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74 relations: Antarctic tern, Anthony de la Roché, Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic petrel, Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross, Biologist, BirdLife International, British Overseas Territories, Broad-billed prion, Brodifacoum, Brown skua, Cape Town, Cold front, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Diesel engine, Ecosystem, Edinburgh Peak, Gonçalo Álvares, Gonçalo de Amarante, Gough and Inaccessible Islands, Gough finch, Gough moorhen, Gough-Calthorpe family, Great shearwater, Great-winged petrel, Grey petrel, Grey-backed storm petrel, High island, House mouse, Important Bird Area, Inaccessible Island, Kerguelen petrel, Little shearwater, Martin Holdgate, Medic, Meteorology, Nature reserve, Nigel Morritt Wace, Nightingale Island, Northern rockhopper penguin, Oceanic climate, Prince Edward Islands, Radio, Ramsar Convention, Rat, Roaring Forties, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, S. A. Agulhas, S. A. Agulhas II, Sagina procumbens, ..., Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, SANAE, Scotia (barque), Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, Seabird, Shackleton–Rowett Expedition, Soft-plumaged petrel, Solar eclipse of September 12, 2034, Sooty albatross, South African National Antarctic Programme, South African Weather Service, South Georgia Island, Southern right whale, Subantarctic fur seal, Temperate climate, Tristan albatross, Tristan da Cunha, UNESCO, Vasco da Gama, Weather station, White-bellied storm petrel, White-faced storm petrel, William Speirs Bruce, World Heritage site. Expand index (24 more) »
Antarctic tern
The Antarctic tern (Sterna vittata) is a typical tern.
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Anthony de la Roché
Anthony de la Roché, born sometime in the 17th century, (spelled also Antoine de la Roché, Antonio de la Roché or Antonio de la Roca in some sources) was an English merchant born in London to a French Huguenot father and an English mother.
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Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.
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Atlantic petrel
The Atlantic petrel (Pterodroma incerta) is a gadfly petrel endemic to the South Atlantic Ocean.
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Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross
The Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos) is a large seabird in the albatross family.
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Biologist
A biologist, is a scientist who has specialized knowledge in the field of biology, the scientific study of life.
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BirdLife International
BirdLife International (formerly the International Council for Bird Preservation) is a global partnership of conservation organisations that strives to conserve birds, their habitats, and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources.
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British Overseas Territories
The British Overseas Territories (BOT) or United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UKOTs) are 14 territories under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United Kingdom.
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Broad-billed prion
The broad-billed prion (Pachyptila vittata) is a small seabird, but the largest prion, with grey upperparts plumage, and white underparts.
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Brodifacoum
Brodifacoum is a highly lethal 4-hydroxycoumarin vitamin K antagonist anticoagulant poison.
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Brown skua
The brown skua (Stercorarius antarcticus), also known as the Antarctic skua, subantarctic skua, southern great skua, southern skua, or hākoakoa (Māori), is a large seabird that breeds in the subantarctic and Antarctic zones and moves further north when not breeding.
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Cape Town
Cape Town (Kaapstad,; Xhosa: iKapa) is a coastal city in South Africa.
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Cold front
A cold front is the leading edge of a cooler mass of air, replacing at ground level a warmer mass of air, which lies within a fairly sharp surface trough of low pressure.
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Deutscher Wetterdienst
The Deutscher Wetterdienst or DWD for short, is the German Meteorological Office, based in Offenbach am Main, Germany, which monitors weather and meteorological conditions over Germany and provides weather services for the general public and for nautical, aviational or agricultural purposes.
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Diesel engine
The diesel engine (also known as a compression-ignition or CI engine), named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel which is injected into the combustion chamber is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression (adiabatic compression).
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Ecosystem
An ecosystem is a community made up of living organisms and nonliving components such as air, water, and mineral soil.
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Edinburgh Peak
Edinburgh Peak is the highest mountain in Gough Island, South Atlantic Ocean.
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Gonçalo Álvares
Gonçalo Álvares (?? – 1524) was a Portuguese explorer who actively participated in the Age of Discovery, starting from the second voyage of Diogo Cão.
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Gonçalo de Amarante
Blessed Gonçalo de Amarante (1187 - 10 January 1259) was a Portuguese Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Preachers.
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Gough and Inaccessible Islands
Gough and Inaccessible Islands is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the archipelago of Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic Ocean.
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Gough finch
The Gough finch or Gough bunting (Rowettia goughensis) is a critically endangered songbird species.
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Gough moorhen
The Gough moorhen (Gallinula comeri) is a medium-sized, almost flightless bird that is similar to the common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus), but is smaller, stockier, and has shorter wings.
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Gough-Calthorpe family
The Gough-Calthorpe family is descended from ancient and notable families who both held lands in the area around Birmingham, England.
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Great shearwater
The great shearwater (Ardenna gravis; formerly Puffinus gravis) is a large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae.
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Great-winged petrel
The great-winged petrel (Pterodroma macroptera) is a petrel.
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Grey petrel
The grey petrel (Procellaria cinerea), also called the brown petrel, pediunker or grey shearwater is a species of seabird in the Procellariidae, or petrel family.
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Grey-backed storm petrel
The grey-backed storm petrel (Garrodia nereis) is a species of seabird in the austral storm petrel family Oceanitidae.
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High island
In geology (and sometimes in archaeology), a high island or volcanic island is an island of volcanic origin.
