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Tsunami FAQs From the International Tsunami Information Center
What is a tsunami? The phenomenon we call tsunami is a series of large waves of extremely long wavelength and period usually generated by a violent, impulsive undersea disturbance or activity…Pirate History
Thousands of years of ambushes, raids, hijackings, and more by Mark Hughes Related Links 2008 Piracy Prone Areas and Warnings Timeline: Pirates Famous Real…Groningen, province, Netherlands
(Encyclopedia) Groningen Groningen grōˈnĭng-ən [key], province, c.900 sq mi (2,330 sq km), NE Netherlands, bordering…Antsiranana
(Encyclopedia) Antsiranana Antsiranana äntˌsēräˈnānä [key], formerly Diégo-Suarez Diégo-Suarez dē-āˈgō-swärˈĕs [key], town, N Madagascar, on Antsiranana Bay…Iberian Peninsula
(Encyclopedia) Iberian Peninsula, c.230,400 sq mi (596,740 sq km), SW Europe, separated from the rest of Europe by the Pyrenees. Comprising Spain and Portugal, it is washed on the N and W by the…Antalya
(Encyclopedia) Antalya Antalya äntälˈyä [key], city (2020 pop. 1,254,000), capital of Antalya prov., SW Turkey, a port on the Mediterranean Sea. Its manufactures include…Inland Sea
(Encyclopedia) Inland Sea, Jap. Seto-naikai, arm of the Pacific Ocean, c.3,670 sq mi (9,510 sq km), S Japan, between Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu islands. It is linked to the Sea of Japan by a narrow…Mahabalipuram
(Encyclopedia) MahabalipuramMahabalipuramməhäˈbəlĭp&oobreve;rəm [key], town, Tamil Nadu state, SE India, a coastal resort on the Coromandel Coast. Archaeological remains there represent some of…Kenai Peninsula
(Encyclopedia) Kenai PeninsulaKenai Peninsulakēˈnī [key], S Alaska, jutting c.150 mi (240 km) into the Gulf of Alaska, between Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet. The Kenai Mts., c.7,000 ft (2,130 m…Lagos, city, Portugal
(Encyclopedia) LagosLagosläˈg&oobreve;sh [key], city (1991 pop. 12,956), Faro dist., S Portugal, in Algarve, on the Atlantic Ocean. The excellent harbor shelters much coastal trade and an…Trending
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