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Coburg Peninsula
(Encyclopedia) Coburg or Cobourg PeninsulaCoburg or Cobourg Peninsulaboth: kōˈbûrg [key], c.50 mi (80 km) long and 25 mi (40 km) wide, N Northern Territory, Australia, E of Melville Island. It is a…Edwards, Ninian
(Encyclopedia) Edwards, Ninian, 1775–1833, governor of Illinois, b. Maryland. A Kentucky lawyer and jurist, he was appointed (1809) governor of Illinois Territory and served in the formative years…Kinross-shire
(Encyclopedia) Kinross-shire or Kinross, former county, E Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Kinross-shire became (1975) part of the new Tayside region. In the local government…Banffshire
(Encyclopedia) Banffshire or Banff, former county, NE Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Banffshire became (1975) part of the new Grampian region. In the local government…Maloyaroslavets
(Encyclopedia) MaloyaroslavetsMaloyaroslavetsmäˌləyärəsläˈvyĭts [key], city, E central European Russia, on the Luzh River. In Oct., 1812, Russian forces in the city barred the road to Kaluga against…Melville Island, Australia
(Encyclopedia) Melville Island, 2,240 sq mi (5,802 sq km), Northern Territory, N Australia, in the Timor Sea 16 mi (26 km) off the coast. It is 65 mi (105 km) long and 45 mi (72 km) wide and is…Cherkessk
(Encyclopedia) CherkesskCherkesskchĭrkĕskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 113,000), capital of Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Stavropol Territory, SE European Russian, on the Kuban River. Founded in 1825 as…Caernarvonshire
(Encyclopedia) Caernarvonshire, former county, NW Wales. In 1974, Caernarvonshire became part of the nonmetropolitan county of Gwynedd; when Welsh local government was again reorganized (1996), the…Zhupanovsky
(Encyclopedia) Zhupanovsky, compound volcano, 9,705 ft (2,958 m), on the Kamchatka peninsula, Kamchatka Territory, Russia, c.40 mi (65 km) N of Petropavlovsk. Zhupanovsky consists of four…Shantar Islands
(Encyclopedia) Shantar IslandsShantar Islandsshəntärˈ [key], archipelago, c.980 sq mi (2,540 sq km), Khabarovsk Territory, Russian Far East, in the Sea of Okhotsk. Discovered in 1645, the islands are…Trending
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