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  • 1Komandor Islands — ▪ islands, Russia Russian  Komandorskiye Ostrova,  English  Commander Islands,        group of four islands, Kamchatka oblast (province), extreme eastern Russia. Geographically part of the Aleutian Islands, the group is situated in the… …

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  • 2List of birds of the Solomon Islands — This is a list of the bird species recorded in the Solomon Islands. The avifauna of the Solomon Islands, including the island of Bougainville (to Papua New Guinea) includes a total of 289 species, of which 71 are endemic, 3 have been introduced… …

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  • 3Hawaiian Islands — Mokupuni o Hawai‘i True colour satellite image of the Hawaiian Islands …

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  • 4List of birds of the Cayman Islands — This is a list of the bird species recorded in the Cayman Islands. The avifauna of the Cayman Islands includes a total of 223 species, of which 2 are endemic and 131 are rare or accidental. 1 species listed is extirpated in the Cayman Islands and …

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  • 5Geology of the Falkland Islands — The geology of the Falkland Islands has its origins in events of more than 400 million years bp, before the Falkland Islands existed as separate entities, with the appearance of intruded dikes in the crust of the supercontinent Gondwana. The… …

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  • 6Canary Islands — Islas Canarias (Spanish)   Autonomous community   …

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  • 7Solomon Islands — For the group of islands rather than the state, see Solomon Islands (archipelago). Solomons redirects here. For the town in the eastern United States, see Solomons, Maryland. Solomon Islands …

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  • 8Bonin Islands — Ogasawara Islands * UNESCO World Heritage Site Country Japan Type Natural Criteria ix …

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  • 9Solomon Islands — Solomon Islander. 1. an archipelago in the W Pacific Ocean, E of New Guinea; important World War II battles; politically divided between Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. 2. an independent country comprising the larger, SE part of this… …

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  • 10Mariana Islands — For other uses, see Mariana. Mariana Islands at map right, east of the Philippine Sea, and just west of the Mariana Trench in the ocean floor. The Mariana Islands (also the Marianas; up to the early 20th century sometimes called Ladrones Islands …

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