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(Encyclopedia) law of the sea: see maritime law; sea, law of the; seas, freedom of the. ...

(Encyclopedia) Iskenderun ălˌĭgzăndrĕtˈə [key], city, S Turkey, on the Gulf of Alexandretta, an inlet of the ...

(Encyclopedia) Mersin ēchĕlˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 420,750), capital of Içel prov., S Turkey, on the Mediterranean Sea. A rail terminus and modern seaport, it exports cotton, petroleum products, chrome, copper,...

(Encyclopedia) Mareotis märˈyo͞ot [key], salt lake, c.95 sq mi (250 sq km) excluding marshes, N Egypt, in the Nile delta. It is separated from the Mediterranean Sea by the narrow isthmus on which Alexandria is si...

(Encyclopedia) Bodrum bōˈdrum [key], town, Muğla prov., SW Turkey, on the Bodrum peninsula on the Aegean ...

(Encyclopedia) Alpes-Maritimes älp-märētēmˈ [key], department, SE France, bounded by Italy on the east and the Mediterranean Sea on the south and surrounding the independent princip...

(Encyclopedia) Hadera hədāˈrä [key], town, W Israel, on the plain of Sharon, near the Mediterranean Sea. ...

(Encyclopedia) leadwort lĕdˈwôrt, –wərt [key], common name for the Plumbaginaceae, a family of perennial herbs and shrubs usually found in semiarid regions, especially of the Mediterranean area and Central Asi...

(Encyclopedia) South Sea Bubble, popular name in England for the speculation in the South Sea Company, which failed disastrously in 1720. The company was formed in 1711 by Robert Harley, who needed allies to carry t...

(Encyclopedia) Coral Sea Islands, external territory of Australia, comprising scattered small islands and reefs spread over c.400,000 sq mi (1,035,995 sq km) of the South Pacific Ocean, E of the Great Barrier Reef, ...