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Treasure Island
noun
(italics)a novel (1883) by R. L. Stevenson.
an artificial island in San Francisco Bay, in W California; naval base.
Treasure Island
(1883) A novel by Robert Louis Stevenson about a young boy, Jim Hawkins, who joins with two men in hiring a ship to search for buried treasure. Among the ship's crew are the pirate Long John Silver and his men, who are after the treasure for themselves. With considerable pluck, and the aid of his friends, Jim foils their plans and gains the treasure.
Example Sentences
Near-source tsunami: In Northern California, a near-source tsunami could generate a tsunami of 9 feet above sea level in Bolinas; 8 feet in Pacifica; 7 feet in Sausalito; 6 feet at Ocean Beach; 5 feet in Alameda; and 4 feet at Alcatraz Island, Treasure Island, Aquatic Park, Redwood City and Richmond.
The maximum projected distant-source tsunami could result in tsunami of 32 feet above mean sea level in San Francisco’s Ocean Beach; 31 feet in Pacifica in San Mateo County; 27 feet in Bolinas in Marin County; 18 feet in Alameda; 14 feet in Sausalito and San Francisco’s Aquatic Park; 13 feet on Alcatraz Island; and 11 feet in Richmond and Treasure Island, according to the California Geological Survey.
He would architect a 30-foot animatronic King Kong that once stood at Universal Studios Hollywood, work with Steven Spielberg on the dinosaur figures for “Jurassic Park,” construct a constantly sinking ship at Las Vegas’ Treasure Island and build a flying UFO for the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics.
Whether his eye turns to childhood literature like “Treasure Island,” reggae music, or an Impressionist painting, the author connects his influences to the wider world of art, community and our shared humanity.
Some of the most storied sections of San Francisco — including parts of the Financial District as well as the Ferry Building, Fisherman’s Wharf, the Palace of Fine Arts, Chase Center, Oracle Park and Treasure Island — could see flooding from a major tsunami.
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