Difference between revisions of "Staten Island"
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<p> 1, belonging to New York State, and comprising the county of Richmond; is a picturesque island (14 m. long), 5 m. SW. of New York, separated from Long Island by the Narrows and from New [[Jersey]] by the Kill van Kull and Staten Island Sound; pretty watering-villages skirt its shores, and Forts [[Richmond]] and Wadsworth guard the entrance to the Narrows. 2, A lofty, precipitous, and rugged island, snow-clad most of the year, belonging to Argentina, lying to the SE. of Tierra del Fuego, from which it is separated by Le Maire Strait (40 m.). </p> | Staten Island <ref name="term_80010" /> | ||
==References == | <p> 1, belonging to New York State, and comprising the county of Richmond; is a picturesque island (14 m. long), 5 m. SW. of New York, separated from Long Island by the Narrows and from New [[Jersey]] by the [[Kill]] van Kull and Staten Island Sound; pretty watering-villages skirt its shores, and Forts [[Richmond]] and Wadsworth guard the entrance to the Narrows. 2, A lofty, precipitous, and rugged island, snow-clad most of the year, belonging to Argentina, lying to the SE. of Tierra del Fuego, from which it is separated by Le Maire [[Strait]] (40 m.). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_80010"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/staten+island Staten Island from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_80010"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/staten+island Staten Island from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:01, 15 October 2021
Staten Island [1]
1, belonging to New York State, and comprising the county of Richmond; is a picturesque island (14 m. long), 5 m. SW. of New York, separated from Long Island by the Narrows and from New Jersey by the Kill van Kull and Staten Island Sound; pretty watering-villages skirt its shores, and Forts Richmond and Wadsworth guard the entrance to the Narrows. 2, A lofty, precipitous, and rugged island, snow-clad most of the year, belonging to Argentina, lying to the SE. of Tierra del Fuego, from which it is separated by Le Maire Strait (40 m.).
