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williwaw (ˈwɪlɪwɔː) Also willy-, -ie-, wulli(e)-, wully-wa. [?] A sailor's (whaler's, etc.) name for a sudden violent squall, orig. in the Straits of Magellan.1842 J. D. Hooker in Life (1918) I. vi. 137 A squall or Williewaw, as they are called [round Cape Horn]. 1863 FitzRoy Weather Bk. 125 note, T...
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Williwaw
In popular culture
Gore Vidal's first novel, Williwaw (1946), based on a ship in the Aleutian Islands, features the williwaw. The novel Williwaw! by Tom Bodett is about two children who almost die in a williwaw.
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Williwaw (disambiguation)
Williwaw may also refer to:
Literature
Williwaw (novel), a 1946 novel by Gore Vidal
Williwaw, a 1978 novel about Labrador, Canada by Phyllis S. Moore
Williwaw!
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Williwaw Rocks
Williwaw Rocks () is two small rocks lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Moody Point, the east extremity of Joinville Island.
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Joinville Island
Composite Antarctic Gazetteer
List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
List of Antarctic islands south of 60° S
SCAR
Territorial claims in Antarctica
Williwaw
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Squamish (wind)
See also
Williwaw
Chinook wind
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Winds
British Columbia
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Piteraq
See also
Williwaw
Bora (wind)
Mistral (wind)
Santa Ana winds
Oroshi
Katabatic wind
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https://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/piteraqs/
Winds
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Barton Jahncke
Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where he received a gold medal in the dragon class as crew member (with George Friedrichs and Gerald Schreck) on the boat Williwaw
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Ilak Island
In popular culture
Ilak figures prominently in Gore Vidal's novel, Williwaw, when an army transport ship takes refuge from a storm in its bay.
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Wolverine Peak (Alaska)
A popular hike on a five-mile trail leads to the summit with views of Mount Williwaw, Denali, Mount Foraker, Cook Inlet, and Anchorage.
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Tom Bodett
Writing
In 1999, Bodett published his first children's book, Williwaw! The End of the Road (1989),
The Big Garage on Clear Shot (1990),
The Free Fall of Webster Cummings (1996),
America's Historic Trails (1997),
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George Friedrichs
1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City (sailing events in Acapulco, where he received a gold medal in the Dragon class as helmsman on the red-painted boat WILLIWAW Serving as crew members on WILLIWAW were Gerald "Click" Schreck and Barton Jahncke.
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Moody Point
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Williwaw Rocks
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Headlands of the Joinville Island group
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Gerald Schreck
Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where he received a gold medal in the Dragon class as crew member (with George Friedrichs and Barton Jahncke) on the boat Williwaw
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Newfoundland and Labrador in fiction
Williwaw by Phyllis S. Moore (1978). A novel about the struggle of Labrador for independence.
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