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Prince of Wales, Cape

(Encyclopedia)Prince of Wales, Cape, at the tip of the Seward Peninsula, NW Alaska, on the Bering Strait; westernmost point of North America. Cape Dezhnev, Siberia, is only 55 mi (89 km) to the west. ...

Cape Krusenstern National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Cape Krusenstern National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Cape Lookout National Seashore

(Encyclopedia)Cape Lookout National Seashore: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Cape Town, City of

(Encyclopedia)Cape Town, City of, metropolitan municipality (2021 est. pop. 4,710,000), Western Cape prov., South Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean. Cape Town is the ...

Monitor and Merrimack

(Encyclopedia)Monitor and Merrimack, two American warships that fought the first engagement between ironclad ships. When, at the beginning of the Civil War, the Union forces abandoned the Norfolk Navy Yard at Ports...

Cape Breton Highlands National Park

(Encyclopedia)Cape Breton Highlands National Park brĕtˈən [key], 367 sq mi (951 sq km), N Cape Breton Island, N. S., Canada; est. 1936. It covers a large tableland and includes sections of the rugged Atlantic co...

Ras Addar

(Encyclopedia)Ras Addar, cape, Tunisia: see Bon, Cape. ...

Ras at Tib

(Encyclopedia)Ras at Tib, cape, Tunisia: see Bon, Cape. ...

Pereira, Aristides Maria

(Encyclopedia)Pereira, Aristides Maria ärĭshˈtēdĭsh märēˈä pərāˈrä [key], 1923–2011, first president of Cape Verde. In the late 1940s he became an activist in the struggle against Portuguese colonial...

Massachusetts Bay

(Encyclopedia)Massachusetts Bay, inlet of the Atlantic Ocean. The bay, with its arms (Boston, Cape Cod, and Plymouth bays), extends 65 mi (105 km) from Cape Ann on the north to Cape Cod on the south. Its coastline ...