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Aru Islands
Aru Islands or Aroe Islands , group of about 95 low-lying islands, 3,306 sq mi (8,563 sq km), E Indonesia, in the Moluccas , in the Arafura Sea, SW of New Guinea. The largest island is Tanahbesar; Dobo, the chief port of the group, is on Wamar, just off Tanahbesar. Products include sago,... Read more |
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Ashmore and Cartier Islands
Ashmore and Cartier Islands , unhabited tropical islands, 2 sq mi (5 sq km), E Indian Ocean, a dependency of Australia located 190 mi (300 km) NW of N Western Australia. Ashmore Reef is comprised of three coral islets (West, Middle, and East) enclosed by a coral reef. Cartier Island, 33 mi (53 km)... Read more |
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Line Islands
Line Islands or Equatorial Islands, coral group, 43 sq mi (111 sq km), central and S Pacific. Once valuable for their guano deposits, the islands now have coconut groves, airfields, and meteorological stations. Of the 11 islands in the group, 8 comprise part of the Republic of Kiribati : ... Read more |
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Wonderland
705. Wonderland (See also Heaven, Paradise, Utopia.) Annwn land of joy and beauty without disease or death. [Welsh Lit.: Mabinogion ] Atlantis fabulous and prosperous island; legendarily in Atlantic Ocean. [Gk. Myth.: Leach, 89] Avalon island where dead King Arthur was carried. [Arth.... Read more |
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Mariana Islands
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Island biogeography
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Treasure Island
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Prince of Wales Island (United States)
Prince of Wales Island 2,231 sq mi (5,778 sq km), off SE Alaska; largest island of the Alexander Archipelago. The island is heavily forested, but has little arable land, no source of freshwater, and no available areas for ship docking. Many of the islanders left when the pearl-shell industry, once... Read more |
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Paradise was closer to hell on earth
...penitentiary on Norfolk Island. He scribbled...he wrote. Norfolk Island, named...which has earned Norfolk the tag Hell in Paradise. Today Les...to separate fact from the fiction...he forages ... |
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Rebellion stirs on South Pacific island paradise; The prospect of an...
...Kathy Marks Norfolk Island - To the tourists...alight at Norfolk Island's...seems like paradise. It has beautiful...But beneath Norfolk's serene...known as "Hell in the Pacific...surnames; in ... |
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FED: Norfolk Is plunged into media spotlight again
...tiny, remote Norfolk Island. Her murder...arrested a man. Norfolk Island was once considered one...as a kind of hell for the system...is more of a paradise, with tourism...reminder of ... |