An island or isle is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water. Very small islands are called islets. Although seldom adhered to, it is also proper to call an emergent land feature on an atoll an islet, since an atoll is a type of island. A key or cay is also another name for a relatively small island. Groups of related islands are called archipelagos. There are three main types of islands: continental islands, river islands, and volcanic isl ...

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• Island - Continental islands
• Island - River islands
• Island - Volcanic islands

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Island, Island - Continental islands, Island - River islands, Island - Volcanic islands

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Continental islands are bodies of land that lie upon the continental shelf of a continent. Examples include Greenland and Sable Island off North America, Barbados and Trinidad off South America, Sicily off Europe, Sumatra and Java off Asia, New Guinea and Tasmania off Australia. A special type of continental island is the microcontinental island, which results when a continent is rifted. The best example is Madagascar off of Africa. The Kerguelen Islands and some of the Seychelles are also examples. Another subtype is the barrier island: an ...

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Island, Island - Continental islands, Island - River islands, Island - Volcanic islands

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The Battle of Long Island, also known as the Battle of Brooklyn, took place on August 27, 1776. On August 22, 1776, Admiral Richard Howe, in supreme command of British forces in New York, ordered his troops to move against the Continental Army at dawn. The American outpost under Colonel Edward Hand sent word to Lieutenant General George Washington that the British were preparing to cross to Long Island from Staten Island. Under the overall command of Lieutenant General Sir William Howe, and the operational command of Major Gene ...

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• Battle of Long Island - Order of Battle
• Battle of Long Island - British Army
• Battle of Long Island - Continental Army

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The Caribbean, (Spanish: Caribe; French: Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Dutch: Cariben or Caraïben, or more commonly Antillen) or the West Indies, is a group of islands and countries which are in or border the Caribbean Sea which lies on the Caribbean Plate. The countries and islands of the Caribbean are located to the south and east of Mexico and to the north and west of Venezuela, South America. There are at least 7,000 islands, islets, reefs, and cayes in the region. They are organized into 25 territories including sovereign ...

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• Caribbean - Historical groupings
• Caribbean - Present-day island territories of the Caribbean
• Caribbean - Continental countries with Caribbean coastlines and islands
• Caribbean - Island territories near the Caribbean
• Caribbean - Indigenous Tribes
• Caribbean - Regional Institutions

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Continental Europe, also referred to as mainland Europe or simply the continent, refers to the continent of Europe, explicitly excluding European islands and peninsulae. Notably, in British English and Hiberno-English usage, the term means Europe excluding the British Isles. Continental Europe - The English concept. In the English mind Continental Europe is foremost represented by the Benelux, Germany, and especially France. A famous (perhaps apocryphal) British newspaper headli ...

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• Continental Europe - The English concept
• Continental Europe - The Nordic concept

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Easter Island (Rapa Nui: Rapa Nui ("navel of the world"); Polynesian: Te Pito o te Henúa ("Navel of the World") or Mata-ki-te-Rangi ("Eyes [Speaking] from the Heavens"); Spanish: Isla de Pascua) is an island in the south Pacific Ocean, a territory of Chile. Located 3600 km (2,237 statute miles) west of continental Chile and 2075 km (1290 statute miles) east of Pitcairn Island, it is the most isolated inhabited island in the world. It is located at 27°09'S 109°27'W, with a latitude close to that of the Ch ...

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• Easter Island - History
• Easter Island - Early Settlement and overview
• Easter Island - Moai-carving culture ?5th century CE - ?14th/15th century CE
• Easter Island - The Birdman cult ?14th/15th century CE - 18th century CE
• Easter Island - Breakdown of native culture 18th - 20th century CE
• Easter Island - Today
• Easter Island - Ecology
• Easter Island - Cultural artifacts
• Easter Island - The Moai
• Easter Island - Rongorongo
• Easter Island - Demography
• Easter Island - Mythology

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Campobello Island is a Canadian island located in the Bay of Fundy near the entrances to Passamaquoddy Bay and Cobscook Bay. The island is part of Charlotte County, New Brunswick but is actually physically connected by a bridge with Lubec, Maine - the eastern-most tip of the continental United States. Measuring 14 kilometres (9 miles) long and about 5 km (3 miles) wide, it has an area of approximately 70 km² (30 miles²). In addition to the Lubec bridge, the island is accessible in the summer months by an automobile ferry from ...

