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Port Royal Island

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

Norfolk Island pine

(Encyclopedia)Norfolk Island pine: see monkey-puzzle tree. ...

Washington Island, former name of Teraina, Kiribati

(Encyclopedia)Washington Island: see Teraina.

Sandalwood Island, former name of Sumba, Indonesia

(Encyclopedia)Sandalwood Island: see Sumba, Indonesia. ...

Zanzibar, semiautonomous archipelago and island, Tanzania

(Encyclopedia)Zanzibar zănˈzĭbär, zănzĭbärˈ [key], semiautonomous archipelago (2012 pop. 1,303,569), Tanzania, E Africa, in the Indian Ocean c. 20 mi (32 km) off the mainland, consisting of the island of Za...

Babylon, village, United States

(Encyclopedia)Babylon, residential village (2020 pop. 11,912), Suffolk co., SE N.Y., on Long Island, on Great South Bay; settled 1689, inc. 1893. The first U.S. wirel...

Theodore Roosevelt Island

(Encyclopedia)Theodore Roosevelt Island: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Juan de Nova Island

(Encyclopedia)Juan de Nova Island hwän də nōˈvə [key], 1.7 sq mi (4.4 sq km), in the Mozambique Channel, Indian Ocean, between Madagascar and Mozambique. A possession of France administered by a high commissio...

Sandalwood Island, alternate name for Vanua Levu, Fiji

(Encyclopedia)Sandalwood Island: see Vanua Levu. ...

Baldwin, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia)Baldwin. 1 Uninc. city (2020 pop. 24,727), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on the south shore of Long Island, on Baldwin Bay; settled 1640s. A fishing center ...