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Saint Lawrence, Gulf of

(Encyclopedia)Saint Lawrence, Gulf of, arm of the Atlantic Ocean, c.100,000 sq mi (259,000 sq km), SE Canada, extending c.250 mi (400 km) from the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River to Newfoundland on the east. At i...

Great Blasket

(Encyclopedia)Great Blasket: see Blasket Islands, Ireland. ...

Grand Canary

(Encyclopedia)Grand Canary: see Canary Islands, Spain. ...

Jethou

(Encyclopedia)Jethou: see Channel Islands, British dependency. ...

Minquiers

(Encyclopedia)Minquiers, Great Britain: see Channel Islands. ...

Peel Island

(Encyclopedia)Peel Island, Japan: see Bonin Islands. ...

Ascension Island

(Encyclopedia)Ascension Island, Caroline Islands: see Pohnpei. ...

Liu-ch'iu

(Encyclopedia)Liu-ch'iu: see Ryukyu Islands.

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