1) Frisian Islands. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...The West Frisian Islands, belonging to the Netherlands, are off the shores of North Holland, Friesland, and Groningen provs. and include the islands of Texel, Vlieland,...
2) Terschelling. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...North Sea, one of the West Frisian Islands. West-Terschelling is the main town. Farming and fishing are pursued on the island, which is a popular summer resort....
3) Fohr. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...North Sea, one of the North Frisian Islands. Wyk, the principal town, is a bathing resort. The island has farms, fisheries, and oyster beds. Until 1864, Fohr was...
4) Romo. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...North Sea, one of the North Frisian Islands, connected with Jylland by a causeway. Romo and Lafolk are the chief towns. A whaling base in the 18th cent., it is now...
5) Sylt. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...North Frisian Islands and is connected by a dam with the mainland; the two main towns are Westerland, a popular seaside resort, and Kampen. Except in its cultivated...
6) East Friesland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Lower Saxony, NW Germany, on the North Sea. It includes the East Frisian Islands and is separated in the west from the Netherlands by the Dollart, an inlet of the...
7) Texel. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...North Sea, the largest and southernmost of the West Frisian Islands. It is a popular summer resort, and sheep are raised on its grazing land. The island is also a...
8) Friesland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...The province includes several of the West Frisian Islands along the North Sea coast and borders on the IJsselmeer in the west. A principal dairying and cattle-raising...
9) North Holland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...North Sea in the west and the IJsselmeer in the east. The province includes several of the West Frisian islands. Haarlem is the capital; other cities include Amsterdam,...
10) Schleswig-Holstein. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Kiel (the capital and chief port), Lubeck, Flensburg, and Neumunster are the major cities. Flanked on the west by the North Sea and on the east by the Baltic Sea,...
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