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Ocean Island

(Encyclopedia)Ocean Island, Kiribati: see Banaba. ...

mid-ocean ridge

(Encyclopedia)mid-ocean ridge: see plate tectonics. ...

Ocean Drilling Program

(Encyclopedia)Ocean Drilling Program: see under Deep Sea Drilling Project. ...

salinity of ocean water

(Encyclopedia)salinity of ocean water: see ocean. ...

Integrated Ocean Drilling Program

(Encyclopedia)Integrated Ocean Drilling Program: see under Deep Sea Drilling Project. ...

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...

Île de France, island, Indian Ocean

(Encyclopedia)Île de France, island, Indian Ocean: see Mauritius. ...

Christmas Island, in the Indian Ocean

(Encyclopedia)Christmas Island, tropical island, 60 sq mi (155 sq km), an external territory of Australia, in the Indian Ocean c.200 mi (320 km) S of Java. The majori...

Palmyra, atoll, Pacific Ocean

(Encyclopedia)Palmyra, atoll (2 sq mi/5.2 sq km), central Pacific, one of the Line Islands, c.1,100 mi (1,770 km) SW of Honolulu. Palmyra has no permanent inhabitants. First visited by Americans in 1802, and later ...

Samoa, country, SW Pacific Ocean

(Encyclopedia)Samoa, formerly Western Samoa, officially Independent State of Samoa, constitutional monarchy (2015 est. pop. 194,000), South Pacific, comprising the western half of the Samoa island chain. There are ...