Encyclopedia - Island: Encyclopedia - Island
An island or isle is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water. Very small islands are called islets. Although seldom adhe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Island: Encyclopedia Ii - Island - Continental Islands
Continental islands are bodies of land that are connected by the continental shelf to a continent. That is, these islands are part of an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Island: Encyclopedia Ii - Island - Continental Islands
Continental islands are bodies of land that lie upon the continental shelf of a continent. Examples include Greenland and Sable Island of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Long Island: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Long Island
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,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caribbean: Encyclopedia - Caribbean
The Caribbean, (Spanish: Caribe; French: Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Dutch: Cariben or Caraïben, or more commonly Antillen) or t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Continental Europe: Encyclopedia - Continental Europe
Continental Europe, also referred to as mainland Europe or simply the continent, refers to the continent of Europe, explicitly excluding ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Easter Island: Encyclopedia - Easter Island
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 ("Ey...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Campobello Island New Brunswick: Encyclopedia - Campobello Island New Brunswick
Campobello Island is a Canadian island located in the Bay of Fundy near the entrances to Passamaquoddy Bay and Cobscook Bay. The island i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Continental United States: Encyclopedia - Continental United States
The Continental United States refers (except sometimes in federal law and regulations) to the largest part of the United States that make...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Austronesian Languages: Encyclopedia - Austronesian Languages
The Austronesian languages are a language family widely dispersed throughout the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with a few me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vest-agder: Encyclopedia - Vest-agder
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 p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Benedict Arnold: Encyclopedia - Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold (January 14, 1741 – June 14, 1801) was a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He is most wel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Washington Heights: Encyclopedia - Washington Heights
Washington Heights is a New York City neighborhood in Upper Manhattan. It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed by Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Continental Forces In The American Revolutionary War: Encyclopedia Ii - 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. 1st Connecticut Regiment 2nd Connecticut Regiment...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Provveditore: Encyclopedia Ii - Provveditore - Stato Do Mar I.e. Overseas
(Some were Venetian possessions much earlier, but we found no data on the style of their governors; most were lost to the Ottoman Turks, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aegean Dispute: Encyclopedia Ii - Aegean Dispute - Maritime And Areal Zones Of Influence
Several of the Aegean issues deal with the delimitation of both countries' zones of influence in the air and on the sea around their resp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aegean Dispute: Encyclopedia Ii - Aegean Dispute - Strategies Of Conflict Resolution
The decades since the 1970s have seen a repeated hightening and abating of political and military tensions over the Aegean. Thus, the "Si...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caribbean: Encyclopedia Ii - Caribbean - Historical Groupings
Main article: History of the Caribbean Most islands at some point were, or still are, colonies of European nations: British West Indies ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - North Sea: Encyclopedia Ii - North Sea - History
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 sout...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - North Sea: Encyclopedia Ii - North Sea - Naming
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 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Official Rugby League Organisations: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Official Rugby League Organisations - Europe
List of official rugby league organisations - European governing body. Rugby League European Federation Rugby Super League List of o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Islands By Area: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Islands By Area - Islands Over 1000 Km²
This section of the list is not comprehensive; it shows how the areas of other large islands compare. Note: Australia, at 7,600,000 km²,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hans Island: Encyclopedia Ii - Hans Island - In Dispute
The ownership of the island is disputed as it is claimed by both Canada and Denmark. They failed to settle the issue when borders were dr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kai Islands: Encyclopedia Ii - Kai Islands - Geography
The islands are south of the Bird's Head Peninsula of Papua, west of the Aru Islands, and northeast of the Tanimbar Islands. The Kai isla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andaman Islands: Encyclopedia Ii - Andaman Islands - Topography
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, unlike the Lakshadweep-Chagos chain, are high volcanic islands, arising from a submerged mountain chain ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Official Rugby League Organisations: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Official Rugby League Organisations - Oceania
List of official rugby league organisations - Australia. Australia Rugby League Tasmania Rugby League, ACT Rugby League List of o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flores Island Portugal: Encyclopedia Ii - Flores Island Portugal - The Landscape
