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Romsdalen
(Encyclopedia)Romsdalen ro͞omsˈdälˌĕn [key], valley, c.60 mi (100 km) long, in Møre og Romsdal co., SW Norway, flanked by the mountains of Dovrefjell. It is an ancient passage from the western coast to S Norw...Shebele, Webe
(Encyclopedia)Shebele, Webe shēbāˈlē [key], river, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) long, rising near Mt. Guramba, central Ethiopia, E Africa, and flowing SE into central Somalia. It comes within c.20 mi (30 km) of the In...Akrotiri
(Encyclopedia)Akrotiri āˌkrōtēˈrē [key], Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area, or Western Sovereign Base Area, British air force base (2004 est. pop. 6,300), 47 sq mi (123 sq km), located on a peninsula on the SW Cyp...Gijón
(Encyclopedia)Gijón hēhōnˈ [key], city, Oviedo prov., N Spain, in Asturias, on the Bay of Biscay. This ...Daytona Beach
(Encyclopedia)Daytona Beach dātōˈnə [key], city (2020 pop. 72,647), Volusia co., NE Fla., on the Atlantic ...Dease, Peter Warren
(Encyclopedia)Dease, Peter Warren dēs [key], 1788–1863, Canadian explorer. He was in the North West Company before its merger with the Hudson's Bay Company and later was a Hudson's Bay Company trader. He was a m...Eyjafjallajökull
(Encyclopedia)Eyjafjallajökull āˈyäfyätläyöˌkŭtl [key], glacier, S Iceland, near the coast. Roughly 39 sq mi (100 sq km) in area, it covers an active volcano, 5,466 ft (1,666 m) high, also known by the sam...Putnam, George Palmer, 1887–1950, American author and explorer
(Encyclopedia)Putnam, George Palmer, 1887–1950, American author and explorer, b. Rye, N.Y.; grandson of G. P. Putnam, founder of the publishing firm. He led two expeditions to the Arctic—one in 1926, under the ...Palmares
(Encyclopedia)Palmares or Quilombo dos Palmares, former autonomous community of villages comprised of fugitive African slaves and indigenous peoples, present-day Pernambuco and Alagoas states, NE Brazil. Its capita...Fyn
(Encyclopedia)Fyn fün [key], Ger. Fünen, island, c.1,340 sq mi (3,471 sq km), Fyn co., S central Denmark....Browse by Subject
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