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Kaiser-Wilhelmsland

(Encyclopedia)Kaiser-Wilhelmsland: see Papua New Guinea. ...

Futa Jallon

(Encyclopedia)Futa Jallon: see Fouta Djallon, region, Guinea. ...

Lavongai

(Encyclopedia)Lavongai, Papua New Guinea: see New Hanover. ...

Papua, Territory of

(Encyclopedia)Papua, Territory of: see Papua New Guinea. ...

Carstensz, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Carstensz, Mount, New Guinea: see Jaya Peak. ...

Carteret Islands

(Encyclopedia)Carteret Islands, Papua New Guinea: see Tulun. ...

equator

(Encyclopedia)equator, imaginary great circle around the earth, everywhere equidistant from the two geographical poles and forming the base line from which latitude is reckoned. The equator, which measures c.24,902...

Niger, river, Africa

(Encyclopedia)Niger nīˈjər [key], great river of W Africa, c.2,600 mi (4,180 km) long, rising on the Fouta Djallon plateau, SW Guinea, and flowing NE through Guinea and into Mali. In central Mali the Niger forms...

Bismarck Archipelago

(Encyclopedia)Bismarck Archipelago, volcanic island group, 19,200 sq mi (49,730 sq km), SW Pacific, a part of Papua New Guinea. The group includes New Britain (the largest island), New Ireland, the Admiralty Island...

precession of the equinoxes

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Precession of the equinoxes (the points at which the earth's celestial equator intersects its ecliptic) is due to the slow rotation of the earth's axis around a perpendicular to the ecliptic. ...