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Palmares (quilombo) Palmares, or Quilombo dos Palmares, was a quilombo, a settlement of runaway and free-born African slaves, founded around 1600 in the Serra da Barriga hills of northeastern Brazil. Although the modern tradition has been to call it the Quilombo of Palmares, no contemporary document calls it a quilombo, but instead the term mocambo is used.
Palmason Model The Palmason Model is a depth, distance, temperature and heat flow gradient model of crustal accretion mechanism through the Iceland lithosphere which denotes the spreading material trajectories from a rift axis.
Palmate Newt The Palmate Newt (Lissotriton helveticus) is a species of newt found in parts of Great Britain, Western and Northern Europe. It can be found in ponds, lakes, canals, marshes, forests, pasture or agricultural land, sometimes in acid pools on upland moorland or coastal areas.
Palmeira (football club) Palmeira (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Palméra, also in the Sal Crioulo) is a football club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the Sal Island League in Cape Verde. The team participated in the national division twice after winning two titles since independence, one in 1985 and another fifteen years later in 2000 but has never won any titles at all.
Palmeira, Cape Verde Palmeira (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Palméra, also in the Sal Crioulo) is a village in the western part of the island of Sal. The village is about 5 km west of Espargos and is linked with roads linking to the island capital as well as Feijoal and Fontona.
Palmer Archipelago Palmer Archipelago, also known as Antarctic Archipelago, Archipiélago Palmer, Antarktiske Arkipel or Palmer Inseln, is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It extends from Tower Island in the north to Anvers Island in the south.
Palmer College of Chiropractic Palmer College of Chiropractic is a chiropractic school located in Davenport, Iowa. It was established in 1897 by Daniel David Palmer and is considered the fountainhead, as it was the first chiropractic college.
Palmer Drought Index The Palmer Drought Index, sometimes called the Palmer Drought Severity Index, is an often-used measurement of dryness based on recent precipitation and temperature. It was developed by meteorologist Wayne Palmer, who first published his method in the 1965 paper Meteorological Drought for the Office of Climatology of the U.
Palmer High School, Alaska Palmer High School is a public high school located in the beautiful Matanuska-Susitna Borough in the city of Palmer, Alaska. Its mission is to prepare lifelong learners, community assets, and citizens of integrity.
Palmer Land Palmer Land () is that portion of the Antarctic Peninsula which lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between US-ACAN and UK-APC, in which the name Antarctic Peninsula was approved for the major peninsula of Antarctica, and the names Graham Land and Palmer Land for the northern and southern portions, respectively.
Palmer Method The Palmer Method of penmanship instruction was developed and promoted by Austin Palmer in the early 1900's and soon became the most popular handwriting system in the United States. Under it, students were taught to copy a uniform style of cursive writing with rhythmic motions.
Palmer notation Palmer notation is a system used by dentists to associate information to a specific tooth. Although supposedly superseded by the FDI World Dental Federation notation, it overwhelming continues to be the preferred method used by dental students and practitioners in the United Kingdom.
Palmer News Package The Palmer News Package (commonly abbreviated as PNP) is a television news music package created for WCBS-TV New York in 1985 by Shelly Palmer. It was originally called the WCBS TV News ID Package, which is still its official ASCAP title.
Palmer Park, Reading Palmer Park is a public park in the town of Reading in England. The land for the park was given to the town in 1889 by the Palmer family, proprietors of the Huntley & Palmers biscuit factory, and contains a statue of George Palmer.
Palmer Road, Prince Edward Island Palmer Road is a small community located in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada that is located on Rte 156, Rte 158, Rte 156, and Rte 155. There are approximately 100 citizens in Palmer Road, and it is located between the two towns of Tignish and St.
Palmer Square Palmer Square is a collection of shops, resaurants, offices and residential spaces in Princeton, New Jersey. Originally built in 1937 by Edgar Palmer, the Square was created by architect Thomas Stapleton as the town's complement to the prestigious Princeton University, which is directly adjacent to the Square.
Palmer, South Australia Palmer is a town just east of the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia along the Adelaide-Mannum Road, 70 kilometres east-north-east of the state capital, Adelaide and 15 km west-north-west of Mannum (). It is located in the Mid Murray Council local government area.
