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New Brunswick Profile: History · Government · Economy · Population ¦ Note: New Brunswick, together with Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, form Canada's Maritime Provinces…Newfoundland and Labrador Map
Newfoundland and Labrador Profile: History · Government · Economy · Population ¦ Note: Newfoundland and Labrador, together with the three Maritime Provinces of New Brunswick,…Sitka
(Encyclopedia) SitkaSitkasĭtˈkə [key], city (1990 pop. 8,588), Sitka census div., SE Alaska, in the Alexander Archipelago, on Baranof Island; inc. 1971. Fishing, its first industry, remains important…Balearic Islands
(Encyclopedia) Balearic Islands Balearic Islands bălēărˈĭk [key], Span. Baleares Balearic…San Juan Boundary Dispute
(Encyclopedia) San Juan Boundary Dispute, controversy between the United States and Great Britain over the U.S.–British Columbia boundary. It is sometimes called the Northwest Boundary Dispute. The…San Juan Islands
(Encyclopedia) San Juan IslandsSan Juan Islandssăn wän [key], archipelago of 172 islands constituting San Juan co., NW Wash., E of Vancouver Island. The islands were visited and named c.1790 by…Taymyr Peninsula
(Encyclopedia) Taymyr Peninsula or Taimyr PeninsulaTaymyr Peninsulaboth: tīmĭrˈ [key], northernmost projection of Siberia, N Krasnoyarsk Territory, N central Siberian Russia, between the estuaries of…Heyerdahl, Thor
(Encyclopedia) Heyerdahl, ThorHeyerdahl, Thorhāˈərdälˌ, hīˈ– [key], 1914–2002, Norwegian explorer and anthropologist, b. Larvik. He carried out research in the Marquesas Islands in 1937–38 and…Boothia Peninsula
(Encyclopedia) Boothia PeninsulaBoothia Peninsulab&oomacr;ˈthēə [key], 12,483 sq mi (32,331 sq km), Nunavut Territory, Canada; the northernmost (71°58′N) tip of the North American mainland. It is…cassowary
(Encyclopedia) cassowarycassowarykăsˈəwârˌē [key], common name for a flightless, swift-running, pugnacious forest bird of Australia and the Malay Archipelago, smaller than the ostrich and emu. The…Trending
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