Biak Archipelago (redirect from Schoutens)
The Biak Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Biak, also Schouten Islands or Geelvink Islands) are an island group of Papua province, eastern Indonesia in the...
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the Jurassic Lemaire Formation, composed of tuffs and lavas. The Islas Año Nuevo, Isla Observatoria, and the Caleta Lacroix region on the west coast, however...
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Maire, although by good right it should rather have been called Willem Schouten Straight, after our Masters Name, by whose wise conduction and skill in...
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identified by mariners and first rounded in 1616 by the Dutchmen Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire, who named it Kaap Hoorn after the city of Hoorn in...
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Annobón Bioko São Tomé e Príncipe Bissagos Islands Canary Islands Islas de Elobey Islas Kai Hai Cabo Verde Islands Saint Helena Tristan da Cunha Turtle...
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Tiburones) they were named Islas Infortunadas (Unfortunate Islands in Spanish). Dutch explorers Jacob le Maire and Willem Schouten arrived at Puka-Puka on...
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between Isla de los Estados ("Staten Island") and the eastern extremity of the Argentine portion of Tierra del Fuego. Jacob Le Maire and Willem Schouten discovered...
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Zone (not a true fracture zone) Bouvet Fracture Zone Moshesh Fracture Zone Islas Orcadas Fracture Zone Shaka Fracture Zone Dutoit Fracture Zone Prince Edward...
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1528, the "La Florida" discovered the Schouten Islands and landed on Yapen. These were charted respectively as "Islas de Oro" (Golden Islands) and "Payne"...
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charted as Paine within the Islas de Oro (Golden Islands in Spanish), as they called Yapen and the present day Schoutens. In 1545 it was visited by Íñigo...
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