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La Guajira
(Encyclopedia) La GuajiraLa Guajiralä gwähēˈrä [key], peninsula, c.100 mi (160 km) long, N Colombia, extending into the Caribbean Sea. Punta Gallinas, at the tip, is the northernmost point of South…Morvan
(Encyclopedia) MorvanMorvanmôrväNˈ [key], mountainous region, E central France, in Nivernais and Burgundy. The northernmost part of the Massif Central, this heavily forested region rises to 2,959 ft…Hammerfest
(Encyclopedia) Hammerfest Hammerfest häˈmərfĕst [key], town, Finnmark co., N Norway, on Kvaløy island. It is the…Ligurian Sea
(Encyclopedia) Ligurian SeaLigurian Sealĭgy&oobreve;rˈēən [key], arm of the Mediterranean Sea, between the Ligurian coast (Italian Riviera) and the islands of Corsica and Elba; the Gulf of Genoa…Phocaea
(Encyclopedia) PhocaeaPhocaeafōsēˈə [key], ancient city, W Asia Minor, N of Smyrna (Izmir), in present Turkey. It was northernmost of the Greek Ionian cities. In the 7th cent. b.c. it grew into a…Brooks Range
(Encyclopedia) Brooks Range, mountain chain, northernmost part of the Rocky Mts., extending about 600 mi (970 km) from east to west across N Alaska. Mt. Chamberlin, 9,020 ft (2,749 m) high, near the…Lockwood, James Booth
(Encyclopedia) Lockwood, James Booth, 1852–84, American arctic explorer, b. Annapolis, Md. In 1873 he was commissioned second lieutenant in the U.S. army. In 1881, Lockwood joined the arctic…Batan Islands
(Encyclopedia) Batan IslandsBatan Islandsbätänˈ [key], island group, 76 sq mi (197 sq km), northernmost of the Philippine islands. They include the islands of Itbayat, Batan, Sabtang, and a number of…Alderney
(Encyclopedia) Alderney Alderney ôlˈdərnē [key], Fr. Aurigny Alderney ōrēnyēˈ [key], anc. Riduna, island, c. 3 sq mi (7.7 sq km), in the English Channel…Arctic Circle
(Encyclopedia) Arctic Circle, imaginary circle on the surface of the earth at 661&fslsh;2°N latitude, i.e., 231&fslsh;2° south of the North Pole. It marks the northernmost point at which the…Trending
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