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Streymoy

(Encyclopedia)Streymoy strömˈöˌ [key], island (1998 est. pop. 20,113), 144 sq mi (373 sq km), Denmark, the largest of the Faeroe Islands. Tórshavn is the main town. ...

Channel Islands National Park

(Encyclopedia)Channel Islands National Park: see Channel Islands, California; National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Saint Lawrence Islands National Park

(Encyclopedia)Saint Lawrence Islands National Park, 1,000 acres (405 hectares), S Ont., Canada, in the Thousand Islands; est. 1904. It includes 17 wooded Canadian islands and some adjacent mainland between Kingston...

Virgin Islands National Park

(Encyclopedia)Virgin Islands National Park, 14,689 acres (5,949 hectares), St. John, Virgin Islands; est. 1956. The park, with beaches, coves, and headlands, is rich in tropical-plant, animal, and marine life. Bord...

Herm, island, Channel Islands

(Encyclopedia)Herm: see Channel Islands, British dependency. ...

Saint Thomas, island, Virgin Islands

(Encyclopedia)Saint Thomas, island (2010 pop. 51,634), 32 sq mi (83 sq km), one of the U.S. Virgin Islands, West Indies. Charlotte Amalie, the capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands, and a campus of the Univ. of the Vi...

Saint John, island, Virgin Islands

(Encyclopedia)Saint John, Virgin Islands: see Virgin Islands of the United States. ...

Gilbert and Ellice Islands

(Encyclopedia)Gilbert and Ellice Islands, former British colony in the central and S Pacific; see Kiribati and Tuvalu. ...

Antipodes, islands, New Zealand

(Encyclopedia)Antipodes ăntĭpˈədēz [key], rocky uninhabited islands, 24 sq mi (62 sq km), South Pacific, c.550 mi (885 km) SE of New Zealand, to which they belong. Explored by British seamen in 1800, the Antip...

Gulf Islands National Seashore

(Encyclopedia)Gulf Islands National Seashore: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...