New Zealand is known as "The Shaky Isles" because of its location on the margin of two colliding tectonic plates.
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Isles
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The Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly technically warred for 335 years.
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Ortygia's port we leave, and skim the mere; / soon Naxos' Bacchanalian hills appear, / and past Olearos and Donysa, crowned / with trees, and Paros' snowy cliffs we steer. / Far-scattered shine the Cyclades renowned, / and clustering isles thick-sown in many a glittering sound.
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Rowan trees can be found growing at elevations of up to 1,000 metres – higher than any other tree in the British Isles.
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