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Bering Strait

(Encyclopedia)Bering Strait, c.55 mi (90 km) wide, between extreme NE Asia and extreme NW North America, connecting the Arctic Ocean and the Bering Sea. It is usually completely frozen over from October to June. Th...

Meseta

(Encyclopedia)Meseta: see Iberian Peninsula.

Apsheron

(Encyclopedia)Apsheron, peninsula, Azerbaijan: see Absheron. ...

Jylland

(Encyclopedia)Jylland: see Jutland, peninsula, Denmark. ...

Cnidus

(Encyclopedia)Cnidus or Cnidos both: nīˈdəs [key], ancient Greek city of Caria, SW Asia Minor, on Cape Krio, in present SW Asian Turkey. It was partly on the peninsula and partly on an island that had been creat...

Shimonoseki, Treaty of

(Encyclopedia)Shimonoseki, Treaty of, Apr. 17, 1895, ending the First Sino-Japanese War. It was negotiated and signed by Ito Hirobumi for Japan and Li Hung-chang for China. Harsh terms were imposed on a badly defea...

Bon, Cape

(Encyclopedia)Bon, Cape ädärˈ [key], peninsula, NE Tunisia, projecting c.50 mi (80 km) into the Mediterranean Sea toward Sicily. Cape Bon, the eastern terminus of the Saharan Atlas Mts., is a hilly, fertile regi...

Ungava

(Encyclopedia)Ungava: see Labrador-Ungava, peninsula, Canada. ...

California, Lower

(Encyclopedia)California, Lower: see Baja California, peninsula. ...

Koryak Autonomous Area

(Encyclopedia)Koryak Autonomous Area: see Kamchatka, peninsula, Russia. ...