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(Encyclopedia)Port Blair, India: see Andaman and Nicobar Islands. ...Virgin Gorda
(Encyclopedia)Virgin Gorda, one of the British Virgin Islands. ...Vulcano
(Encyclopedia)Vulcano, island and volcano, Italy: see Lipari Islands. ...Stromboli
(Encyclopedia)Stromboli, island and volcano, Italy: see Lipari Islands. ...Synge, John Millington
(Encyclopedia)Synge, John Millington sĭng [key], 1871–1909, Irish poet and dramatist, b. near Dublin, of Protestant parents. He was an important figure in the Irish literary renaissance. As a young man he studie...Danish West Indies
(Encyclopedia)Danish West Indies: see Virgin Islands of the United States. ...Thursday Island
(Encyclopedia)Thursday Island (2016 pop. 2,938), Queensland, NE Australia, N of Cape York Peninsula, in Torres Strait. It is the administrative and commercial center of the Torres Strait Islands. ...Dalmatia
(Encyclopedia)Dalmatia dălmāˈshə [key], Croatian Dalmacija, historic region of Croatia, extending along the Adriatic Sea, approximately from Rijeka (Fiume) to the Gulf of Kotor. Split is the provincial capital;...Lewis Hills
(Encyclopedia)Lewis Hills, section of the Long Range, W Newfoundland island, Canada, S of the Bay of Islands. It rises to 2,672 ft (814 m), the highest point on the island. ...Heard Island and the McDonald Islands, Territory of
(Encyclopedia)Heard Island and the McDonald Islands, Territory of: see Heard Island. ...Browse by Subject
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