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Lanarkshire
(Encyclopedia) LanarkshireLanarkshirelănˈərkshər, –shĭrˌ [key] or LanarkLanarklănˈərk, –ärk [key], former county, central Scotland. Lanarkshire became (1975) part of the Strathclyde region; when the…Khatanga
(Encyclopedia) KhatangaKhatangakhətänˈgə [key], river, Krasnoyarsk Territory, N central Siberian Russia, formed by the union of the Kotui and the Kheta rivers. From the Kotui it is c.715 mi (1,150 km…Salair Ridge
(Encyclopedia) Salair RidgeSalair Ridgesələērˈ [key], range, c.200 mi (320 km) long, E Siberian Russia. Extending along the northern border of the Altai Territory, it rises to more than 2,000 ft (610…Pines, Isle of, island, New Caledonia
(Encyclopedia) Pines, Isle of, or KuniéKuniék&oomacr;ˈnyā [key], island (1989 pop. 1,465), c.58 sq mi (150 sq km), South Pacific, a part of the French overseas territory of New Caledonia.…Axel Heiberg Island
(Encyclopedia) Axel Heiberg IslandAxel Heiberg Islandăkˈsəl hīˈbərg [key], 13,583 sq mi (35,180 sq km), in the Arctic Ocean, N Nunavut Territory, Canada, W of Ellesmere Island. It was named by the…Sochi
(Encyclopedia) SochiSochisôˈchē [key], city (1989 pop. 337,000), Krasnodar Territory, S European Russia, on the east shore of the Black Sea, in the foothills of the Caucasus. It is a port and…Ussuriysk
(Encyclopedia) UssuriyskUssuriysk&oobreve;ˌs&oobreve;rēskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 158,000), Maritime Territory, Russian Far East, on the Suyfun River. It is a coal-mining center and a Trans-…Etruria
(Encyclopedia) EtruriaEtruriaĭtr&oobreve;rˈēə [key], ancient country, W central Italy, now forming Tuscany and part of Umbria. It was the territory of the Etruscans, who in the 6th cent. b.c.…Giant's Causeway
(Encyclopedia) Giant's Causeway, headland on the north coast of Moyle dist., N Northern Ireland, NE of Coleraine; est. as a national trust territory in 1961. Extending 3 mi (4.8 km) along the coast,…Bureya
(Encyclopedia) BureyaBureyab&oobreve;rāˈä [key], mountain range, Khabarovsk Territory, SE Russian Far East, extending into NE China as the Xiao Hinggan (Lesser Khingan) range. The site of the…Trending
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