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Tenimbar Islands

(Encyclopedia)Tenimbar Islands: see Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia. ...

Bay Islands

(Encyclopedia)Bay Islands, Honduras: see Bahía, Islas de la. ...

Trobriand Islands

(Encyclopedia)Trobriand Islands trōˈbrēăndˌ, trōˌbrēăndˈ [key], small volcanic island group off SE New Guinea, part of Papua New Guinea. Kiriwana is the largest of the group's 22 islands. Yams, pearl shel...

Thousand Islands

(Encyclopedia)Thousand Islands, a group of more than 1,800 islands and 3,000 shoals in the St. Lawrence River, E of Lake Ontario, N N.Y. and S Ont., stretching c.50 mi (80 km) along the U.S.-Canada line. Most of th...

Solomon Islands

(Encyclopedia)Solomon Islands, independent Commonwealth nation (2015 est. pop. 587,000), c.15,500 sq mi (40,150 sq km), SW Pacific, E of New Guinea. The islands that constitute the nation of the Solomon Islands—G...

Solovetsky Islands

(Encyclopedia)Solovetsky Islands, Russia: see Solovetski Islands. ...

Scattered Islands

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

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...

Spice Islands

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

Phoenix Islands

(Encyclopedia)Phoenix Islands, group of eight islands, 11 sq mi (28 sq km), central Pacific, N of Samoa. The chain comprises a portion of Kiribati. The two most important are Kanton (or Abariringa) and Enderbury Is...