Daily Almanac for
Dec 4, 2009
Search White Pages
Search: Infoplease Info search tips
Search: Biographies Bio search tips
Encyclopedia

Ocean Island

Ocean Island, Kiribati: see Banaba.

The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

    • Cite
    • Print
    • Bookmark

More on Ocean Island from Infoplease:

  • Banaba - Banaba Banaba or Ocean Island,island (1990 pop. 284), 2.2 sq mi (5.7 sq km), central Pacific, in ...
  • island - island island, relatively small body of land surrounded entirely by water. (As the oceans form a ...
  • Australia - Australia Australia , smallest continent, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. With the island ...
  • Tarawa - Tarawa Tarawa , atoll (1990 pop. 28,802), capital of Kiribati, central Pacific, previously capital ...
  • ISLANDS - Islands are land masses entirely surrounded by water. They are found in oceans, seas, rivers, and lakes. Islands vary in size from tiny rock outcrops

See more Encyclopedia articles on: Pacific Islands Political Geography


Premium Partner Content
HighBeam Research

Related content from HighBeam Research on: Ocean Island

Novel Chikungunya virus variant in travelers returning from Indian Ocean islands. (Emerging Infectious Diseases)

Medicinal and aromatic plants of Indian Ocean Islands.(Book Review) (Southern Medical Journal)

Amathus introduces Indian Ocean islands. (Travel Trade Gazette UK & Ireland)

Filling the gaps on the maps.(Encyclopedia of Exploration, 1850 to 1940: The Oceans, Islands and Polar Regions)(Book review) (Quadrant)

Shopping made in heaven: Mauritius, the dynamic Indian Ocean island state, is not one to sit on its laurels. It is about to add to its economic lustre by turning itself into a shopping paradise for the whole world. Tom Nevin reports.(MAURITIUS) (African Business)

Trading technology for land: Madagascar, the huge Indian Ocean island state, has plenty of land but not enough land use; Mauritius its tiny neighbour has the capital and expertise to use land profitably but not enough land. Nasseem Ackbarally reports on initiatives to dovetail the two needs. (African Business)

On the Edge? Deserts, Oceans, Islands. (The Contemporary Pacific)

Paradise threatened in Mauritius. (financial problems in Indian Ocean island)(Brief Article) (The Economist (US))

Albert Rene's legacy: President Albert Rene, the left-leaning strong man who has ruled the Indian Ocean island state of Seychelles for 27 years is about to step down. What has been his economic and social legacy. Fletcher Erwood and Sassi Latrach report from the 'paradise islands'.(Seychelles)(France Albert Rene) (African Business)

An epidemic of the mosquito borne Chikungunya virus on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion has claimed 148 lives.(Brief article) (Geographical)

Additional search results provided by HighBeam Research, LLC. © Copyright 2005. All rights reserved.