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Re: Tabor

From: Jean-Pierre Boutin <boutin~at~versailles.inra.fr>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:19:44 +0100
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

> I do have the impression that Verne's seasonal variations in climate
> are more pronounced than would really be the case in that latitude.
> But not sure. Any other views from Vernophiles?
>
Yes of course Thomas. As for all small Islands , air temperature is
about the same than that of the sea surrounding the island. Tabor ()
lying, one can suppose that the type of climate is rather fresh
temperate (ie, neither snow nor very hot temperatures) and probably
windy ...

You are right Tom, as for all the islands lost in the medium of the
oceans, the temperature of the air on supposed Ile Tabor (or of the
supposed Maria Theresa reef, 35°12S 136°40W) is about the same one as
that of the sea which surrounds it. This type of climate is I believe
called fresh-temperate or hyperoceanic, i.e. in this case without
freezing nor snow and temperature exceeding 25-30°C and most probably
windy. The most comparable climate seems to me that which occurs
within the Amsterdam and St Paul islands in the Indian Ocean (lots of
meteorological data exist for these islands).
Jean-Pierre


>
>> From: "wbutcher" <wbutcher~at~netvigator.com>
>> Reply-To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
>> To: "'Jules Verne Forum'" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
>> Subject: Re: Tabor
>> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:49:02 +0800
>>
>> The answer, running over 100s of words, in my edition.
>>
>> My impression is that they are balmy, a bit like Hong Kong,
>> since moderated
>> by the ocean, and that they're not that far south. Aren't orangutans
>> and so
>> on subtropical?
>>
>> Bill
>> wbutcher~at~netvigator.com
>> http://home.netvigator.com/~wbutcher/
>> 1/F, 46A, Lung Mei Village, Taipo, Hong Kong
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il [mailto:owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il] On
>> Behalf Of
>> thomas mccormick
>> Sent: Sunday, 12 February, 2006 12:38 PM
>> To: jvf~at~Gilead.org.il
>> Subject: Tabor
>>
>> My understanding is that "L'Ile Tabor" or "Maria Theresa" does
>> not
>> really
>> exist. If this is true, are there any islands in the general
>> area
>> where
>> Verne locates Tabor and Lincoln Islands?
>>
>> What sort of climate and ecology do any such islands have (or
>> what
>> sort of
>> climate and ecology would we expect to find on an island in
>> that
>> general
>> area?)? My impression is that this area is to the south of the
>> horse
>> latitudes, so it ought to have pronounced seasons and some
>> antarctic
>> climatic influence. But I don't know this for certain. Who
>> does?
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
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