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Pomona, island, Scotland

(Encyclopedia)Pomona, Orkney Island, Scotland: see Mainland. ...

Port Royal Island

(Encyclopedia)Port Royal Island: see Sea Islands. ...

Saint Helena Island

(Encyclopedia)Saint Helena Island: see Sea Islands. ...

Saint Mary's Island

(Encyclopedia)Saint Mary's Island: see Banjul, Gambia. ...

(Encyclopedia)Salamis, island, E Greece, in the Saronic Gulf, W of Athens. It early belonged to Aegina but was later under Athenian control, except for a brief period after it was occupied (c.600 b.c.) by Megara. I...

Theodore Roosevelt Island

(Encyclopedia)Theodore Roosevelt Island: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Three Mile Island

(Encyclopedia)Three Mile Island, site of a nuclear power plant 10 mi (16 km) south of Harrisburg, Pa. On Mar. 28, 1979, failure of the cooling system of the No. 2 nuclear reactor led to overheating and partial melt...

Ré, island, France

(Encyclopedia)Ré rā [key], island (1991 pop. 13,973), 33 sq mi (85 sq km), Charente-Maritime dept., off La Rochelle, W France, in the Bay of Biscay. The island is largely agricultural; it has oyster beds, some fi...

Axel Heiberg Island

(Encyclopedia)Axel Heiberg Island ăkˈsəl hīˈbərg [key], 13,583 sq mi (35,180 sq km), in the Arctic Ocean, N Nunavut Territory, Canada, W of Ellesmere Island. It was named by the Norwegian explorer Otto Sverdr...

Norfolk Island pine

(Encyclopedia)Norfolk Island pine: see monkey-puzzle tree. ...