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Valette Island (60°46′S 44°36′W / 60.767°S 44.600°W / -60.767; -44.600) is an island, 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) long, lying in the west side of the entrance to Mill Cove on the south side of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Charted by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902–1904, under Bruce, who named it for L.H. Valette, Argentine meteorologist at the Laurie Island station during 1904.

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Valette Island

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Valette Island (60°46′S 44°36′W / 60.767°S 44.600°W / -60.767; -44.600) is an island, 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) long, lying in the west side of the...

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List of islands of the United Kingdom

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Island Signy Island Valette Island South Shetland Islands Aitcho Islands Barrientos Island Emeline Island Jorge Island Cecilia Island, named Isla Torre...

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Jean Parisot de Valette

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Fra' Jean "Parisot" de (la) Valette (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ paʁizo d(ə) (la) valɛt]; c. 4 February 1495 – 21 August 1568) was a French nobleman and...

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Great Siege of Malta

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knights' heroic defence that money soon began pouring into the island, allowing de Valette to construct a fortified city, Valletta, on Mt. Sciberras. His...

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MV Jean de La Valette

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MV or HSC Jean de La Valette (JDLV) is a high-speed catamaran ferry owned and operated by Virtu Ferries. Built by Austal in 2010, it is one of the largest...

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Malta

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Barbary Coast in North Africa. The knights, led by Frenchman Jean Parisot de Valette, withstood the Great Siege of Malta by the Ottomans in 1565. The knights...

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Valletta

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city was named after the Frenchman Jean Parisot de Valette, who succeeded in defending the island against an Ottoman invasion during the Great Siege of...

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Antoine Lavalette

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Antoine Lavalette, SJ (also de La Valette, and born Valete; 26 October 1708 – 13 December 1767) was a French Jesuit priest and missionary known for his...

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Angels in Iron

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flee the island. If given the command, a dashing young knight named Jean Parisot de Valette would have stood the onslaught and defended the island. After...

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Malta International Airport

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operated on concession agreements. The airport offers one VIP lounge, the La Valette Club. The airport also hosts several maintenance facilities including those...

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Hospitaller Tripoli

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truce was signed between Ottoman Sultan Suleiman and Charles V. Jean de Valette was appointed as Governor of Tripoli in 1546, and he reformed the city's...

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Knights Hospitaller

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The building and fortification of Valletta, named for Grand Master la Valette, was begun in 1566, soon becoming the home port of one of the Mediterranean's...

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Hospitaller Malta

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Senglea and withdrawal to Fort St. Angelo, Grand Master Jean Parisot de Valette refused. The Viceroy of Sicily had not sent help; possibly the Viceroy's...

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List of American films of 2008

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Call Warner Bros. Pictures / Alcon Entertainment / Kadokawa Pictures Eric Valette (director); Andrew Klavan (screenplay); Shannyn Sossamon, Edward Burns...

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Dmitry Rybolovlev

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as Sotheby's senior director and vice-chairman for private sales Samuel Valette. According to the Art Newspaper, the correspondence reveals "that Bouvier...

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German fortification of Guernsey

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S-Boat facilities amounted to fuel tanks installed in Ho. 4 tunnels at La Valette in St Peter Port, to hold 480 tons of fuel.: 104  However, U-Boats in Guernsey...

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Dragut

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captured Tripoli from the Knights of St John in 1551. An old adversary of La Valette, he was undoubtedly the most able of all the Turkish leaders. He was described...

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History of Malta

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as a base during the siege. It was named Valletta after Jean Parisot de Valette, the Grand Master who had seen the Order through its victory. Since the...

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Orcadas Base

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presidential decree. The Scotia sailed back for Laurie Island on 14 January 1904 carrying on board Luciano H. Valette, from the Office of Zoology of the Ministry...

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Maltese cross

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found on a copper coin dated 1567, minted by Grand Master Jean Parisot de Valette (r. 1557–1568). In 1577, Alonso Sanchez Coello painted Archduke Wenceslaus...

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Rotunda of Mosta

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Indipendenza. pp. 989–990. ISBN 9789993291329. Graff, Philippe (1994). "La Valette: une ville nouvelle du XVIe siècle et son évolution jusqu'à nos jours"...

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Green iguana

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original on 2012-08-04. Retrieved February 7, 2012. Vuillaume, Barbara; Valette, Victorien; Lepais, Olivier; Grandjean, Frédéric; Breuil, Michel (5 June...

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Climate of France

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Éditions. doi:10.4000/books.editionscnrs.11316. ISBN 978-2-271-07198-9. Valette, Philippe (2021). Les climats - Une géohistoire - Documentation photographique...

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Yves Bouvier

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Bouvier for Valette to send an evaluation approved by Sotheby's which was to be transferred to Rybolovlev, indicating that Bouvier and Valette apparently...

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List of fictional ships

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submarine, Deep Trouble HMS Makepeace – British destroyer, The Navy Lark Marie Valette – 18th-century ship sunk in the English Channel, The Navy Lark Poppadum –...

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Birgu

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but was recaptured by the Knights under Grand Master Jean Parisot de Valette. Reinforcements from Sicily arrived a month later, and the siege was abandoned...

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