33-645: Hells Gate , Hell's Gate , Hell Gate or Hells Gates may refer to: Places [ edit ] Africa [ edit ] Hell's Gate National Park , Kenya Antarctica [ edit ] Hells Gate (Antarctica) , Victoria Land Hells Gate Moraine , Victoria Land Asia [ edit ] Nyalam Town , Tibet A location in Nampong , Arunachal Pradesh, India The Darvaza gas crater , Turkmenistan Australia [ edit ] A large cattle station near Maude, New South Wales Hells Gates (plural),
66-434: A New York City news website Sports [ edit ] Gogoplata , a type of wrestling chokehold also known as Hell's Gate See also [ edit ] Gates of Hell (disambiguation) Hellgate (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Hells Gate . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
99-425: A great port if a "back door" entrance into the harbor was not created. In the 1850s the depth continued to lessen – the harbor commission said in 1850 that the mean water low was 24 feet (7.3 m) and the extreme water low was 23 feet (7.0 m) – while the draft required by the new ships continued to increase, meaning it was only safe for them to enter the harbor at high tide. The U.S. Congress, realizing that
132-493: A novel by Linda Fairstein Hell's Gate, a science fiction novel series by David Weber and Linda Evans Hell Gate , a book by Douglas Hensley based on the hauntings of Bobby Mackey's Music World Film [ edit ] Hell's Gate , a 1989 Italian horror film directed by Umberto Lenzi Hell's Gate , alternate title for the 1953 Japanese film Gate of Hell . Media [ edit ] Hell Gate (website) ,
165-533: A path that descends into hot springs that have rocks hot enough to cause burns, and sulfuric water. Wildlife in the national park includes lions , leopards , and cheetahs . However, the park has historically been an important home for the rare lammergeyer vultures. There are over 103 species of birds in the park, including vultures , Verreaux's eagles , augur buzzard , and swifts. Hyraxes , African buffalo , zebra , eland , hartebeest , Thomson's gazelle , hyena , and baboons are also common. The park
198-713: Is a narrow tidal strait in the East River in New York City . It separates Astoria , Queens , from Randall's and Wards Islands in Manhattan . The name "Hell Gate" is a corruption of the Dutch phrase Hellegat . It first appeared on a Dutch map as Helle Gadt . The name was originally applied to the entirety of the East River, by Dutch explorer Adriaen Block , the first European known to have navigated
231-569: Is a national park situated near Lake Naivasha in Kenya . The park is named after a narrow break in the cliffs, once a tributary of a prehistoric lake that fed early humans in the Rift Valley . It was established in 1984. The park is notable for its wide variety of wildlife and for its scenery. This includes the Fischer's Tower and Central Tower columns and Hell's Gate Gorge. The national park
264-516: Is also home to serval and small numbers of klipspringer antelope and Chanler's mountain reedbuck. The park is popular due to its close proximity to Nairobi and lowered park fees compared to other National Parks. Hiking, bicycling, motorcycling and even camping are encouraged within the park, one of only two Kenyan national parks where this is allowed. The Daily Nation praised the mountain climbing in Hell's Gate as "thrilling." It also recommended
297-497: Is also home to five geothermal power stations at Olkaria . The park features three basic campsites and includes a Maasai Cultural Center, providing education about Maasai culture and traditions. Hell's Gate National Park is named after a narrow break in the cliffs, once a tributary of a prehistoric lake that fed early humans in the Rift Valley. It received the name "Hell's Gate" by explorers Fisher and Thomson in 1883. In
330-859: The Kettle River in Banning State Park , Minnesota Hell Gate, Montana , near the eastern end of the Missoula Valley, Montana Hells Gate, gap in Esmeralda County, Nevada Hell Gate , New York City , a narrow tidal channel in the East River in New York State Hell Gate Bridge Hells Canyon National Recreation Area , Oregon and Idaho, centered on the Snake River, a tributary of
363-494: The 1850s about 2% of ships did so) and petitions continued to call for action, the federal government undertook surveys of the area which ended in 1851 with a detailed and accurate map. By then Maillefert had cleared the rock "Baldheaded Billy", and it was reported that Pot Rock had been reduced to 20.5 feet (6.2 m), which encouraged the United States Congress to appropriate $ 20,000 for further clearing of
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#1732794245140396-799: The British fleet through the strait, an action which was considered reckless at the time. Hell Gate was spanned in 1917 by the New York Connecting Railroad Bridge, now called the Hell Gate Bridge , which connects Wards Island and Queens . The bridge provides a direct rail link between New England and New York City. In 1936, it was spanned by the Triborough Bridge (now the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge ), allowing vehicular traffic to pass among Manhattan ,
