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Hachijo-shima

(Encyclopedia)Hachijo-shima häˌchējōˈ-shĭmä [key], island, c.40 sq mi (100 sq km), S Japan, in the Pacific Ocean. Ogago is the chief town of this mountainous island, which has two active volcanoes. Dairying,...

Lempa

(Encyclopedia)Lempa lāmˈpä [key], river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, rising in Guatemala and flowing S through Honduras into El Salvador, then generally S to the Pacific Ocean. An important stream, it waters the fer...

Tsugaru Strait

(Encyclopedia)Tsugaru Strait tso͝ogäˈro͞o [key], c.100 mi (160 km) long and from 15 to 25 mi (24–40 km) wide, separating Honshu and Hokkaido, N Japan, and connecting the Sea of Japan with the Pacific Ocean. ...

Whangarei

(Encyclopedia)Whangarei hwängˌgərāˈ [key], city (1996 pop. 45,892), N North Island, New Zealand, on the Pacific Ocean. It is the leading city on the Northland Peninsula and an important port for coastal trade....

Timaru

(Encyclopedia)Timaru tĭmˈəro͞o [key], city (1996 pop. 27,323), E central South Island, New Zealand, on the Pacific Ocean. It is the main port for the S Canterbury Plains. Frozen meats and other products are exp...

Talcahuano

(Encyclopedia)Talcahuano tälkäwäˈnō [key], city (1990 est. pop. 246,900), S central Chile, a port on the Pacific Ocean, part of the Greater Concepción conurbation. On the best harbor along the Chilean coast, ...

Callao

(Encyclopedia)Callao käyouˈ [key], city, capital of the constitutional prov. of Callao, W Peru, on Callao...

Moreton Bay

(Encyclopedia)Moreton Bay môrˈtən [key], inlet of the Pacific Ocean, 65 mi (105 km) long and 20 mi (32 km) wide, Queensland, E Australia, nearly enclosed by Moreton and Stradbroke islands. Receiving the Brisbane...

Loa

(Encyclopedia)Loa lōˈä [key], longest river of Chile, 275 mi (443 km) long, flowing S from the Andes, N Chile, then W and N through the Atacama Desert, before turning W to the Pacific Ocean. It is not navigable ...

Tumaco

(Encyclopedia)Tumaco to͞omäˈkō [key], city (1993 pop. 58,436), SW Colombia, a port on the Pacific Ocean. It is located on a small island just off the coast and has a very hot climate. Tumaco is a lumbering and ...