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Meanings of rocky islet in English

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Usage of rocky islet in English
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Beneath the cliffs in the sea was a rocky islet called Janvrin's Tomb.
The Battle of the Strong: A Romance of Two Kingdoms — Volume 5
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On the south-east reef is a dry rocky islet.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of...
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They were skirting the seaward face of the rocky islet on which they had found salvation.
The Stowaway Girl
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Buache Island was visible as well as the small rocky islet between it and Cape Peron.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of...
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We came near being lost there on a rocky islet, on account of Champdoré's usual obstinacy.
Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02
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Off the entrance is a high rocky islet, the Nobby, within which the channel is shoal and dangerous to pass.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of...
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A rocky islet followed
Lundy's Lane, and Other Poems
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While at work several of the Indians saw Simpson's Brother alone on a little rocky islet, busily engaged in gathering eggs.
The Drama of the Forests: Romance and Adventure
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The British military doctors had admired the penal settlement unveiled by the French six years earlier on a rocky islet off Guyana.
The Guardian
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High points include Chartres Cathedral, the bucolic Perche region and the Gothic-style monastery of Mont St Michel, perched on a rocky islet.
The Guardian
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The central impact peak was a sharp rocky islet just a stone's toss from the beach, precisely centered between the twin headlands.
Seveneves
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At the further end of the channel, a rocky islet and a small reef were passed, leaving them on the starbord hand.
A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 / Undertaken for the purp...
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It dwindled and sank until now it is a mere rocky islet with a few acres under cultivation, and that is all.
Plotting in Pirate Seas
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A voyageur flying from a band of Iroquois had found a hiding-place on a rocky islet in the middle of the Sept Chutes.
The Golden Dog
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At a short distance from the shore was seen the rocky islet, bearing the name of Go-to-Hell, where the natives bury their dead.
Journal of an African Cruiser / Comprising Sketches of the Canar...
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He got silently into a boat with the soldiers, and they were rowed to the rocky islet on which stood the huge castle.
The Texan Star: The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty
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