As a primary outlet for the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, the Pine Island Glacier is one of the largest sources of uncertainty in global sea level rise projections.

作为南极西部冰盖的基本出口，松岛冰川全球海平面上升预测中最大的不确定性之一。

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Vessels of this size are known as Malaccamax, which means they would be the largest able to sail through the Straits of Malacca between the Malaysian Peninsula and the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

这种型号的船被称作“马六甲最大（Malaccamax）”（我查了一下，有叫“马六甲最大型”，有叫“马六甲级”），意思是能够驶过马六甲海峡（马来半岛与苏门答腊印尼半岛之间）的最大船只。

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Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean, an area that the United States has long regarded as its own backyard.

古巴是加勒比地区最大的岛屿，美国长期以来一直把它看作自己的后院。

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The earthquake that devastated the Japanese coast and probably caused billions of dollars in damage was almost 10 times as powerful as the previous largest quakes to hit the island.

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Last week's move by French Polynesia overtook the Marshall Islands' area, outlined in late 2011, as the world's largest - and the Cook Island's claim adds 40% more area to that title.

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Madagascar, the world's fourth-largest island, has become a destination for tourists as well as foreign companies, searching for oil, gold, cobalt, nickel and uranium.

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