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Scilly Islands

(Encyclopedia)Scilly Islands sĭlˈē [key], officially Isles of Scilly, archipelago and unitary authority (2001 pop. 2,153), encompassing more than 150 isles and rocky islets, off Cornwall, SW England, 28 mi (45 k...

Shantar Islands

(Encyclopedia)Shantar Islands shəntärˈ [key], archipelago, c.980 sq mi (2,540 sq km), Khabarovsk Territory, Russian Far East, in the Sea of Okhotsk. Discovered in 1645, the islands are used as a fishing base and...

Scattered Islands

(Encyclopedia)Scattered Islands: see French Southern and Antarctic Lands. ...

Pinnacle Islands

(Encyclopedia)Pinnacle Islands: see Senkaku Islands. ...

Sandwich Islands

(Encyclopedia)Sandwich Islands: see Hawaii.

Spice Islands

(Encyclopedia)Spice Islands: see Moluccas, Indonesia. ...

Spratly Islands

(Encyclopedia)Spratly Islands, group of about 100 low islands and coral reefs in the central South China Sea, intersecting busy shipping lanes. The whole group is claimed by China, Taiwan, and Vietnam, and parts ar...

Princes Islands

(Encyclopedia)Princes Islands, Turkey: see Kizil Adalar. ...

Riukiu Islands

(Encyclopedia)Riukiu Islands: see Ryukyu Islands. ...

Saint Petersburg, city, Russia

(Encyclopedia)Saint Petersburg, formerly Leningrad, Rus. Sankt-Peterburg, city (1990 est. pop. 5,036,000), capital of the Leningrad region (although not administratively part of it) and the administrative center of...