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Senkaku Islands

(Encyclopedia)Senkaku Islands sĕnˈkäko͞o [key], small, uninhabited island group, 8 sq mi (20.7 sq km), Okinawa prefecture, extreme SW Japan, in the East China Sea. Located 90 mi (45 km) NNW of Ishigaki in the R...

Gray, Robert

(Encyclopedia)Gray, Robert, 1755–1806, American sea captain, discoverer of the Columbia River, b. Tiverton, R.I. He probably served in the Continental navy in the American Revolution. In 1787 he and Capt. John Ke...

Aberdeen, city, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Aberdeen, city (2020 pop. 229,060) and council area, NE Scotland, on the North Sea at the mouth of the Dee River. It is Scotland's third largest city in population. Aberdeen is the financi...

Taman Peninsula

(Encyclopedia)Taman Peninsula təmänˈ [key], c.20 mi (30 km) long and 8 mi (12.9 km) wide, Krasnodar Territory, SE European Russia, projecting westward between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. It is separated f...

Bengal, Bay of

(Encyclopedia)Bengal, Bay of, arm of the Indian Ocean, c.1,300 mi (2,090 km) long and 1,000 mi (1,610 km) wide, bordered on the W by Sri Lanka and India, on the N by Bangladesh, and on the E by Myanmar and Thailand...

McMurdo Sound

(Encyclopedia)McMurdo Sound, Antarctica: see Ross Sea. ...

Saint Helena Island

(Encyclopedia)Saint Helena Island: see Sea Islands. ...

Barents Council

(Encyclopedia)Barents Council: see under Barents Sea. ...

Tiberias, Lake

(Encyclopedia)Tiberias, Lake: see Galilee, Sea of. ...

Port Royal Island

(Encyclopedia)Port Royal Island: see Sea Islands. ...