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Plum Island is a barrier island located off the northeastern coast of Massachusetts, north of Cape Ann, United States. It is approximately 11 miles (18 km) in length. The island is named for the wild beach plum shrubs that grow on its dunes, but is also famous for the purple sands at high tide, which derive their color from tiny crystals of pink pyrope garnet. It is located in parts of four ...
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The Sanibel Island Light or Point Ybel Light [2] was one of the first lighthouses on Florida 's Gulf coast north of Key West and the Dry Tortugas. The light, 98-foot above sea level, on an iron skeleton tower was first lit on August 20, 1884 and has a central spiral staircase beginning about 10 feet above the ground. [3] [4] It is located on the eastern tip of Sanibel Island, and was built to ...
Plum Island (New York), an island near Long Island, New York. Plum Island Animal Disease Center, a United States federal research facility dedicated to the study of animal diseases that is located on Plum Island, New York. Plum Island Light also known as Plum Gut Light, a lighthouse located on Plum Island, New York.
The hurricane-damaged Sanibel Causeway has reopened, slightly ahead of schedule after temporary repairs. But there are restrictions on who can travel across the road.
Crane Beach. Crane Beach is a 1,234-acre (4.99 km 2) conservation and recreation property located in Ipswich, Massachusetts, immediately north of Cape Ann. It consists of a four-mile-long (6 km) sandy beachfront, dunes, and a maritime pitch pine forest. Five and a half miles of hiking trails through the dunes and forest are accessible from the ...
NEW YORK CITY (Reuters) -U.S. cities are breaking decades-old temperature records this week as a heat wave stretches from central to eastern portions of the country, the National Weather Service ...
30th annual Essence Festival of Culture kicks off in New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The City of New Orleans on Thursday officially welcomed thousands of people descending on the Big Easy for ...