Porpoise Bay

Porpoise Bay

Porpoise Bay can refer to:
*Porpoise Bay, Antarctica
*Porpoise Bay, New Zealand
*Porpoise Bay Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada


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  • Porpoise Bay, Antarctica — Porpoise Bay (coord|66|30|S|128|30|E|) is an ice filled embayment about 90 miles wide indenting the coast of Antarctica between Cape Goodenough and Cape Morse. The United States Exploring Expedition (1838 42) under Charles Wilkes applied the name …   Wikipedia

  • Porpoise Bay, New Zealand — Porpoise Bay is located in the Catlins on the southern coast of New Zealand s South Island. The bay sweeps gently from North Head, at the entrance to Waikawa Harbour, around to South Head. A campground overlooking the bay is situated on South… …   Wikipedia

  • Porpoise Bay Provincial Park — is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.External links* [http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/porpoise.html BC Parks Web Page] * [http://www.johnharveyphoto.com/PorpoiseBay/ Camping at Porpoise Bay] …   Wikipedia

  • Bay porpoise — Porpoise Por poise, n. [OE. porpeys, OF. porpeis, literally, hog fish, from L. porcus swine + piscis fish. See {Pork}, and {Fish}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any small cetacean of the genus {Phoc[ae]na}, especially {Phoc[ae]na communis}, or {Phoc[ae]na… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Porpoise — Por poise, n. [OE. porpeys, OF. porpeis, literally, hog fish, from L. porcus swine + piscis fish. See {Pork}, and {Fish}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any small cetacean of the genus {Phoc[ae]na}, especially {Phoc[ae]na communis}, or {Phoc[ae]na phoc[ae]na},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sechelt/Porpoise Bay Water Aerodrome — was an airport located adjacent to Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada. The airport was listed as abandoned in the 15 March 2007 Canada Flight Supplement.ee also*Sechelt Gibsons AirportReferences*WAS …   Wikipedia

  • harbor porpoise — Porpoise Por poise, n. [OE. porpeys, OF. porpeis, literally, hog fish, from L. porcus swine + piscis fish. See {Pork}, and {Fish}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any small cetacean of the genus {Phoc[ae]na}, especially {Phoc[ae]na communis}, or {Phoc[ae]na… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Skunk porpoise — Porpoise Por poise, n. [OE. porpeys, OF. porpeis, literally, hog fish, from L. porcus swine + piscis fish. See {Pork}, and {Fish}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any small cetacean of the genus {Phoc[ae]na}, especially {Phoc[ae]na communis}, or {Phoc[ae]na… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • USS Porpoise (SS-7) — The third USS Porpoise (SS 7) was an early Plunger class submarine in the service of the United States Navy, later renamed as A 6 .She was laid down on 13 December 1900 in Elizabeth, New Jersey at the Crescent Shipyard under the direction of… …   Wikipedia

  • Harbour porpoise — Harbour porpoise[1] Size comparison against an …   Wikipedia

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