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Helles, Cape
(Encyclopedia)Helles, Cape hĕlˈəs [key], southernmost point of the Gallipoli peninsula, NW Turkey. It commands the entrance to the Dardanelles. ...Black Isle
(Encyclopedia)Black Isle, peninsula, 18 mi (29 km) long and up to 9 mi (14.5 km) wide, Highland, N Scotland, extending into Moray Firth. It has some of the best farmland in N Scotland, producing grain and potatoes....Akranes
(Encyclopedia)Akranes äˈkränĕsˌ [key], town, SW Iceland, on a peninsula in the Faxaflói. It is a fishing port and industrial center, with a huge cement plant. ...Catoche, Cape
(Encyclopedia)Catoche, Cape kätōˈchā [key], extremity of Yucatán peninsula, SE Mexico. It was the first Mexican land seen by the Spanish (1517). ...Terengganu
(Encyclopedia)Terengganu or Trengganu both: trəng-gäˈno͞o, trĕng– [key], state (1991 pop. 808,556), c.5,000 sq mi (12,950 sq km), Malaysia, central Malay Peninsula, on the South China Sea. The capital is Kua...Bayonne, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Bayonne bāyōnˈ [key], city (2020 pop. 71,686), Hudson co., NE N.J., on a 3-mi (4.8-km) pen...Winthrop
(Encyclopedia)Winthrop, residential town (1990 pop. 18,127), Suffolk co., E Mass., on a peninsula extending into Boston Bay; settled 1635, set off from North Chelsea and inc. 1852. Several houses of historical inte...Bell Island
(Encyclopedia)Bell Island, island, SE N.L., Canada, in Conception Bay, off the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland. The island is 6 mi (9.7 km) long and 3 mi (4.8 km) wide. Its famous undersea iron mines were closed in ...Notre Dame Mountains
(Encyclopedia)Notre Dame Mountains, section of the Appalachian system, extending c.500 mi (800 km) from the Green Mts. of Vermont into the Gaspé Peninsula, Canada. Worn low by erosion, the ancient mountains have a...Bermuda Hundred
(Encyclopedia)Bermuda Hundred, fishing village, on the peninsula at the confluence of the Appomattox and James rivers, SE Va., NE of Petersburg; founded 1613. During the Civil War the Union Army of the James was bo...Browse by Subject
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