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Long Island, island, Bahamas
(Encyclopedia)Long Island: see Bahamas.Bras d'Or Lake
(Encyclopedia)Bras d'Or Lake brä dôr [key], arm of the Atlantic Ocean, c.360 sq mi (930 sq km), indenting deeply into Cape Breton Island, N.S., SE Canada, and occupying much of the interior. A narrow channel link...scale, in cartography
(Encyclopedia)scale, in cartography, the ratio of the distance between two points on a map to the real distance between the two corresponding points portrayed. The scale may be expressed in three ways: numerically,...Dongsha Island
(Encyclopedia)Dongsha Island, South China Sea: see Pratas Island. ...Devils Island
(Encyclopedia)Devils Island, Fr. Île du Diable, the smallest and southernmost of the Îles du Salut, in the Caribbean Sea off French Guiana. A penal colony founded in 1852, it was used largely for political prison...Devon Island
(Encyclopedia)Devon Island, c.20,900 sq mi (54,100 sq km), Nunavut Territory, Canada, between Baffin and Ellesmere islands.Crooked Island
(Encyclopedia)Crooked Island: see Bahamas.Constitution Island
(Encyclopedia)Constitution Island, in the Hudson River opposite West Point, SE N.Y.; part of the U.S. Military Academy. The ruins of Fort Constitution, built in 1775, are there. During the American Revolution, a ch...Deal Island
(Encyclopedia)Deal Island, small island, off the western shore of Delmarva peninsula, in Tangier Sound, SE Md. It is an oyster, clam, and crab shipping and processing center. ...Avery Island
(Encyclopedia)Avery Island, salt dome, 163 ft (50 m) high and 2 mi (3.2 km) in diameter, S La., in an area of sea marshes and swamps. A corporation controlled by the Avery and McIlhenny families owns the island. Ho...Browse by Subject
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