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Papua, Territory of

(Encyclopedia)Papua, Territory of: see Papua New Guinea. ...

Belfort, Territory of

(Encyclopedia)Belfort, Territory of, department, E France, in Alsace, on the Swiss border. The city of Belfort is the capital. ...

Virgin Lands Territory

(Encyclopedia)Virgin Lands Territory, Rus. Tselinny Kray, former administrative division, c.231,000 sq mi (598,300 sq km), Central Asian USSR, in Kazakhstan. Created in 1960 by the merger of Kokchetav (Kökshetau),...

New Guinea, Territory of

(Encyclopedia)New Guinea, Territory of: see Papua New Guinea. ...

Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the

(Encyclopedia)Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the, former UN trust territory administered by the United States, consisting of the Caroline Islands, Marshall Islands, and Mariana Islands (excluding Guam). The te...

British Indian Ocean Territory

(Encyclopedia)British Indian Ocean Territory, archipelago, c.1,180 mi (1,900 km), NE of Mauritius, in the central Indian Ocean. The more than 50 islands, which form the Chagos Archipelago and are located on the sou...

Heard Island and the McDonald Islands, Territory of

(Encyclopedia)Heard Island and the McDonald Islands, Territory of: see Heard Island. ...

Afars and the Issas, French Territory of the

(Encyclopedia)Afars and the Issas, French Territory of the: see Djibouti, republic. ...

Northwest Territories

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Northwest Territories, territory (2001 pop. 37,360), 532,643 sq mi (1,379,028 sq km), NW Canada. The Northwest Territories lie W of Nunavut, N of lat. 60°N, and E of Yukon. Until 1999, when th...

Klondike

(Encyclopedia)Klondike klŏnˈdīk [key], region of Yukon, NW Canada, just E of the Alaska border. It lies around Klondike River, a small stream that enters the Yukon River from the east at Dawson. The discovery in...