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41Washington Islands Wilderness — Infobox protected area | name = Washington Islands Wilderness iucn category = caption = locator x = 15 locator y = 12 location = Washington, USA nearest city = Kalaloch, Washington lat degrees = 47 lat minutes = 44 lat seconds = 40 lat direction …
42Volcano Islands — three islands in the W Pacific, belonging to Japan: under U.S. administration 1945 68. Cf. Iwo Jima. * * * Group of three small volcanic islands, western Pacific Ocean, southern of Bonin Islands, Japan. After they were visited by Japanese… …
43Faroe Islands — • A group of Danish islands rising from the sea some four hundred miles west of Norway and almost as far south of Iceland Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Faroe Islands Faroe Islands …
44Orkney Islands — ORKNEY ISLANDS, a group forming, with that of Shetland, a maritime county, in the northern extremity of Scotland; and bounded on the north by the waters which divide Orkney from Shetland; on the east by the North Sea; on the south by the… …
45CANARY ISLANDS — CANARY ISLANDS, islands belonging to Spain, off N.W. Africa. Since the Canary Islands were taken over by Spain after the Expulsion of 1492, the first Jewish immigrants to the Canary Islands were conversos from Spain and Portugal seeking refuge… …
46List of islands of Spain — This is a list of islands of Spain.*Balearic Islands **Majorca **Minorca **Ibiza **Formentera **Cabrera **And the two small islands of Conejera and Dragonera *Canary Islands **Gran Canaria **Tenerife **La Palma **Lanzarote **Fuerteventura **La… …
47Juan Fernández Islands — [hwän΄ fer nan′dez] group of three islands in the South Pacific, c. 400 mi (644 km) west of, & belonging to, Chile: c. 69 sq mi (179 sq km) * * * Island group, South Pacific Ocean. Located 400 mi (650 km) west of Chile, it consists of two islands …
48Madeira Islands — Island group (pop., 2001 prelim.: 242,603) and autonomous region of Portugal, in the North Atlantic Ocean. Madeira, the largest of the Madeira Islands, is the site of the region s capital, Funchal. Madeira Island is 34 mi (55 km) long and 14 mi… …
49Batanes Islands — The Batanes Islands are the northernmost islands of the Philippines. They comprise the Province of Batanes. They are located between the Babuyan Islands (belonging to Cagayan Province) and Taiwan. The islands are sparsely populated and subject to …
50History of the Jews in the Balearic Islands — Jews have lived in the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean, belonging to Spain. These are situated to the east of Valencia, the three principal of which are named Majorca (Spanish, Mallorca), Minorca (Menorca), and Iviça or Ibiza. The group… …
