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(Encyclopedia) Upernavik o͝opĕrˈnävĭk [key], town (1996 pop. 1,131), Upernavik dist., W Greenland, on a small island in Baffin Bay. It is an important sealing and whaling base. ...

(Encyclopedia) Tanabe täˌnäˈbā [key], city (1990 pop. 69,859), Wakayama prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on Tanabe Bay. It is a commercial and fishing port with a marine-product processing industry. ...

(Encyclopedia) Portage Lake, inlet of Keweenaw Bay, c.20 mi (32 km) long and 2 mi (3.2 km) wide, N Mich., indenting the southeast shore of Keweenaw peninsula. An old portage route connected it with Lake Superior, an...

(Encyclopedia) Pelly, river, c.330 mi (530 km) long, rising W of the Mackenzie Mts., S central Yukon, Canada, and flowing generally northwest to join the Yukon River at Fort Selkirk. The Pelly receives the Ross and ...

(Encyclopedia) Menominee, river, 118 mi (190 km) long, formed by the union of the Brule and the Michigamme rivers above Iron Mountain, W Upper Peninsula, N Mich., and flowing SE into Green Bay at Menominee. It passe...

(Encyclopedia) Posillipo pōzēlˈlēpō [key], volcanic ridge, in Campania, S Italy, projecting into the northern part of the Bay of Naples. The town of Posillipo, a picturesque suburb of Naples, has interesting ru...

(Encyclopedia) Blackwater, river, c.100 mi (161 km) long, rising in Co. Kerry, SW Republic of Ireland. It flows east through the dairy region of Co. Cork and Co. Waterford before turning abruptly south and entering ...

(Encyclopedia) Crosby, town, Sefton metropolitan district, NW England, on Liverpool Bay. Formed in 1937 from the urban districts of Great Crosby and Waterloo-with-Seaf...

(Encyclopedia) Kaizuka kīzo͞oˈkä [key], city (1990 pop. 79,234), Osaka prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, on Osaka Bay. It is a commercial port and industrial center where textiles are produced. ...

(Encyclopedia) Kishiwada kēshēwäˈdä [key], city (1990 pop. 188,563), Osaka prefecture, SW Honshu, Japan, on Osaka Bay. It is an industrial and residential suburb of Osaka, producing lumber, textiles, and metals...