belonging+to+islands

  • 61Sandur (Faroe Islands) — Sandur (meaning sandy beach ) is a village on the south coast of the island of Sandoy in the Faroe Islands. The Sandur hoard, dating to the end of the 11th century, suggests the long history of the village.*Population: 599 (December 31 2004)… …

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  • 62Bountiful Islands (Queensland) — The Bountiful Islands are small group of islands in the Gulf of Carpentaria, belonging to Queensland.External links* [http://www.ausemade.com.au/qld/resource/map/queensland islands.htm Map showing the location of The Bountiful Islands on the… …

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  • 63Wollaston Islands — is a group of islands in the extreme south of Chile near Cape Horn. The islands are inside Cabo de Hornos National Park, belonging to the Commune of Cabo de Hornos in Antártica Chilena Province of Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region. They… …

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  • 64Chatham Islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific, E of and belonging to New Zealand. 372 sq. mi. (963 sq. km). * * * ▪ islands, New Zealand       island group in the South Pacific Ocean, about 500 miles (800 km) east of New Zealand. Composed of 10 islands,… …

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  • 65Gambier Islands — /gam bear/ a group of islands in French Polynesia, belonging to the Tuamotu Archipelago. 8226; 12 sq. mi. (31 sq. km). * * * Island group (pop., 1996: 1,087), French Polynesia. It is the southeasternmost extension of the Tuamotu Archipelago. The… …

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  • 66Faeroe Islands — /fɛəroʊ ˈaɪləndz/ (say fairroh uyluhndz) plural noun a group of islands in the northern Atlantic between the Shetland Islands and Iceland, belonging to Denmark but having extensive home rule. 1399 km2. Capital: Thorshavn. Also, Faroe Islands,… …

  • 67Kuril Islands — or Kurile Islands [ko͞o′ril, ko͞o rēl′] chain of islands belonging to Russia, between N Hokkaido, Japan, and Kamchatka Peninsula: formerly Japanese (1875 1945): c. 6,000 sq mi (15,540 sq km) …

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  • 68CHANNEL ISLANDS — CHANNEL ISLANDS, small archipelago off the coast of Normandy belonging to Great Britain. Jews seem to have lived there in the Middle Ages. A London Jew named Abraham was described in 1277 as being from La Gelnseye (Guernsey). The converted… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 69Chatham Islands — geographical name islands S Pacific belonging to New Zealand & comprising two islands (Chatham & Pitt) area 372 square miles (967 square kilometers) …

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  • 70Cocos Islands — or Keeling Islands geographical name islands E Indian Ocean belonging to Australia area 5.5 square miles (14 square kilometers), population 600 …

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