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... Island , district , Bahamas , West Indies . area and population table 2 : 592 Long Island , in the Cumberland Islands , lies 1⁄2 mi off the northeast coast of Queensland , Australia , in Whitsunday Passage of the Coral Sea . One of the ...
... Island , district , Bahamas , West Indies . area and population table 2 : 592 Long Island , in the Cumberland Islands , lies 1⁄2 mi off the northeast coast of Queensland , Australia , in Whitsunday Passage of the Coral Sea . One of the ...
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... Island , largest island of the Seychelles archipelago in the western Indian Ocean . The island is 4 mi ( 6 km ) wide and 16 mi ( 26 km ) long and has an area of 55 sq mi ( 142 sq km ) . Eighty percent of the population of the Sey ...
... Island , largest island of the Seychelles archipelago in the western Indian Ocean . The island is 4 mi ( 6 km ) wide and 16 mi ( 26 km ) long and has an area of 55 sq mi ( 142 sq km ) . Eighty percent of the population of the Sey ...
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... Island ( west ) by the narrow Apsley Strait and from Coburg Peninsula ( east ) by the Dundas Strait . The island , sight- ed ( 1644 ) by the Dutch navigator Abel Tas- man , was named ( 1818 ) by Capt . Phillip King in honour of Robert ...
... Island ( west ) by the narrow Apsley Strait and from Coburg Peninsula ( east ) by the Dundas Strait . The island , sight- ed ( 1644 ) by the Dutch navigator Abel Tas- man , was named ( 1818 ) by Capt . Phillip King in honour of Robert ...
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