An ocean world, ocean planet, water world, aquaplanet, or panthalassic planet, is a type of terrestrial planet that contains a substantial amount of water as hydrosphere on its surface or as a subsurface ocean.Often to the point of having no dry land. The term ocean world is also used sometimes for astronomical bodies with an ocean composed of a different fluid or …

The Pacific Ocean theater of World War II was a major theater of the Pacific War, the war between the Allies and the Empire of Japan.It was defined by the Allied powers' Pacific Ocean Area command, which included most of the Pacific Ocean and its islands, while mainland Asia was excluded, as were the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies, Borneo, Australia, most of the Territory …

Friendly Floatees are plastic rubber ducks marketed by The First Years and made famous by the work of Curtis Ebbesmeyer, an oceanographer who models ocean currents on the basis of flotsam movements. Ebbesmeyer studied the movements of a consignment of 28,800 Friendly Floatees—yellow ducks, red beavers, blue turtles, and green frogs—that were washed into the …

A country is a distinct territorial body, a state, nation, or other political entity. It may be a sovereign state or part of a larger state, and may be a non-sovereign or formerly sovereign political division, a physical territory with a government, or a geographic region associated with sets of previously independent or differently associated peoples with distinct political characteristics.

World Nomad Games (Kyrgyz: Дүйнөлүк көчмөндөр оюндары) are an international sport competition dedicated to ethnic sports practiced in Central Asia.The first three World Nomad Games were held in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan.The fourth games are due to be held in Iznik, Turkey between September 29th and October 2nd 2022.

The Arctic Circle is one of the two polar circles, and the most northerly of the five major circles of latitude as shown on maps of Earth.Its southern equivalent is the Antarctic Circle.. The Arctic Circle marks the southernmost latitude at which, on the December solstice, the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, the sun will not rise all day, and on the June solstice, the ...

For the ocean and coastal waters of the United States, only about 35 percent has been mapped with modern methods. NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration and Research is leading efforts to explore the ocean by supporting expeditions to investigate and document its unknown and little known regions. These expeditions are led by scientist-explorers ...

Route Halifax Saint-Pierre Ocean Race is an ocean race held in late June or early July, every two years (in opposite years from the Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race), from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada for a distance of approximately 350 nautical miles (650 km) to Saint-Pierre, in the French Archipelago of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon off of coastal Newfoundland.

The Ptolemy world map is a map of the world known to Greco-Roman societies in the 2nd century. It is based on the description contained in Ptolemy's book Geography, written c. 150.Based on an inscription in several of the earliest surviving manuscripts, it is traditionally credited to Agathodaemon of Alexandria.. Notable features of Ptolemy's map is the first use of …

La Volvo Ocean Race (un tempo Whitbread Round the World Race) è una gara di vela intorno al mondo, che si tiene ogni tre anni. Prende il nome dal suo attuale proprietario, Volvo.Al momento i Paesi Bassi detengono il record di vittorie assolute con tre successi. L'olandese Conny van Rietschoten è l'unico ad aver vinto la gara per due volte.. La regata parte in genere dall'Europa …

The 2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race was the 11th edition of the round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race, yacht race which started with an in-port race in Alicante, Spain on 29 October 2011 with six Volvo Open 70 yachts at the start line and ended with an in-port race in Galway, Ireland on 7 July 2012. The 39,270 NM route involved stopovers and in-port races in Cape Town, Abu Dhabi, Sanya, …

CSCL Globe is a container ship owned and operated by COSCO Shipping and previously, China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL). The first of a class of five ships intended for Asia-Europe trade routes, she was the largest container ship in the world at the time of her launch in November 2014, with a maximum capacity of 19,100 twenty-foot containers.

Ocean Colour Scene (often abbreviated to OCS) are an English rock band formed in Solihull in 1989. They have had five top 10 albums including a number one in 1997. They have also achieved seventeen top 40 singles and six top 10 singles to date.