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Komandorski Islands
Komandorski Islands or Commander Islands, Rus. Komandorskiye Ostrova, group of treeless islands, off E Kamchatka Peninsula, E Russian Far East, in SW Bering Sea. They consist of Bering Island, Medny Island, and two islets. These hilly, foggy islands often have earthquakes. Their inhabitants, ... Read more
Micronesia
Micronesia , one of the three main divisions of Oceania , in W Pacific Ocean, north of the equator. Micronesia includes the Caroline Islands , Marshall Islands , Mariana Islands (see Northern Mariana Islands and Guam , Gilbert Islands , and Nauru . The inhabitants are of Australoid and Polyn... Read more
Trobriand Islands
Trobriand Islands , small volcanic island group off SE New Guinea, part of Papua New Guinea. Kiriwana is the largest of the group's 22 islands. Yams, pearl shell, and trepang are the major products. The islands were made famous in the writings of anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski . ... Read more
Apostle Islands
Apostle Islands group of more than 20 wooded islands, in Lake Superior, off N Wis. Madeline, 13 mi (21 km) long, is the largest island and has the group's only settlement, La Pointe. Noted for their wave-eroded cliffs and abundant wildlife, the islands are visited by tourists and hunters. The islan... Read more
Batan Islands
Batan Islands , island group, 76 sq mi (197 sq km), northernmost of the Philippine islands. They include the islands of Itbayat, Batan, Sabtang, and a number of islets, and comprise the province of Batanes. Basco is the provincial capital. The Batan Islands are separated from Taiwan by the Bashi Cha... Read more
Blasket Islands
Blasket Islands group of rock islets, Co. Kerry, SW Republic of Ireland; a lighthouse is on one of the islets. Most of the inhabitants of the islands were moved to the mainland in 1953. Great Blasket, largest of the islands, was the stronghold of Piaras Ferriter, the last Irish chieftain to surrend... Read more
Prince of Wales Island
Prince of Wales Island c.12,800 sq mi (33,150 sq km), Nunavut Territory, Canada, between Victoria and Somerset islands. The low tundra-covered island has an irregular coastline and is deeply indented by Ommanney Bay and Browne Bay. ... Read more
Ross Island
Ross Island in the Ross Sea , Antarctica , on the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. Part of the Ross Dependency, the island is separated from Victoria Land by McMurdo Sound. Mt. Erebus , an active volcano, and Mt. Terror are on the island. ... Read more
Australasia
Australasia , islands of the South Pacific, including Australia , New Zealand , New Guinea , and adjacent islands. The term is sometimes used to include all of Oceania. ... Read more
Queen Elizabeth Islands
Queen Elizabeth Islands northern part of the Arctic Archipelago, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, N Canada. Ellesmere Island (the largest), the Parry group (Melville, Bathurst, Devon, Prince Patrick, and Cornwallis islands), and the Sverdrup group (Axel Heiberg, Ellef Ringnes, Amund Ringnes, and ... Read more

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climate change and palaeovolcanism
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth ...based on the violent eruption in 1883 of the island of Krakatoa in Indonesia. Table 1 lists the...Kelud, Java 300 1831 Giulia or Graham's Island 200 1831 Pichincha, Ecuador (?) 1831 Babuyan, Philippines 300 1831 Barbados (?) 1835...

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Mayor warns of food shortage in Babuyan islands.(Main News)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 10/14/2009; 480 words ; ...supplies in the islands in the Babuyan Chanel off the coast of Cagayan...constituents and residents in the islands of Fuga, Batanes and Babuyan Claro, badly need the supplies...is already felt in the tiny island of Babuyan Claro. Adding there were...
Researchers find new bird species on Babuyan Islands.(Provincial News)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 2/6/2005; 450 words ; ...British wildlife researchers in the forest of Calayan, Babuyan Islands. The bird, which is believed to be found nowhere in the world, has been declared as new to science. The Babuyan Islands Expedition Team was surveying the birds, reptiles...
Philippine island turns up a new species of bird
Newspaper article from: China Daily; 10/4/2004; 700+ words ; ...But the forests of Calayan island, a part of the Babuyan group of islands, 520 kilometres north of Manila...efforts," he said. "The island is poorly studied, and we...the Calayan rail after the island, were known as "piding...
Camiguin Norte: In search of a primitive lifestyle.(Travel)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 4/25/2009; 700+ words ; ...to the most remote island sanctuaries, following...countryside. Prior to our Babuyan Islands expedition, we celebrated...islands comprising the Babuyan Group (Calayan, Babuyan...species. In Pinon Island, a cornucopia of lagaylay...until the Battle of Babuyan ...
More rains expected as typhoon 'Nina' batters N. Luzon.(Main News)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 9/23/2008; 700+ words ; ...in the vicinity of Calayan and Babuyan group of islands as of yesterday afternoon, packing...to hit the islands of Calayan, Babuyan and other Batanes islands before...raised over Batanes, Cagayan, Babuyan and Calayan group of islands...
'Pepeng' veers away.(Main News)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 10/3/2009; 700+ words ; ...directly hitting Cagayan, including Babuyan Islands, Kalinga, Apayao, and Ilocos...heavy rains in Cagayan, including Babuyan islands, Kalinga, Apayao, and...Storm Signal No. 3 over Batanes, Babuyan, and Calayan group of islands...
Typhoon 'Mina' hits north, leaves 17 persons dead.(Main News)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 11/28/2007; 700+ words ; ...Quezon, including Polillo island; the Camarines provinces, Albay, Burias island, Catanduanes, Sorsogon, Masbate, including Ticao island; and Metro Manila in Luzon...hoisted over the Batanes group of islands while Signal No. 1 was raised over the Babuyan group of islands. Meanwhile...
British experts find new species of flightless bird - but warn its days may be numbered
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 8/18/2004; ; 494 words ; ...development on the remote island. The distinctive dark...Calayan, part of the Babuyan group of islands 320 miles north of Manila...I felt sure the Babuyan Islands would hold some...the Japanese Ryukyu Islands, is the most similar...surveying wildlife of the island group when ...
'Nina' may intensify into supertyphoon, threatens N. Luzon.(Main News)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 9/22/2008; 700+ words ; ...particularly on the island provinces with the possibility...on the Calayan group of islands, Babuyan group of islands, and...Babuyan and Calayan group of islands, and Isabela. Storm...Quezon, including Polillo island; Aurora, Quirino, Nueva...
The Free Fuga Advocacy.(More to the Point)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 8/18/2007; 700+ words ; ...refuge. This pristine island is situated at the northern...most beautiful of the Babuyan Islands, it is peopled by a...farmed on this remote island without electricity...perished in the perilous Babuyan channel as the local...healing center on the island hundreds of years ago...