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Cocos Islands
(Encyclopedia)Cocos Islands kōˈkōs [key] or Keeling Islands, officially Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Isl...Amakusa Islands
(Encyclopedia)Amakusa Islands ämäko͞oˈsä [key], archipelago, c.340 sq mi (880 sq km), Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures, in the East China Sea, off W Kyushu, Japan. There are about 70 islands in the group. Sh...Faeroe Islands
(Encyclopedia)Faeroe Islands or Faröe Islands both: fârˈō [key], Dan. Færøerne, Faeroese Føroyar, group of volcanic islands (2015 est. pop. 49,000), 540 sq mi (1,399 sq km), Denmark, in the N Atlantic, betwe...Falkland Islands
(Encyclopedia)Falkland Islands fôkˈlənd [key], Span. Islas Malvinas, group of islands (2015 est. pop. 3,000), 4,618 sq mi (11,961 sq km), S Atlantic, c.300 mi (480 km) E of the Strait of Magellan. The islands ar...Faröe Islands
(Encyclopedia)Faröe Islands: see Faeroe Islands, Denmark. ...Equatorial Islands
(Encyclopedia)Equatorial Islands: see Line Islands. ...Escholtz Islands
(Encyclopedia)Escholtz Islands: see Bikini.Fox Islands
(Encyclopedia)Fox Islands: see Aleutian Islands. ...Ionian Islands
(Encyclopedia)Ionian Islands īōˈnēən [key], chain of islands, c.890 sq mi (2,310 sq km), W Greece, in the ...Andreanof Islands
(Encyclopedia)Andreanof Islands: see Aleutian Islands. ...Browse by Subject
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