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Raja Ampat on the Bird’s Head Peninsula of far northwestern New Guinea is often called the “crown jewel” of the region. This equatorial archipelago contains probably the world’s greatest concentration of marine biodiversity due in part to a huge network of marine protected areas covering more than 20,000 square kilometers (7,700 square miles). On this […]
A new book by a trio of authors tells the fascinating story of the Old Head of Kinsale through a pictorial history of its people, says ADRIENNE ACTON
Blow off the cobwebs and strap on your hiking boots with Orla Neligan's pick of Munster's best walks, from coast to countryside
The plate boundary between the Pacific-Caroline and Australian plates in northwestern New Guinea is associated with a geographic concentration of earthquakes developed in the Ransiki region of the northeastern Bird's Head Peninsula (West Papua, northwestern New Guinea) at the intersection of the Ransiki and Yapen faults. We examine these earthquakes based on regional geomorphological and lithostratigraphical frameworks, field observations of surface ruptures and liquefaction phenomena, and focal mechanisms of historical earthquakes. The Ransiki earthquakes are a set of 29 earthquakes from...
As we drove into the historic market town of Bantry in West Cork one June, we had our first magnificent view of the scenic and tranquil Sheep’s Head Peninsula, in stunning West Cork.