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Marshall Islands Map

Marshall Islands Profile More Geographic Information Country Profiles Flags World Geography World Statistics U.S. State Profiles U.S. Cities U.S. Geography U.S. Statistics Pacific…

Pitcairn Islands Map

  Pitcairn Islands Profile: History · Government · Economy · Population €¦ Pitcairn Islands Information Encyclopedia: Pitcairn Islands In-depth entries…

Brewer's: Ringing Island

The Church of Rome. It is an island because it is isolated or cut off from the world. It is a ringing island because bells are incessantly ringing: at matin and vespers, at mass and at…

Brewer's: Lizard Islands

Fabulous islands where damsels outcast from the rest of the world are received. (Torquemada: Garden of Flowers.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Lizard…

Brewer's: Lost Island

Cephalonia, so called because it was only by chance that even those who had visited it could find it again It is sometimes called “The Hidden Island.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…

Ellis & Angel Islands

A look at the role these two islands have played in immigration over the years 1892 Ellis Island opens as an immigration station in New York harbor. 1907 In a single day, 11,747…

Caribbean and Atlantic Islands

Country or islandArea codeAnguilla264Antigua and Barbuda268Bahamas242Barbados246Bermuda441British Virgin Islands284Cayman Islands345Dominican Republic809Dominica767Grenada473Jamaica876Montserrat664St…

Brewer's: Fortunate Islands

Now called the Canaries. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894FortunatusFortiter in Re A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y…

Lost Islands of the World

Traveler's guide to deserted islands for when you really, really want to be alone by Borgna Brunner Smoke rises from McDonald Island's volcano. Coming Up Clipperton Island…