429-528: The Bronx, and Queens. Periodically, merchants and other interested parties would try to get something done about the difficulty of navigating through Hell Gate. In 1832, the New York State legislature was presented with a petition for a canal to be built through nearby Hallet's Point, thus avoiding Hell Gate altogether. Instead, the legislature responded by providing ships with pilots trained to navigate
462-877: The Columbia River Hells Canyon , Snake River, Oregon Hells Gate, channel in Curry County, Oregon Hellgate Canyon, a gorge and rapids on the Rogue River in Josephine County, Oregon Hells Gate, channel in Palo Pinto County, Texas Hells Gate, a channel of the Columbia River at the mouth of Hells Gate Canyon, in Klickitat County, Washington Books [ edit ] Hell Gate ,
495-1848: The Fraser River Hell Gate canyon and Hell Gate Rapids on the Liard River in far northern British Columbia Hell Gate a gorge at Jones Sound in Nunavut Caribbean [ edit ] Hell's Gate, Saba , a village on the Caribbean island of Saba Hell's Gate Island , in Antigua and Barbuda New Zealand [ edit ] Tikitere , area of geothermal activity in Rotorua, New Zealand United Kingdom [ edit ] Walkington Wold , East Yorkshire, England United States [ edit ] Hells Gate, gap in Cochise County, Arizona Hells Gate, gap in Gila County, Arizona Hells Gate, gap in Santa Cruz County, Arizona Hells Gate , point of interest in Death Valley National Park , California Hells Gate, cliff in Eagle County, Colorado Hells Gate, channel in Collier County, Florida near Marco Island Hells Gate, channel in Camden County, Georgia Hells Gate State Park , just outside Lewiston, Idaho Hell's Gate, stretch of rapids on
528-632: The Joy Adamson's Centre and boating on Lake Naivasha . A Maasai Cultural Center provides education about the Maasai tribe's culture and traditions. The park is equipped with three basic campsites, camping is safe in the park even though there are no guns or fencing between you and wildlife. There are also several lodges around Naivasha Lake, popular among tourists for watersports, bird and game viewing in private ranches and walks along Crescent Island, Crater Lake, and Mt. Longonot. The main setting of
561-532: The animated film The Lion King (1994) is heavily modeled after the park, which several of the film's lead crew members had visited in order to study and gain an appreciation of the environment for the film. The 2003 film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life was shot on location in this park. The comprehensive Olkaria Geothermal Station , the first of its kind in Africa, was established in 1981 and generates geothermal power underneath Hell's Gate from
594-509: The annals of commerce for this destruction of one of the terrors of navigation." Clearing out the debris from the explosion took until 1891. Newton had begun to undermine Flood Rock, a 9-acre (3.6 ha) reef, even before starting on Hallert's Rock, removing 8,000 cubic yards (6,100 m ) of rock from the reef. In 1885 Flood Rock was blown up as well, with Civil War General Philip Sheridan and abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher among those in attendance. Newton's daughter once more set off
627-565: The area's hot springs and geysers. Three more geothermal stations were added after 2000: Olkaria II , Olkaria III and Olkaria IV . Construction of the 140MW Olkaria V commenced in 2017 and the plant came online in 2019. As of 2019, a significant part of the Hell's Gate National Park has turned into an industrial area, with many pipelines, power plants and busy tarmac roads. Geology of the Olkaria Volcanic Complex: Hell Gate Hell Gate
660-482: The blast, the biggest ever to that date and subsequently reported as the largest man-made explosion until the advent of the atomic bomb although the detonation at the Battle of Messines in 1917 was several times larger. Two years later, plans were in place to dredge Hell Gate to a consistent depth of 26 feet (7.9 m). In James Fenimore Cooper 's historical fiction novel The Water-Witch , or, The Skimmer of
693-474: The early 1900s, Mount Longonot erupted, and ash can still be felt around Hell's Gate. Hell's Gate covers an area of 68.25 square kilometres (26 sq mi). The park is at 1,900 metres (6,200 ft) above sea level. It is within Nakuru County , near Lake Naivasha and approximately 90 kilometres (56 mi) from Nairobi . The park is located 14 kilometres (9 mi) after the turnoff from
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#1732794245140726-400: The inhabitants of the insane asylum on Wards Island, but not the prisoners of Blackwell's Island (now known as Roosevelt Island) who remained in their cells, Newton's daughter set off the explosion. The effect was immediate in decreased turbulence through the strait, and fewer accidents and shipwrecks. The city's Chamber of Commerce commented that "The Centennial year will be for ever known in
