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Niles

(Encyclopedia)Niles. 1 Village (1990 pop. 28,284), Cook co., NE Ill., a residential suburb adjacent to Chicago, on the Chicago River; settled 1832, inc. 1899. The village has a replica (half size) of the Leaning To...

Riverside

(Encyclopedia)Riverside. 1 City (1990 pop. 226,505), seat of Riverside co., S Calif.; inc. 1883. One of the fastest growing U.S. cities in the late 20th cent., it is famous for its orange industry. The navel orange...

Farewell, Cape

(Encyclopedia)Farewell, Cape, southernmost point of Greenland, on Egger Island, at lat. 59°46′N. Egger Island and the surrounding islands are called the Cape Farewell Archipelago. ...

Graham Island

(Encyclopedia)Graham Island, 2,485 sq mi (6,436 sq km), off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, northernmost and largest of the Queen Charlotte Islands. ...

Mulatas

(Encyclopedia)Mulatas, archipelago, Panama: see San Blas Islands. ...

Norman Isles

(Encyclopedia)Norman Isles, Great Britain: see Channel Islands. ...

Novosibirskiye Ostrova

(Encyclopedia)Novosibirskiye Ostrova, Russia: see New Siberian Islands. ...

Neu Lauenberg

(Encyclopedia)Neu Lauenberg: see Duke of York Islands. ...

Tortola

(Encyclopedia)Tortola, largest of the British Virgin Islands. ...

Outer Banks

(Encyclopedia)Outer Banks or the Banks, chain of sand barrier islands and peninsulas, c.175 mi (280 km), along the Atlantic coast of SE Va. and E N.C. Separated by inlets and enclosing several saltwater lagoons, or...