Can I Turn Off Location Awareness in Safari?

I go to a website that regularly asks me if I will allow it to use my location for purposes of my visit. I find this request annoying and not useful to me. When I asked the site folks how to prevent it, they directed me to a place where I could turn off location awareness . . . in Windows.
Is there a similar ability in Mac Safari 5.1.2? I can't find one.

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Thanks for replying, but that isn't the answer I am looking for. Also, there is no + sign, UNLESS you do tap the overlapping boxes.
Let me try to ask my question a little more clearly:
When I tap the two overlapping boxes on the lower left (the option to Open New Windows), the new Window that appears will show your Bookmarked FAVORITES. But with my new iPhone 6, and the new iOS 8.0.2, when I tap the two boxes to open a New Window, my Bookmark Favorites show (as they always have and should), but below them, there is a dividing line underneath them, and it says Recently Viewed Websites, and has these websites available to tap.
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Thank you for your help bobseufert! I appreciate your concern, kindness, and the time to try to help. I am grateful.
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