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Norman Isles

(Encyclopedia)Norman Isles, Great Britain: see Channel Islands. ...

Neu Lauenberg

(Encyclopedia)Neu Lauenberg: see Duke of York Islands. ...

Tortola

(Encyclopedia)Tortola, largest of the British Virgin Islands. ...

Majorca

(Encyclopedia)Majorca mälyôrˈkä [key], island (1991 pop. 602,074), 1,405 sq mi (3,639 sq km), Spain, largest of the Balearic Islands, in the W Mediterranean. Palma is the chief city. Majorca is mountainous in t...

Quemoy

(Encyclopedia)Quemoy kĭmoiˈ [key], Chin. Chinmen, Kinmen, or Jinmen, Taiwanese island group (2010 pop. 56,703), Taiwan Strait, just off Fujian prov., China, and c.150 mi (240 km) W of Taiwan. The group consists o...

Outer Banks

(Encyclopedia)Outer Banks or the Banks, chain of sand barrier islands and peninsulas, c.175 mi (280 km), along the Atlantic coast of SE Va. and E N.C. Separated by inlets and enclosing several saltwater lagoons, or...

Vulcano

(Encyclopedia)Vulcano, island and volcano, Italy: see Lipari Islands. ...

Stromboli

(Encyclopedia)Stromboli, island and volcano, Italy: see Lipari Islands. ...

Shetland

(Encyclopedia)Shetland, former county, Scotland: see under Shetland Islands. ...

Port Blair

(Encyclopedia)Port Blair, India: see Andaman and Nicobar Islands. ...

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