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BARREN ISLAND

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 434 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BARREN See also:

ISLAND , a volcanic island in the See also:Bay of See also:Bengal. It has an irregularly circular See also:form of about 2 M. in See also:diameter, composed of an See also:outer rim rising to a height of from 700 to loon ft., with a central See also:cone the See also:altitude of which is 1015 ft. This cone rises from a See also:depth of 800 fathoms below the See also:sea. It was active between 1789 and 1832, but has since been dormant.

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