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Cape Kennedy
(Encyclopedia)Cape Kennedy: see Cape Canaveral, Fla. ...Taínaron, Cape
(Encyclopedia)Taínaron, Cape, Greece: see Matapan, Cape. ...Good Hope, Cape of
(Encyclopedia)Good Hope, Cape of: see Cape Province. ...Farewell, Cape
(Encyclopedia)Farewell, Cape, southernmost point of Greenland, on Egger Island, at lat. 59°46′N. Egger Island and the surrounding islands are called the Cape Farewell Archipelago. ...Buzzards Bay
(Encyclopedia)Buzzards Bay, inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, 30 mi (48 km) long, from 5 to 10 mi (8–16 m) wide, SE Mass., connected with Cape Cod Bay by the Cape Cod Ca...City of Cape Town
(Encyclopedia)City of Cape Town, metropolitan municipality, South Africa: see Cape Town, City of. ...Gill, Sir David
(Encyclopedia)Gill, Sir David gĭl [key], 1843–1914, Scottish astronomer, educated at the Univ. of Aberdeen. He made observations of the transits of Venus and Mars and investigated the solar parallax. As astronom...Cape Girardeau
(Encyclopedia)Cape Girardeau jĭrärˈdō, jērərdōˈ [key], city (2020 pop. 42,131), Cape Girard...Prince of Wales, Cape
(Encyclopedia)Prince of Wales, Cape, at the tip of the Seward Peninsula, NW Alaska, on the Bering Strait; westernmost point of North America. Cape Dezhnev, Siberia, is only 55 mi (89 km) to the west. ...Lookout, Cape
(Encyclopedia)Lookout, Cape, point of a sandy reef (Core Banks), off E N.C., SW of Cape Hatteras. The reef guards the port entrance to Beaufort and Morehead City. A lighthouse on the point was built in 1859 and is ...Browse by Subject
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