Campano is an archipelago in Tyrrhenian Sea , in southwestern Italy . It comprises 5 islands Capri , Ischia , Nisida , Procida and Vivara , each of which is part of the province of Naples . The ancient name of this archipelago was Isole Partenopee The Partenopee Islands and it was originally extended to Pontine Islands . Nowadays, these islands are considered part of a different archipelago. Campania Campania geo stub coord 40.6671 14.0955 dim 30000 region IT display title Category Islands of Campania de Kampanischer Archipel es Archipi lago Campano fr Archipel campanien hr Kampanijsko oto je it Arcipelago Campano la Parthenopae insulae nl Campanische Archipel no Campano yene nn Campano yane sl Neapeljsko oto je ... more details
unreferenced date March 2009 File Alor.png thumb 400px right Location of Alor archipelago File Sirung volcano, Pantar island, Alor Archipelago, Indonesia.jpg thumb 180px right Pantar, one of islands File Kangge island, next to Pantar island, Alor Archipelago, Indonesia.jpg thumb 180px right Kangge, one of the smallest islands in archipelago The Alor Archipelago is located at the easternmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands . Alor Island Alor is the largest island in the archipelago which is located at its eastern end. Other islands in the archipelago include Pantar , Kepa , Buaya , Ternate Alor not to be confused with Ternate , North Maluku North Moluccas , Pura Indonesia Pura and Tereweng . Administratively, the Alor archipelago forms its own Alor Regency regency Indonesian kabupaten within the province of East Nusa Tenggara . The Regency is divided into seventeen subdistricts and 158 villages, and has a population estimated in 2008 at 180,487. To the east of the archipelago is the Ombai Strait , which separates it from the islands of Wetar and Atauro , the latter belonging to East Timor . To the south, across the Strait of Alor , lies the western part of Timor . To the north lies the Banda Sea . To the west lies the rest of the Sunda Islands . External links wikitravel Alor Archipelago Van Galen s Memorandum on the Alor Islands in 1946, part 1 http lnu.se polopoly fs 1.24684 HumaNetten 2C 20Nr 2025 2C 20v C3 A5ren 202010.pdf Van Galen s Memorandum on the Alor Islands in 1946, part 2 http lnu.se polopoly fs 1.61220 Nr 27 2C hosten 2011.pdf portal Indonesia coord 8.25 S 124.75 E source kolossus frwiki display title Category Alor Archipelago Category Archipelagoes of Indonesia Category Lesser Sunda Islands ENusaTenggara geo stub ar cs Alorsk souostrov nl Alorarchipel pl Wyspy Alor pt Arquip lago de Alor zh ... more details
About the archipelago indigenous peoples Chono people and Chonos tribe Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 File Chonos.jpg thumb right 250px Satellite image of Los Lagos Region Los Lagos and Ais n Region . Chonos Archipelago is marked with dark blue, Guaitecas Archipelago with light blue and Chilo Archipelago is marked with red. Image Archipielago de los Chonos.jpg thumb right 250px Chonos Archipelago can be seen in the upper right portion of the image. Chonos Archipelago Lang es Archipi lago de los Chonos is a series of low mountainous elongated island s with deep bays, traces of a submerged Chilean Coast Range . Most of the islands are forested with little or no human settlement. The deep Moraleda Channel separates the islands of the Chonos Archipelago from the mainland of Chile and from Magdalena Island, Aysen, Chile Magdalena Island . The largest islands are Melchor Island , Benjamin Island , Traiguen Island , Riveros Island , Cuptana Island , James Island Chile James Island , Victoria Island Chile Victoria Island , Simpson Island , Level Island , Luz Island . Far out in the Pacific is Guamblin Island with the Isla Guamblin National Park . The National park comprises about 106 km . Blue whales can often be seen here. Some groups of islands are grouped into minor archipelagoes such as the Guaitecas Archipelago . Guaitecas Archipelago have its own municipality and possesses the only settlement in the archipelago, Melinka, Chile Melinka . All islands are part of the Ais n Region . coord 45.1333 S 73.95 W source kolossus dewiki display title Category Archipelagoes of Chile Category Archipelagoes of the Pacific Ocean Category Islands of Ais n Region Category Ecoregions of Chile Ais n geo stub de Chonos Archipel es Archipi lago de los Chonos fr Archipel des Chonos gl Arquip lago dos Chonos ka lt onoso salynas pt Arquip lago de Chonos sv Archipielago de los Chonos tr Chonos Tak madalar uk zh ... more details
Oskarshamn archipelago is a cluster of island and islets in the Baltic Sea , located in the south east of Sweden within the borders of Oskarshamn municipality. General description The archipelago extends roughly 55 kilometers in a north south direction, with a chain of islands along the coastline of Sm land . The archipelago consists of approximately 5,500 islands and islets. Most of the islands consist of granite rock. The bedrock has been shaped and smoothed by the glaciers at the end of the last ice age , about 11,000 years ago. The largest island named Runn is located in the south part of the archipelago. Other larger islands are Bl Jungfrun national park , Fur , Stor , Ek and Vin . Boat travelling There are tourist boats which cruise the waters of Oskarshamn archipelago. There are also five guest harbours for leisure boating, for example in Oskarshamn and in Figeholm as well as natural harbours on many of the islands. Gallery gallery File Oskarshamns sk rg rd.jpg Island outside Oskarshamn . File Bl Jungfrun.jpg Bl Jungfrun National Park . File Furon.JPG Fur n . gallery coord 57 13.122 N 16 29.598 E display title DEFAULTSORT Oskarshamn Archipelago Category Archipelagoes of the Baltic Sea Category Islands of Sweden es Archipi lago de Oskarshamn sv Oskarshamns sk rg rd ... more details
The Solomon Archipelago is a marine ecoregion of the Pacific Ocean . It includes the tropical ocean waters surrounding most of the Solomon Islands excluding the Santa Cruz Islands , which are part of the Vanuatu marine ecoregion , and the waters surrounding the Bougainville Province Bougainville , Buka , and Tabar Islands of Papua New Guinea . According to the WWF Nature Conservancy system, the Solomon Archipelago is part of the Eastern Coral Triangle marine province of the Central Indo Pacific marine realm . References Spalding, Mark D., Helen E. Fox, Gerald R. Allen, Nick Davidson et al. Marine Ecoregions of the World A Bioregionalization of Coastal and Shelf Areas . Bioscience Vol. 57 No. 7, July August 2007, pp. 573 583. commons Category Solomon Archipelago Solomon Archipelago ecoregion stub Category Marine ecoregions ... more details
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