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Skellig Michael (from Sceilig Mhichíl in the Irish language, meaning Michael's rock), also known as Great Skellig, is a steep rocky island in the Atlantic Ocean about 9 miles (14.5 kilometres) from the coast of County Kerry, Ireland. It is the larger of the two Skellig Islands. After probably being founded in the 7th century, for 600 years the island was a cent...
Skerry Battery is a Second World War coastal artillery emplacement that was armed with two 12-pounder guns. It is situated on the western entrance to Scapa Flow and formed part of the key defences for the British naval fleet when harbouring in the Flow. It is remarkably complete and in excellent condition, resulting in its statutory protection as a designated schedule...
Skerryvore is a remote reef that lies off the west coast of Scotland, 12 miles (19 kilometres) south-west of the island of Tiree. Skerryvore is best known as the name given to the lighthouse on the skerry, built with some difficulty between 1838 and 1844 by Alan Stevenson.
At a height of 156 feet (48 m) it is the tallest lighthouse in Scotland. The shore station was a...
The Skete of Saint Andrew, also the Skete of Apostle Andrew and Great Anthony or Skiti Agiou Andrea in Karyes is a monastic institution (skete) on Mount Athos. It is a dependency of Vatopedi Monastery and is the site of the Athonias Ecclesiastical Academy.
The Skete (a smaller, dependent monastic house) had its origins when Patriarch Athanasius II of Constantinople re...
Skiathos Alexandros Papadiamantis Airport (IATA: JSI, ICAO: LGSK) is an airport on the island of Skiathos, Greece. Its 5,341-foot(1628 meters) runway is able to accommodate aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 767-200. The runway is characterised as 'short and narrow'. Because of the uneven terrain on the island of Skiathos, Skiathos Airport was created by reclaiming l...
Skidegate is a Haida community in Haida Gwaii in British Columbia, Canada. It is on the southeast coast of Graham Island, the largest island in the archipelago, and is approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of mainland British Columbia across Hecate Strait.
Skidegate, which is on Skidegate Indian Reserve No. 1 and was formerly home to the Skidegate Mission...
Skidoo lies at an elevation of 5689 feet (1734 m) and is a virtual ghost town located in Death Valley National Park. It is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Skidoo ghost town has over 1000 mines.
Skidoo was famous in the first decade of the 20th century when gold had been found in the area. Within a decade the town had been abandoned, however, and now no st...
Skinari Lighthouse is on the nothern most tip of Zakynthos Island, Greece. It was built in 1897, and is still active today. It's tower is 9.5 meters high.
The Skinny House at 44 Hull Street in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, is an extremely narrow four-story house reported by the Boston Globe as having the "uncontested distinction of being the narrowest house in Boston." According to the executive director of the Boston Landmarks Commission, "In a city where there are many narrow lots, this far exceeds the ...
Skinwalker Ranch, previously known as Sherman Ranch, is a property of approximately 512 acres (207 ha),[a] located southeast of Ballard, Utah, that is reputed to be the site of paranormal and UFO-related activities. Its name is taken from the skin-walker of Navajo legend concerning vengeful shamans.
UFO reports in the Uintah Basin were publicized in the 1970s. C...
Skippers Canyon is a historic and scenic gorge, some 22 kilometres in length, that is located several kilometres north of Queenstown. Skippers Canyon houses the Shotover River, one of New Zealand's richest gold bearing rivers which was named by William Gilbert Rees.
The first bridge that enabled the gold miners to safely reach Skippers Point was a suspension stru...
The canyon and Skippers Point were named after 'Skipper' Malcolm Duncan, who discovered gold in the canyon in 1862. Born in Northern Ireland, Duncan served for a number of years on American ships, hence the nickname 'Skipper'. Duncan took part in the gold rush and discovered gold at Skippers Creek, which soon became known as Skippers Point or simply 'Skippers'.
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The Skitube Alpine Railway is an 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in), standard gauge track electric rack railway in the Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales, Australia. It provides access to the snowfields at Blue Cow Mountain and the Perisher Valley.
The Swiss-designed railway provides easy access between the Alpine Way at Bullocks Flat and the Perisher Blue ski re...
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