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islet

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A little island.

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The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land, to add something to the extent and the solidity of our possessions. Thomas Henry Huxley

The wonder of the world is o'er: The magic from the sea is gone: There is no unimagined shore, No islet yet to venture on. The Sacred Hazels' blooms are shed, The Nuts of Knowledge harvested. George William Russell

A Goliath heronry is located on a rocky islet in the lake known as Gibraltar. Source: Internet

According to informed sources the victim who was returning from a night in Gros Islet stopped at the location not too far from the bridge where he was shot multiple times by masked men. Source: Internet

A Chinese tourist fell from a cliff to his death after attempting to take a selfie on the edge of a cliff in Nusa Lembongan, Nusa Penida, an islet off the coast of Bali. Source: Internet

In total there have been just over twenty species of seabird and six other animal species observed (including the aforementioned molluscs) on or near the islet. Source: Internet

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