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Bengal, Bay of
(Encyclopedia)Bengal, Bay of, arm of the Indian Ocean, c.1,300 mi (2,090 km) long and 1,000 mi (1,610 km) wide, bordered on the W by Sri Lanka and India, on the N by Bangladesh, and on the E by Myanmar and Thailand...McMurdo Sound
(Encyclopedia)McMurdo Sound, Antarctica: see Ross Sea. ...Kinneret, Lake
(Encyclopedia)Kinneret, Lake: see Galilee, Sea of. ...Hwang-hai
(Encyclopedia)Hwang-hai: see Yellow Sea, China. ...Port Royal Island
(Encyclopedia)Port Royal Island: see Sea Islands. ...Saint Helena Island
(Encyclopedia)Saint Helena Island: see Sea Islands. ...Tiberias, Lake
(Encyclopedia)Tiberias, Lake: see Galilee, Sea of. ...Bothnia, Gulf of
(Encyclopedia)Bothnia, Gulf of: see Baltic Sea. ...Ito
(Encyclopedia)Ito, city, Shizuoka prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Izu Peninsula and the Sagami Sea. It is an important fishing port and hot spring resort. ...Arkhangelsk
(Encyclopedia)Arkhangelsk ärkˈānˌjəl [key], city (1990 est. 418,000), NW European Russia, on the Northern Dvina near its mouth at the White Sea. Although icebound much of the year, it is a leading Russian port...Browse by Subject
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