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  1. Three small volcanic Pacific islands
  2. belonging to Chile; almost uninhabited. The
  3. largest is Mas-a-Tierra (also sometimes
  4. called Juan Fernandez Island), where
  5. Alexander Selkirk was marooned 1704-09. The
  6. islands were named after the Spanish
  7. navigator who reached them in 1563.
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