11) Block Island. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000. ...An island off southern Rhode Island at the eastern entrance to Long Island Sound. Visited by Dutch explorers in 1614, it was settled in 1661.... 12) Unalaska Island. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000. ...An island of southwest Alaska in the eastern Aleutian Islands southwest of Unimak Island. It was discovered c. 1759 by Russian explorers and used as a fur-trading... 13) North Island. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000. ...An island of New Zealand separated from South Island by Cook Strait. It is the smaller but more populous of the country's two principal islands.... 14) Stewart Island. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000. ...A volcanic island of southern New Zealand off the southern coast of South Island. It was discovered in 1808 by the British, who bought it from the Maoris in 1864.... 15) Baffin Island. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000. ...An island of eastern Nunavut, Canada, west of Greenland. It is the fifth-largest island in the world.... 16) South Island. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000. ...An island of New Zealand southwest of North Island, from which it is separated by Cook Strait. It is the larger but less populous of the country's two principal islands.... 17) Mackinac Island. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000. ...An island of northern Michigan in the Straits of Mackinac, a passage connecting Lakes Huron and Michigan between the Upper and Lower peninsulas. The island was long... 18) Wake Island. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000. ...An island of the western Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and Guam. Annexed by the United States in 1898, it was a commercial air base and later a military base. Wake... 19) Unimak Island. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000. ...An island of southwest Alaska in the eastern Aleutian Islands separated from the Alaska Peninsula by a narrow strait. It is the largest island of the group.... 20) Bathurst Island. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000. ...An island of northern Nunavut, Canada, in the Parry Islands northwest of Baffin Island.... |