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Feodosiya

(Encyclopedia)Feodosiya fāˌədôˈsēə [key], city, E Crimea. From 1954 part of Ukraine (then the Ukrainian SSR), ...

Gangneung

(Encyclopedia)Gangneung or Kangnung gängˈno͝ongˈ [key], city, Gangwon (Kangwon) prov., NE South Kor...

Neva

(Encyclopedia)Neva nēˈvə, Rus. nyĭväˈ [key], river, 46 mi (74 km) long, NW European Russia, connecting Lake Ladoga with the Gulf of Finland, an inlet of the Baltic Sea. St. Petersburg is situated in its delta...

Samcheok

(Encyclopedia)Samcheok or Samchok sämˈchôkˈ [key], city (1995 pop. 83,815), Gangwon (Kangwon) prov., E South Korea, a port on the Sea of Japan (or East Sea). It is a large industrial center in the heart of a ri...

Echinodermata

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Internal anatomy of a sea star, representative of the phylum Echinodermata Echinodermata əkīˌnōdûrˈmətə [key] [Gr.,=spiny skin], phylum of exclusively marine bottom-dwelling invertebra...

Texel

(Encyclopedia)Texel tĕkˈsəl, tĕˈsəl [key], island (1994 pop. 13,022), 71 sq mi (184 sq km), North Holland prov., NW Netherlands, in the North Sea, the largest and southernmost of the West Frisian Islands. It ...

fjord

(Encyclopedia)fjord or fiord fyôrd [key], steep-sided inlet of the sea characteristic of glaciated regions. Fjords probably resulted from the scouring by glaciers of valleys formed by any of several processes, inc...

Aden, Gulf of

(Encyclopedia)Aden, Gulf of äˈdən, āˈ– [key], western arm of the Arabian Sea, 550 mi (885 km) long, lying between Yemen and Somalia; connected with the Red Sea by the Bab el Mandeb. The gulf is on the great ...

IJmuiden

(Encyclopedia)IJmuiden īmoiˈdən [key], city (1991 est. pop. 58,000), North Holland prov., W Netherlands, on the North Sea. It is part of the municipality of Velsen. The city is a seaport, fishing, and industrial...

Chongjin

(Encyclopedia)Chongjin or Chungjin both: chŭngˈjĕnˈ [key], Jap. Seishin, city, NE North Korea, an i...