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Cocos Islands
Cocos Islands or Keeling Islands, officially Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, two separate atolls comprising 27 coral islets (2001 pop. 621), 5.5 sq mi (14.2 sq km), in the Indian Ocean, c.1,400 mi (2,250 km) SE of Sri Lanka. They are under Australian administration. Only three of the... Read more |
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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 |
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Diomede Islands
Diomede Islands (Russian: Ostrova Gvozdeva), Russia‐USA Straddling the International Date Line, the two islands are divided between Russia and the USA and were so named because they were discovered in 1728 on St Diomede's Day (16 August) by Vitus Bering†. Big Diomede Island is on... Read more |
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Franz Josef Land
Franz Josef Land , Rus. Zemlya Frantsa Iosifa, archipelago, c.8,000 sq mi (20,720 sq km), in the Arctic Ocean N of Novaya Zemlya, Russia. It consists of 85 islands of volcanic origin, including Aleksandra Land, George Land, Wilczek Land, Graham Bell Island, Hooker Island, and Rudolf Island.... 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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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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Island biogeography
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WA: Category two cyclone Walter heads for Cocos Island
...Australia) 04-03-2001 WA: Category two cyclone Walter heads for Cocos Island PERTH, April 3 AAP - Tropical cyclone Walter bypassed Christmas...midday (WST) ... |