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• Steep Island — Steep Island, also known as Steep Head, is a 21.6 ha island in Bass Strait in south eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Hunter Island Group and lies between north west Tasmania and King Island. It was once used for grazing sheep but title …   Wikipedia

• Diving in Thailand — ‹ The template below (Cleanup spam) is being considered for deletion. See templates for discussion to help reach a consensus.› Scuba diving in Thailand is very popular. Thailand has some reefs and a number of shipwrecks. The number of divers… …   Wikipedia

• Diving sites of Guam — Guam has some of the best dive sites in the world since there has been minimal[clarification needed] tourist impact compared to other better known dive locations. Piti Bomb Holes has been built up as a tourist attraction allowing tourists to… …   Wikipedia

• Scuba diving in the Cayman Islands — are the exposed top of an underwater mountain. Underwater, the sides of this mountain are quite steep, vertical in some places, within as little as a few hundred meters from shore. In addition to the expected coral reefs, colorful fish, and other …   Wikipedia

• cliff diving — noun diving into the water from a steep overhanging cliff • Hypernyms: ↑dive, ↑diving …   Useful english dictionary

• Dive bomber — For other uses, see Dive Bomber (disambiguation). An SBD Dauntless drops its bomb. The dive brakes are extended and are visible behind the wings. A dive bomber is a bomber aircraft that dives directly at its targets in order to provide greater… …   Wikipedia

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