One exception to this is the Biological Data Profile of the FGDC. To go along with Bounding Coordinates specifying the extent of the data in the dataset, the profile specifies a mandatory Description of Geographic Extent element to provide a text description of the extent of the study and/or data set.
Calm, peaceful days. The Halcyon is a bird of Greek legend and the name is now commonly given to the European Kingfisher. The ancients believed that the bird made a floating nest in the Aegean Sea and had the power to calm the waves while brooding her eggs.
A UNSC cruiser was the most powerful warship ever created by humanity. The Halcyon-class cruiser was a mainstay of the UNSC fleet for about half a century. The smallest human warship to receive the designation of cruiser, these still-enormous vessels exceeded a kilometer in overall length.