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San Juan del Norte
(Encyclopedia)San Juan del Norte sän hwän dĕl nôrˈtā [key], small town, SE Nicaragua, on the Caribbean Sea. Small quantities of bananas and hardwoods are exported. Also called Greytown, it was occupied (1848)...Murray Bay
(Encyclopedia)Murray Bay, Canada: see La Malbaie. ...Mirs Bay
(Encyclopedia)Mirs Bay: see Hong Kong.Morecambe Bay
(Encyclopedia)Morecambe Bay, shallow inlet of the Irish Sea, 16 mi (26 km) long and 10 mi (16.1 km) wide, separating Furness peninsula from the mainland, NW England. It receives the Kent and Lune rivers. Shrimp are...Massachusetts Bay
(Encyclopedia)Massachusetts Bay, inlet of the Atlantic Ocean. The bay, with its arms (Boston, Cape Cod, and Plymouth bays), extends 65 mi (105 km) from Cape Ann on the north to Cape Cod on the south. Its coastline ...Melville Bay
(Encyclopedia)Melville Bay, broad indentation of the western coast of Greenland, opening to the SW into Baffin Bay. The inland ice cap comes down to the coast, and glaciers discharge much ice into its waters. ...Kings Bay
(Encyclopedia)Kings Bay, Spitsbergen: see Kongsfjorden. ...Delagoa Bay
(Encyclopedia)Delagoa Bay, Mozambique: see Maputo Bay. ...Delaware Bay
(Encyclopedia)Delaware Bay: see Delaware, river. ...Alexander Bay
(Encyclopedia)Alexander Bay, town, part of the Richtersveld local municipality, Northern Cape prov., NW South Africa, where the Orange River enters the Atlantic Ocean. Especially rich alluvial diamond deposits were...Browse by Subject
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