Palmerola Palmerola is a joint United States and Honduras military base near Comayagua in Honduras. It has the largest runway in Central America, after Comalapa International Airport in San Salvador and Tocumen International Airport in Panama.
Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Limited, often referred to simply as Palmers, were a British shipbuilding company established in 1852 by Charles Mark Palmer. They were based in Jarrow, in Northeast England and also had operations in Hebburn on the River Tyne.
Palmerston Forts The Palmerston Forts are a group of forts and associated structures built during the Victorian period on the recommendations of the 1860 Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom. The name comes from their association with Lord Palmerston, who was Prime Minister at the time and promoted the idea.
Palmerston Forts, Dover The Palmerston Forts that defend Dover were built in response to the 1859 Royal Commission dealing with the perceived threat of a French invasion. The forts were intended to defend the Port of Dover, that would provide direct access to an inavasion fleet, from capture.
Palmerston Forts, Isle of Wight The Palmerston Forts are a group of forts and associated structures built during the Victorian period on the recommendations of the 1860 Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom. The name comes from their association with Lord Palmerston, who was Prime Minister at the time and promoted the idea.
Palmerston Forts, Portsmouth The Palmerston Forts that encircle Portsmouth were built in response to the 1859 Royal Commission dealing with the perceived threat of a French invasion. The forts were intended to defend the Dockyard in Portsmouth.
Palmerston Forts, South Coast A number of Palmerston Forts were built along the south coast of England on recommendation of the 1860 Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom. As well as new structure, many existing defences were improved.
Palmerston Government 1855-1858 Lord Palmerston first formed a government by popular demand in 1855, after the resignation of the coalition government of Lord Aberdeen. He was heavily criticised by Parliament in 1857 over the conduct of the Second Opium War and called a dissolution, but the nation voiced its support in the resulting general election and he remained in power.
Palmerston Highway The Palmerston Highway (State Route 25), serves as a link between the southern limit of the Atherton Tablelands and the Far North Queensland coastal strip, in Australia. Starting just north of Innisfail, from the Bruce Highway it winds through the Wooroonooran National Park, past the township of Millaa Millaa and terminates where it meets the Kennedy Highway north of Ravenshoe.
Palmerston, Vale of Glamorgan Palmerston is a south-eastern district of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan near Dinas Powys 10 miles outside Cardiff in south Wales. It is dominated by a number of chemical and plastics industries such as Dow Corning.
Palmersville Metro station Palmersville is a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro system, named for the nearby community. It was not one of the original Metro stations, and was opened on March 19, 1986, nearly six years after the Metro line.
Palmerton Arboretum The Palmerton Arboretum 5 acres (20,000 m²) contains almost 90 species of trees and shrubs from around the world. It is located on West Evan Creek Road in Rogue River, Oregon, USA on the site of a 1930s-era tree nursery.
Palmette As an illustration of the way in which the palmette motif was seen by 19th century architects and decorators, who in Europe, America and elsewhere in colonial cities created their own unending variations on the motif as a kind of hallmark of taste and authenticity in neo-classical urban architecture, the 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica contained the following item on the palmette:
Palmetto (Amtrak) The Palmetto is an 829-mile (1334 km) passenger train service operated by Amtrak from New York City south to Savannah, Georgia via the Northeast Corridor to Washington, DC, then via Richmond, Virginia, Fayetteville, North Carolina and Charleston, South Carolina. The Palmetto is a shorter version of the Silver Meteor, which continues south to Miami, Florida.
Palmetto Pointe Palmetto Pointe is a television show that was shot and based in Charleston, South Carolina. It first aired on August 28, 2005 on the "i" network (previously "Pax"); it's last episode aired on October 16, 2005.
Palmchat The Palmchat, Dulus dominicus, is a small (20 cm / 8 in long) passerine bird which is the sole member of the family Dulidae. It is thought to be related to the waxwings, and is sometimes classified with that group.
Palmieri (crater) Palmieri is a lunar crater that lies to the southwest of the Mare Humorum, in the southwestern quadrant of the Moon's near side. It lies due south of Liebig crater and east-northeast of the larger Fourier crater.
