Isle of Wight
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/54468
- Note
- "The Isle of Wight (/waɪt/) is a county and the largest and second-most populous island in England. It is in the English Channel, between 2 and 5 miles off the coast of Hampshire, separated by the Solent. The island has resorts that have been holiday destinations since Victorian times, and is known for its mild climate, coastal scenery, and verdant landscape of fields, downland and chines. The island is designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
The island has been home to the poets Swinburne and Tennyson and to Queen Victoria, who built her much-loved summer residence and final home Osborne House at East Cowes. It has a maritime and industrial tradition including boat-building, sail-making, the manufacture of flying boats, the hovercraft, and Britain´s space rockets. The island hosts annual music festivals including the Isle of Wight Festival, which in 1970 was the largest rock music event ever held. It has well-conserved wildlife and some of the richest cliffs and quarries for dinosaur fossils in Europe." - (en.wikipedia.org 29.02.2020) - Latitude
- 50.666667938232
- Longitude
- -1.2666666507721
- Inhabitants
- 139,798
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George Zobel: Queen Victoria mit Prinz Arthur
Queen Vicoria mit Prinz...
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Image: Le Petit Salon - Winterhalter in Menzenschwand - CC BY-NC-SA -
Landschaftsstudie - England - Freshwater Kirche
Im Vordergrund Wasserfläche...
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Image: Gerda und Klaus Tschira Stiftung - CC BY-NC-ND -
Landschaftsstudie - England - Needles
Needles [Nadeln] vor der...
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Image: Gerda und Klaus Tschira Stiftung - CC BY-NC-ND -
Landschaftsstudie - England - Freshwater Bay, Arched Rock
Blick auf den, einen...
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Image: Gerda und Klaus Tschira Stiftung - CC BY-NC-ND -
Landschaftsstudie - England - Ryde
Landschaftsstudie mit...
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Image: Gerda und Klaus Tschira Stiftung - CC BY-NC-ND
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