word | | Geography - note |
| hunting | Mauritius | ... home of the dodo, a large flightless bird related to pigeons, driven to extinction by the end of the 17th century through a combination of hunting and the introduction of predatory species |
| ice | Bouvet Island | covered by glacial ice; declared a nature reserve by Norway |
| ice | Greenland | ... Ocean between North America and Europe; sparse population confined to small settlements along coast; close to one-quarter of the population lives in the capital, Nuuk; world's second largest ice cap |
| ideal | Uruguay | second-smallest South American country (after Suriname); most of the low-lying landscape (three-quarters of the country) is grassland, ideal for cattle and sheep raising |
| II | Marshall Islands | ... Bikini and Enewetak are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein atoll, famous as a World War II battleground, surrounds the world's largest lagoon and is used as a US missile test ... |
| II | Palau | westernmost archipelago in the Caroline chain, consists of six island groups totaling more than 300 islands; includes World War II battleground of Beliliou (Peleliu) and world-famous rock islands |
| Iles | French Southern and Antarctic Lands | ... islands component is widely scattered across remote locations in the southern Indian Ocean Bassas da India (Iles Eparses): the atoll is a circular reef that sits atop a long-extinct, submerged volcano ... |
| Iles | New Caledonia | consists of the main island of New Caledonia (one of the largest in the Pacific Ocean), the archipelago of Iles Loyaute, and numerous small, sparsely populated islands and atolls |
| important | Andorra | landlocked; straddles a number of important crossroads in the Pyrenees |
| important | Cape Verde | strategic location 500 km from west coast of Africa near major north-south sea routes; important communications station; important sea and air refueling site |
| important | Cayman Islands | important location between Cuba and Central America |
| important | Comoros | important location at northern end of Mozambique Channel |
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