21. Most islands are low-lying coral reefs and rocky outcrops, home to little more than a few sea birds. 22. No people live on the privately owned rocky outcrops, but the islands are valued because they straddle rich fishing grounds and strategic sea lanes. 23. Shrouded in secrecy, a U.S. military team has set up operations on this rocky outcrop in the Adriatic Sea to gather intelligence on neighboring Bosnia-Herzegovina. 24. Survivors said panicked passengers started jumping overboard when the ship listed and began sinking after striking the rocky outcrop. 25. The drownings occurred at Long Beach, a stretch of fine white sand punctuated by rocky outcrops. 26. The site of the discovery is still frequented by aborigines, whose traditional beliefs say the rocky outcrops are the remnants of ancient beings who turned to stone. 27. The Spanish-registered vessel was trapped on rocky outcrops near Dingle Bay on Saturday during storms that caused widespread flooding in Ireland and Britain. 28. Then they were hit by a blizzard, and spent the night sheltering under a rocky outcrop. 29. It stands on a rocky outcrop at the entrance to the village in the foothills of the Caucasus mountains in the south of Chechnya. 30. After almost three centuries of British rule, Spain wants to take back control of the small, English and Spanish-speaking rocky outcrop off its southern coast. |