Flores lies like the island of Corvo on the American Continental Plate. Fajã Grande is the westernmost village in all of Europe. The Flo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cape Breton Island: Encyclopedia Ii - Cape Breton Island - Geography
The island measures 10,311 km2 in area (3,981 square miles), making it the 75th largest island in the world, and is composed mainly of ro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South China Sea Islands: Encyclopedia Ii - South China Sea Islands - Geography
The Islands locate on a shallow humite-layer continental shelf with an average of 200 metres deep. However, in the Spratlys, the sea floo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spratly Islands: Encyclopedia Ii - Spratly Islands - Vietnamese Claims On The Spratly Islands
The Vietnamese also claims the island on historical grounds and on the continental shelf principle. Ancient Vietnamese geographical maps ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sable Island Nova Scotia: Encyclopedia Ii - Sable Island Nova Scotia - Geography
Sable Island is a narrow crescent-shaped sandbar no more than 2 km across at it widest point, despite being nearly 38 km long. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sable Island: Encyclopedia Ii - Sable Island - Geography
Sable Island is a narrow crescent-shaped sandbar no more than 2 km across at it widest point, despite being nearly 38 km long. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Florianópolis: Encyclopedia Ii - Florianópolis - Districts
There are 12 districts in Florianópolis: Central island and continental part of the city Centro East part of the island Barra da La...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Departments Of The Continental Army: Encyclopedia Ii - Departments Of The Continental Army - The Departments
There were six Departments, although they were not all active for the entire war: The Eastern Department was formed around those states t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Florianópolis: Encyclopedia Ii - Florianópolis - Districts
There are 12 districts in Florianopolis: Central island and continental part of the city Centro East part of the island Barra da Lag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dwarf Elephant: Encyclopedia Ii - Dwarf Elephant - Mediterranean Islands
Dwarf elephants were once part of the Pleistocene fauna of several Mediterranean islands. Mediterranean dwarf elephants have generally be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aegean Dispute: Encyclopedia Ii - Aegean Dispute - The Islands
While all the issues described so far are related to zones of influence at sea or in the air, there have also been a number of disputes r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guernsey: Encyclopedia Ii - Guernsey - History
Rising sea levels transformed Guernsey into the tip of a peninsula jutting out into the emergent English Channel until about 6000 BC, whe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hispaniola: Encyclopedia Ii - Hispaniola - Geography
Hispaniola is the second-largest island in the Caribbean (after Cuba), with an area of 76,480 km². The island of Cuba lies to the northw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pacific Ocean: Encyclopedia Ii - Pacific Ocean - Geology
The Andesite Line is the most significant regional distinction in the Pacific. It separates the deeper, basic igneous rock of the Central...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pacific Ocean: Encyclopedia Ii - Pacific Ocean - Geology
The Andesite Line is the most significant regional distinction in the Pacific. It separates the deeper, basic igneous rock of the Central...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atlantis: Health And Healing Dictionary On Atlantis
Atlantis: A legendary island/continent said to have sunk beneath the ocean. It was located straddling the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and was b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Argentina: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Argentina - Area
Geography of Argentina - Claims. Land claims Falkland Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Argentine Antarctica M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Seychelles: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Seychelles - Facts And Figures
Geographic coordinates: 4°35′S 55°40′E Area: total: 455 km² land: 455 sq km water: 0 km² Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 491 km ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Convergent Boundary: Encyclopedia Ii - Convergent Boundary - Convergent Margins
A subduction zone forms at a convergent plate boundary when one or both of the tectonic plates is composed of oceanic crust. The less den...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Metamorphism: Encyclopedia Ii - Metamorphism - Kinds Of Metamorphism
Metamorphism - Regional metamorphism. Regional or Barrovian metamorphism covers large areas of continental crust typically associated w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trindade And Martim Vaz: Encyclopedia Ii - Trindade And Martim Vaz - Trindade
The small island of Trindade, with an area of 10.3 km2, lies at the eastern end of an E-W-trending chain of submarine volcanoes and guyot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Introduced Species: Encyclopedia Ii - Introduced Species - Introduced Species On Islands
Perhaps the best place to study problems associated with introduced species is on islands. Depending upon the isolation (how far an islan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - British Isles Terminology: Encyclopedia Ii - British Isles Terminology - Geographical Distinctions
British Isles terminology - The British Isles. The British Isles is a group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Continent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Ecuador: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Ecuador - Geographical Regions
Ecuador is divided into three continental regions--the Costa, Sierra, and Oriente--and one insular region--the Galápagos Islands. The co...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sapta-dvipa: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sapta-dvipa
Sapta-dvipa (Sanskrit) [from sapta seven + dvipa island, continent]   The seven islands or continents of the world as described i...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Oceanic Island: Oceanography Dictionary - Oceanic Island