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• Campobello Island New Brunswick - French exploration
• Campobello Island New Brunswick - British settlement
• Campobello Island New Brunswick - Fenian raid
• Campobello Island New Brunswick - Franklin D. Roosevelt

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The Continental United States refers (except sometimes in federal law and regulations) to the largest part of the United States that makes up one single geographic unit (plus minor nearby islands) in North America. Specifically, this includes the District of Columbia and the 48 states that all border at least one other state; it excludes Alaska, Hawaii, and insular areas. The continental United States can also be used in its more literal (and geographically accurate) sense to refer the part of the United States situated on the North American conti ...

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• Continental United States - Use in Alaska and Hawaii
• Continental United States - Use in federal law

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The Austronesian languages are a language family widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few members spoken on continental Asia. Hawaiian, Tahitian, and Malagasy (spoken on Madagascar) are geographic outliers of the Austronesian family. Austronesian has a dozen primary branches, all but one of which are found exclusively on Taiwan and nearby islands (the Formosan languages, which are unrelated to Chinese). All Austronesian languages spoken outside of Taiwan, with the exception of Yami, belong to the Mala ...

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• Austronesian languages - Distant relations
• Austronesian languages - Structure
• Austronesian languages - Languages
• Austronesian languages - Classification
• Austronesian languages - Formosan classification I
• Austronesian languages - Formosan classification II
• Austronesian languages - Consensus Malayo-Polynesian classification Wouk & Ross 2002
• Austronesian languages - Bibliography

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Vest-Agder is a county in Norway, bordering Rogaland and Aust-Agder. In 2002 there were 157,851 inhabitants, which is 3.4% of the total population in Norway. Its area is 7,281 km². The county administration is in Kristiansand. It is the southernmost county in Norway, extending inland from the North Sea and its arm, the Skagerrak, to the southern fringes of Setesdalen, including the southermost point of the entire country, Pysen island south of Mandal, and the southernmost part of the continental Norway, L ...

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• Vest-Agder - Municipalities

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Benedict Arnold (January 14, 1741 – June 14, 1801) was a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He is most well-known for an act of treason — plotting to surrender the American fort at West Point, New York to the British. Arnold had distinguished himself as a hero of the revolution early in the war through acts of cunning and bravery at Fort Ticonderoga in 1775 and at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777. Arnold strongly opposed the decision by the Continental Congress to form an alliance with France, having experienced a bitter defeat at the hands of the French and their Indian ...

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• Benedict Arnold - Early life
• Benedict Arnold - Pre-Revolutionary activities
• Benedict Arnold - Wartime career
• Benedict Arnold - Battle of Ticonderoga
• Benedict Arnold - The Quebec expedition
• Benedict Arnold - Retreat from Canada and the Battle of Valcour Island
• Benedict Arnold - Eastern Department
• Benedict Arnold - Philadelphia
• Benedict Arnold - Saratoga Campaign
• Benedict Arnold - Military command of Philadelphia
• Benedict Arnold - West Point and later
• Benedict Arnold - Legacy
• Benedict Arnold - Footnotes

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Washington Heights is a New York City neighborhood in Upper Manhattan. It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed by Continental Army troops during the American Revolutionary War at the highest point on Manhattan island to defend the area from the British forces. The fort was captured by the British on November 16, 1776 at great cost to the American forces; 130 soldiers were killed or wounded, and an additional 2,700 captured and held as prisoners, many of whom died on prison ships anchored in New York Harbor. The pr ...

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• Washington Heights - Geography
• Washington Heights - Transportation
• Washington Heights - Noted sites
• Washington Heights - Community
• Washington Heights - Sources

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List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - The Connecticut Line. 1st Connecticut Regiment 2nd Connecticut Regiment 3rd Connecticut Regiment 4th Connecticut Regiment 5th Connecticut Regiment 6th Connecticut Regiment 7th Connecticut Regiment 8th Connecticut Regiment 9th Connecticut Regiment Elmore's Regiment Burrall's Regiment Ward's Regiment List of Continental ...

