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Northern Pacific Railway

(Encyclopedia)Northern Pacific Railway, former American rail line, following the northern route from Duluth and St. Paul, Minn., to Seattle, Wash., and Portland, Oreg. The Northern Pacific RR Company was chartered ...

Canadian Pacific Railway

(Encyclopedia)Canadian Pacific Railway, transcontinental transportation system in Canada and extending into the United States, privately owned and operated. The construction of a railroad crossing the continent in ...

mid-ocean ridge

(Encyclopedia)mid-ocean ridge: see plate tectonics. ...

Ocean Drilling Program

(Encyclopedia)Ocean Drilling Program: see under Deep Sea Drilling Project. ...

Christmas Island, in the Pacific Ocean

(Encyclopedia)Christmas Island, atoll: see Kiritimati. ...

salinity of ocean water

(Encyclopedia)salinity of ocean water: see ocean. ...

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

(Encyclopedia)Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation: see under Pacific Rim. ...

Pacific Rim National Park

(Encyclopedia)Pacific Rim National Park, 60 sq mi (155 sq km), along the west coast of Vancouver Island, near Ucluelet, SE British Columbia, Canada; est. 1971. The park includes Long Beach, several islands, the his...

Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, c.490,000 sq mi (1,260,000 sq km), central Pacific Ocean; est. 2009. The monument comprises the waters and reefs surrounding seven islands and atolls, ...

Integrated Ocean Drilling Program

(Encyclopedia)Integrated Ocean Drilling Program: see under Deep Sea Drilling Project. ...