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(Encyclopedia)Navigators' Islands: see Samoa.Marshall Islands
(Encyclopedia)Marshall Islands, officially Republic of the Marshall Islands, independent nation (2015 est. pop. 53,000), in the central Pacific. The Marshalls extend over a 700-mi (1,130-km) area and comprise two m...Maltese Islands
(Encyclopedia)Maltese Islands: see Malta.Friendly Islands
(Encyclopedia)Friendly Islands: see Tonga.Borromean Islands
(Encyclopedia)Borromean Islands: see Maggiore, Lago, Italy. ...Vesterålen Islands
(Encyclopedia)Vesterålen Islands, Norway: see Lofoten. ...Carteret Islands
(Encyclopedia)Carteret Islands, Papua New Guinea: see Tulun. ...Belcher Islands
(Encyclopedia)Belcher Islands, c.1,110 sq mi (2,870 sq km), in E Hudson Bay, Nunavut Territory, Canada, off W Quebec. Flaherty Island is the largest of the tundra-covered group. ...Admiralty Islands
(Encyclopedia)Admiralty Islands, group of 40 volcanic islands, c.800 sq mi (2,070 sq km), SW Pacific, in the Bismarck Archipelago and part of Papua New Guinea. Lorengau, the chief port and administrative center of ...Bissagos Islands
(Encyclopedia)Bissagos Islands: see Guinea-Bissau. ...Browse by Subject
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