Crows Nest
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Crows Nest or Crow's Nest may refer to:
  • Crow's nest
    Crow's nest
    A crow's nest is a structure in the upper part of the mainmast of a ship or structure, that is used as a lookout point.This position ensured the best view of the approaching hazards, other ships or land. It was the best device for this purpose until the invention of radar.In early ships it was...

    , a structure near the top of the mast of a ship used as a lookout point. The term may also refer to some other observational structures.

Places

  • Crow's Nest, Cornwall
    Crow's Nest, Cornwall
    Crow's Nest is a village in Cornwall, England, UK. It is located within the civil parish of St Cleer, on the southeastern edge of Bodmin Moor, north of the town of Liskeard....

    , United Kingdom. A village and a SSSI
    Site of Special Scientific Interest
    A Site of Special Scientific Interest is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. SSSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in Great Britain are based upon...

  • Crows Nest, Indiana
    Crows Nest, Indiana
    Crows Nest is an affluent town in Washington Township, Marion County, Indiana, approximately northwest of downtown Indianapolis. The town is adjacent to the neighboring community of North Crows Nest and it is just south off Kessler Boulevard on the private drive Sunset Lane. The town maintains...

    , United States
  • The Crow's Nest, Montana, a viewpoint along the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment's march to the Battle of the Little Bighorn
    Battle of the Little Bighorn
    The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as Custer's Last Stand and, by the Indians involved, as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, was an armed engagement between combined forces of Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho people against the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army...

     in June, 1876
  • Crows Nest, New South Wales
    Crows Nest, New South Wales
    Crows Nest is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Crows Nest is located 5 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of North Sydney Council.-History:...

    , Australia
  • Crows Nest, Queensland
    Crows Nest, Queensland
    Crows Nest is a town in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The town is located on the New England Highway from the state capital, Brisbane and from the nearby city of Toowoomba within the Toowoomba Region local government area...

    , Australia
  • Shire of Crows Nest, Queensland, Australia (replaced by Toowoomba Regional Council)
  • Crow's Nest (Hong Kong)
    Crow's Nest (Hong Kong)
    Crow's Nest is a hill north of So Uk in Cheung Sha Wan of New Kowloon in Hong Kong. With height of 194 metres, it is located south of Eagle's Nest. Lung Cheung Road and Tai Po Road are at found at the south slope. On the east side of the hill, there are three private housing estates, Dynasty...

    , a hill in Hong Kong
  • Crow's Nest, Nova Scotia
    Crow's Nest, Nova Scotia
    Crow's Nest is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Municipality of the District of Staint Mary's in Guysborough County....

  • Crow's Nest Natural Area Preserve
    Crow's Nest Natural Area Preserve
    Crow's Nest Natural Area Preserve is a large wilderness area located on the southern border of Stafford County, Virginia, between Potomac Creek and Accokeek Creek. The greater portion of the Crow’s Nest Peninsula is approximately and lies within the coastal plain of Virginia.Virtually the entire...

    , a wilderness area in Stafford County, Virginia
  • Crow's Nest (New York)
    Crow's Nest (New York)
    Crow's Nest is a mountain along the west bank of the Hudson River in the Town of Highlands on the northern edge of the United States Military Academy at West Point...

    , a mountain along the west bank of the Hudson River

Other

  • The Crow's Nest (University of South Florida St. Petersburg), a student-run newspaper
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