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Sasebo

(Encyclopedia) SaseboSasebosäsāˈbō [key], city (1990 pop. 244,677), Nagasaki prefecture, W Kyushu, Japan. It is a commercial and fishing port and naval base on the East China Sea.

Sandy Island

(Encyclopedia) Sandy or Sable Island, Fr. Île de Sable, misreported island, New Caledonia, S Pacific, in the Coral Sea some 70 mi (110 km) E of the Chesterfield Islands. Long shown as a sizable…

Argob

(Encyclopedia) ArgobArgobärˈgŏb [key], in the Bible, region of Bashan, E of the Sea of Galilee. The interpretation of Argob as a person in Second Kings is uncertain.

Kem

(Encyclopedia) KemKemkĕm [key], river, c.240 mi (390 km) long, Karelia, NW European Russia. It rises SE of Kuusamo, Finland, and flows E into the White Sea.

Innoshima

(Encyclopedia) Innoshima Innoshima ēn-nōˈshĭmä [key], city, Hiroshima prefecture, on Innoshima Island, Japan, on the…

Den Helder

(Encyclopedia) Den Helder Den Helder dŭn hĕlˈdər [key], city, North Holland prov., NW Netherlands, on the North Sea.…

Whales, Bay of

(Encyclopedia) Whales, Bay of: see Ross Sea; Antarctica.

Bay of Whales

(Encyclopedia) Bay of Whales: see Ross Sea; Antarctica.

Trogyllium

(Encyclopedia) TrogylliumTrogylliumtrōjĭlˈēəm [key], promontory, W Asia Minor, jutting out into the Aegean Sea just S of Samos. The Acts of the Apostles reports that St. Paul stopped there.

Seyðisfjörður

(Encyclopedia) SeyðisfjörðurSeyðisfjörðursāˈᵺĭsfyörˌᵺür [key], town (1993 pop. 879), E Iceland, at the head of the Seyðisfjörður, an arm of the Norwegian Sea. It is a trade center and a fishing port.