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Delray Beach
(Encyclopedia) Delray Beach, resort city (2020 pop. 66,846), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled 1895, inc. 1911. Mostly…Faial
(Encyclopedia) Faial Faial fäyälˈ [key], island, 66 sq mi (171 sq km), in the N Atlantic, one of the central…Hansen, Marcus Lee
(Encyclopedia) Hansen, Marcus Lee, 1892–1938, American historian, b. Neenah, Wis. He spent almost four years in Europe gathering material for his studies on immigration. For The Atlantic Migration,…Agulhas, Cape
(Encyclopedia) Agulhas, CapeAgulhas, Capeəgŭˈləs [key] [Port.,=needles], Western Cape province, South Africa; the southernmost point of Africa. Its name refers to the saw-edged reefs and sunken rocks…Canso
(Encyclopedia) Canso Canso kănˈsō [key], town, S central N.S., Canada, on the Atlantic Ocean, near Cape…Bouvet Island
(Encyclopedia) Bouvet IslandBouvet Islandb&oomacr;vāˈ [key], uninhabited volcanic island, c.58 sq mi (150 sq km), S Atlantic Ocean, about 1,600 mi (2,576 km) SW of the Cape of Good Hope. A…auk
(Encyclopedia) aukaukôk [key], common name for a member of the family Alcidae (alcid family), swimming and diving birds of the N Atlantic and Pacific, which includes the guillemots and puffins. Their…Nouakchott
(Encyclopedia) NouakchottNouakchottnwäkshôtˈ [key], city (1991 est. pop. 500,000), capital of Mauritania and Nouakchott dist., W Mauritania, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. Located between the Atlantic…Delmarva
(Encyclopedia) DelmarvaDelmarvadĕlmärˈvə [key], peninsula, c.180 mi (290 km) long, separating Chesapeake Bay on the west from Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean on the east; named for the three…clipper
(Encyclopedia) clipper, type of sailing ship, designed for speed. Long and narrow, the clipper had the greatest beam aft of the center; the bow cleaved the waves; and the ship carried, besides…Trending
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