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‘An island may have a coast.’

[⟨det island.nhave.v ⟨det coast.n⟩]

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The settlement of Khirokitia is situated on the slope of a hill in the valley of the Maroni River towards the southern coast of the island about 6 km from the sea.
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Tourism and fishing also play significant roles, with the island experiencing over 140,000 visitors per annum, and some of the best southern rock lobster being sourced from the island’s rugged south coast.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The city of Ajaccio, located on the west coast of the island, is famous for being the place where the Emperor Napoleon was born and has grown. It’s…
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The storm produced waves along southwest coasts of the island.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

“So now, with the additional [urologist hired on the island’s] west coast and the interim arrangement we’ve made with Nova Scotia, there’s been some patients who’ve gone there and had the service already, “Wiseman said Friday.
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The Stephenville International Airport, formerly Ernest Harmon AFB, serves the entire west coast of the island – a catchment population of 90,000 people from Port aux Basques to St. Anthony, currently offering intraprovincial flights.
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Continuing westward, Frederic crossed southeastern Cuba before paralleling the island’s southern coast for the next four days.
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Crowded conditions off the island’s east coast prompted “Beckham” to shift her anchorage a number of times before 18 March when she began taking on board elements of the 4th Marine Division.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Yesterday we started out hot on the west coast of the island, and ended up rainy on the northeastern (Hana Road) coast.
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Rather than secure the island, however, this resulted in French, English and Dutch pirates establishing bases on the now – abandoned north and west coasts of the island.
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The northern coast of the island is low-lying.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The Cuban capital Havana is nervously awaiting the arrival of Hurricane Ike as it moves destructively along the island’s east coast.
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Located on the west coast of the island, Kremasti is 12 kilometers from the capital of Rhodes, on the road to the airport.
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From Monte Cristi, Columbus went east along the north coast of the island and on 16 January, after visiting the Samana Bay, he went back to Spain.
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It is located off the southwestern coast of the island Yim Tin Tsai.
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It is situated on the island’s east coast, a little more than an hour’s drive from the capital, Palma de Mallorca.
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But though its name proves it to have been of Greek origin, no mention is found of it in Thucydides, who expressly says that Himera was the only Greek colony on this coast of the island (vi. 62); it is probable that Cephaloedium was at this time merely a fortress (-RRB- belonging to the Himeraeans, and may very likely have been first peopled by refugees after the destruction of Himera.
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Two of Franklin’s men are buried at Hall Point on the island’s south coast.
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Rain from Hurricane Dean closed several roads throughout Puerto Rico and there was heavy surf along the island’s coast, but no deaths or injuries were reported.
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Queried on 2013-05-21.