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Orkney Islands
(Encyclopedia)Orkney Islands, archipelago and council area (1991 pop. 19,650), 376 sq mi (974 sq km), N Scotland, consisting of about 70 islands in the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, N of Scottish mainland acros...Hebrides, the
(Encyclopedia)Hebrides, the hĕbˈrĭdēz [key], Western Isles, or Western Islands, group of more than 50 islands, W and NW Scotland. Less than a fifth of the islands are inhabited. The Outer Hebrides (sometimes al...Riukiu Islands
(Encyclopedia)Riukiu Islands: see Ryukyu Islands. ...Pinnacle Islands
(Encyclopedia)Pinnacle Islands: see Senkaku Islands. ...Keeling Islands
(Encyclopedia)Keeling Islands: see Cocos Islands. ...Equatorial Islands
(Encyclopedia)Equatorial Islands: see Line Islands. ...Ahvenanmaa Islands
(Encyclopedia)Ahvenanmaa Islands: see Åland Islands. ...Witu Islands
(Encyclopedia)Witu Islands: see Vitu Islands.Tubuai Islands
(Encyclopedia)Tubuai Islands: see Austral Islands. ...Solovetski Islands
(Encyclopedia)Solovetski or Solovetsky Islands sələvyĕtˈskē [key], archipelago, c.150 sq mi (390 sq km), N European Russia, in the White Sea at the entrance of Onega Bay. A monastery, built in the first half o...Browse by Subject
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