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Geographic Locations > Islands > Atlantic Islands
Environment and Public Health > Environment > Islands > Atlantic Islands
Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Islands > Atlantic Islands

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Atlantic Islands  

Type

  • Geographical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • St. Helena

Note

  • note specifics here and under CARIBBEAN REGION

Scope note

  • Widely scattered islands in the Atlantic Ocean as far north as the AZORES and as far south as the South Sandwich Islands, with the greatest concentration found in the CARIBBEAN REGION. They include Annobon Island, Ascension, Canary Islands, Falkland Islands, Fernando Po (also called Isla de Bioko and Bioko), Gough Island, Madeira, Sao Tome and Principe, Saint Helena, and Tristan da Cunha.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001266

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