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Rhode Island, island, United States

(Encyclopedia)Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches. Known to the...

Lundy Isle

(Encyclopedia)Lundy Isle, 3 mi (4.8 km) long, off Devon, SW England, at the mouth of the Bristol Channel. Granite was quarried there for centuries. Inhabited in prehistoric times, Lundy Isle was a stronghold of pir...

Teignmouth

(Encyclopedia)Teignmouth tĭnˈməth [key], town (1991 pop. 12,500), Devon, SW England, at the mouth of the Teign River on the English Channel. Teignmouth is a seaport and resort. The harbor, important in the Middl...

Exmouth

(Encyclopedia)Exmouth ĕkˈsməth, –smouth [key], town, Devon, SW England, at the mouth of the Exe River. It is a ...

Albemarle, island, Ecuador

(Encyclopedia)Albemarle, island, Ecuador: see Galápagos Islands. ...

Ezel, island, Estonia

(Encyclopedia)Ezel: see Saaremaa, Estonia.

Island No. 10

(Encyclopedia)Island No. 10, former island in the Mississippi River, between NW Tenn. and SE Mo.; site of an important western campaign of the Civil War. With the advance of Union Gen. U. S. Grant up the Tennessee ...

Ithaca, island, Greece

(Encyclopedia)Ithaca, Greece: see Itháki.

Isabela, island, Ecuador

(Encyclopedia)Isabela, island, Ecuador: see Galápagos Islands. ...

Hydra, island, Greece

(Encyclopedia)Hydra, Greece: see Ídhra.