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Cape Sable Island

(Encyclopedia)Cape Sable Island, 7 mi (11.2 km) long and 3 mi (4.8 km) wide, SW N.S., Canada. It is connected to the mainland by a causeway over Barrington Passage. C...

(Encyclopedia)Victoria, city (1991 pop. 71,228), capital of British Columbia, SW Canada, on Vancouver Island and Juan de Fuca Strait. It is the largest city on the island and its major port and business center. In ...

Aegina, island, Greece

(Encyclopedia)Aegina or Aíyina āˈyēnä [key], island, 32 sq mi (83 sq km), off SE Greece, in the Saronic Gulf (or Gulf of Aegina), near Athens. Sponge fishing and farming (fi...

Flores, island, Indonesia

(Encyclopedia)Flores flôrˈĕs [key], island, 6,627 sq mi (17,164 sq km), E Indonesia, one of the Lesser S...

Síros, island, Greece

(Encyclopedia)Síros sīˈrŏs [key], island (1991 pop. 19,870), 33 sq mi (85 sq km), SE Greece, in the Aegean Sea, one of the Cyclades. Ermoupolis, or Síros, is the island's main town and port. Síros is the rich...

Valencia, island, Ireland

(Encyclopedia)Valencia, island, Ireland: see Valentia. ...

Albemarle, island, Ecuador

(Encyclopedia)Albemarle, island, Ecuador: see Galápagos Islands. ...

Pomona, island, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Pomona, Orkney Island, Scotland: see Mainland. ...

Isabela, island, Ecuador

(Encyclopedia)Isabela, island, Ecuador: see Galápagos Islands. ...

Jura, island, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Jura, island, Great Britain: see Hebrides, the. ...