Bouvet Island 247 years after its discovery. The Norwegian Polar Institute established a research station, made of shipping containers, at Nyrøysa in 1996. On 23 February 2006, the island experienced a magnitude 6.2 earthquake whose epicentre was about away, weakening the station's foundation and causing it to be blown to sea during a winter storm. In 2014, a new research station was sent from Tromsø in Norway, via Cape Town, to Bouvet. The new station is designed to house six people for periods of two to four months. In the mid-1980s, Bouvetøya, Jan Mayen, and Svalbard were considered as locations for the
Atlantic Beach, Rhode Island batting cage, waterslides, gift shop, and more have been added. Atlantic Beach Park faces the Atlantic Ocean. On the north side is Winnapaug Pond, a source of Rhode Island quahogs (clams) and bay scallops. Official website Atlantic Beach, Rhode Island Atlantic Beach, Rhode Island, of land and buildings, within the Misquamicut section of beachfront in Westerly, lies just south of Misquamicut State Beach. The first parcel of this property was purchased in 1920 from the Norwich Trolley Company by Julia and Harry Trefes. Subsequent purchases by them and their two sons eventually totaled . The property is still owned and