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(Encyclopedia) Christmas Island, tropical island, 60
sq mi (155 sq km), an external territory of Australia, in the Indian Ocean
c.200 mi (320 km) S of Java. The majori...
(Encyclopedia) Flores
flôˈrĭz, Port.
flôˈrəsh
[key], island , 58 sq mi (150 sq km), Horta dist...
(Encyclopedia) United States Naval Observatory, a federal astronomical observatory, located in Washington, D. C. It evolved from the Navy's oldest scientific institution, the Depot of Charts and Instruments, founded...
(Encyclopedia) Elizabeth, city (2020 pop. 137,298),
seat of Union co., NE N.J., on Newark Bay; inc. 1855. It is a shipping and
transportation hub, with some of the wor...
(Encyclopedia) Richmond. 1 City (1990 pop. 87,425), Contra Costa co., W Calif., on San Pablo Bay, an inlet of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1905. It is a deepwater commercial port and an industrial center with oil refiner...
(Encyclopedia) Aguascalientes
äˌgwäskälyānˈtās,
äˌwäs–
[key] [Span.,=hot waters], state, 2,007 sq mi (5,200 sq km), central Mexico, on the
Anáhuac plateau. Aguascali...
(Encyclopedia) Rush-Bagot Convention rŭsh-băgˈət [key], 1817, agreement between the United States and Great Britain concerning the Canadian border. It consisted of the exchange of notes signed by Richard Rush, A...
(Encyclopedia) Olympia, city (1990 pop. 33,840), state capital, and seat of Thurston co., W Wash., at the southern tip of Puget Sound, on Budd Inlet; inc. 1859. A port of entry, it ships lumber products and agricult...
(Encyclopedia) Reform party, in the United States, political party founded in 1995 by H. Ross Perot as an alternative to the Democratic and Republican parties. The Reform party's aims originally included mandating h...
(Encyclopedia) Sacramento săkrəmĕnˈtō [key], city (1990 pop. 369,365), state capital and seat of Sacramento co., central Calif., on the Sacramento River at its confluence with the American River; settled 1839, ...