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williwaw
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... Oxford English Dictionary
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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. W. wikipedia.org
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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! wikipedia.org
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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. wikipedia.org
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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 wikipedia.org
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Squamish (wind)
See also Williwaw Chinook wind References Winds British Columbia wikipedia.org
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Piteraq
See also Williwaw Bora (wind) Mistral (wind) Santa Ana winds Oroshi Katabatic wind References https://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/piteraqs/ Winds wikipedia.org
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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 wikipedia.org
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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. wikipedia.org
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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. wikipedia.org
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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), Williwaw wikipedia.org
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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. wikipedia.org
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Moody Point
See also Williwaw Rocks References Headlands of the Joinville Island group wikipedia.org
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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 wikipedia.org
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Newfoundland and Labrador in fiction
Williwaw by Phyllis S. Moore (1978). A novel about the struggle of Labrador for independence. References wikipedia.org
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