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San Salvador
San Salvador island of the Bahamas , West Indies. Many historians believe that it was the first land sighted by Columbus in the New World in 1492. The indigenous population called it Guanahani, and it has also been named Watling or Watlings Island. It was formerly confused with what is now known a... Read more
Amchitka
Amchitka , island, 40 mi (64 km) long, in the Rat group of the Aleutian Islands, W Alaska. It was a site in 1965 and 1971 for the underground detonation of nuclear devices, its small population having been relocated. In the 1990s, radiation from the test caves was detected at the surface. ... Read more
Hamilton
Hamilton city (1996 pop. 108,429), N central North Island, New Zealand, on the Waikato River. Situated between Auckland and Wellington, Hamilton is the transportation and industrial center of a densely populated dairy area. The Univ. of Waikato, founded in 1964, is in the city. ... Read more
Malabo
Malabo , city (1997 est. pop. 50,000), capital of Equatorial Guinea, on Bioko island, in the Gulf of Guinea. It is the chief port and commercial center of Bioko. Fish processing is the city's main industry, and cacao and coffee are the leading exports. Malabo was founded in 1827 by the British on la... Read more
Tarawa
Tarawa , atoll (1990 pop. 28,802), capital of Kiribati , central Pacific, previously capital of the former British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. The administrative center of the atoll is Bairiki island. Betio island, the chief commercial center of country, is a port of entry through whi... Read more
Oceania
Oceania or Oceanica , collective name for the approximately 25,000 islands of the Pacific, usually excluding such nontropical areas as the Ryukyu and Aleutian islands and Japan, as well as Taiwan, Indonesia, and the Philippines, whose populations are more closely related to mainland Asia. Oceani... Read more
stellar populations
stellar populations two broadly contrasting distributions of star types that are characteristic of different parts of a galaxy . Population I stars are young, recently formed stars, whereas population II stars are old and highly evolved. Population II stars are formed early in the history of the g... Read more
Huntington Beach
Huntington Beach city (1990 pop. 181,519), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast, across from Santa Catalina Island, in an oil-producing area; inc. 1909. It manufactures aerospace vehicles, aircraft parts, optical instruments, and heat transfer equipment. The city's population increased more t... Read more
Okinawa
Okinawa , island (1990 pop. 1,222,458), 454 sq mi (1,176 sq km), W Pacific Ocean, SW of Kyushu; a part of Okinawa prefecture, Japan. It is the largest of the Okinawa Islands in the Ryukyu Islands archipelago. Naha is the largest city and chief port. Okinawa is a long, narrow, irregularly shaped ... Read more
Lakshadweep
Lakshadweep , union territory (2001 provisional pop. 60,595), 11 sq mi (28 sq km), SW India, consisting of the Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi islands in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Kerala state. The capital of this group of 36 islands (10 are inhabited) is Kavarrati Island. Minicoy is the lar... Read more

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Marshall Islands
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations ...endangered species list. The population of Marshall Islands in 2005 was estimated...60% of the total population resided on two atolls...atolls and major islands, 24 are inhabited...that 68% of the population lived in urban areas...
Sangir
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...language. In 1987 the entire population, including those along the...of about 4,000 who live on islands off the southern coast of Mindanao...The Sangil are a contemporary population of Philippine Muslims descended...1975). "The Growing List of Filipino Muslim Groups...
Corsica
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...visible from the nearby islands of Elba and Sardinia...Handicapped by a small population and few economic resources...Until 1552 peace allowed population growth and agricultural...produced an increase in population mirrored by the rise...amnesty and discussed a list of Corsican complaints...
Samoa
Encyclopedia entry from: World Press Encyclopedia ...Region (Map name): Oceania Population: 179,466 Language(s...a group of nine volcanic islands in the South Pacific Ocean...are Samoan and English. The population is around 179,000, and the...d.). Available from . "List of Past Publications." Le...
Qatar
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations ...includes a number of islands, of which the most...is Halul. The Hawar Islands, which were part of...environmental priority list. Air, water, and...the white oryx. The population of Qatar in 2005 was...it at number 156 in population among the 193 nations...
Greece
Encyclopedia entry from: Countries and Their Cultures ...are more than 2,000 islands, 170 of which are inhabited...Peloponnesos, the Ionian Islands, the Aegean Islands, and Crete. Although...diminishing. Demography. The population rose from slightly over...Western Europe joined the list of destinations in the...
