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Alto Velo Claim
The Alto Velo Claim was a claim against the Dominican government by American adventurers ejected on the eve of the unsuccessful Spanish reoccupation (1861–1865) of the guano island called Alto Velo Island located some fifteen miles south of the Dominican Republic.
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Beata Island
Beata Island (Isla Beata) is a small island on the Caribbean Sea, located southwest from Cape Beata.
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Caribbean monk seal
The Caribbean monk seal, West Indian seal or sea wolf (as early explorers referred to it), Neomonachus tropicalis, was a species of seal native to the Caribbean and is now believed to be extinct.
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Curly-tailed lizards
The curly-tailed lizards belong to the family Leiocephalidae. One of the defining features of these lizards is that, when approached, their tail curls over.
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Geography of the Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic (Spanish: República Dominicana) is a country in the West Indies that occupies the eastern five-eighths of Hispaniola.
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HMS Fawn (1807)
HMS Fawn was a Cormorant-class ship-sloop of the British Royal Navy, launched in 1807.
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Jaragua National Park
Jaragua National Park (Parque Nacional Jaragua) is a national park of the Dominican Republic.
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List of Caribbean islands
Antigua.
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List of countries by southernmost point
This is a list of countries by southernmost point on land.
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List of Guano Island claims
The United States claimed a number of islands as insular areas under the Guano Islands Act of 1856.
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List of lighthouses in the Dominican Republic
This is a list of lighthouses in the Dominican Republic.
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List of shipwrecks in 1863
The list of shipwrecks in 1863 includes any ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1863.
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Spanish West Indies
The Spanish West Indies or the Spanish Antilles (also known as "Las Antillas Occidentales" or simply "Las Antillas Españolas" in Spanish) was the former name of the Spanish colonies in the Caribbean.
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