The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1989 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... ISLAND OCEAN 0 6 UNITED STATES Gulf of Mexico 600 mi . 600 km . Galapagos Islands CENTRAL AMERICA Cocos Island United States claimed the atoll under the Guano Act of 1856 but did not occupy it . France an- nexed the island in 1858 ...
... ISLAND OCEAN 0 6 UNITED STATES Gulf of Mexico 600 mi . 600 km . Galapagos Islands CENTRAL AMERICA Cocos Island United States claimed the atoll under the Guano Act of 1856 but did not occupy it . France an- nexed the island in 1858 ...
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... Island Cocos Islands Norfolk Island Kiribati Nauru Fiji New Zealand and associated territories and dependencies . Papua New Guinea Pitcairn Island Solomon Islands Tonga .. Tuvalu Vanuatu . Western Samoa . Total in Oceania ' In ...
... Island Cocos Islands Norfolk Island Kiribati Nauru Fiji New Zealand and associated territories and dependencies . Papua New Guinea Pitcairn Island Solomon Islands Tonga .. Tuvalu Vanuatu . Western Samoa . Total in Oceania ' In ...
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... island " persisted after a channel was partly filled in to make it a penin- sula . Facing the Atlar.tic Ocean , Coney Island has a fine beach and a boardwalk . Formerly char- acterized principally by garish amusement enter- prises ...
... island " persisted after a channel was partly filled in to make it a penin- sula . Facing the Atlar.tic Ocean , Coney Island has a fine beach and a boardwalk . Formerly char- acterized principally by garish amusement enter- prises ...
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