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Thomson, Sir Charles Wyville

(Encyclopedia)Thomson, Sir Charles Wyville, 1830–82, Scottish naturalist, noted as a marine biologist and deep-sea explorer. He participated in three deep-sea dredging expeditions (1868–70) and obtained evidenc...

Cunningham, Allan

(Encyclopedia)Cunningham, Allan, 1784–1842, Scottish author. His collection of The Songs of Scotland, Ancient and Modern (4 vol., 1825) included his own “A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea,” one of the best-known ...

Dunwich

(Encyclopedia)Dunwich dŭnˈĭch [key], village, Suffolk, SE England, on the North Sea, known as “Britain...

Kanin

(Encyclopedia)Kanin käˈnyĭn [key], peninsula, N European Russia, projecting into the Barents Sea between the White Sea (in the west) and Chesha (Cheshskaya) Bay (in the east). Its northernmost cape is called Kan...

Gennesaret

(Encyclopedia)Gennesaret gĕnĕsˈərĕt [key]. 1 See Galilee, Sea of. 2 Fertile plain, NW of the Sea of Galilee. It is mentioned in the New Testament. ...

Choshi

(Encyclopedia)Choshi chōˈshē [key], city, Chiba prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Kashimada Sea ...

Peraea

(Encyclopedia)Peraea pērēˈə [key], in Roman times, the area E of the Jordan River, between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea, and S of the Decapolis. ...

Archipelago

(Encyclopedia)Archipelago ärkĭpĕlˈəgō [key] [Ital., from Gr.,=chief sea], ancient name of the Aegean Sea, later applied to the numerous islands it contains. The word now designates any cluster of islands. ...

Pohang

(Encyclopedia)Pohang pôˈhängˈ [key], city (1995 pop. 508,983), North Gyeongsang (Kyongsang) prov., SE South Korea, on Yeongil (Yongil) Bay of the Sea of Japan (or East Sea). A fishing port and agricultural cent...

serpent

(Encyclopedia)serpent, term sometimes used to designate the larger species of snakes in mythology and folklore, a name often applied to any sinuous, crawling creature, chiefly to a snake. No sea serpents have been ...