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Idaho, University of
(Encyclopedia) Idaho, University of, mainly at Moscow; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1889. Among its facilities are the Water and Energy Resources Institute and…Pond Inlet
(Encyclopedia) Pond Inlet, trading post (1991 pop. 974), N Baffin Island, Nunavut Territory, Canada, opposite Bylot Island. A government radio station, a post of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police,…Watson Lake
(Encyclopedia) Watson Lake, village (1991 pop. 912), SE Yukon, Canada, near the Liard River and the British Columbia border. It is a Royal Canadian Mounted Police Post, with an airfield and a radio…Beeville
(Encyclopedia) Beeville, city (2020 pop. 13,669), seat of Bee co., S Tex.; settled in the 1830s, inc. 1908. Long a cow town, Beeville is the trade…Jodrell Bank Observatory
(Encyclopedia) Jodrell Bank ObservatoryJodrell Bank Observatoryjôdˈrəl [key], observatory for radio astronomy located at Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield, England. Founded in 1945 on the site of a…Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
(Encyclopedia) Sable Island, low, sandy island, c.25 mi (40 km) long and 1 mi (1.6 km) wide, off N.S., Canada, ESE of Halifax, near the edge of the continental shelf. The crescent-shaped island is…Harpenden
(Encyclopedia) Harpenden Harpenden härˈpəndən [key], town, Hertfordshire, E central England. Mainly residential…Jamestown, town, St. Helena
(Encyclopedia) Jamestown, town, port, and capital (1998 pop. 864) of Saint Helena, in the S Atlantic. Once a busy coaling station on the East India route, it lost its importance after the opening of…Vermont, University of
(Encyclopedia) Vermont, University of, officially named the Univ. of Vermont and State Agricultural College, at Burlington; land-grant and state supported; chartered 1791, opened 1800. The university…Skylab
(Encyclopedia) Skylab: see space exploration; space station.Trending
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