759-445: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hells_Gate&oldid=1221818015 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hell%27s Gate National Park Hell's Gate National Park
792-483: The military importance of having easily navigable waterways, and charged the Army Corps of Engineers with clearing Hell Gate of the rocks there that caused a danger to navigation. The Corps' Colonel James Newton estimated that the project would cost $ 1 million, as compared to the approximate annual loss in shipping of $ 2 million. Initial forays floundered, and Newton, by that time a general, took over direct control of
825-540: The name could be construed to mean "bright strait" or "clear opening", according to geographer Henry Gannett . Because explorers found navigation hazardous in this New World place of rocks and converging tide-driven currents (from the Long Island Sound , Harlem River strait, Upper Bay of New York Harbor , and lesser channels, some of which have been filled), the Anglicization stuck. The strait
858-473: The old Nairobi-Naivasha highway, and has a warm and dry climate. Olkaria and Hobley's, two extinct volcanoes located in the park, can be seen as well as obsidian forms from the cool molten lava. Within Hell's Gate is the Hells Gate Gorge, lined with red cliffs which contain two volcanic plugs: Fischer's Tower and Central Tower. Off of Central Tower is a smaller gorge which extends to the south, with
891-701: The point where the Burdekin River passes between two hills in Queensland A tourist stop on the Savannah Way in Queensland near the NT border Hells Gates (plural), the entrance to Macquarie Harbour on the west coast of Tasmania A lower section of Davey River in the south west of Tasmania, known as Hells Gates Canada [ edit ] Hells Gate, British Columbia , a narrow gorge on
924-594: The problem needed to be addressed, appropriated $ 20,000 for the Army Corps of Engineers to continue Maillefert's work, but the money was soon spent without appreciable change in the hazards of navigating the strait. An advisory council recommended in 1856 that the strait be cleared of all obstacles, but nothing was done, and the Civil War soon broke out. In the late 1860s, after the Civil War, Congress realized
957-614: The project. In 1868 Newton decided, with the support of both New York's mercantile class and local real estate interests, to focus on the 3-acre (1.2 ha) Hallert's Point Reef off of Queens. The project would involve 7,000 feet (2,100 m) of tunnels equipped with trains to haul debris out as the reef was eviscerated, creating a reef structured like Swiss cheese , which Newton would then blow up. After seven years of digging seven thousand holes, and filling four thousand of them with 30,000 pounds (14,000 kg) of dynamite, on September 24, 1876, in front of an audience of people including
990-584: The shoals for the next 15 years. In 1849, a French engineer whose specialty was underwater blasting, Benjamin Maillefert , had cleared some of the rocks which, along with the mix of tides, made the Hell Gate stretch of the river so dangerous to navigate. Ebenezer Meriam had organized a subscription to pay Maillefert $ 6,000 to, for instance, reduce "Pot Rock" to provide 24 feet (7.3 m) of depth at low-mean water. While ships continued to run aground (in
1023-708: The strait, who bestowed the name sometime during his 1614–1616 voyage aboard the Onrust circumnavigating Long Island , from its namesake Hellegat on (the mouth of) the River Scheldt , in Zeeland back in the Netherlands. This name Hellegat was taken from the Greek Hellespont ( Dardanelles ) which also has a dangerous reputation, in the opinion of historian Edward Manning Ruttenber . Alternatively,
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1056-556: The strait. However, a more accurate survey showed that the depth of Pot Rock was actually a little more than 18 feet (5.5 m), and eventually Congress withdrew its funding. With the main shipping channels through The Narrows into the harbor silting up with sand due to littoral drift , thus providing ships with less depth, and a new generation of larger ships coming online – epitomized by Isambard Kingdom Brunel 's SS Great Eastern , popularly known as "Leviathan" – New York began to be concerned that it would start to lose its status as
1089-453: Was also known as Hurl Gate (or Hurlgate ), and so labeled on 18th and 19th century maps and annals, this name probably consisting of Dutch warrel 'whirl' and gat 'hole, gap, mouth', in effect denoting 'whirlpool'. For the whirlpool that develops in Hell Gate, the name Monatun was applied by Dr. Henry Rowe Schoolcraft ; the name is said to mean "violent, forcible, dangerous". In October 1776, Admiral Howe sailed some of
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