dry harbour

The boat fell over at low tide as it is a dry harbour.

The medal contrasts the storm with the safety of the 'dry harbour' or noust.

The Dry Harbour Mountains is some 2,200 feet above sea level and many areas are very cool.

Much of this is due to the fact it is a dry harbour that drains to sand twice a day.

Ramsey in the northeast is a drying harbour, with a busy trade in general and bulk cargoes.

Hengistbury Head in the 17th Century Christchurch has always been a shallow drying harbour with difficult access.

The Dry Harbour Mountains are a range of mountains in north central Jamaica.

The highest elevation in the parish is in the Dry Harbour Mountains at 762 metres above sea level.

Besides QinetiQ's presence, there are three holiday cottages built from the ruins of what is known as the Dry Harbour settlement.

Brown's Town is located in northwest St Ann in the Dry Harbour Mountains.

Grahame Forshaw, harbour master, said: "Lyme Regis is a drying harbour.

To the west, in the central part of the country, are two high rolling plateaus: the Dry Harbour Mountains to the north and the Manchester Plateau to the south.

The city is also known locally as Dry Harbour Bay, because it sits in the shadow of the Dry Harbour Mountains in St. Ann.

Christopher Columbus, during his second voyage to the Americas, claimed Jamaica for Spain after landing there on 5 May 1494 and his probable landing point was Dry Harbour, now called Discovery Bay.

It is pleasantly situated on the South- west side of the island, and has a commodious dry harbour, that will admit vessels of considerable burden, particularly during spring tides, when the water rises from 10 to 12 feet along the shores.

Built at the edge of the Sienne river estuary, it was intended to protect the important dry harbour of Regnéville-sur-Mer, one of most active of the Cotentin Peninsula from the Middle Ages until the 17th century.

The east coast is largely unindented and in addition to Acairseid Mhór the main bays are An Dubh-Chamus (black bay), An Acaarsaid Thioram (dry harbour) and Loch a' Bhràigheig on the west coast.

At various times they have been known as the Runaway Bay Caves, Hopewell Caves, Cave Hall Caves, Discovery Bay Caves, Dry Harbour Caves, Rum Caves and Dairy Caves.

For its part, the names of other places, according to the author, are a translation of the names by which the Spaniards called it: Thus Bay Dry Harbour (Puerto Seco) was a place where he entered Colón for water when he sought refuge with two caravels already in bad shape and partially destroyed.