Palmira Palmira (pronouced pälmē'rä) is the agricultural capital of Colombia and second-largest city in the department of Valle del Cauca, the largest being Cali, the department capital. With a population of approximately 250,600, it is the largest non-capital city, and the twentieth largest of the country.
Palmiry Palmiry (pronounce: ) is a small village in Poland in Mazovian Voivodeship, near Nowy DwĂłr Mazowiecki, north of Warsaw. It is located at the edge of the Kampinos Forest and as of 2000 it had approximately 220 inhabitants.
Palmitic acid Palmitic acid, or hexadecanoic acid in IUPAC nomenclature, is one of the most common saturated fatty acids found in animals and plants. As its name indicates, it is a major component of the oil from palm trees (palm oil and palm kernel oil).
Palmitoleic acid Palmitoleic acid, or (Z)-9-hexadecenoic acid, is a monounsaturated fatty acid that is a common constituent of the glycerides of human adipose tissue. It is present in all tissues, but generally found in higher concentrations in the liver.
Palmitoyl chain Palmitoyl chains are palmitate residues covalently attached to a cysteine residue through a thioester bond. Because of their hydrophobic nature, palmitoyl chains tend to be buried inside lipid-rich environments, e.
Palmoplantar keratoderma Palmoplantar keratoderma (PPK) is part of a group of disorders of the skin affecting primarily the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. It is characterized by thickening of the palms and the soles of individuals who are affected.
PalmOrb PalmOrb is open-source software for Palm OS compatible devices that allows Palm OS powered devices to be used as LCD displays from a computer. PalmOrb can be used with any PC software that is compatible with a MatrixOrbital LK204-25.
Palms Middle School Palms Middle School also known as just "Palms" or "PMS" is a grades 6-8 public middle school in the Palms neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, and is under the jurisdiction of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The Palms campus also houses an affiliated gifted magnet.
Palmwood Palmwood is a hardwood timber from palm trees, most commonly associated with the Coconut Palm, but also including the Date Palm. It is a relatively new timber resource that comes from plantation crops and offers an alternative to rainforest timber.
Palmyra Palmyra was in the ancient times an important city of central Syria, located in an oasis 215 km northeast of Damascus and 120 km southwest of the Euphrates. It has long been a vital caravan city for travellers crossing the Syrian desert and was known as the Bride of the Desert.
Palmyra High School (New Jersey) Palmyra High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Palmyra in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Palmyra Public Schools.
Palmyra Massacre The Palmyra Massacre is an incident that took place in Palmyra, Missouri on October 18, 1862, when ten Confederate prisoners were executed in reprisal for the abduction of a local Union man, Andrew Allsman. The man who ordered the execution, General John McNeil, was later known as the "Butcher of Palmyra".
Palmyra Public Schools The Palmyra Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that offers a wide range of educational programs for the residents of Palmyra, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. Students from Beverly and Riverton attend the district's high school as part of sending/receiving relationships.
Palmyra Township, Portage County, Ohio Palmyra Township is one of eighteen civil townships in Portage County, Ohio, United States. It is located in the southeastern portion of the county, and borders or touches the following other townships and municipalities:
Palmyrene Empire The Palmyrene Empire (260-273) was a splinter empire that broke off the Roman Empire during the Crisis of the Third Century. It encompassed the Roman provinces of Syria, Palestine, Egypt and large parts of Asia Minor.
Palni Hills The Palni Hills (also Palani Hills) are a mountain range in Tamil Nadu state of southern India. The Palni Hills are an eastward extension of the Western Ghats ranges, which run parallel to the west coast of India.
Palo (flamenco) A palo is the name traditionally given in the flamenco environment for the different musical forms that constitute the traditional musical heritage of flamenco. Each palo is characterized by a variety of musical features such as its rhythmic pattern, its mode, its characteristic motifs, or the type of stanza used for the lyrics, and comprises a series of traditional melodies or songs, generally called estilos (styles) in the flamenco jargon.
Palo (religion) Palo, or Las Reglas de Congo are a group of closely related denominations or religions of largely Bantu origin developed by slaves from Central Africa in Cuba. Other names associated with various branches of this religion include Palo Monte, Palo Mayombe, Brillumba, and Kimbisa.
