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Victoria Island

(Encyclopedia)Victoria Island, c.81,930 sq mi (212,200 sq km), part of the Arctic Archipelago, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, N Canada; third largest island of Canada. On the southeast coast is Cambridge Bay, a...

Catalina Island

(Encyclopedia)Catalina Island: see Santa Catalina. ...

Cat Island

(Encyclopedia)Cat Island: see San Salvador, island. ...

Canton Island

(Encyclopedia)Canton Island: see Kanton.

Sulphur Island

(Encyclopedia)Sulphur Island: see Iwo Jima.

Swains Island

(Encyclopedia)Swains Island, island, 1 sq mi (2.59 sq km), district of American Samoa, c.200 mi (320 km) N of Tutuila. It is a ring of sand and coral with luxuriant vegetation. Swains Island has been privately owne...

Bear Island

(Encyclopedia)Bear Island, Svalbard: see Bjørnøya. ...

Wake Island

(Encyclopedia)Wake Island, atoll with three islets (Wake, Wilkes, and Peale), 3 sq mi (7.8 sq km), central Pacific, between Hawaii and Guam. It is a U.S. military base and scientific research center under the juris...

Wallops Island

(Encyclopedia)Wallops Island wälˈləps [key], island, 6 sq mi (15.5 sq km), Accomack co., E Va., off the Atlantic coast of the Delmarva pensinsula S of Chincoteaque island. NASA has a facility there and on the ne...

West Island

(Encyclopedia)West Island, island (2016 pop. 140), capital of the Cocos Islands, an Australian territory. One of three inhabited islands in the group, its population is mainly Australians of European descent. The i...