Yemen
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...new unified state. Population In 2000, the population was estimated at 17...panel awarded the islands to Yemen in 1999...Uzal. By 2000, its population was considerably more...been placed on the list of World Heritage...
Epidemics
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society ...x2013; half of the population – it follows...present in any given population in nascent form. Its...locality. Heading the list of today's endemic...attacked any given human population. The disease agents...went to the Caribbean Islands in the New World in...
British empire
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...land area, and a fifth of its population. Most of that, however...especially some Caribbean islands, and more of the North American...Natal … a full list would be tedious, but would...imperial census reckoned its total population was 398,401,404, but even...
Ernst Mayr
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Sea expedition to the Solomon Islands for the American Museum of...than its modest title implies List of New Guinea Birds (1941...him to the idea that natural population groups might provide the proper...Darwinian theory being produced by population geneticists and evolutionary...

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UNDER SIEGE AND UNDER THREAT ; Tourism, over-population and overfishing have become the blight of the Galapagos Islands that inspired Darwin. Now the UN is sounding the alarm. By Michael McCarthy ++ The cradle of evolution
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 4/12/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...future of the Galapagos Islands, whose unique wildlife...which owns the volcanic islands 600 miles off its Pacific...placed on the official list of World Heritage Sites...past four days on the islands assessing the problems...equator and where the population has surged from 2,000...
COMMENTARY: Time to Add Islands to the Short List.(using photovoltaic panels as economically viable solution for energy in Islands)
Newspaper article from: Fuel Cell Technology News; 5/1/2005; 700+ words ; ...success. All of the locations are islands. At the turn of the century...700 million people were living on islands worldwide. A good portion of that population of course lives on the most populous islands, including Japan, Macau, Manhattan...
In the South Pacific Islands Telecom Services Remain Expensive with Less Than Half of the Population Having a Phone in 2005.
Business Wire; 12/9/2005; 700+ words ; ...NIUE 13. NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 14. PALAU 15. PAPUA NEW GUINEA...ISLAND 17. SAMOA 18. SOLOMON ISLANDS 19. TOKELAU 20. TONGA 21...23. WALLIS & FUTUNA ISLANDS 24. GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS List of Exhibits List of Tables...
Glucose intolerance by race and ethnicity in the U.S. Virgin Islands
Magazine article from: Journal of the National Medical Association; 3/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...the United States Virgin Islands. A population-based sample of 1026...Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, where 80% of the population classify their race as...diabetes in the U.S. Virgin Islands population. Data for the study were...
Imperiled Island Fox.(Channel Islands National Park breeding program)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: National Parks; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...new program at Channel Islands aims to restore the natural...island foxes at Channel Islands National Park are being...decline in the species' population over the last four years...asking the agency to list the island fox under...California, the five islands that make up this national...
HDNet's 'Dan Rather Reports' Investigates How Humans May Be Loving the Galapagos Islands to Death.
Newspaper article from: Leisure & Travel Week; 12/20/2008; 625 words ; ...unspoiled beauty of these islands is now in peril due to...the ecosystem of these islands to the point that the...has put them on their list of endangered nature...In the 1980's the islands' population was approximately 3...
People making a difference: Emily Pozo.(WORLD)(in Galapagos Islands)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 8/3/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...the islands' human population, most government efforts...recover. Although the islands still retain 95 percent...the Galapagos on its list of endangered World...dollars stay on the islands. The rest heads to...clear of the local human population. Many in the Galapagos...
Cayman Islands
Magazine article from: Oxford Economic Country Briefings; 6/5/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...Caymans rank high in the list of low-tax jurisdictions...provided by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority...continued, despite the islands' monetary separation...the 17th century, the islands' present population is approximately 20...
Rocky path for birds of the Farnes; environment today Environment Editor Tony Henderson on the trials and tribulations of the birds of the Farne Islands.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England); 12/30/2006; 700+ words ; ...which breed on the Farne Islands are being plotted by...breeding birds on the islands off Northumberland...tern group next on the list. Today, the National Trust-owned Farne Islands are a protected birdlife...canopy of protection the population of guillemots has risen...
Curiosity is killing the Galapagos; Darwin's famous islands are under threat from excess tourism, writes Chris Kraul.(Dispatches)
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Independent (South Africa); 10/19/2008; 700+ words ; ...footed boobies but by the islands' booming economy, which...Nations warning that the islands, the human population of which has doubled in...cultural arm, placed the islands on its "in danger" list, a designation upheld in...