The Vlie or Vliestroom is the seaway between the Dutch islands of Vlieland , to its southwest, and Terschelling , to its northeast. The Vlie was the estuary of the river IJssel in medieval times. In 1666 the English Admiral Robert Holmes burnt a Dutch merchant fleet of 130 ships ( Holmes's Bonfire ), that had taken refuge in the Vlie, mistakenly supposing the English could never find their way through the treacherous shoals along its coastline. Today it's still possible to reach the port of Harlingen by way of the Vlie.
5-563: FLI may refer to: Fli, other name for the Vlie Atlantic Airways , a Faroese airline Fali of Mubi , a language of Nigeria Five Little Indians , an Indian rock band Flia , an Albanian dish FLIC (file format) , an animation storage format FLII , a gene Flixton railway station in England Friedrich Loeffler Institute ,
10-461: A German veterinary research centre Future and Freedom (Italian: Futuro e Libertà per l'Italia ), Italian political grouping Future of Life Institute , a research institute and outreach organization working to mitigate existential risks facing humanity Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title FLI . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
15-688: A continuous area of sand and mudflats connecting the sea to the enlarged inland lake and obscuring the flow of the river. When the Afsluitdijk was created, the old streambed from the river to the sea was obstructed. The construction of the Afsluitdijk caused a 19% increase of current velocity in Vliestroom. In the Lex Frisonum the Vlie (Fli, or Flehi) is accepted as the boundary between
20-515: The North See through the Vlie. It is often supposed that the old Roman name for the lake that later would become the Zuiderzee : Lacus Flevo , is etymologically related to the name "Vlie" and that perhaps Vlie was once the name of the entire lake and the big river that flowed out of it. In the 13th century large floods widened the estuary and destroyed much of the peat land behind, creating
25-449: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FLI&oldid=987845309 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Italian-language text Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Vlie The former Zuiderzee (called Lake Flevo) drained into
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