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Subject: Islands of the World
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 13:53:56 -0600
From: Geoffrey Forbes <[log in to unmask]>
Organization: Eastview Inc.
To: Johnnie Sutherland <[log in to unmask]>
There are about 72,000 islands that are more than 1 hectare in size in the
Indian and Pacific oceans alone, according to the excellent reference
work, The
Tropical Islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans (Arnberger & Arnberger,
Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, 2001).
Geoffrey A. Forbes
Director of Operations
East View Cartographic, Inc.
3020 Harbor Lane N
Minneapolis MN 55447-5137
Tel. (763)550-0961
Fax: (763)559-2931
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