Palo Alto (film) Palo Alto (2007) is an independent film about four college freshmen on their last night of Thanksgiving Break, their first time back since leaving for school. They find that the old adage about absence making the heart grow fonder rings true in director Brad Leong's nostalgic comedy drama.
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site near Brownsville, Texas preserves the ground of the May 8, 1846 Battle of Palo Alto. It was the first major conflict in a border dispute that soon precipitated the Mexican-American War.
Palo Alto Models Guild The Palo Alto Models Guild, established mid-1900s, is a non-profit centralized booking agency for nude and clothed models in the Palo Alto, California area.classes at [[Stanford University] using nude models do not use university employees, rather, for the past 20-25 years, using models from the PAMG.
Palo Alto Rowing Club Palo Alto Rowing Club is a non-cut, coed rowing club which takes students from various high schools in the Bay Area, including Palo Alto High School, Gunn High School, and Los Altos High School. It currently has Novice, Junior Varsity, and Varsity programs for both boys and girls.
Palo Alto, California Palo Alto (, from Spanish: palo, "stick" + alto, "high" - ie tall tree) is a city in Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, USA, named for a tree called El Palo Alto. The city is located at the northern end of Silicon Valley, and is home to Stanford University and several successful high-technology companies, such as Hewlett-Packard and Xerox.
Palo Cortado Palo Cortado is a rare variety of sherry that is fortified and aged without flor like an oloroso, but inexplicably develops a character similar to amontillado, with some of the richness of oloroso and some of the crispness of amontillado.
Palo Duro Canyon Palo Duro Canyon is a canyon system of the Caprock Escarpment in the Panhandle of Texas (USA). As the second largest canyon in the United States, it is roughly 120 miles long and has an average width of 6 miles, but reaches a width of 20 miles at places.
Palo Duro Records Palo Duro Records is an independent record label established in 2001 to focus primarily on Texas-based singer/songwriters and bands. The label specializes in musical styles from the Americana, country music, alternative country and Texas music genres.
Palo Verde National Park The Palo Verde National Park, in Spanish is a National Park of Costa Rica, part of the Tempisque Conservation Area, that contains much of the area of the valley of the Tempisque River and covers an area of 45,492 acres in Guanacaste Province, 30 km west of Canas. The surrounding region is mostly tropical dry forests, and the Park concentrates on conserving vital floodplain, marshes, limestone ridges, and seasonal pools from the encroachment of civilisation which was putting the ecology of the area at risk.
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station The Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, a nuclear power plant located in Wintersburg, Arizona, about 50 miles (80 km) west of central Phoenix, is currently the largest nuclear generation facility in the United States, producing over 30,000 gigawatt hours of electricity annually to serve approximately 4 million people. Arizona Public Service holds the majority ownership of the station and operates the facility.
Palochka Palochka or Páločka (majuscule: , minuscule: , Russian: па́лочка, a stick) is a letter added to the Cyrillic alphabet when used in writing several Caucasian languages, such as Abaza, Adyghe, Avar, Chechen, Dargwa, Ingush, Kabardian, Lak, Lezgian and Tabassaran.
Paloma San Basilio Paloma San Basilio (born on November 22, 1950 in Madrid, Spain) is an extremely gifted singer, famous for her potent voice. She played the Spanish version of Evita musical in the theatres of Madrid and Barcelona.
Paloma Suau Paloma Suau (born circa 1972) is a Spaniard-Puerto Rican film and video director, writer, editor and actress. Suau's father, Gabriel Suau, is a Spaniard who immigrated to Puerto Rico, where he became a well known television figure.
Palomar (graphic novel) Palomar (subtitled The Heartbreak Soup Stories) is the title of a graphic novel written and drawn by Gilbert Hernandez and published in 2003 by Fantagraphics Books (ISBN 1-56097-539-3). It collects work previously published within the pages of Love and Rockets (volume one).
Palomar Breeders' Cup Handicap The Palomar Breeders' Cup Handicap is a Grade II race for thoroughbred horses run on the grass at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club each year. Open to filles and mares, age three and up and willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the turf, it offers a purse of $200,000.
