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Lipari Islands

(Encyclopedia)Lipari Islands ēōˈlēən [key], Ital. Isole Eolie, volcanic island group (1991 pop. 10,382), 44 sq mi (114 sq km), Messina prov., NE Sicily, Italy, in the Tyrrhenian Sea. The group includes Lipari ...

Orkney Islands

(Encyclopedia)Orkney Islands, archipelago and council area (1991 pop. 19,650), 376 sq mi (974 sq km), N Scotland, consisting of about 70 islands in the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, N of Scottish mainland acros...

Near Islands

(Encyclopedia)Near Islands: see Aleutian Islands. ...

Rat Islands

(Encyclopedia)Rat Islands: see Aleutian Islands. ...

Fox Islands

(Encyclopedia)Fox Islands: see Aleutian Islands. ...

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