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Qumran

(Encyclopedia)Qumran ko͞omränˈ [key], ancient village on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea, in what is now the Israeli-occupied West Bank. It is famous for its caves, in some of which the Dead Sea Scrolls were...

Dongsha Island

(Encyclopedia)Dongsha Island, South China Sea: see Pratas Island. ...

Ocean Drilling Program

(Encyclopedia)Ocean Drilling Program: see under Deep Sea Drilling Project. ...

Indian Ocean

(Encyclopedia)Indian Ocean, third largest ocean, c.28,350,000 sq mi (73,427,000 sq km), extending from S Asia to Antarctica and from E Africa to SE Australia; it is c.4,000 mi (6,400 km) wide at the equator. It con...

Integrated Ocean Drilling Program

(Encyclopedia)Integrated Ocean Drilling Program: see under Deep Sea Drilling Project. ...

Dardanelles

(Encyclopedia)Dardanelles chänäkˈkälĕ bōäzŭˈ [key], strait, c.40 mi (60 km) long and from 1 to 4 mi (1.6 to 6.4 km) wide, connecting the Aegean Sea with the Sea of Marmara and separating the Gallipoli peni...

lake, body of water

(Encyclopedia)lake, inland body of standing water occupying a hollow in the earth's surface. The study of lakes and other freshwater basins is known as limnology. Lakes are of particular importance since they act a...

Horton

(Encyclopedia)Horton, river, c.275 mi (440 km) long, rising in a lake N of Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada, and flowing NW to Franklin Bay, a part of the Beaufort Sea. ...

Puerto la Cruz

(Encyclopedia)Puerto la Cruz, city (1990 pop. 69,556), NE Anzoátegui state, NE Venezuela, on the Caribbean Sea. Puerto la Cruz is a center for the storage, refining, and shipping of petroleum. ...

Jacobs, William Wymark

(Encyclopedia)Jacobs, William Wymark, 1863–1943, English author. His humorous sea stories were first collected in Many Cargoes (1896). Of his several horror stories, the most famous is “The Monkey's Paw.” ...