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Leeward Islands
Leeward Islands , northern group of the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies, extending SE from Puerto Rico to the Windward Islands. The principal islands are the American Virgin Islands ; the French island and overseas dept. of Guadeloupe and its dependencies; the Dutch islands of St. Eustatius ... Read more |
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Society Islands
Society Islands island group (2002 pop. 214,445), South Pacific, a part of French Polynesia . The group comprises the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands (total land area c.650 sq mi/1,680 sq km), two clusters of volcanic and coral islands lying in a 450-mi (724-km) chain. Only eight of the... Read more |
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Gambier Islands
Gambier Islands , volcanic islands (6 sq mi/15.5 sq km; 2002 pop. 1,097), South Pacific, near the southeast end of the Tuamotu Archipelago . The group is a part of French Polynesia . It comprises a cluster of four inhabited islands known as Mangareva and many uninhabited atolls. The Mangareva... Read more |
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Windward Islands
Windward Islands southern group of the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies, curving generally southward for c.300 mi (480 km) from the Leeward Islands toward NE Venezuela. Excluding Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago , which are in the region but are not part of the group, the Windward Islands... Read more |
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Pierre Belain d Esnambuc
Pierre Belain d' Esnambuc , 1585-1636, French pioneer in the West Indies. Seeking to recoup his family fortune by privateering in the West Indies, Esnambuc instead became the founder of French colonial possessions in that area. In 1625 he established a settlement on St. Kitts in the Leeward Islands.... Read more |
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Lesser Antilles
Lesser Antilles, West Indies Caribbees A group of islands comprising the Virgin Islands, the Leeward Islands, the Windward Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, and some small islands off the Venezuelan coast. The former name comes from the Carib tribe who inhabited many of the islands when they were... Read more |
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Bathurst Island (Nunavut)
Bathurst Island c.1,000 sq mi (2,590 sq km), Northern Territory, N Australia, near Melville Island, between the Timor and Arafura seas. The island is a reservation owned by the Tiwi people. ... Read more |
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Chatham Islands
Chatham Islands island group, 373 sq mi (966 sq km), South Pacific, c.500 mi (800 km) E of New Zealand, to which it belongs. The two largest islands are Chatham Island, which has a large central lagoon, and Pitt Island. The chief town is Waitangi, on Chatham Island. The inhabitants engage mainly in... Read more |
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Mariana Islands
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Hurricane Frances strengthens as it nears northeastern Caribbean
...Puerto RicoHurricane Frances strengthened on Monday as it churned near islands of the northeastern...their houses from Frances' winds, which intensified...northeast of the northern Leeward Islands and was moving...monitor ... |
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Hurricane Frances strengthens, may impact territory
...very least, the Leeward Islands and also...ocean swells from Frances as it moves near," said Scott Stripling...Service on San Juan. Frances is moving northwest...potentially could bring Frances more close to the...miles the ... |
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Tropical Depression Strengthens Off S.C.
...tropical storm watch from near Wilmington, N.C...Meanwhile, Hurricane Frances churned in the Atlantic...threaten land in the near future. Its center...miles east of the Leeward Islands in the southeastern Caribbean.Frances ... |
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Tropical Storm Strengthens Off S. Carolina
...and make landfall near Charleston on Sunday...Ocean, Hurricane Frances strengthened to a...threaten land soon.Frances was moving northwest...miles east of the Leeward Islands in the southeastern...Forecasters predicted ... |
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Tropical Storm Strengthens Off S.C. Coast
...and make landfall near Charleston on Sunday...Ocean, Hurricane Frances strengthened to a...threaten land soon. Frances was moving northwest...miles east of the Leeward Islands in the southeastern...Forecasters predicted ... |
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