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(Encyclopedia) Heard Island and the McDonald Islands, Territory of: see Heard Island. ...

(Encyclopedia) Three Mile Island, site of a nuclear power plant 10 mi (16 km) south of Harrisburg, Pa. On Mar. 28, 1979, failure of the cooling system of the No. 2 nuclear reactor led to overheating and partial melt...

(Encyclopedia) Christmas Island, atoll: see Kiritimati. ...

(Encyclopedia) Île de France, island, Indian Ocean: see Mauritius. ...

(Encyclopedia) Buck Island Reef National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) Saint Thomas, island (2010 pop. 51,634), 32 sq mi (83 sq km), one of the U.S. Virgin Islands, West Indies. Charlotte Amalie, the capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands, and a campus of the Univ. of the Vi...

(Encyclopedia) Washington Island: see Teraina.

(Encyclopedia) Sandalwood Island: see Sumba, Indonesia. ...

(Encyclopedia) Saint Croix Island International Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

(Encyclopedia) Sandalwood Island: see Vanua Levu. ...