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Quemoy

(Encyclopedia)Quemoy kĭmoiˈ [key], Chin. Chinmen, Kinmen, or Jinmen, Taiwanese island group (2010 pop. 56,703), Taiwan Strait, just off Fujian prov., China, and c.150 mi (240 km) W of Taiwan. The group consists o...

Port Blair

(Encyclopedia)Port Blair, India: see Andaman and Nicobar Islands. ...

Stromboli

(Encyclopedia)Stromboli, island and volcano, Italy: see Lipari Islands. ...

Vulcano

(Encyclopedia)Vulcano, island and volcano, Italy: see Lipari Islands. ...

Shetland

(Encyclopedia)Shetland, former county, Scotland: see under Shetland Islands. ...

Synge, John Millington

(Encyclopedia)Synge, John Millington sĭng [key], 1871–1909, Irish poet and dramatist, b. near Dublin, of Protestant parents. He was an important figure in the Irish literary renaissance. As a young man he studie...

Thursday Island

(Encyclopedia)Thursday Island (2016 pop. 2,938), Queensland, NE Australia, N of Cape York Peninsula, in Torres Strait. It is the administrative and commercial center of the Torres Strait Islands. ...

Dalmatia

(Encyclopedia)Dalmatia dălmāˈshə [key], Croatian Dalmacija, historic region of Croatia, extending along the Adriatic Sea, approximately from Rijeka (Fiume) to the Gulf of Kotor. Split is the provincial capital;...

Lewis Hills

(Encyclopedia)Lewis Hills, section of the Long Range, W Newfoundland island, Canada, S of the Bay of Islands. It rises to 2,672 ft (814 m), the highest point on the island. ...

Western Isles

(Encyclopedia)Western Isles or Western Islands, Scotland: see Hebrides, the. ...