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Parris Island

(Encyclopedia)Parris Island: see Sea Islands.

scuba

(Encyclopedia)scuba: see diving, deep-sea.

Sinus Arabicus

(Encyclopedia)Sinus Arabicus: see Red Sea.

Salton Sink

(Encyclopedia)Salton Sink: see Salton Sea.

Pontus Euxinus

(Encyclopedia)Pontus Euxinus: see Black Sea.

Propontis

(Encyclopedia)Propontis: see Marmara, Sea of.

Gray, Robert

(Encyclopedia)Gray, Robert, 1755–1806, American sea captain, discoverer of the Columbia River, b. Tiverton, R.I. He probably served in the Continental navy in the American Revolution. In 1787 he and Capt. John Ke...

Aberdeen, city, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Aberdeen, city (2020 pop. 229,060) and council area, NE Scotland, on the North Sea at the mouth of the Dee River. It is Scotland's third largest city in population. Aberdeen is the financi...

Avery, Milton

(Encyclopedia)Avery, Milton āˈvərē [key], 1893–1965, American painter, b. Altmar, N.Y. Avery moved to New York City in 1925. Bold massing of forms is characteristic of his figurative work, such as Poetry Read...

Oder

(Encyclopedia)Oder ōˈdər [key], Czech and Pol. Odra, river, 562 mi (904 km) long; the second longest river of Poland. It rises in the E Sudetes, NE Czech Republic, and flows generally NW through SW Poland, then ...