  Definition and meaning of oceanic island:   oceanic island - an island in the ocean formed by breaking away from a con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oceania: Encyclopedia Ii - Oceania - Countries And Territories Of Oceania
Oceania has been traditionally divided into Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia (originally by the French explorer Dumont d'Urville in 18...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bjørnøya: Encyclopedia Ii - Bjørnøya - Geography And Climate
Bjørnøya lies in the westernmost part of the Barents Sea on Spitsbergen Bank which extends southward from Spitsbergen and Edgeøya, for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saint Croix: Encyclopedia Ii - Saint Croix - Transportation
St. Croix has an airport with regular flights from the U.S. mainland and Puerto Rico; flights are also available to nearby islands. Altho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Spain: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Spain - Climate
Peninsular Spain experiences three climatic types: continental, maritime, and Mediterranean. The locally generated continental climate co...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Lemuria: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Lemuria
Lemuria The ancient continent, or system of continental masses, inhabited by the various races and subraces of the third root-race. Th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atlantis: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Atlantis
Atlantis A legendary island/continent said to have sunk beneath the ocean. It was located straddling the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and was br...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Finistère: Encyclopedia Ii - Finistère - Geography
Finistère is the most westerly part of metropolitan France. The largest population center, and only city, in Finistère is Brest. Other ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military Of Ecuador: Encyclopedia Ii - Military Of Ecuador - References And Links
Small in number, The Ecuadorian Armed Forces are the most professional and experienced troops in South America. The Ecuadorian Army maint...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Papua New Guinea: Encyclopedia Ii - Papua New Guinea - Ecology
PNG is part of the Australasia ecozone, which also includes Australia, New Zealand, eastern Indonesia, and several Pacific island groups,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - White Island: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On White Island
White Island Translation of the Sanskrit seta-dvipa; an island mentioned frequently in ancient Hindu Puranic accounts of the various c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Lovell Delegate: Encyclopedia Ii - James Lovell Delegate - Family
His son, James S. Lovell (1758-1850) served in the Continental Army from 1776 to 1782. After graduatng from Harvard in 1776, he joined th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Azores: Encyclopedia Ii - Azores - History
In 1427, one of the captains sailing for Henry the Navigator discovered the Azores, possibly Gonçalo Velho, but this is not certain. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transcontinental Nation: Encyclopedia Ii - Transcontinental Nation - List Of Geographically Transcontinental States
A transcontinental state is a country whose contiguous continental territory (or in the case of an island state, its different islands) l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australasia Ecozone: Encyclopedia Ii - Australasia Ecozone - Geology
The present distribution of Australasian plants and animals is partially a result of the geologic history of its land masses. Several of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Basalt: Encyclopedia Ii - Basalt - Types Of Basalt
Image:Basalt Tho.jpg Tholeiitic basalt is relatively rich in silica and poor in sodium. Included in this category are most basalts of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - England: Encyclopedia Ii - England - Geography
Main articles: Geography of the United Kingdom, Geography of England England comprises the central and southern two-thirds of the island ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Alsop: Encyclopedia Ii - John Alsop - The Revolution
During the first phases of the American Revolution, the New York Assembly could not reach a conclusion about the Continental Congress. As...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Ticonderoga 1777: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Ticonderoga 1777 - Winter Fortifications
Since the winter (see: Battle of Valcour Island) American forces had worked for months in defensive preparations to repair the old fort, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Portugal: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Portugal - The Continent
Continental Portugal is split in two by its main river, the Tagus (Tejo). To the north the landscape is mountainous in the interior areas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nathanael Greene: Encyclopedia Ii - Nathanael Greene - Early Years Of The War
In 1775, Greene helped raise a contingent of men to join the American forces around Boston. Due to a bad limp, he was passed over for an ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atlantis: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Atlantis
Atlantis In Theosophical literature the fourth great land-massif or continental system which composed the land area of this globe seve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of South Korea: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of South Korea - Land Area And Borders
The Korean Peninsula extends for about 1,000 kilometers southward from the northeast part of the Asian continental landmass. The Japanese...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Finland: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Finland - Area And Boundaries
Area: total: 337,030 km² land: 305,470 km² water: 31,560 km² Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Germany Land boundaries: total:...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Strait Of Dover: Encyclopedia Ii - Strait Of Dover - Geological Formation
