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roaring forties

(Encyclopedia)roaring forties, name applied, especially by sailors, to the latitudes between 40°S and 50°S, where the prevailing westerly winds are strong and steady. Unlike the winds in the Northern Hemisphere, ...

Dolgellau

(Encyclopedia)Dolgellau dôlgĕthˈlī, –gĕlˈī [key], town, Gwynedd, W Wales, on the Whion Riv...

Greenland Sea

(Encyclopedia)Greenland Sea, arm of the Arctic Ocean, off the northeast coast of Greenland between Svalbard and Jan Mayen Island. It is the main outlet of the Arctic Ocean to the Atlantic. Because of drifting arcti...

Mariana Islands

(Encyclopedia)Mariana Islands: see Northern Mariana Islands and Guam. ...

Marianas

(Encyclopedia)Marianas: see Northern Mariana Islands and Guam. ...

Okinawa

(Encyclopedia)Okinawa ōˌkĭnäˈwä [key], island (1990 pop. 1,222,458), 454 sq mi (1,176 sq km), W Pacific Ocean, SW of Kyushu; a part of Okinawa prefecture, Japan. It is the largest of the Okinawa Islands in th...

Stanislaus I

(Encyclopedia)Stanislaus I, 1677–1766, king of Poland (1704–1709, 1733–35) and duke of Lorraine (1735–66). He was born Stanislaus Leszczynski. Early in the Northern War (1700–1721), Charles XII of Sweden ...

Longhorn Cavern

(Encyclopedia)Longhorn Cavern, limestone cave, central Tex., at Burnet. On the northern edge of the Edwards Plateau, the cave (explored length c.8 mi/13 km) lies beneath a triangular ridge rising above the valley o...

Baal-gad

(Encyclopedia)Baal-gad bāˈəl-gădˈ [key], in the Bible, place at the foot of Mt. Hermon. It represented the northern limit of Joshua's conquest. Gad apparently refers to a god of fortune. ...

Posillipo

(Encyclopedia)Posillipo pōzēlˈlēpō [key], volcanic ridge, in Campania, S Italy, projecting into the northern part of the Bay of Naples. The town of Posillipo, a picturesque suburb of Naples, has interesting ru...