(Encyclopedia) Ikaría or IcariaIkaríaboth: īkârˈēə [key], mountainous island, c.100 sq mi (260 sq km), SE Greece, one of the Southern Sporades, near Turkey. It has iron-ore deposits and sulfur…
(Encyclopedia) GogebicGogebicgōgēˈbĭk [key], east-west mountain range, 80 mi (129 km) long and .5 to 1 mi (.8–1.6 km) wide, extending from the W Upper Peninsula, N Mich., into N Wis. It is known for…
(Encyclopedia) Nizhni TagilNizhni Tagilnyēzhˈnyē təgēlˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 440,000), E European Russia, in the central Urals, on the Tagil River. A leading metallurgical and heavy industry center…
(Encyclopedia) Rutland, county (1991 pop. 32,400), 152 sq mi (394 sq km), central England; administratively, Rutland is a unitary authority (since 1997). Rutland has a rolling terrain and is a rural…
(Encyclopedia) SalzgitterSalzgitterzältsˈgĭtˈər [key], city (1994 pop. 117,684), Lower Saxony, N central Germany. Situated in one of the richest iron-ore producing regions in W Germany, it has blast…
(Encyclopedia) anglesiteanglesiteăngˈgləsīt [key], pale green, blue, yellow-to-white, or colorless mineral, a sulfate of lead, PbSO4, that is formed by oxidation of galena, crystallizing in the…
(Encyclopedia) KakinadaKakinadakəkĭnäˈdə [key], formerly CocanadaCocanadakōkənäˈdə [key], town (1991 pop. 327,541), Andhra Pradesh state, SE India, on the Godavari River delta. A coastal trading port…
