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(Encyclopedia) Saint Mary's, England: see Scilly Islands. ...

(Encyclopedia) Gulf Islands National Seashore: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands, India: see Lakshadweep. ...

(Encyclopedia) multiplexing, in communication, technique whereby two or more independent messages, or information-bearing signals, are carried by a single common medium, or channel. When multiplexing is performed, t...

(Encyclopedia) Nantucket năntŭkˈĭt [key], island, c.14 mi (23 km) long, from 3 to 6 mi (4.8–9.6 km) wide, SE Mass., lying c.25 mi (40 km) S of Cape Cod, from which it is separated by Nantucket Sound. Muskeget ...

(Encyclopedia) Hudson Bay, inland sea of North America, c.475,000 sq mi (1,230,000 sq km), c.850 mi (1,370 km) long and c.650 mi (1,050 km) wide, E central Canada. Hudson Bay and James Bay (its southern extension) a...

(Encyclopedia) California State University System, coordinating agency established in 1960 by the merger of individual California state colleges, now consisting of 23 campuses. It constitutes one of the three Califo...

(Encyclopedia) Aleutian Islands World War II National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments, tablenational parks and monuments, table. ...