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Solovetsky Islands
(Encyclopedia)Solovetsky Islands, Russia: see Solovetski Islands. ...Tenimbar Islands
(Encyclopedia)Tenimbar Islands: see Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia. ...Blasket Islands
(Encyclopedia)Blasket Islands, group of rock islets, Co. Kerry, SW Republic of Ireland; a lighthouse is on one of the islets. Most of the inhabitants of the islands were moved to the mainland in 1953. Great Blasket...Aeolian Islands
(Encyclopedia)Aeolian Islands: see Lipari Islands, Italy. ...Witu Islands
(Encyclopedia)Witu Islands: see Vitu Islands.Balearic Islands
(Encyclopedia)Balearic Islands bälāäˈrās [key], archipelago, off Spain, in the W Mediterranean, an autonomous ...Bissagos Islands
(Encyclopedia)Bissagos Islands: see Guinea-Bissau. ...Rat Islands
(Encyclopedia)Rat Islands: see Aleutian Islands. ...Scilly Islands
(Encyclopedia)Scilly Islands sĭlˈē [key], officially Isles of Scilly, archipelago and unitary authority (2001 pop. 2,153), encompassing more than 150 isles and rocky islets, off Cornwall, SW England, 28 mi (45 k...Shantar Islands
(Encyclopedia)Shantar Islands shəntärˈ [key], archipelago, c.980 sq mi (2,540 sq km), Khabarovsk Territory, Russian Far East, in the Sea of Okhotsk. Discovered in 1645, the islands are used as a fishing base and...Browse by Subject
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