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(Encyclopedia)Dutch Harbor: see Aleutian Islands; Unalaska. ...Keppel Harbor
(Encyclopedia)Keppel Harbor: see Singapore.Benton Harbor
(Encyclopedia)Benton Harbor, city (2020 pop. 9,103), Berrien co., SW Mich., on Lake Michigan at the mouth of the St. Joseph River opposite St. Joseph; inc. 1869. A lo...Calumet Harbor
(Encyclopedia)Calumet Harbor, artificial harbor on Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Calumet River, NE Ill., in S Chicago. The harbor, dredged to 27 ft (8 m), is formed behind a breakwater extending c.2 mi (3.2 km...port, harbor
(Encyclopedia)port, a natural or artificial harbor and its terminal facilities for the transfer of goods and passengers to or from waterborne means of transport. Port cities are located on oceans, lakes, rivers, an...Bar Harbor
(Encyclopedia)Bar Harbor, town (2020 pop. 5,089), SE Maine, on Mount Desert Island and on Frenchman Bay; settled 1763, inc. 1796. It was a...Zhujiang
(Encyclopedia)Zhujiang: see Pearl, river.nacre
(Encyclopedia)nacre: see mother-of-pearl.Canton, river, China
(Encyclopedia)Canton, river, China: see Pearl. ...Boca Tigris
(Encyclopedia)Boca Tigris, China: see Pearl, river. ...Browse by Subject
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