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Kent, Rockwell

(Encyclopedia)Kent, Rockwell, 1882–1971, American painter, muralist, wood engraver, lithographer, book and magazine illustrator, and writer, b. Tarrytown, N.Y. Kent studied with William Merritt Chase and Robert H...

bluefish

(Encyclopedia)bluefish, voracious marine fish of the family Pomatomidae, resembling the pompano but more closely related to the sea basses (see bass, in zoology). Bluefish are found in the warm waters of the Indian...

Auckland Islands

(Encyclopedia)Auckland Islands, small uninhabited group (234 sq mi/606 sq km), S Pacific, c.300 mi (480 km) S of Stewart Island, New Zealand, to which they belong. There is a nature preserve for birds and sea mamma...

Torremolinos

(Encyclopedia)Torremolinos tôrāmōlēˈnōs [key], town, Málaga prov., S Spain, in Andalusia, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is a very popular resort on the Costa del Sol. ...

Scheveningen

(Encyclopedia)Scheveningen skhāˈvənĭngˌən [key], urban district, The Hague, South Holland prov., W Netherlands, on the North Sea. It is a popular bathing resort and fishing center. ...

Eyjafjörður

(Encyclopedia)Eyjafjörður āˈyäfyörˌᵺür [key], inlet of the Greenland Sea, longest (37 mi/60 km) and most scenic fjord in N Iceland. Akureyri is at its head. ...

trepang

(Encyclopedia)trepang trəpăngˈ [key]: see sea cucumber. ...

Amphitrite

(Encyclopedia)Amphitrite ămfĭtrīˈtē [key], in Greek mythology, queen of the sea; daughter of Nereus. She was the wife of Poseidon and mother of Triton. ...

Eglaim

(Encyclopedia)Eglaim ĕgˈlāĭm, ēglāˈĭm [key], in the Bible, place E of the Dead Sea. It may be the same as the otherwise unidentified En-Eglaim. ...

Siglufjörður

(Encyclopedia)Siglufjörður sĭkˈləfyörˌᵺər [key], town (1993 pop. 1,781), N Iceland, on the Greenland Sea. It is known as the capital of Iceland's herring industry. ...