Palomar College Palomar College is a community college with one campus and eight satellite centers in San Diego County, California. The main campus is located in San Marcos, while the eight satellite centers are located elsewhere throughout north San Diego County.
Palomar Mountain Range The Palomar Mountain Range is a high range in northern San Diego County of Southern California. The peaks are about 3,000 to 6,000 feet above sea level, with High Point being the pinnacle of the range at 6,140 feet.
Palomar Testbed Interferometer The Palomar Testbed Interferometer is a near-IR, long-baseline stellar interferometer located at Palomar Observatory in north San Diego County. It was built by Caltech/JPL and is intended to serve as a testbed for developing interferometric techniques to be used at the Keck Interferometer.
Palomares H-Bomb Incident On January 17 1966 a B-52 bomber of the USAF Strategic Air Command collided with a KC-135 tanker during mid-air refuelling at 31,000 feet over the Mediterranean sea, off the coast of Spain. The KC-135 was completely destroyed when its load of fuel ignited, killing four crew.
Palombarone Il Palombarone is the titular appelation of an interesting 16th century construction located in Castelfidardo, the Marches in Central Italy. The building's origins are somewhat obscure and a brief description follows.
Palomino Club (Las Vegas) The Palomino Club is a landmark Las Vegas strip club with a series of infamous owners, ranging from accused and convicted murderers to a prominent heart surgeon. A 2004 episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation was also filmed at the club.
Palomino Club (North Hollywood) The Palomino Club was a music venue in North Hollywood, called "Country Music's most important West Coast club" by the Los Angeles Times. It featured such performers as Buck Owens, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Linda Ronstadt and Willie Nelson, and was also a popular hangout for other country entertainers such as Merle Haggard and Jerry Lee Lewis.
Palooka (film) Palooka is a 1934 comedy film based on the comic strip by Ham Fisher. Joe Palooka (Stuart Erwin) is a naive young man whose father Pete (Robert Armstrong) was a champion boxer, but his lifestyle caused Joe's mother Mayme (Marjorie Rambeau) to leave him and to take young Joe to the country to raise him.
Palookaville (film) Palookaville is a 1995 motion picture about a pair of bungling burglars and their dysfunctional family of origin. Prominent actors featured in the film include William Forsythe, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Vincent Gallo and Frances McDormand.
Palos de la Frontera Palos de la Frontera or Palos (formerly also called Palos de Moguer, although this was a misnomer) is a town and municipality located in the southwestern Spanish province of Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is situated some 13 km from the provincial capital, Huelva.
Palos Verdes Palos Verdes is often used to refer to a group of coastal cities on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the Los Angeles/South Bay area of California. This affluent bedroom community is known for its dramatic views, good schools | format=pdf
Palos Verdes High School Palos Verdes High School (PVHS) is one of three public high schools on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Southern California (the others being Palos Verdes Peninsula High School (formerly Rolling Hills High School) and Rancho Del Mar High School). Located by the ocean in Palos Verdes Estates, the school is part of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District.
Palos Verdes Library District The Palos Verdes Library District, known as PVLD, is an independent special district serving the 70,000 residents of Palos Verdes in Southern California. PVLD is governed by a publicly elected Board of Trustees.
Palos Verdes Peninsula High School Palos Verdes Peninsula High School (also known as Peninsula High, Pen High, or PVPHS) is one of three public high schools on the Palos Verdes Peninsula (the others being the recently re-opened Palos Verdes High School and Rancho Del Mar High School). Located at the corner of Hawthorne Boulevard and Silver Spur Road, Peninsula High serves the communities of Rolling Hills Estates, Rolling Hills, Rancho Palos Verdes and Palos Verdes Estates.
Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District (PVPUSD) is a school district based in Palos Verdes, California. It is headed by a superintendent -- presently Walker Williams -- and governed by a five-person, publicly elected school board.
Paloumba The town of Paloumba, Παλούμπα in Greek is a Greek town positioned on a balcony overlooking the plain of Elis towards the Ionian Sea. It is the seat of the municipality of Iraia (Heraia) despite having a smaller population than other potential candidates.
Palpa District Palpa district, a part of Lumbini zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Tansen as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,373 sq km and has a population (2001) of 268,558.
