island 3 island groups; Ha'apai, Tongatapu, Vava'u www.exxun.com/Tonga/d_gv.html
island Tonga has a small, open, South Pacific island economy. It has a narrow export base in agricultural goods. Squash, vanilla beans, and yams are the main crops, and agricultural exports, including fish ... www.exxun.com/Tonga/e_ec.html
island ... oriented government. Turkey intervened militarily on Cyprus in 1974 to prevent a Greek takeover of the island and has since acted as patron state to the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus," which ... www.exxun.com/Turkey/a_fg.html
island Caribbean, two island groups in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of The Bahamas, north of Haiti www.exxun.com/TurksandCaicosIslands/b_mp.html
island Oceania, island group consisting of nine coral atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia www.exxun.com/Tuvalu/b_mp.html
island Tuvaluan, English, Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui) www.exxun.com/Tuvalu/c_pp.html
Island High Court (a chief justice visits twice a year to preside over its sessions; its rulings can be appealed to the Court of Appeal in Fiji); eight Island Courts (with limited jurisdiction) www.exxun.com/Tuvalu/d_gv.html
Island ... June 2007 to rejoin, in their dispute submitted in 2004 over Ukrainian-administered Zmiyinyy/Serpilor (Snake) Island and Black Sea maritime boundary; Romania opposes Ukraine's reopening of a navigation canal from ... www.exxun.com/Ukraine/i_ti.html
Island ... and Al Madhah enclaves, but contents of the agreement and detailed maps showing the alignment have not been published; Iran and UAE dispute Tunb Islands and Abu Musa Island, which Iran occupies www.exxun.com/UnitedArabEmirates/i_ti.html
island Western Europe, islands including the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, northwest of France www.exxun.com/UnitedKingdom/b_mp.html
island English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7% (2000 census) note: Hawaiian is an official language in the state of Hawaii www.exxun.com/UnitedStates/c_pp.html
Island ... American Samoa, Baker Island, Guam, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Navassa Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palmyra Atoll, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Wake Island note: from 18 July ... www.exxun.com/UnitedStates/d_gv.html
Island ... so) and does not recognize the claims of any other states; Marshall Islands claims Wake Island; Tokelau included American Samoa's Swains Island among the islands listed in its 2006 draft constitution www.exxun.com/UnitedStates/i_ti.html
Island ... fish, shellfish, marine mammals, seabirds, water birds, land birds, insects, and vegetation not found elsewhere. Baker Island: The US took possession of the island in 1857, and its guano deposits were mined ... www.exxun.com/UnitedStatesPacificIsland/a_fg.html
Island ... m highest point: Baker Island, unnamed location - 8 m; Howland Island, unnamed location - 3 m; Jarvis Island, unnamed location - 7 m; Johnston Atoll, Sand Island - 10 m; Kingman Reef, unnamed location - less ... www.exxun.com/UnitedStatesPacificIsland/b_mp.html
island ... civilian contractor personnel were present; as of May 2005 all US government personnel had left the island Midway Islands: approximately 40 people make up the staff of US Fish and Wildlife Service ... www.exxun.com/UnitedStatesPacificIsland/c_pp.html
Island conventional long form: none conventional short form: Baker Island; Howland Island; Jarvis Island; Johnston Atoll; Kingman Reef; Midway Islands; Palmyra Atoll www.exxun.com/UnitedStatesPacificIsland/d_gv.html
Island ... Island: one abandoned World War II runway of 1,665 m covered with vegetation and unusable Howland Island: airstrip constructed in 1937 for scheduled refueling stop on the round-the-world flight of ... www.exxun.com/UnitedStatesPacificIsland/g_tr.html
island tropical cyclones or typhoons (January to April); volcanic eruption on Aoba (Ambae) island began 27 November 2005, volcanism also causes minor earthquakes; tsunamis www.exxun.com/Vanuatu/b_mp.html
island This South Pacific island economy is based primarily on small-scale agriculture, which provides a living for 65% of the population. Fishing, offshore financial services, and tourism, with more than 60,000 visitors ... www.exxun.com/Vanuatu/e_ec.html
island ... Guarico, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Nueva Esparta, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Vargas, Yaracuy, Zulia note: the federal dependency consists of 11 federally controlled island groups with a total of 72 individual islands www.exxun.com/Venezuela/d_gv.html
Island ... Europe; significant narcotics-related money-laundering activity, especially along the border with Colombia and on Margarita Island; active eradication program primarily targeting opium; increasing signs of drug-related activities by Colombian insurgents ... www.exxun.com/Venezuela/i_ti.html
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