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Santa Barbara Islands
(Encyclopedia)Santa Barbara Islands, California: see Channel Islands. ...Parry Islands
(Encyclopedia)Parry Islands: see Queen Elizabeth Islands, Canada. ...British Virgin Islands
(Encyclopedia)British Virgin Islands: see under Virgin Islands. ...Caicos Islands
(Encyclopedia)Caicos Islands: see Turks and Caicos Islands. ...Polynesia
(Encyclopedia)Polynesia pŏlĭnēˈzhə, –shə [key] [Gr.,=many islands], one of the three main divisions of Oceania, in the central and S Pacific Ocean. The larger islands are volcanic; the smaller ones are gene...Nicobar Islands
(Encyclopedia)Nicobar Islands, India: see Andaman and Nicobar Islands. ...Ellice Islands
(Encyclopedia)Ellice Islands or Lagoon Islands: see Tuvalu. ...Saint John, island, Virgin Islands
(Encyclopedia)Saint John, Virgin Islands: see Virgin Islands of the United States. ...Kikai Caldera
(Encyclopedia)Kikai Caldera, massive caldera, c.12 mi (19 km) in diameter, Ryukyu Islands, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Located c.30 mi (48 km) from the southern tip of the densely populated major island of Kyushu,...Pescadores
(Encyclopedia)Pescadores pĕskədôrˈəz, –rəs [key], Mandarin Penghu or P'eng-hu, group of 64 small islands (2010 pop. 86,967), area c.50 sq mi (130 sq km), in Taiwan Strait, c.25 to 30 mi (40–50 km) off the...Browse by Subject
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