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Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands
(Encyclopedia)Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands, India: see Lakshadweep. ...Saint Croix, island, Virgin Islands
(Encyclopedia)Saint Croix sānt kroi [key], island (2010 pop. 50,601), 80 sq mi (207 sq km), the largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, in the West Indies. Christiansted, on the northeast coast, is the island's leadin...Saint John, island, Virgin Islands
(Encyclopedia)Saint John, Virgin Islands: see Virgin Islands of the United States. ...Saint Lawrence Islands National Park
(Encyclopedia)Saint Lawrence Islands National Park, 1,000 acres (405 hectares), S Ont., Canada, in the Thousand Islands; est. 1904. It includes 17 wooded Canadian islands and some adjacent mainland between Kingston...Saint Mary's, island, Scilly Islands
(Encyclopedia)Saint Mary's, England: see Scilly Islands. ...Saint Thomas, island, Virgin Islands
(Encyclopedia)Saint Thomas, island (2010 pop. 51,634), 32 sq mi (83 sq km), one of the U.S. Virgin Islands, West Indies. Charlotte Amalie, the capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands, and a campus of the Univ. of the Vi...Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the
(Encyclopedia)Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the, former UN trust territory administered by the United States, consisting of the Caroline Islands, Marshall Islands, and Mariana Islands (excluding Guam). The te...Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument
(Encyclopedia)Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, c.490,000 sq mi (1,260,000 sq km), central Pacific Ocean; est. 2009. The monument comprises the waters and reefs surrounding seven islands and atolls, ...Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument
(Encyclopedia)Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments, tablenational parks and monuments, table. ...Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
(Encyclopedia)Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Browse by Subject
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