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    1820 it was seen from Melville Island by Sir William Edward Parry and named "Banks Land" in honour of Sir Joseph Banks. However, during the later exploration...
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    The Outer Banks (frequently abbreviated OBX) are a 200 mi (320 km) string of barrier islands and spits off the coast of North Carolina and southeastern...
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    as the Banks Island wolf or the Banks Island tundra wolf, is an extinct subspecies of the gray wolf that was limited to Banks and Victoria Island of the...
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    The Banks Islands (in Bislama Bankis) are a group of islands in northern Vanuatu. Together with the Torres Islands to their northwest, they make up the...
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    833°E / -43.750; 172.833 Banks Peninsula Banks Peninsula is a peninsula of volcanic origin on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It has...
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    Banks Island is an island on the coast of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located south of Prince Rupert, on Hecate Strait, east of and...
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    a complete blank from these two lands north to "Banks Land" which is the north coast of Banks Island. In 1851 John Rae charted its entire south coast...
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    referred to as banks. The grade of all these banks or shorelines can vary from vertical to a shallow slope. In freshwater ecology, banks are of interest...
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    The Bank of the Philippine Islands (Filipino: Bangko ng Kapuluang Pilipinas; Spanish: Banco de las Islas Filipinas, commonly known as BPI; PSE: BPI) is...
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    -104.283 (Byam Martin Island, NU) ^map 16 Banks, 73°00′N 121°30′W / 73.000°N 121.500°W / 73.000; -121.500 (Banks Island, NU) ^map 17 Stefansson...
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    Banks Peninsula on the South Island, New Zealand; the Banks Islands in modern-day Vanuatu; the Banks Strait between Tasmania and the Furneaux Islands;...
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    This list of islands by area includes all islands in the world larger than 2,500 km2 (970 sq mi) and most of the islands over 1,000 km2 (390 sq mi), sorted...
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    The Central Bank Act of 1986 eliminated the ability of the Central Bank to regulate the interest rates of commercial banks and savings banks. Though nominally...
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    Graham Island (also Graham Bank or Graham Shoal; Italian: Isola Ferdinandea; French: Île Julia) is a submarine volcano in the Mediterranean Sea near the...
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  • County of Banks, Queensland Division of Banks, an electoral district in New South Wales Moa Island (Queensland) or Banks Island Banks Island, one of the...
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  • the series was renewed for a fourth season. Outer Banks is set in a coastal town along the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where there is a stark social...
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  • A recursive island or lake, also known as a nested island or lake, is an island or a lake that lies within a lake or an island. For the purposes of defining...
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    bear who had been shot near Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories, on Banks Island in the Canadian Arctic. The number of confirmed hybrids has since risen...
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    The Grand Banks of Newfoundland are a series of underwater plateaus south-east of the island of Newfoundland on the North American continental shelf. The...
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    Roanoke Island (/ˈroʊənoʊk/) is an island in Dare County, bordered by the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It was named after the historical Roanoke, a...
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  • Bodie Island (/ˈbɒdi/ BAH-dee) is a long, narrow barrier peninsula that forms the northernmost portion of the Outer Banks. The land that is most commonly...
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  • Bird Island Black Banks Island Broad Channel Island Brother Island Calumet Island Captree Island Carleton Island Catwright Island Cayuga Island Cedar...
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  • The Bank also has an office in China. In 2024, Adaora Umeoji became the CEO succeeding the immediate CEO Ebenezer Onyeagwu. Banks portal List of banks List...
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    source, the Spratly Islands consist of 14 islands or islets, 6 banks, 113 submerged reefs, 35 underwater banks, 21 underwater shoals. For some reason, neither...
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    the banks. In 2007, the Dongsha Atoll National Park was established on the island. The People's Republic of China claims the island, atoll and banks as...
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  • The Banks Nii Łuutiksm Conservancy is located at the northern end of Banks Island along the coast of British Columbia, Canada. The conservancy was designated...
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    periods. The muskox was already present in its current stronghold of Banks Island 34,000 years ago, but the existence of other ice-free areas in the Canadian...
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    misidentification of the Falkland Islands. The Baja California Peninsula and the Banks Peninsula in New Zealand each appear as islands on some early maps, but were...
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  • now submerged land bridge. Moa (Banks Island) is the second-largest in the Torres Strait, and Badu (Mulgrave Island) is slightly smaller and fringed...
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    This is a list of banks in Canada, including chartered banks, credit unions, trusts, and other financial services companies that offer banking services...
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