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    Mocha Island (redirect from Isla Mocha)
    Mocha Island (Spanish: Isla Mocha [ˈisla ˈmotʃa]) is a Chilean island located west of the coast of Arauco Province in the Pacific Ocean. The island is...
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    King George Island (Argentinian Spanish: Isla 25 de Mayo, Chilean Spanish: Isla Rey Jorge, Russian: Ватерло́о Vaterloo) is the largest of the South Shetland...
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  • The Encantadas (category Short stories by Herman Melville)
    Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles", is a novella by American author Herman Melville. First published in Putnam's Magazine in 1854, it consists of ten philosophical...
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    Sherriff 1964: Kaye Dening / Helen Gourlay 1965: Helen Gourlay / Kerry Melville 1966: Karen Krantzcke / Pat Turner 1967: Susan Alexander / Caroline Cooper...
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    Melville Island (French: île Melville[citation needed]; Inuktitut: ᐃᓗᓪᓕᖅ, Ilulliq[citation needed]) is an uninhabited member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands...
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    The Galápagos Islands (Spanish: Islas Galápagos) are an archipelago of volcanic islands in the Eastern Pacific, located around the equator, 900 km (560 mi)...
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    Hispaniola (redirect from La Isla Española)
    possession of the island in 1492, he named it Insula Hispana in Latin and La Isla Española in Spanish, both meaning "the Spanish island". Las Casas shortened...
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  • (2,500 mi) long and has at least 43,471 islands. Classifications vary for isla ("island"), islote ("islet"), roquerío ("rocks"), farallón ("cliff") and...
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    Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego (English: Big Island of the Land of Fire) also formerly Isla de Xátiva is an island near the southern tip of South America...
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  • Thumbnail for Cape Melville Lighthouse
    The Cape Melville Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse located in the island of Balabac, the southernmost point of the province of Palawan in the Philippines...
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    Marajó (redirect from Isla de Marajó)
    Devon Island Alexander Island Severny Island Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego Axel Heiberg Island Melville Island Southampton Island Marajó Spitsbergen...
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    Cape Melville National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land) is a national park in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. The national park was...
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    which has a length of 2,625 feet (800 metres). Benito Cereno by Herman Melville takes place on the island. Mapuche Coronel, Chile Pinto Rodríguez, Jorge...
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    Islands Isla Socorro Islas Marías Clipperton Island Isla Espiritu Santo, largest island of El Salvador Isla del Coco, largest island of Costa Rica Isla de...
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    Devon Island Alexander Island Severny Island Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego Axel Heiberg Island Melville Island Southampton Island Marajó Spitsbergen...
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    Desolación Island (Spanish: Isla Desolación) (Spanish for Desolation) is an island at the western end of the Strait of Magellan in the Magallanes y la...
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    Española or Espanola Island (Spanish: Isla Española) is the most southerly of the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador, about a 10 to 12-hour trip by boat from...
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    children of these they call cholos. Cholo is a word from the Barlovento Islas [later known as Windward Islands]; it means "dog", not of the purebred variety...
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    Devon Island Alexander Island Severny Island Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego Axel Heiberg Island Melville Island Southampton Island Marajó Spitsbergen...
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    to star alongside Clara Segura and Montse Vellvehí in the play Madame Melville by Richard Nelson, directed by Àngel Llàcer. In 2012, he was in the cast...
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    for the ship of Charles Darwin's expedition), between Tierra del Fuego and Isla Navarino, offers a potential, though difficult route. Other passages may...
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  • Thumbnail for Isla Gorge National Park
    Isla Gorge is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 415 km northwest of Brisbane, gazetted in 1964. It contains a rest area with toilets and a camping...
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    (partial), Chile, and the United Kingdom. The largest island in Antarctica. 29 Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego 47,992 18,530 Argentina Chile Tierra del Fuego...
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    Devon Island Alexander Island Severny Island Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego Axel Heiberg Island Melville Island Southampton Island Marajó Spitsbergen...
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    Devon Island Alexander Island Severny Island Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego Axel Heiberg Island Melville Island Southampton Island Marajó Spitsbergen...
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    despite the need for all hands. Upon reaching Staten Island (known today as Isla de los Estados), they know they have nearly come around the Horn. After the...
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  • Melville Peak is a prominent peak surmounting Cape Melville, the eastern cape of King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands off Antarctica. It...
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    Devon Island Alexander Island Severny Island Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego Axel Heiberg Island Melville Island Southampton Island Marajó Spitsbergen...
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  • illustrated. The final contest was about "someone who inspired you". Genoveva Islas-Hooker charmed guest judge Doc Hendley (founder of Wine to Water) with her...
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    northeast M'Clure Strait separates the island from Prince Patrick Island and Melville Island. It is home to at least fourteen mammal species including the Peary...
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