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Bananal Island
(Encyclopedia)Bananal Island, Brazil: see Araguaía, river. ...Resolution Island
(Encyclopedia)Resolution Island, 387 sq mi (1,002 sq km), off SE Baffin Island, Canada, Nunavut Territory, at the east entrance of Hudson Strait. At its southern extremity is a radar and meteorological station. ...Rathlin Island
(Encyclopedia)Rathlin Island răthˈlĭn [key], 5 sq mi (13 sq km), Moyle dist., N Northern Ireland. Its cliffs, of limestone and basalt, rise at Slieveacarn to 449 ft (137 m). Farming and fishing are important. St...Prospect Island
(Encyclopedia)Prospect Island: see Teraina.Parris Island
(Encyclopedia)Parris Island: see Sea Islands.Bear Island
(Encyclopedia)Bear Island, Svalbard: see Bjørnøya. ...Europa Island
(Encyclopedia)Europa Island yo͝orōˈpə [key], volcanic island, c.11 sq mi (28 sq km), between Madagascar and Mozambique in the Mozambique Channel, W Indian Ocean, part of the Scattered Islands district in the Fr...Eustatius Island
(Encyclopedia)Eustatius Island: see Saint Eustatius. ...Governors Island
(Encyclopedia)Governors Island, 173 acres (70 hectares), in Upper New York Bay, S of Manhattan island, SE N.Y. Bought from the Native Americans by the Dutch in 1637, it was the site of an early New Netherlands sett...Graham Island
(Encyclopedia)Graham Island, 2,485 sq mi (6,436 sq km), off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, northernmost and largest of the Queen Charlotte Islands. ...Browse by Subject
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