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Hawaii, University of

(Encyclopedia)Hawaii, University of, at Honolulu (Manoa Campus), Hilo, and Pearl City (West Oahu Campus) with additional community college campuses; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1907, op...

Miyazaki

(Encyclopedia)Miyazaki mēyäˈzäˌkē [key], city (1990 pop. 287,352), capital of Miyazaki prefecture, SE Kyushu, Japan, on the Hyuga Sea. It is a popular tourist and resort center and the seat of the great Shint...

Colima, volcano, Mexico

(Encyclopedia)Colima kōlēˈmä [key], active volcano, 12,533 ft (3,820 m) high, S Jalisco, Mexico, 78 mi (125 km) S of Guadalajara near the Colima state border. Also known as Volcán de Fuego, it is one of the mo...

Dry Tortugas National Park

(Encyclopedia)Dry Tortugas National Park: see under Dry Tortugas. ...

Crater Lake National Park

(Encyclopedia)Crater Lake National Park, 183,224 acres (74,206 hectares), SW Oreg., in the Cascade Range; est. 1902. Crater Lake, 20 sq mi (52 sq km), lies in a huge pit that was created when the top of a prehistor...

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

(Encyclopedia)Cuyahoga Valley National Park kīˌəhōˈgə [key], 32,950 acres (13,334 hectares), in the Cuyahoga River valley between Akron and Cleveland, NE Ohio; est. as a national recreation area 1974, designa...

Colonial National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Colonial National Historical Park, 9,350 acres (3,785 hectares), SE Va., mainly on the peninsula between the York and James rivers; created 1930 as Colonial National Monument, renamed 1936. The park e...

Channel Islands National Park

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

Isle Royale National Park

(Encyclopedia)Isle Royale National Park roiˈəl [key], 571,790 acres (231,575 hectares), comprising about 200 islands, in Lake Superior, NW Mich.; est. 1940. Isle Royale, 210 sq mi (544 sq km), is the largest isla...

Independence National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Independence National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...