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1130:28 November
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157:Archipelago
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42:Native name
25:Carey Group
1233:Categories
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875:razorbills
313:Cape Parry
281:Baffin Bay
279:group off
218:Population
132:72°30′00″W
129:76°40′00″N
110:Baffin Bay
1244:Avannaata
1062:Pub. 181:
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340:Nordvestø
299:Geography
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265:Carey Øer
207:Avannaata
196:Greenland
176:Nordvestø
114:Greenland
101:Geography
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1182:(1967).
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1027:Mapcarta
983:See also
933:schooner
797:Average
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106:Location
919:Swedish
889:History
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973:Aurora
940:Ripple
936:Ripple
913:Arctic
910:Baffin
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