Maryland, Brownsea Island Maryland, Brownsea Island Maryland is a deserted village on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour, Dorset, England. It was named for the wife of its founder, Colonel William Petrie Waugh. The village was established in the mid-19th century to house workers for a new pottery industry (Branksea Clay & Pottery Company) on the island. The supposed deposit of high quality china clay proved to be unsuitable for porcelain, and the drainage pipes and chimney pots that were produced were not financially viable. The Waughs were forced into bankruptcy. Maryland's people stayed on the island after the closure of the pottery, farming
Nan'ao County of the county is the island of Nan'ao, which lies 2 – 5 miles off the coast of Guangdong. The county also includes a few minor islands nearby, in particular the Nanpeng Archipelago, a chain of islets located some to the southeast from the Nan'ao Island. The county has a land area of , and a population of 70,000. Nan'ao island lies on the Tropic of Cancer. Nan'ao County Nan'ao County (postal: Namoa; ) is a county in Shantou Prefecture-level city, Guangdong Province, China. Nan'ao Island remained under the control of the Nationalists for a few months after the Communists