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bex77Big earthquake news coming out of Chile, followed by tsunami warnings all over the Pacific.
The first place the big wave struck was Robinson Crusoe Island, about 500 miles off the
Chilean coast. Never heard of that island before, so I went digging.
Google maps has some lovely satellite shots.
Here's a great photo:
http://www.goatislandimages.com/photogalleries/ImageViewLarge.html?g=6&p=0&s=ftRCI
Wikipedia has a short entry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_Crusoe_Island
It's a gorgeous, mountainous area.
It's not a country, but part of Chile, politically speaking.
Population 633. They fish and sell spiny lobsters. They get scuba tourists.
It was the inspiration for the book by Daniel Dafoe about the marooned sailor, which was based on a true story of a sailor who got left there in 1704.
The first place the big wave struck was Robinson Crusoe Island, about 500 miles off the
Chilean coast. Never heard of that island before, so I went digging.
Google maps has some lovely satellite shots.
Here's a great photo:
http://www.goatislandimages.com/photogalleries/ImageViewLarge.html?g=6&p=0&s=ftRCI
Wikipedia has a short entry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_Crusoe_Island
It's a gorgeous, mountainous area.
It's not a country, but part of Chile, politically speaking.
Population 633. They fish and sell spiny lobsters. They get scuba tourists.
It was the inspiration for the book by Daniel Dafoe about the marooned sailor, which was based on a true story of a sailor who got left there in 1704.
