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Devon Island
(Encyclopedia)Devon Island, c.20,900 sq mi (54,100 sq km), Nunavut Territory, Canada, between Baffin and Ellesmere islands.Chatham Island
(Encyclopedia)Chatham Island: see Savai'i.Clare Island
(Encyclopedia)Clare Island, c.6 sq mi (15 sq km), Co. Mayo, W Republic of Ireland, at the entrance to Clew Bay. There are ruins of a 13th-century Carmelite abbey and of the 16th-century castle of Grania or Grace O'...Clipperton Island
(Encyclopedia)Clipperton Island, uninhabited atoll, c.2 sq mi (5.2 sq km), in the Pacific Ocean, c.800 mi (1,290 km) SW of Mexico. It was used as a base by John Clipperton, an English pirate. The French claimed it ...Edge Island
(Encyclopedia)Edge Island: see Edgeøya.Dongsha Island
(Encyclopedia)Dongsha Island, South China Sea: see Pratas Island. ...Gardiner's Island
(Encyclopedia)Gardiner's Island, c.3,000 acres (1,210 hectares), in Gardiners Bay between the two flukelike peninsulas of E Long Island, SE N.Y. It was settled by colonist Lion Gardiner in 1639 as the first permane...Fraser Island
(Encyclopedia)Fraser Island or Great Sandy Island, 66 sq mi (171 sq km), in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Queensland, Australia; on the west it borders Hervey Bay (NW) and the Great Sandy Strait (SW). Known as...Flinders Island
(Encyclopedia)Flinders Island, Australia: see Furneaux Group. ...Fogo Island
(Encyclopedia)Fogo Island fōˈgō [key], c.100 sq mi (260 sq km), at the entrance to Notre Dame Bay, NE Ne...Browse by Subject
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