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Natural floating island on small lake in Finnish Lakeland
Uros island in Lake Titicaca

A floating island is a mass of floating aquatic plants, mud, and peat ranging in thickness from several centimeters to a few meters. Floating islands are found in many parts of the world. They exist less commonly as an artificial phenomenon. Floating islands are generally found on marshlands, lakes, and similar wetland locations, and can be many hectares in size.

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Floating island

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floating island is a mass of floating aquatic plants, mud, and peat ranging in thickness from several centimeters to a few meters. Floating islands are...

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Floating cities and islands in fiction

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In science fiction, floating cities and islands are a common trope, which range from cities and islands that float on water to ones that float in the...

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Seasteading

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included modified cruise ships, refitted oil platforms, and custom-built floating islands. Proponents say seasteads can "provide the means for rapid innovation...

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Uru people

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Peru. They live on a still-growing group of about 120 self-fashioned floating islands in Lake Titicaca near Puno. They form three main groups: the Uru-Chipaya...

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El Ojo

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rotating floating island located within a slightly larger circular lake in the Paraná Delta in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The island is unique...

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Lake island

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the craters of larger volcanoes. Other lake islands include ephemeral beds of floating vegetation, and islands artificially formed by human activity. Lakes...

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Forbes Island

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Forbes Island is a floating island and event space near Bradford Island, California, United States. It was formerly a restaurant, located between Pier...

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Prashar Lake

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dedicated to the sage Parashara situated on its bank. It contains a floating island. The lake was considered sacred by the sage Parashara, who meditated...

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The Seasteading Institute

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seasteaders floating island". www.seasteading.org. Retrieved 2022-06-28. Megson, Kim (2017-01-24). "French Polynesia could host world's first floating city after...

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Knuckles the Echidna

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series. As such, Knuckles has spent most of his life atop a floating island called Angel Island, guarding the Master Emerald from harm. He has grown up fairly...

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Pumice raft

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A pumice raft is a floating raft of pumice created by some eruptions of submarine volcanoes or coastal subaerial volcanoes. Pumice rafts have unique characteristics...

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Floating solar

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Floating solar or floating photovoltaics (FPV), sometimes called floatovoltaics, are solar panels mounted on a structure that floats on a body of water...

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Little Island at Pier 55

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Offenhartz, Jake (May 20, 2021). "Photos: Explore Little Island, NYC's Luxurious New Floating Park On The Hudson". Gothamist. Archived from the original...

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List of French desserts

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cream dessert Éclair – Cream-filled pastry Flaugnarde – French dessert Floating island – Dessert made with meringue and crème anglaise Galette des Rois -...

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Lake Titicaca

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of Juliaca, in the northern part of the lake. The "Floating Islands" are small, human-made islands constructed by the Uros (or Uru) people from layers...

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Dessert island

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Dessert island may refer to:: Floating island (dessert), an "island" of meringue floating in a "sea" of Crème anglaise Dessert Island (I Am Weasel), an...

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Floating mat

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a floating island. If the floating mats are stable and large enough, even trees can grow on them, as at the Kleiner Arbersee. Beneath the floating mats...

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List of islands of India

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Woman's Island Mahim Island Mazagaon Island Parel Island Worli Island Keibul Lamjao Island Floating Islands (Phumdi) Nongkhnum River Island Abdul Kalam...

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Makoko Floating School

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transform the water slum status of the Makoko waterfront community to a floating island by creating a functional building prototype. This prototype would have...

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Meringue

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of meringue: the sweetened, beaten egg whites that form the "islands" of floating island (also known in French as île flottante); the partly cooked toppings...

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Subnautica

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a life pod. After weeks of drifting they washed ashore on the Floating Island, an island (visitable in-game) held up by enormous buoyant creatures permanently...

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