WebMasirah Island (Arabic: جَزِيْرَة مَصِيْرَة, romanized: Jazīrat Maṣīrah), also referred to as Mazeira Island or Wilāyat Maṣīrah (Arabic: وِلَايَة مَصِيْرَة), is an island off the east coast of mainland Oman in the Arabian Sea, and the largest island of the country.It is 95 km (59 mi) long north–south, between 12 and 14 km (7.5 and 8.7 mi) wide, with ...

WebUSS Niagara Falls (AFS–3), a Mars-class combat stores ship, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named after the City of Niagara Falls, New York.Commissioned into the US Navy on 29 April 1967, she served until September 1994, when she was transferred to the US Military Sealift Command to serve as USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS …

WebDie Mehrzahl aller Inseln gehört jeweils zum Staatsgebiet eines einzelnen Staates oder ist jeweils selbst ein Staat. Inseln, auf denen internationale politische Grenzen verlaufen, sind eine seltene Ausnahme, über die diese Liste geteilter Inseln einen Überblick gibt.

WebUSS Peacock was a sloop-of-war in the United States Navy during the War of 1812.. Peacock was authorized by Act of Congress 3 March 1813, laid down 9 July 1813, by Adam and Noah Brown at the New York Navy Yard, and launched on 19 September 1813. The Peacock served in the War of 1812, capturing twenty ships.Subsequently, the ship served …

WebRAFO Masirah: Barka: OOMN RAFO Musannah: Thumrait: OOTH TTH RAFO Thumrait: See also. Transport in Oman; List of airports by ICAO code: O#OO - Oman; Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: Asia#Oman; References "ICAO Location Indicators by State" . International Civil Aviation Organization. 2006-01-12.

WebUSS America (CVA/CV-66) was one of three Kitty Hawk-class supercarriers built for the United States Navy in the 1960s. Commissioned in 1965, she spent most of her career in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, but did make three Pacific deployments serving in the Vietnam War.She also served in the Persian Gulf War's operations Desert Shield and Desert …

WebAccording to Ahmed Addaghashi, a professor at Sanaa University, the Houthis began as a moderate theological movement that preached tolerance and held a broad-minded view of all the Yemeni peoples. Their first organization, "the Believing Youth" (BY), was founded in 1992 in Saada Governorate: 1008 by either Mohammed al-Houthi,: 98 or his brother …

WebPlus grandes îles par pays. Cette liste indique la plus grande île de chaque pays. Lorsque l'île est partagée entre plusieurs États, qu'elle ne correspond pas à un territoire métropolitain ou que la souveraineté du pays en question est contestée, la plus grande île du pays qui ne soit pas dans ce cas est également indiquée.

WebThe Rosetta Stone is a stele composed of granodiorite inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in Memphis, Egypt, in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty on behalf of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes.The top and middle texts are in Ancient Egyptian using hieroglyphic and Demotic scripts respectively, while the bottom is in Ancient Greek.The decree has …

WebOman (/ oʊ ˈ m ɑː n / oh-MAHN; Arabic: عُمَان ʿUmān [ʕʊˈmaːn]), officially the Sultanate of Oman (Arabic: سلْطنةُ عُمان Salṭanat(u) ʻUmān), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia.It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of the Persian Gulf.Oman shares land borders with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab ...