The Island (1979 film)

The Island (Spanish: La isla) is an 1979 Argentine drama film written and directed by Alejandro Doria. It was the first Argentine film to be a box office success during the military dictatorship. The film was also selected as the Argentine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

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La Isla (Colunga)

La Isla is one of 13 parishes (administrative divisions) in the Colunga municipality, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

The population is 188 (INE 2007).

La Isla is one of the most representative places of the "Green Coast" Asturiana with beautiful views of the Sierra del Sueve, the last place where the legendary horses called Asturcones live almost wild.

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Coordinates: 43°29′00″N 5°13′00″W / 43.483333°N 5.216667°W / 43.483333; -5.216667

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La Banda, Argentina

La Banda is a city in the province of Santiago del Estero, Argentina. It has about 95,000 inhabitants as per the 2001 census [INDEC], making it the second largest in the province. It is the head town of the Banda Department.

La Banda is located only 8 km away from the provincial capital Santiago del Estero, separated from it by the course of the Dulce River, which is crossed by two connecting bridges. The two cities form a metropolitan area with about 280,000 inhabitants. Close to it, the Dulce is turned into an artificial lake by the Los Quiroga Dam.

Besides the access to National Route 9 through Santiago del Estero, the city is linked to Tucumán and to Buenos Aires by a weekly train service of the Ferrocarril General Bartolomé Mitre.

La Banda is the birthplace of the infamous former provincial governor and caudillo Carlos Juárez.

History

La Banda emerged during the nineteenth century as a small agricultural town that supplied the neighboring city of Santiago del Estero. On September 16, 1912 La Banda was elevated to city status.

SS Lasknes

Lasknes was a 1,587 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1927 by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, Germany as Marquardt Petersen for German owners. She was sold in 1935 and renamed Sexta. Another sale in 1938 saw her renamed Annelis Christophersen.

She was seized by the Allies in 1945. Annelis Christophersen was passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Concern. In 1946, she was passed to the Norwegian Government and renamed Lasknes. She ran aground on 27 November 1946 and subsequently sank.

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The ship was built in 1927 by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg.

The ship was 262 feet 7 inches (80.04 m) long, with a beam of 40 feet 3 inches (12.27 m) and a depth of 15 feet 3 inches (4.65 m). She had a GRT of 1,581 and a NRT of 937. Her DWT was 2,650.

The ship was propelled by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of 15 ²⁄₈ inches (39 cm), 25 ⁵⁄₈ inches (65 cm) and 48 inches (120 cm) diameter by 29 ¹⁄₂ inches (75 cm) stroke. The engine was built by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft.