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Island No. 10

(Encyclopedia)Island No. 10, former island in the Mississippi River, between NW Tenn. and SE Mo.; site of an important western campaign of the Civil War. With the advance of Union Gen. U. S. Grant up the Tennessee ...

Ithaca, island, Greece

(Encyclopedia)Ithaca, Greece: see Itháki.

Isabela, island, Ecuador

(Encyclopedia)Isabela, island, Ecuador: see Galápagos Islands. ...

Hydra, island, Greece

(Encyclopedia)Hydra, Greece: see Ídhra.

Great Sandy Island

(Encyclopedia)Great Sandy Island, Australia: see Fraser Island. ...

Flores, island, Azores

(Encyclopedia)Flores flôˈrĭz, Port. flôˈrəsh [key], island , 58 sq mi (150 sq km), Horta dist...

Flores, island, Indonesia

(Encyclopedia)Flores flôrˈĕs [key], island, 6,627 sq mi (17,164 sq km), E Indonesia, one of the Lesser S...

Jura, island, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Jura, island, Great Britain: see Hebrides, the. ...

Mílos, island, Greece

(Encyclopedia)Mílos mēˈlō, mīˈ– [key], mountainous island (1991 pop. 4,390), 58 sq mi (150 sq km), SE Greece, in the Aegean Sea; one of the Cyclades. The main town is Mílos, formerly known as Plaka. The is...

Mount Desert Island

(Encyclopedia)Mount Desert Island dĭzûrtˈ [key], c.100 sq mi (260 sq km), largest island off the coast of Maine; separated from the mainland by Frenchman Bay, Mt. Desert Narrows, and Western Bay. The island's ru...