The Shag Point Branch was a short branch off the Main South Line on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It left the main line about nine kilometres north of Palmerston at the small settlement of Shag Point to provide railway access to a nearby supply of coal. It was built in 1879 and ran until 1934.[1]
The ShagPointBranch was a short branch off the Main South Line on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It left the main line about nine...
Oamaru included the creation of two short branch lines along the way, the Moeraki Branch and the ShagPointBranch. On 7 September 1878 the route from Christchurch...
to Culverden) Little River Branch – extension to Akaroa Marsden PointBranch and its Waipu precursor Martinborough Branch Masterton – Waipukurau line...
living relatives of the Sulidae are the Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants and shags) and the Anhingidae (darters). The latter are somewhat intermediate between...
name Koau possibly relates to the pied shag Phalacrocorax varius, for which a Māori name is koau. Both branches of the Clutha are prone to flooding, and...
cormorants, it has wettable feathers and it is often found perched on a rock or branch with its wings held open to dry. The Oriental darter is like all other anhingas...
branch, but forms the closest relationship with the random-bred cat population in the Northeastern US (New York region). This Western European branch...
smaller fish are swallowed sideways or tail-first. The fish is stored in a branched bag in the throat and does not cause drag when in flight. Their white colour...
from the original (PDF) on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019. "Trapped in a shag pile time warp". The Guardian. 29 August 1999. Retrieved 2 May 2019. "Goodbye...
The Enfield Town branch is a suburban branch line in the England. In 2014 it is in fact the combination of the original Enfield branch which was built...
Chatham snipe and the shore plover. The endemic Chatham shag (IUCN classification CR), the Pitt shag (IUCN classification EN) and the Chatham albatross (IUCN...
describe mysterious men working for unknown organizations, as well as various branches of government allegedly tasked with protecting secrets or performing other...
are home to colonies of gannets, Manx shearwater, puffins, kittiwakes, shags and razorbills. In comparison, with 60 per cent of Wales above the 150m...
Tourism Reevaluation of Cheek Patterns of Juvenal-Plumaged Blue-Eyed and King Shags Nahuelito, Patagonian Lake Monster Satellite image of the Nahuel Huapi lake(2369x2328...
skirmish on West Falkland was perhaps the skirmish at Many BranchPoint, near Port Howard. Shag Cove saw several Argentine helicopters downed after British...
misrepresented Dogon ethnography. Various new religious movements including some branches of theosophy, Scientology, Raëlism, Aetherius Society, and Heaven's Gate...
exist. Orwell was a heavy smoker, who rolled his own cigarettes from strong shag tobacco, despite his bronchial condition. His penchant for the rugged life...
Willie Mays. After Koufax's retaliation, both benches were warned by umpire Shag Crawford; despite this, he asked Roseboro, "Who do you want me to get?" Not...
alien spacecraft, and the "monster" appears to be composed of a length of shag carpet draped over several actors. Notably, the creature's victims inexplicably...
at the Port of Sacramento) Prospect Slough Dickson Creek Lindsey Slough Shag Slough Yolo Bypass (jump to tributaries) – manmade floodway, occasionally...
paper in the state. The government of North Carolina is divided into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. These consist of the Council of...
judicial branches. The governor of South Carolina heads the executive branch; the South Carolina General Assembly heads the legislative branch; and the...
Island kōkako, South Island pied oystercatcher, Malherbe's parakeet, king shag, takahē, black-fronted tern, South Island robin, rock wren, wrybill, and...
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