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\name{islands}
\docType{data}
\alias{islands}
\title{Areas of the World's Major Landmasses}
\description{
  The areas in thousands of square miles of the landmasses which exceed
  10,000 square miles.
}
\usage{islands}
\format{A named vector of length 48.}
\source{The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1975, page 406.}
\references{
  \bibshow{R:McNeil:1977}
}
\examples{
require(graphics)
dotchart(log(islands, 10),
   main = "islands data: log10(area) (log10(sq. miles))")
dotchart(log(islands[order(islands)], 10),
   main = "islands data: log10(area) (log10(sq. miles))")
}
\keyword{datasets}