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Davis Strait
(Encyclopedia)Davis Strait, c.400 mi (640 km) long and c.180 mi (290 km) wide at the narrowest point, between Greenland and Baffin Island, NE Canada, connecting the Atlantic Ocean and Baffin Bay. Large amounts of i...Ann, Cape
(Encyclopedia)Ann, Cape, NE Mass., N of Massachusetts Bay. It includes Gloucester and Rockport with their fishing fleets, resorts, and artists' colonies. The cape was the epicenter of the 1755 earthquake that damag...Hiratsuka
(Encyclopedia)Hiratsuka hēräˈtso͞okä [key], city, Kanagawa prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on Sagami Bay and ...Handa
(Encyclopedia)Handa hänˈdä [key], city, Aichi prefecture, S central Honshu, Japan, on the Chita Peninsul...Hekinan
(Encyclopedia)Hekinan hākēˈnän [key], city, Aichi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, near Chita Bay. Tr...Gironde, department, France
(Encyclopedia)Gironde zhērôNdˈ [key], department, SW France, on the Bay of Biscay. Bordeaux is the capital. ...Gisborne
(Encyclopedia)Gisborne gĭzˈbôrn [key], city, East Coast North Island, New Zealand, on Poverty Bay. It is a ...Attawapiskat
(Encyclopedia)Attawapiskat ătˌəwəpĭsˈkăt [key], river, c.465 mi (750 km) long, flowing E from Attawapiskat Lake, N Ontario, Canada, then N and E into James Bay. The trading posts of Attawapiskat and Lansdown...Patchogue
(Encyclopedia)Patchogue păchˈägˌ, –ôgˌ [key], village (1990 pop. 11,060), Suffolk co., SE N.Y., on Long Island, on Great South Bay; inc. 1893. A residential area that is popular in the summer months, it has...Kouchibouguac National Park
(Encyclopedia)Kouchibouguac National Park ko͞oˌshēbəkwăkˈ [key], 87 sq mi (225 sq km), on Kouchibouguac Bay, E N.B., Canada, near Richibucto; est. 1969. The park's scenic features include lagoons, bays, and o...Browse by Subject
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