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Banda Sea

(Encyclopedia)Banda Sea bănˈdə, bänˈdä [key], section of the Pacific Ocean, c.600 mi (970 km) long and c.300 mi (480 km) wide, E Indonesia, outlined by the South Molucca islands. The deepest point is c.24,000...

Bellingshausen Sea

(Encyclopedia)Bellingshausen Sea, part of the S Pacific Ocean, W Antarctica, SW of Cape Horn between the Antarctic Peninsula and Amundsen Sea. The sea is named after Russian explorer Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshau...

Trogyllium

(Encyclopedia)Trogyllium trōjĭlˈēəm [key], promontory, W Asia Minor, jutting out into the Aegean Sea just S of Samos. The Acts of the Apostles reports that St. Paul stopped there. ...

Struma

(Encyclopedia)Struma stro͞oˈmä [key], Gr. Strimón, river, 216 mi (348 km) long, rising in the mountains of W Bulgaria and flowing S, through NE Greece, to the Aegean Sea. ...

Coos

(Encyclopedia)Coos kōˈŏs [key], in the New Testament, island in the Aegean Sea, the present-day Kós. ...

Kástron

(Encyclopedia)Kástron käˈstrôn [key], town, E Greece, on Límnos island, in the Aegean Sea. It is a seaport trading in local produce. In ancient times it was known as Myrina. Today it is also called Kastro or C...

Polycrates

(Encyclopedia)Polycrates pōlĭkˈrətēz [key], d. c.522 b.c., tyrant of Samos. He established Samian naval supremacy in the Aegean Sea and tried to control the archipelago and mainland towns of Ionia. He dominate...

Míkonos

(Encyclopedia)Míkonos or Mykonos both: mēˈkônôs [key], mountainous island (1991 pop. 6,170), c.35 sq mi (90 sq km), SE Greece, in the Aegean Sea; one of the Cyclades. It is a tourist resort and has fisheries. ...

Maeander

(Encyclopedia)Maeander mēănˈdər [key], ancient name of the Büyük Menderes River, c.250 mi (400 km) long, W Turkey. It rises in three branches W of Afyonkarahisar and flows generally W into the Aegean Sea. Its...

Krio, Cape

(Encyclopedia)Krio, Cape krēōˈ [key], Turk. Deveboynu Burnu, promontory, SW Turkey, on the Aegean Sea, on Reşadiye Peninsula north of the island of Rhodes. Ancient Cnidus was situated there. ...