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Windward Islands

(Encyclopedia)Windward Islands, southern group of the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies, curving generally southward for c.300 mi (480 km) from the Leeward Islands toward NE Venezuela. Excluding Barbados and Trini...

Witu Islands

(Encyclopedia)Witu Islands: see Vitu Islands.

Westman Islands

(Encyclopedia)Westman Islands: see Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland. ...

Vitu Islands

(Encyclopedia)Vitu Islands vēˈto͞o [key], volcanic group, 37 sq mi (96 sq km), in the Bismarck Archipelago, part of Papua New Guinea. Garove and Unea are the largest islands. The group is the chief copra center ...

Volcano Islands

(Encyclopedia)Volcano Islands, Jap. Kazan-retto, island group, c.11 sq mi (30 sq km), W Pacific. The group consists of three islands, of which Iwo Jima (Iwo To) is the most important. The highest peak (3,181 ft/970...

Caicos Islands

(Encyclopedia)Caicos Islands: see Turks and Caicos Islands. ...

Bonin Islands

(Encyclopedia)Bonin Islands bōˈnīn [key], Jap. Ogasawara-gunto, volcanic island group, c.40 sq mi (100 sq km), in the W Pacific Ocean, c.500 mi (800 km) S of Tokyo; part of Tokyo prefecture, Japan. The largest a...

Aeolian Islands

(Encyclopedia)Aeolian Islands: see Lipari Islands, Italy. ...

Borromean Islands

(Encyclopedia)Borromean Islands: see Maggiore, Lago, Italy. ...

Bissagos Islands

(Encyclopedia)Bissagos Islands: see Guinea-Bissau. ...