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North Sea

The North Sea is a marginal sea between the British Isles and continental Europe, formerly the land bridge Doggerland, now central to European offshore wind: 300 GW targeted by 2050 under the North Seas Energy Cooperation.

North Sea Canal

The North Sea Canal (Dutch: Noordzeekanaal) is a 21-kilometer ship canal connecting the port of Amsterdam directly to the North Sea at IJmuiden, opened in 1876.

North Sea Coastal Area

North Sea Coastal Area (Noordzeekustzone), Ramsar Site no. 1252, is a Dutch coastal wetland designated in 2000, about 1,445 km² of sandbanks, mudflats, salt meadows and dunes, also a Natura 2000 SAC and SPA.

North Sea Continental Shelf cases

The North Sea Continental Shelf cases were two joined proceedings before the International Court of Justice, decided on 20 February 1969, holding that the equidistance method was not obligatory.

North Sea Empire

North Sea Empire (Anglo-Scandinavian Empire): the early 11th-century personal union of England, Denmark, Norway, and parts of Sweden under Cnut the Great, assembled 1016–1028, fragmenting after his 1035 death and ending with Harthacnut's death in 1042.

North Sea flood of 1953

The North Sea flood of 1953, known in the Netherlands as the Watersnoodramp, killed 1,836 Dutch people and more than 300 in England on 1 February 1953.

Oct 3, 2026

North Sea Hijack

North Sea Hijack, aka ffolkes and Assault Force, is a 1979-80 British action thriller by Andrew V. McLaglen starring Roger Moore as eccentric counter-terrorist Rufus Excalibur ffolkes, with James Mason and Anthony Perkins, about a £25 million North Sea oil rig ransom.

North Sea Link

North Sea Link is a 1,400 MW submarine electricity interconnector running 720 km between Kvilldal in Norway and Blyth in England, at completion the world's longest subsea power cable.

North Sea oil

North Sea oil is crude oil produced from the North Sea seabed since the early 1970s, beginning at Norway's Ekofisk field, and its Brent crude became a global price benchmark.

North Sentinel Island

North Sentinel Island: forested, ~60 sq km island in the Bay of Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, home to the uncontacted Sentinelese; a tribal reserve with a 5 km exclusion zone under the 1956 PAT Regulation.

North Shewa Zone, Amhara, Ethiopia

North Shewa Zone, also Semien Shewa (Amharic: ሰሜን ሸዋ), is a zone of the Amhara Region of Ethiopia, in the central highlands with its capital at Debre Birhan.

North Shewa Zone, Oromiya, Ethiopia

North Shewa Zone (Oromo: Shawaa Kaabaa; Amharic: ሰሜን ሸዋ) is a zone of Ethiopia's Oromia Region north of Addis Ababa, with its administrative center at Fiche.

North Shore (2004 TV series)

North Shore was a Fox prime-time soap (June 14, 2004 to January 13, 2005, 21 episodes) set at the fictional Grand Waimea resort on Oahu, starring Kristoffer Polaha and Brooke Burns; canceled after one season.

North Shore (Massachusetts)

The North Shore of Massachusetts is the coastal region north of Boston, from Nahant and Revere to Salisbury on the New Hampshire line, mostly in Essex County, known for rocky shores, historic seaports like Salem and Gloucester, and contested boundaries.

North Shore Gas (WEC Energy)

North Shore Gas Company is an investor-owned natural gas utility serving 54 communities in Chicago's northern suburbs, founded in 1900 and owned by WEC Energy Group.

North Shore Surf Eskola Zarautz

North Shore Zarautz (North Shore Surf Camp Zarautz), beachfront surf school and camp on Zarautz's malecón, Basque Country, founded about 2015, run by NSZ SURF CO. S.L.; group lessons €45/90 min, 6 students per instructor, FES/EHSF/ISA-certified instructors.

North Shore Surf Løkken

North Shore Surf Løkken (northshoresurf.dk) is a Danish surf school and café at Løkken Mole, North Jutland, run by NORTH SHORE SURF ApS. It offers surf and SUP courses from DKK 399, board rental, sauna sessions, and yoga, rated 4.5 on Trustpilot and 5.0 on Tripadvisor.

North Siberian Lowland

North Siberian Lowland: flat lowland on the polar margins of Middle Siberia, Russia, including the Taymyr peninsula; 100–200 m ridges, bogged lake depressions, Byrranga mountains to 1146 m, tundra and forest-tundra vegetation.

North Side Gang

North Side Gang: Prohibition-era Irish-led Chicago crime organization north of the Chicago River, rival of Al Capone; led by Dean O'Banion (murdered 1924), attacked Cicero in 1926, and lost seven members in the 1929 St. Valentine's Day massacre.

North Somerset

North Somerset, unitary authority in South West England created 1 April 1996 from the Avon district of Woodspring; main town Weston-super-Mare; population about 216,700 (Census 2021), adjoining Bristol on the Severn estuary.

Oct 20, 2026

North Stamford

North Stamford: low-density residential neighborhood in Stamford, Connecticut, north of the Merritt Parkway; about 18,201 residents, one- to three-acre single-family zoning, high property values, and active zoning disputes.

North Star (locomotive)

North Star was a 2-2-2 broad gauge steam locomotive built by Robert Stephenson & Co. in 1837, diverted from an American order to the Great Western Railway.

North Station (Boston)

North Station is a rail terminal at 135 Causeway Street in Boston, under TD Garden, serving MBTA Commuter Rail lines and Amtrak's Downeaster to Maine.

North Sumatra

North Sumatra (Sumatera Utara), Indonesian province with capital Medan, established 15 April 1948; 14.8 million people (2020), 25 regencies and 8 cities; Aceh separated in 1956; home to Lake Toba caldera.

North Sydney

North Sydney: lower North Shore Sydney suburb and local government area, 10.5 km², 72,909 residents, formed 1890; major commercial centre with Harbour Bridge, Luna Park and Victoria Cross metro.

North Sydney Bears

North Sydney Bears, Australian rugby league club founded 1908 as NSWRL foundation club (originally the Shoremen, Bears from 1959). Premierships 1921 and 1922; home North Sydney Oval (Bear Park); NRL exit 1999 via Northern Eagles merger; heritage continues in Perth Bears from 2027.