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Saint Martin's

(Encyclopedia)Saint Martin's, England: see Scilly Islands. ...

Graham Island

(Encyclopedia)Graham Island, 2,485 sq mi (6,436 sq km), off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, northernmost and largest of the Queen Charlotte Islands. ...

Farewell, Cape

(Encyclopedia)Farewell, Cape, southernmost point of Greenland, on Egger Island, at lat. 59°46′N. Egger Island and the surrounding islands are called the Cape Farewell Archipelago. ...

Mulatas

(Encyclopedia)Mulatas, archipelago, Panama: see San Blas Islands. ...

Neu Lauenberg

(Encyclopedia)Neu Lauenberg: see Duke of York Islands. ...

Tortola

(Encyclopedia)Tortola, largest of the British Virgin Islands. ...

Norman Isles

(Encyclopedia)Norman Isles, Great Britain: see Channel Islands. ...

Maori

(Encyclopedia)Maori mäˈōrē [key], people of New Zealand and the Cook Islands, believed to have migrated in early times from other islands of Polynesia. Maori tradition asserts that seven canoes brought their an...
 

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