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Wight, Isle of
| Location |
English Channel, in N Atlantic Ocean |
| Latitude and longitude |
50 67 N, 1 31 W |
| Sovereignty |
United Kingdom |
| Political status notes |
A Unitary Authority of England |
| Population |
125,100 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
392 |
| Capital |
Newport |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Isle of
Wight Council |
| When
is an Island Not an Island? When it is the Isle of Wight, by
Harry Rees, Chairman of Economic Development Committee, Isle of Wight
Council, in Jean-Didier Hache (editor), What
Status for Europe's Islands? (Quel Statut pour les Îles
d'Europe?) (2000). This volume is no longer available online.
Interested readers may be able to purchase it through Alibris
or other booksellers. |
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