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House mouse
The house mouse (Mus musculus) is a small mammal of the order Rodentia, characteristically having a pointed snout, small rounded ears, and a long naked or almost hairless tail.
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Important Bird Area
An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations.
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Inaccessible Island
Inaccessible Island is an extinct volcano (last active six million years ago) with Cairn Peak reaching 449 m.
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Kerguelen petrel
The Kerguelen petrel (Aphrodroma brevirostris) is a small (36 cm long) slate-grey seabird in the family Procellariidae.
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Little shearwater
The little shearwater (Puffinus assimilis) is a small shearwater in the petrel family Procellariidae.
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Martin Holdgate
Sir Martin Wyatt Holdgate CB (born 14 January 1931 in Horsham, England) is an English biologist and environmental scientist.
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Medic
A medic is an umbrella term for a person involved in medicine.
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Meteorology
Meteorology is a branch of the atmospheric sciences which includes atmospheric chemistry and atmospheric physics, with a major focus on weather forecasting.
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Nature reserve
A nature reserve (also called a natural reserve, bioreserve, (natural/nature) preserve, or (national/nature) conserve) is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research.
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Nigel Morritt Wace
Nigel Morritt Wace (10 January 1929 India – 4 February 2005 Canberra, Australia) was an authority on the plant life of the four Tristan da Cunha Islands, islands he first visited in 1955 when he visited Gough Island.
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Nightingale Island
Nightingale Island is an active volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, in area, part of the Tristan da Cunha group of islands.
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Northern rockhopper penguin
Recent studies show the northern rockhopper penguin, Moseley's rockhopper penguin, or Moseley's penguin (Eudyptes moseleyi) distinct from the southern rockhopper penguin.
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Oceanic climate
An oceanic or highland climate, also known as a marine or maritime climate, is the Köppen classification of climate typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, and generally features cool summers (relative to their latitude) and cool winters, with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature, with the exception for transitional areas to continental, subarctic and highland climates.
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Prince Edward Islands
The Prince Edward Islands are two small islands in the sub-antarctic Indian Ocean that are part of South Africa.
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Radio
Radio is the technology of using radio waves to carry information, such as sound, by systematically modulating properties of electromagnetic energy waves transmitted through space, such as their amplitude, frequency, phase, or pulse width.
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Ramsar Convention
The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands.
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Rat
Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents in the superfamily Muroidea.
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Roaring Forties
The Roaring Forties are strong westerly winds found in the Southern Hemisphere, generally between the latitudes of 40 and 50 degrees.
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Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is a charitable organisation registered in England and Wales and in Scotland.
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S. A. Agulhas
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Sagina procumbens
Sagina procumbens is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common names procumbent pearlwort, birdeye pearlwort and matted pearlwort.
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Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha is a British Overseas Territory located in the South Atlantic and consisting of the island of Saint Helena, Ascension Island and the archipelago of Tristan da Cunha.
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SANAE
SANAE is the South African National Antarctic Expedition.
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Scotia (barque)
Scotia was a barque that was built in 1872 as the Norwegian whaler Hekla.
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Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (SNAE), 1902–04, was organised and led by William Speirs Bruce, a natural scientist and former medical student from the University of Edinburgh.
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Seabird
Seabirds (also known as marine birds) are birds that are adapted to life within the marine environment.
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Shackleton–Rowett Expedition
The Shackleton–Rowett Expedition (1921–22) was Sir Ernest Shackleton's last Antarctic project, and the final episode in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
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Soft-plumaged petrel
The soft-plumaged petrel (Pterodroma mollis) is a species of seabird in the family Procellariidae.
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Solar eclipse of September 12, 2034
An annular solar eclipse will occur on September 12, 2034.
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Sooty albatross
The sooty albatross, dark-mantled sooty albatross or dark-mantled albatross,BirdLife International (2008b) (Phoebetria fusca), is a species of bird in the albatross family.
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South African National Antarctic Programme
The South African National Antarctic Programme (or SANAP) is the South African government's programme for research in the Antarctic and Subantarctic.
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South African Weather Service
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) is the meteorological service under the South African government's Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism.
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South Georgia Island
South Georgia is an island in the southern Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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Southern right whale
The southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) is a baleen whale, one of three species classified as right whales belonging to the genus Eubalaena.
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Subantarctic fur seal
The subantarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis) is found in the southern parts of the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic Oceans.
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Temperate climate
In geography, the temperate or tepid climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes, which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth.
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Tristan albatross
The Tristan albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) is a large seabird from the albatross family.
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Tristan da Cunha
Tristan da Cunha, colloquially Tristan, is both a remote group of volcanic islands in the south Atlantic Ocean and the main island of that group.
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UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris.
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Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (c. 1460s – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea.
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Weather station
A weather station is a facility, either on land or sea, with instruments and equipment for measuring atmospheric conditions to provide information for weather forecasts and to study the weather and climate.
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White-bellied storm petrel
The white-bellied storm petrel (Fregetta grallaria) is a species of seabird in the family Oceanitidae.
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White-faced storm petrel
The white-faced storm petrel (Pelagodroma marina), also known as white-faced petrel is a small seabird of the austral storm petrel family Oceanitidae.
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William Speirs Bruce
William Speirs Bruce (1 August 1867 – 28 October 1921) was a Scottish naturalist, polar scientist and oceanographer who organized and led the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (SNAE, 1902–04) to the South Orkney Islands and the Weddell Sea.
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World Heritage site
A World Heritage site is a landmark or area which is selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gough_Island
