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Flevopolder, the world's largest artificial island; IJsseloog; Marken; Pampus; Vuurtoreneiland; Wieringen, Schokland and Urk are former islands, now part of a polder; De Kreupel, an artificial island, constructed to be a bird refuge; The Marker Wadden archipelago, a collection of artificial islands in the Markermeer
The province of Holland gave its name to a number of colonial settlements and regions that were called Nieuw Holland or New Holland. The largest was the island continent presently known as Australia : [ 3 ] New Holland was first applied to Australia in 1644 by the Dutch seafarer Dirk Hartog as a Latin Nova Hollandia , and remained in ...
The countries that comprise the region called the Low Countries (Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg) all have comparatively the same toponymy.Place names with Neder, Nieder, Nedre, Nether, Lage(r) or Low(er) (in Germanic languages) and Bas or Inferior (in Romance languages) are in use in low-lying places all over Europe.
Marken was an island in the Zuiderzee. [5]For some time during the later 19th and early 20th centuries, Marken and its inhabitants were the focus of considerable attention by folklorists, ethnographers and physical anthropologists, who regarded the small fishing town as a relic of the traditional native culture that was destined to disappear as modernization of the Netherlands gained pace. [6]
Country of Aruba ABW Dutch: Aruba: Oranjestad: 106,537 193 km 2 (75 sq mi) Aruban florin Netherlands: Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands: Bonaire [n 5] BES Dutch: Bonaire Papiamento: Boneiru: Kralendijk: 20,104 179 km 2 (69 sq mi) United States dollar: Special municipality of the Netherlands: Clipperton Island CPT French ...
A map of North America's physical, political, and population characteristics as of 2018. North America is a continent [b] in the Northern and Western Hemispheres. [c] North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean.
Blanchet Island, world's 14th largest inland island; Preble Island, world's 20th largest inland island; Manicouagan Reservoir. René-Levasseur Island, world's largest artificial island [1] and 2nd largest inland island; Grand Lake on the Island of Newfoundland. Glover Island, world's 18th largest inland island; River islands of North America ...
Maps of North America by country (3 C) Pages in category "Maps of North America" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.