Palpa language The Palpa language of Nepal together with the Nepali language according to the SIL Ethnologue forms the Eastern subgroup of the Pahari languages. There is also Kumauni (Central Pahari) influence, and Palpa has also been classified as either a Nepali or a Kumauni dialect.
Palpatine Palpatine is a fictional character in George Lucas's science fiction saga Star Wars. He was introduced in the films Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) as the Emperor.
Palpation Palpation is a method of examination in which the examiner feels the size or shape or firmness or location of something (of body parts when the examiner is a health professional). Palpation is used by medical doctors, chiropractic doctors, doctors of osteopathic medicine, and even acupuncturists and herbalists particularly for thoracic and abdominal examinations, but also for examination of edema and palpation of pulses.
Pals battalion The Pals battalions of World War I were units of the British Army that consisted of men who had enlisted together at special local recruiting drives, with the promise that they would be able to serve alongside their friends, neighbours and work colleagues ("pals") rather than having to be mixed in with the regular soldiers of the Army.
Palsangjeon Palsangjeon (Hall of Eight Pictures) is located at Beopjusa Temple and is the only wooden pagoda left in Korea. The pagoda gets its name from paintings depicting the eight merciful acts of the Buddha to save lay people.
Palsy Palsy is a medical term derived from the word paralysis that is defined as paralysis of a body part often accompanied by loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking. It occurs in the name of several medical conditions including cerebral palsy (caused by some intracranial lesions), brachial palsy (paralysis of an arm) and Bell's palsy.
Palt Palt is a traditional Swedish dish existing in many different variants: In North America, Palt is a dish made with raw potatoes and chopped meat such as Bologna or Bacon, with flour as a binder. It is formed into a ball and then boiled, and served with melted butter.
Paltalk Paltalk is a Web-based text, chat service for voice and video chatting. The Paltalk Messenger program is available in a free, banner-supported format as well as an ad-free version that requires users to subscribe.
Paltas Canton Paltas is located to the south of Loja city and is one of the oldest cantons of province of the same name. It was named after the Paltas, community who used to live over the new city now called Catacocha in Ecuador.
Palula Palula, also known as Phalura, Ashreti, or Ashretiwar, is spoken by 7,000 to 15,000 people in the valleys of Ashret and Biori, in the Chitral District of the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan. A variety of this language is spoken in the village Sau in Afghanistan.
Palus (tribe) The Palus (tribe) (pəˡluːs) are recognized in the Treaty of 1855 with the Yakimas (negotiated at the Walla Walla Treaty Council) as one of the original 14 Tribes and Bands of today's Yakama Nation. The Palus tribe is also represented by descendants who comprise one of twelve aboriginal tribes enrolled in the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation mostly comprised of Salishan speaking peoples and their descendants.
Palus Putredinis Palus Putredinus (latin for "Marsh of Decay") is an area of the lunar surface that stretches from Archimedes crater southeast toward the rugged Montes Apenninus range. This region is a nearly level, lava-flooded plain bounded by Autolycus crater to the north and the foothills of the Montes Archimedes to the west.
Palus Somni Palus Somni (Latin for "Marsh of Sleep") is an area on the Moon of relatively level but somewhat uneven terrain that lies along the northeastern edge of Mare Tranquillitatis and the Sinus Concordiae. It has selenographic coordinates 14.
Palwankar Baloo Babaji Palwankar Baloo, (Dharwad, 19 March 1876– 4 July 1955, Bombay), commonly known as Palwankar Baloo, was an Indian cricketer. He bowled left-arm orthodox spin with great accuracy and the ability to turn the ball both ways.
Palynofacies Palynofacies studies examine the preservation of particulate organic matter and palynomorphs to provide information on the depositional environment of sediments and depositional palaeoenvironments of sedimentary rocks. The term Palynofacies was introduced by the French geologist Combaz in 1964.
Palynology Palynology is the science that studies contemporary and fossil palynomorphs, including pollen, spores, dinoflagellate cysts, acritarchs, chitinozoans and scolecodonts, together with particulate organic matter (POM) and kerogen found in sedimentary rocks and sediments.

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