Article: Lofoten and Vesterålen
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      203 words ..., two contiguous island groups (1995 est. pop. 56,700), Nordland and Troms counties, NW Norway...main trading centers. The chief economic importance of these island groups lies in their cod and herring fisheries, which are among the...

Article: Fiji braces as Cyclone Daman intensifies, heads toward populated island groups
AP Worldstream;  December 7, 2007 ;     359 words ......said people in the Lau and Lomaiviti island groups, and on Fiji's second main island of...will pass over the Lau and Lomaiviti island groups, home to 10,000 people, and across...it could take out a lot of the small island groups. Wind gusts of up to 250 kilometers...

Article: Cultural Identification of American Indians and It's Impact on Rehabilitation Services.
The Journal of Rehabilitation;  July 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......1. American Indians have a belief in a supreme creator. In this belief system there are lesser...Many American Indian tribes identify a supreme creator, and this supreme creator is generally perceived as omnipotent. The...

Article: Cyclone Daman Heads Toward Northern Fiji
AP Online;  December 7, 2007 ;     292 words ......Boterhoven said. People in the Lau, Lomaiviti and Vanua Levu island groups _ where many villagers live in flimsy houses made of thatch...Associated Press. About 90,000 people reside in the three island groups where the storm was expected to pass, many of them living...

Article: Polynesia
Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names;      61 words ......plural, poly and nēsoi ). It is the largest of the Pacific Ocean's cultural regions with the distances between the island groups being greater than those of Melanesia and Micronesia. French Polynesia and the Hawaiian Islands, among others, are part of...

Article: Greater Antilles
World Encyclopedia;      33 words ...Greater Antilles Largest of three major island groups in the West Indies , between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The group includes Cuba , Hispaniola , Jamaica , Puerto Rico , and the Cayman Islands .

Article: Cyclone Hits Northern Fiji
AP Online;  December 7, 2007 ;     334 words ......Boterhoven said. People in the Lau, Lomaiviti and Vanua Levu island groups _ where many villagers live in houses made of thatch and...fall, he added. About 90,000 people live in the three island groups where the storm was expected to pass, many of them living...

Article: Cyclone Daman, packing 250 kph winds, hits northern Fiji islands
AP Worldstream;  December 7, 2007 ;     341 words ......Boterhoven said. People in the Lau, Lomaiviti and Vanua Levu island groups _ where many villagers live in houses made of thatch and...fall, he added. About 90,000 people live in the three island groups where the storm was expected to pass, many of them living...

Article: Amun
World Encyclopedia;      66 words ......being wearing ram's horns and a twin-feathered crown. He gradually assimilated other Egyptian gods, becoming Amun-Ra (the supreme creator). During the dynasties of the New Kingdom, Amun was worshipped as a victorious national god. His cult temple was at Weset...

Article: international date line
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military;      41 words ...international date line an imaginary north-south line through the Pacific Ocean, adopted in 1884, to the east of which the date is a day earlier than it is to the west. It lies chiefly along longitude 180°, with diversions to pass around some island groups.

Article: Melanesia
World Encyclopedia;      54 words ...Melanesia Collective term for a number of island groups in the w Pacific Ocean, generally s of the Equator, w of the International Date Line, n and e of Australia. It includes the Bismarck...

Article: A review of the South Pacific tuna baitfisheries: small pelagic fisheries associated with coral reefs.
Marine Fisheries Review;  September 22, 1989 ;     700+ words ......Pacific, as defined here, includes the island groups of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia...000 km[.sup.2]) through medium sized island groups (land area = 10-20,000 km[.sup.2...endemism within the Plate boundaries. The island groups of Melanesia (PNG, Solomon Islands...

Article: Queen Elizabeth Islands
Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names;      56 words ......Elizabeth Islands, Canada Stretching across the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, the islands include the Parry and Sverdrup island groups, Ellesmere Island, and others. They were named as a group only in 1953 to commemorate the coronation of Elizabeth II (1926...

Article: Cyclone Daman, packing 250 kph winds, misses northern Fiji islands
AP Worldstream;  December 8, 2007 ;     379 words ......an aerial survey, he said. People in the Lomaiviti and Lau island groups and on Vanua Levu _ Fiji's second main island _ escaped serious...thunderstorms. About 110,000 people live on Tonga's three main island groups of Vava'u, Ha'apai and Tongatapu. Tropical storms are common...