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    Wight (redirect from Barrow-wights)
    A wight is a being or thing. This general meaning is shared by cognate terms in Germanic languages, however the usage of the term varies greatly over time...
    16 KB (1,777 words) - 18:15, 21 October 2024
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    Utqiagvik, Alaska (redirect from Barrow, AK)
    UUT-kee-AH-vik; Inupiaq: Utqiaġvik, IPA: [utqe.ɑʁvik]), formerly known as Barrow (/ˈbæroʊ/ BARR-oh), is the borough seat and largest city of the North Slope...
    67 KB (6,417 words) - 21:38, 12 November 2024
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    is bordered by Morecambe Bay, the Duddon Estuary and the Irish Sea. In 2021, Barrow's population was 55,489, making it the second largest urban area in...
    153 KB (15,679 words) - 21:59, 19 November 2024
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    north.) Point Barrow is an important geographical landmark, marking the limit between two marginal seas of the Arctic Ocean, the Chukchi Sea to the west...
    12 KB (850 words) - 14:18, 19 May 2024
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    Tumulus (redirect from Barrow (archaeology))
    Bank barrow Bell barrow Bowl barrow D-shaped barrow – round barrow with a purposely flat edge at one side often defined by stone slabs. Disc barrow Fancy...
    98 KB (10,853 words) - 15:04, 25 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Borough of Barrow-in-Furness
    Barrow-in-Furness was a local government district with borough status in Cumbria, England. It was named after its main town, Barrow-in-Furness. Other...
    12 KB (765 words) - 22:01, 24 October 2024
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    River Barrow is at Glenbarrow in the Slieve Bloom Mountains in County Laois. Among the towns that the River Barrow passes through on its way to the sea beyond...
    11 KB (958 words) - 10:27, 7 November 2024
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    Adama Barrow (Fula: 𞤀𞥄𞤣𞤢𞤥𞤢 𞤄𞤢𞥄𞤪𞤮, romanized: Aadama Baaro, born 15 February 1965) is a Gambian politician and real estate developer who has...
    41 KB (3,990 words) - 11:03, 22 November 2024
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    Barrow-wights are wraith-like creatures in J. R. R. Tolkien's world of Middle-earth. In The Lord of the Rings, the four hobbits are trapped by a barrow-wight...
    20 KB (2,297 words) - 05:05, 9 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet
    Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, FRS, FRGS, FSA (19 June 1764 – 23 November 1848) was an English geographer, linguist, writer and civil servant best known...
    21 KB (2,332 words) - 08:51, 16 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Barrow's goldeneye
    Barrow's goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) is a medium-sized sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes. This bird was named after Sir John Barrow...
    13 KB (1,448 words) - 03:39, 22 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for USNS Point Barrow
    The USNS Point Barrow (T-AKD-1) was a one-of-a-kind "Cargo Ship Dock." She was the lone ship in her class, named for Point Barrow (the northernmost point...
    4 KB (330 words) - 16:25, 21 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Barrow Canyon
    Barrow Canyon is a submarine canyon that straddles the boundary between the Beaufort and Chukchi seas. Compared to other nearby areas and the Canada Basin...
    10 KB (1,198 words) - 16:02, 26 June 2024
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    by Point Barrow, Alaska, beyond which lies the Beaufort Sea. The Bering Strait forms its southernmost limit and connects it to the Bering Sea and the Pacific...
    20 KB (2,196 words) - 22:49, 20 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Aral Sea
    The Aral Sea (/ˈærəl/) was an endorheic lake (that is, without an outlet) lying between Kazakhstan to its north and Uzbekistan to its south, which began...
    85 KB (9,548 words) - 21:31, 20 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Barrow Offshore Wind Farm
    The Barrow Offshore Wind Farm is a 30 turbine 90MW capacity offshore wind farm in the East Irish Sea approximately seven kilometres (four nautical miles)...
    12 KB (965 words) - 17:53, 12 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport
    Post/Rogers Memorial, is a public airport located in Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow), the largest city and borough seat of the North Slope Borough of the U...
    8 KB (391 words) - 03:19, 9 November 2024
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    St Annes, Barrow-in-Furness Borough, and Cumbria. The Irish Sea has been described by Greenpeace as the most radioactively contaminated sea in the world...
    63 KB (6,048 words) - 00:43, 24 November 2024
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    Barrow refers to the enclosed dock system within the town of Barrow-in-Furness, England. Morecambe Bay is to the east of the port and the Irish Sea surrounds...
    24 KB (2,139 words) - 17:57, 29 September 2022
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    Walney Island (category Barrow-in-Furness)
    end of Morecambe Bay in the Irish Sea. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, it is part of Barrow-in-Furness, separated from the mainland...
    27 KB (2,873 words) - 10:10, 22 November 2024
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