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Coast Salish
(Encyclopedia)Coast Salish: see Salish.George V Coast
(Encyclopedia)George V Coast, region: see Antarctica. ...Trucial Coast
(Encyclopedia)Trucial Coast: see United Arab Emirates. ...Ivory Coast
(Encyclopedia)Ivory Coast: see Côte d'Ivoire. ...Pirate Coast
(Encyclopedia)Pirate Coast: see United Arab Emirates. ...coast protection
(Encyclopedia)coast protection, methods used to protect coastal lands from erosion. Beaches can exist only where a delicate dynamic equilibrium exists between the amount of sand supplied to the beach and the inevit...Mosquito Coast
(Encyclopedia)Mosquito Coast or Mosquitia məskēˈtēə, mōskētēˈä [key], region, east coast of Nicaragua and Honduras. The name is derived from the Miskito, the indigenous inhabitants and remnants of the Cho...Queen Mary Coast
(Encyclopedia)Queen Mary Coast, region: see Antarctica. ...Gold Coast, city, Australia
(Encyclopedia)Gold Coast, city, Queensland, E Australia, on the Pacific Ocean. The city, a major resort, stretches for many miles along the coast and extends into New...United States Coast Guard Academy
(Encyclopedia)United States Coast Guard Academy, at New London, Conn.; for training young men and women to be officers of the U.S. Coast Guard; established 1876, opened 1877 as United States Revenue Cutter Service ...Browse by Subject
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