February 21st, 2007

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Top ten Largest Islands of the World

Rank Island Location Area—sq mi
1 Greenland North Atlantic 839,999
2 New Guinea Southwest Pacific 309,000
3 Borneo West mid-Pacific 287,300
4 Madagascar Indian Ocean 227,000
5 Baffin North Atlantic 195,926
6 Sumatra Northeast Indian Ocean 182,859
7 Honshu Sea of Japan-Pacific 89,176
8 Great Britain off coast of NW Europe 88,795
9 Victoria Arctic Ocean 83,896
10 Ellesmere Arctic Ocean 75,767

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Top Ten Most Livable Countries in World

Rank Country
1 Norway
2 Iceland
3 Australia
4 Ireland
5 Sweden
6 Canada
7 Japan
8 United States
9 Switzerland
10 Netherlands

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Most Visited American National Park Sites

 Rank  Name, location  Visitors
 1  Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tenn.  9,192,477
 2  Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz.  4,401,522
 3  Yosemite National Park, Calif.  3,304,144
 4  Olympic National Park, Wash.  3,142,774
 5  Yellowstone National Park, Wyo.-Mont.-Idaho   2,835,651
 6  Rocky Mountain National Park, Colo.  2,798,368
 7  Zion National Park, Utah  2,586,665
 8  Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio  2,533,827
 9  Grand Teton National Park, Wyo.  2,463,442
 10  Acadia National Park, Maine  2,051,484

Source: Based on data from the National Park Service.

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Top 10 Deadliest Volcanic Eruptions

Rank Volcano Year Deaths
1 Tambora, Indonesia 1815 92,000
2 Krakatau, Indonesia 1883 36,417
3 Mount Pelee, Martinique 1902 29,025
4 Ruiz, Colombia 1985 25,000
5 Unzen, Japan 1792 14,300
6 Laki, Iceland 1783 9,350
7 Kelut, Indonesia  1919 5,110
8 Galunggung, Indonesia  1882 4,011
9 Vesuvius, Italy  1631 3,500
10 Vesuvius, Italy 79 3,360

Source: Volcano World, University of North Dakota.

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