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Burnaby
(Encyclopedia)Burnaby bûrˈnəbē [key], city, eastern suburb of Vancouver, SW B.C., Canada. A transportat...Haugesund
(Encyclopedia)Haugesund houˈgəso͝on [key], city, Rogaland co., S Norway, a port on the North Sea. It has large ...Dogger Bank
(Encyclopedia)Dogger Bank dôˈgər, dŏˈ– [key], extensive sandbank, c.6,800 sq mi (17,610 sq km), central North Sea, between Great Britain and Denmark. Covered by shallow water (c.55–120 ft/17–36 m deep), ...Ålesund
(Encyclopedia)Ålesund ôˈləso͝on [key], city, Møre og Romsdal county, W Norway, on 3 islands in the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Storfjord. It is a major commercial and fishi...Salekhard
(Encyclopedia)Salekhard səlyĭkhärtˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 32,300), capital of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area, NW Siberian Russia, on the lower Ob River. It is a river port and has fish canneries, lumber mills, ...Balkash, city, Kazakhstan
(Encyclopedia)Balkash bäl-käshˈ [key], city, in Kazakhstan, on the north shore of Lake Balkash. A railroad terminus and port, ...Chimbote
(Encyclopedia)Chimbote chimbōˈtē [key], city, capital Santa prov., Ancash dept., W Peru. A seaport on the ...Chongjin
(Encyclopedia)Chongjin or Chungjin both: chŭngˈjĕnˈ [key], Jap. Seishin, city, NE North Korea, an i...Faxaflói
(Encyclopedia)Faxaflói fäkˈsäflōˌē [key] or Faxa Bay, inlet, c.40 mi (60 km) long and c.55 mi (90 km) wide, W Iceland, between the Snaefellsnes and Reykjanes peninsulas. Most of Iceland's population live aro...Back, Sir George
(Encyclopedia)Back, Sir George, 1796–1878, British explorer in N Canada. He accompanied Sir John Franklin on arctic expeditions in 1818, 1819–22, and 1824–27. On an expedition (1833–35) to search for the mi...Browse by Subject
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