 | Sir Thomas Mitchell, Thomas Livingstone Mitchell - Australia - 1850 - 292 pages
...Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere. A Continent is a very large portion of land. An Island is a tract of land surrounded by water. A Peninsula is a portion of land, hemmed in on all sides but one, by water. A point of land stretching into the sea is called a Cape.... | |
 | Robert Sullivan - Geography - 1859 - 438 pages
...extent of land containing several noun tries. An ISLAND is a portion of land entirely surrounded with water. A PENINSULA is a portion of land almost surrounded by water. A CAPE or Aeatf-land runs out into the sea ; and if elevated or mountainous, it is called a PROMONTORY.... | |
 | John Williams (of Lancaster, O.) - English language - 1860 - 410 pages
...an insular situation. Insulate, to separate from all connection with surrounding objects. Peninsula, a portion of land almost surrounded by water. An ISTHMUS is a narrow neck connecting two bodies of land. A CAPE is a point of land extending into the sea. (L., caput, a head.)... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - Geography - 1861 - 364 pages
...CONTINENT is a large extent of land containing several countries. b An ISLAND is a portion of land entirely surrounded by water. A PENINSULA is a portion of land almost surrounded by water. A CAPE or lleadlnnil runs out into the sea; and if elevated or mountainous, it is called a PROMONTORY.... | |
 | John Lockhart (of Kirkcaldy.) - 1862 - 216 pages
...large extent of land, containing several countries ? An Island is ? A (smaller) portion of land wholly surrounded by water. A Peninsula is ? A portion of land almost surrounded by water. A Cape is ? A portion of land jutting out into the sea ; and, if elevated or mountainous, it is called... | |
 | Robert Sullivan - Geography - 1862 - 432 pages
...CONTINENT is a large extent of land containing several countries.b An ISLAND is a portion of land entirely surrounded by water. A PENINSULA is a portion of land almost surrounded by water. A CAPE or headland runs out into the sea ; and if elevated or mountainous, it is called a PROMONTORY.... | |
 | Thomas G. Dick - 1863 - 192 pages
...land, jutting out into the sea. It also receives the names of Headland, Promontory, Naze, or Ness. A Peninsula is a portion of land almost surrounded by water. An Isthmus is a narrow neck of land conneeting two larger portions. A Mountain Is a natural elevation more than 1000 feet above the level... | |
 | Alexander Reid - 1864 - 82 pages
...capes. A continent is a very large portion of land. An island is a smaller portion of land altogether surrounded by water. A peninsula is a portion of land...surrounded by water. An isthmus is a narrow neck of land joining two continents, or a peninsula and a continent. A cape is a portion of land stretching into... | |
 | John White - 1866 - 328 pages
...of land, with a particular name, people, or government. An Island is a portion of the earth wholly surrounded by water. A Peninsula is a portion of land...surrounded by water. An Isthmus is a narrow neck of laud, between two seas, joining two larger portions of land together. A Promontory, Cape, Point, Head,... | |
 | Robert Sullivan - 1869 - 230 pages
...CONTINENT is a large extent of land containing several countries. An ISLAND is a portion of land entirely surrounded by water. A PENINSULA is a portion of land almost surrounded by water A CAPE or Aearf-land runs out into the sea; and if elevated or mountainous, L itis called a PROMONTORY.... | |
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An ISLAND is a portion of land entirely surrounded by water. A PENINSULA is a portion of land almost surrounded by water. A CAPE or headland runs out into the sea ; and if elevated or mountainous, it is called a PROMONTORY. An ISTHMUS' is a narrow neck... 