The Strait is believed to have been created through erosion. At one time there was land where the Strait is now, being a southeast extens...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Strait Of Dover: Encyclopedia Ii - Strait Of Dover - Geological Formation
The Strait is believed to have been created through erosion. At one time there was land where the Strait is now, being a southeast extens...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Platte River: Encyclopedia Ii - Platte River - Description
It is formed in western Nebraska east of the city of North Platte by the confluence of its two affluents, the South Platte and the North ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The United States Congress: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The United States Congress - Congress Before The Constitution
Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress was a unicameral body in which each state was equally represented, and in which each state ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Washington: Encyclopedia Ii - William Washington - The Revolutionary War
William Washington was elected a Captain of Stafford County Minutemen on September 12, 1775 and, with his company, was integrated into th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turku: Encyclopedia Ii - Turku - Climate
Lying by the Baltic Sea and sheltered by the islands of the Archipelago Sea, Turku has a continental climate. Like much of southern Finla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - St. Augustine Florida: Encyclopedia Ii - St. Augustine Florida - History
St. Augustine is the oldest continually occupied European settlement in the continental United States; only San Juan on Puerto Rico preda...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ogygia: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ogygia
Ogygia An island inhabited by the nymph Calypso, far from Greece to the west, on which Odysseus was shipwrecked. Despite her promise o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Park Slope: Encyclopedia Ii - Park Slope - History
Park Slope - Early history. The area that today comprises the neighborhood of Park Slope was first inhabited by the Canarsee Indians. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish People: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish People - Descent
On the island of Ireland, most people consider themselves to be descended from a mixture of three broad groups: the nameless, prehistoric...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irish People: Encyclopedia Ii - Irish People - Descent
On the island of Ireland, most people consider themselves to be descended from a mixture of three broad groups: the nameless, prehistoric...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sankhasura: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sankhasura
Sankhasura (Sanskrit) A daitya said in Hindu legend to have waged war against the gods and to have conquered them, upon which he stole...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Saka-dvipa: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Saka-dvipa
Saka-dvipa (Sanskrit) According to the Puranas, the sixth of the seven dvipas (continents or islands) which compose the globe. Esoteri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of North Korea: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of North Korea - Land Boundaries And Coastline
Land boundaries: total 1,673 km. Border countries: China 1,416 km, South Korea 238 km, Russia 19 km. The Korean Peninsula extends for abo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nye County Nevada: Encyclopedia Ii - Nye County Nevada - Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 47,031 km² (18,159 mi²). 47,000 km² (18,147 mi²) of it is land an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Vietnam: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Vietnam - Area And Boundaries
Area: total: 329,560 km² land: 325,360 km² water: 4,200 km² Area - comparative: slightly larger than the state of New Mexico in the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pulley Ridge: Oceanography Dictionary - Pulley Ridge
  Definition and meaning of Pulley Ridge:   Pulley Ridge - the deepest known reef off the continental United States, Pul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Channel Tunnel: Encyclopedia Ii - Channel Tunnel - Historical Attempts Or Proposals For A Tunnel
A link between Great Britain and continental Europe had been proposed on many occasions. 1802 Albert Matthieu-Favier, a French engineer,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - United States Territory: Oceanography Dictionary - United States Territory
  Definition and meaning of United States territory:   United States territory - any extent of region under the jurisdic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yosemite National Park: Encyclopedia Ii - Yosemite National Park - Geology
Yosemite National Park - Tectonic and volcanic activity. The area of the park was astride a passive continental margin during the Preca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of The Philippines: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of The Philippines - Other Information
Area: total: 300,000 km² land: 298,170 km² water: 1,830 km² Coastline: 36,289 km Maritime claims: measured from claimed archipelagic b...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Agnidhra: Theosophy Dictionary On Agnidhra
Agnidhra (Sanskrit) (from agnidh kindler from the verbal root agni fire + the verbal root indh to kindle, light)   Fire kindler; ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Western New Guinea: Encyclopedia Ii - Western New Guinea - History
Papuans, the native people of New Guinea, are a Pacific Melanesian people, as are those of the Solomons, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Fiji....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Island: Encyclopedia Ii - Island - Volcanic Islands
Volcanic islands are built by volcanoes. Mid-ocean examples are not part of any continent. One type of volcanic island is found in a volc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Island: Encyclopedia Ii - Island - Volcanic Islands
Volcanic islands are built by volcanoes. Mid-ocean examples are not geologically part of any continent. One type of volcanic island is fo...   » Read the article