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List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - Units of the Continental Army, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - The Connecticut Line, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - The Delaware Line, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - The Georgia Line, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - The Maryland Line, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - The Massachusetts Line, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - The New Hampshire Line, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - The New Jersey Line, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - The New York Line, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - The North Carolina Line, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - The Pennsylvania Line, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - The Rhode Island Line, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - The South Carolina Line, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - The Virginia Line, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - Other Continental Regiments, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - Continental Light Dragoons, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - Continental Artillery, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - State and Militia Units, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - Connecticut Militia units, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - Delaware Militia units, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - Georgia Militia units, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - Maryland Militia units, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - Massachusetts Militia units, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - New Hampshire Militia units, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - New Jersey Militia units, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - New York Militia units, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - North Carolina Militia units, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - Pennslyvania Militia units, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - Rhode Island Militia units, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - South Carolina Militia units, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - Vermont Militia units, List of Continental Forces in the American Revolutionary War - Virginia Militia units

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(Some were Venetian possessions much earlier, but we found no data on the style of their governors; most were lost to the Ottoman Turks, some only later to Bonaparte or to the British) Provveditore - Eastern Adriatic. On the peninsula Istria, a further territorio (now partly in Slovenia), e.g. Pola Further south, in Dalmatia - cfr. infra Provveditore - Individual Ionians Islands. Cephalonia (Italian name - at present in Greek Kephalonia ...

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Provveditore, Provveditore - Adriatic home territory, Provveditore - Stato do Mar i.e. overseas, Provveditore - Eastern Adriatic, Provveditore - Individual Ionians Islands, Provveditore - Venetian coastal fortresses in Greece mainly continental, Provveditore - Provveditore generale, Provveditore - Venetian counterparts, Provveditore - Later Napoleonic use, Provveditore - Sources and References

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Several of the Aegean issues deal with the delimitation of both countries' zones of influence in the air and on the sea around their respective territories. These issues owe their virulence to a geographical peculiarity of the Aegean sea and its territories. While the mainland coasts of Greece and Turkey border the Aegean Sea on both sides and represent roughly equal shares of its total coastline, the overwhelming number of the many islands in the Aegean, which are scattered all across it, belong to Greece. In particular, there is a c ...

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Aegean dispute, Aegean dispute - Maritime and areal zones of influence, Aegean dispute - The territorial waters, Aegean dispute - The national airspace, Aegean dispute - The continental shelf, Aegean dispute - The Flight Information Regions, Aegean dispute - The islands, Aegean dispute - Demilitarized status, Aegean dispute - Greek settlement programmes, Aegean dispute - Grey zones, Aegean dispute - Strategies of conflict resolution

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The decades since the 1970s have seen a repeated hightening and abating of political and military tensions over the Aegean. Thus, the "Sismik I" crisis of 1987 was followed by a series of negotiations and agreements in Davos and Brussels in 1988. Again, after the Imia/Kardak crisis of 1996, there came an agreement over peaceful neighbourly relations reached at a meeting in Madrid in 1997. The period since about ...

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Aegean dispute, Aegean dispute - Maritime and areal zones of influence, Aegean dispute - The territorial waters, Aegean dispute - The national airspace, Aegean dispute - The continental shelf, Aegean dispute - The Flight Information Regions, Aegean dispute - The islands, Aegean dispute - Demilitarized status, Aegean dispute - Greek settlement programmes, Aegean dispute - Grey zones, Aegean dispute - Strategies of conflict resolution

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Main article: History of the Caribbean Most islands at some point were, or still are, colonies of European nations: British West Indies / Anglophone_Caribbean - Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica (also French speaking), Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia (also French speaking), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago and the Turks and Caicos Islands Danish West Indies - present-day United States Virgin Island ...

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Caribbean, Caribbean - Historical groupings, Caribbean - Present-day island territories of the Caribbean, Caribbean - Continental countries with Caribbean coastlines and islands, Caribbean - Island territories near the Caribbean, Caribbean - Indigenous Tribes, Caribbean - Regional Institutions

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The bed of the North Sea forms two basins, the main, northern one lies to the north of a ridge between north Norfolk and Frisia. The southern basin, if not flooded, would now drain towards the Strait of Dover thence to the English Channel. During the Devensian glacial much of the northern basin was covered by the ice sheet and the remainder, including the southern basin was tundra. However, during the Cromerian, there was a natural dam of chalk between the South Foreland and Cap Blanc Nez. This is what is normally called "The Strait of Dover ...

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North Sea, North Sea - Naming, North Sea - History, North Sea - Natural resources

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Its name originates from its relationship to the land of the Frisians. They live directly to the south of the North Sea, and to the west of the East Sea (Oostzee, the Baltic Sea), the former South Sea (Zuiderzee, today's IJsselmeer) and the today reclaimed Middle Sea (Middelzee). In classical times this body of water was also referred to as the Oceanum- or Mare Germanicum, meaning German Ocean or Sea. This name was commonly used in English and other languages along with th ...

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North Sea, North Sea - Naming, North Sea - History, North Sea - Natural resources

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