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Augustine Island ô´gestēn, -tĬn; ôgŭs´tĬn , unihabited volcanic island, S Alaska, in Kamishak Bay at mouth of Cook Inlet. The active Augustine (or St. Augustine) volcano, which forms the entire island, rises to 4,134 ft (1,260 m); ash from its last major eruption (1986) reached Anchorage, some 180 mi (290 km) to the northeast. The 1883 eruption is believed to have caused a 30-ft (9-m) tsunami locally.

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	MOUNT SPURR, AUGUSTINE ISLAND PROPOSED GEOTHERMAL AREAS News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 4/10/2007; 647 words ; ...proposed geothermal exploration in the Mount Spurr and Augustine Island areas on the west side of Cook Inlet. The Mt. Spurr...entirely within the Kenai Peninsula Borough. The Augustine Island area consists of 26 tracts of state-owned land...
	ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ISSUES PUBLIC NOTICE REGARDING AUGUSTINE ISLAND CALL FOR APPLICATIONS News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 4/10/2007; 700+ words ; ...April 9, 2007 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS AND COMMENTS Augustine Island Proposed Geothermal Exploration Area Pursuant to...comment on, proposed geothermal exploration in the Augustine Island area on the west side of Cook Inlet ("the area...
	ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ISSUES PUBLIC NOTICE ON PROPOSED LAND LEASE AUGUSTINE ISLAND News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 1/31/2007; 577 words ; ...public and charitable lease for a .25-acre parcel, plus or minus, of state land located on the northeast shore of Augustine Island on a small peninsula near the ocean. The parcel is located within the SE Section 20, Township 9 South, Range 24...
	North of St. Augustine, barrier island coast is something to behold. Newspaper article from: The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service); 6/7/2002; 700+ words ; ...STATE RECREATION AREA, St. Augustine, Fla. _ Thousands of years...slender sandbar of a barrier island called Anastasia. But only...tip of Anastasia, at St. Augustine Inlet, you can gaze across...there on the Feast Day of St. Augustine in 1565. He set about establishing...
	Augustine Volcano on Alaska Island Erupts News Wire article from: AP Online; 1/12/2006; ; 477 words ; ...following an eruption of Mount Augustine volcano. Blair missed connections...A volcano on an uninhabited island erupted early Wednesday, spewing...of the cloud. The ash from Augustine Volcano was not expected to...Peninsula, east of the volcanic island, reported seeing ash, said...
	New Hall takes golf history into penthouse St. Augustine facility will be house of high-tech; HALL OF FAME FACTS Hall of Fame: The 75,000-square-foot centerpiece of the village includes shrine of 73 players and 18 exhibits that trace the game to its Scottish roots. IMAX Theater: Screen measuring 80 feet wide and 60 feet high. Walk of Champions: Links every component of the village and contains signature of Hall of Fame members on granite slabs. Lessons: A PGA Tour-sanctioned golf academy, sessions ranging from one week to one hour. Practice: Putting course on 18 greens, and a par-3 challenge hole patterned after the island-green 17th hole of the Stadium Course. Play: The Slammer & the Squire, an 18-hole course designed by Bobby Weed with input from Gene Sarazen and Sam Snead. Five sets of tees, measuring 6,940 yards (par 72) from the tips. Stay: The largest combination hotel and convention center between Orlando and Atlanta. The hotel is a 10-story atrium with 300 rooms. The convention center has 80,000 square feet of meeting space. Shop: More than 100,000 square feet of shops, galleries, restaurants and boutiques. Fees: Hall of Fame, $9 for adults, $4 for children (ages 5-12). IMAX Theater, $6 for adults, $3.50 for children. Slammer & Squire, $95 to $135 (cart included), depending on season. Challenge hole, $5. Putting course, $5. Location: About 25 miles south of Jacksonville off Interstate 95. Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 5/17/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...Charlie Mechem to come along, the first domino to fall in what would become the World Golf Village. It wound up near St. Augustine, the oldest city in America that is now home to a monument honoring one of the oldest sports in the world. The village is...
	Augustine's tall order: Become a leader: Weber, Illini counting on seasoned senior to muscle in new era Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 11/13/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...easy to get a handle on James Augustine. At times, he can look dominant...man edge. At other times, Augustine can look befuddled, as he...realize how good he is." Augustine insists that he's ready...p.m. a-at South Padre Island, Texas b-at United Center...
	Now Augustine should be patron saint Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 5/24/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...history: the arrival of St Augustine and the death of St Columba...Scotland to found an abbey on the island of Iona. We are currently...Mungo's or St Ninian's. Augustine's revival is more significant...Harry, England and Saint Augustine!' " The scansion will not...
	Eight-member Augustine tribe opens casino Newspaper article from: Indian Country Today (Lakota Times); 7/31/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...legacy of the tribe. "The Augustine casino will also provide a...lobbying group, also defends the Augustine Band. CNIGA director Jacob...is like saying that Rhode Island shouldn't be a state because...Gaming consultant and current Augustine tribal employee Michael Lombardi...
	St. Augustine, America's oldest city: visions of vintage Spain lure wayfarers to northeast Florida ... and don't forget the beaches. (City Of The Month). Magazine article from: Travel America; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...from the top of the St. Augustine Lighthouse reveals much...lighthouse stands on Anastasia Island, a strip of barrier...shelters historic St. Augustine from the force of the...Spanish soul that is St. Augustine. Founded by Spanish...