Alphabet Geography: vanuatu

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Friday, March 14, 2008

10 - Hunter Island, New Caledonia, France

Really the southernmost (and uninhabited) island in the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) chain, but a part of the French overseas territory, but claimed by Vanuatu too. Discovered (really!) by Captain Jimmy Joe, of the whaler Hunter in 1798.

A Word of Explanation

I keep a 1977 London Times Atlas open on my bedroom dresser. Every morning, as part of my getting-ready ritual, I flip the page to see the next map-plate, and play a little game, scanning the map to find a city or other feature that starts with a letter of the alphabet. I jot it down in my little notebook. The next day, I turn the page and set about finding something that starts with the next letter. So on through the atlas, across the globe, and down the alphabet from A to Z and all over again.

Alphabet Geography

Friday, March 14, 2008

10 - Hunter Island, New Caledonia, France

A Word of Explanation

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