Jeremy Irons: of Heaven (2005), Appaloosa (2008), Margin Call (2011), The Words (2012), Race (2016), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), and Justice League (2017); a different cut of the latter film was released in 2021 as Zach Snyder’s Justice League. He also costarred as mathematician G.H. Hardy in the

Otto Preminger: Laura and costume dramas: …in the film version of Margin for Error (1943), and he agreed on the condition that he could also direct. However, it was a poorly received film, as was the tepid Jeanne Crain soap opera In the Meantime, Darling (1944).

public opinion: Size and precision: …statistical reliability (also known as margin of error or tolerance limit) is the same for a smaller country such as Trinidad and Tobago (with a population less than 1.4 million) as it is for China (the most populous country in the world)—so long as the quantity and locations of sampling…

saro, rare South American species of otter

Holocene Epoch: Continental shelf and coastal regions: …ice sheets is the so-called marginal bulge. Reginald A. Daly, an American geologist, postulated that, if the ice load pressed down the middle of the glaciated area, then the Earth’s crust in the marginal area tended to rise up slightly, producing a marginal bulge. With deglaciation the marginal bulge should…

cost: How costs are measured: …idea in economic analysis is marginal cost, or the extra cost of producing an additional unit. A business that wants to maximize its profit will continue making products until the cost of making an additional unit (marginal cost) equals the additional profit from selling it (marginal revenue).

crevasse: …and are generally curved downstream; marginal crevasses, which develop when the central area of the glacier moves considerably faster than the outer edges; and bergschrund crevasses, which form between the cirque and glacier head. At the terminus of the glacier many crevasses may intersect each other, forming jagged pinnacles of…

John M. Cooper: …in studies of the “marginal peoples” of southern South America, northern North America, and other regions. He viewed these peoples as having been pushed back into less desirable territories by later migrations and as representing cultural survivals from prehistoric times.

probability theory: Probability distribution: Often f is called the marginal distribution of X to emphasize its relation to the joint distribution of X and Y. Similarly, g(yj) = Σih(xi, yj) is the (marginal) distribution of Y. The random variables X and Y are defined to be

Thomas Kinsella: …works published through Peppercanister included Marginal Economy (2006), Man of War (2007), and Belief and Unbelief (2007). Numerous collections of Kinsella’s poems were released, including Collected Poems, 1956–2001 (2001), Selected Poems (2007), Fat Master (2011), and Late Poems (2013); the latter was published by Carcanet Press, which released several of…

marginal efficiency of investment, in economics, expected rates of return on investment as additional units of investment are made under specified conditions and over a stated period of time. A comparison of these rates with the going rate of interest may be used to indicate the profitability of

angiosperm: Leaves: ) Marginal and submarginal meristems on opposite flanks of the primordium initiate leaf-blade formation. Differences in the local activity of marginal meristems cause the lobed shapes of simple leaves and the leaflets in compound leaves. An increase in width and in the number of cell layers…

John M. Cooper: …in studies of the “marginal peoples” of southern South America, northern North America, and other regions. He viewed these peoples as having been pushed back into less desirable territories by later migrations and as representing cultural survivals from prehistoric times.

continental margin: Margin types: …second special type is the marginal plateau. The Blake Plateau off the east coast of Florida is a good example. Such a plateau constitutes a portion of a continental margin that has many of the features of a normal system but is found at much greater depth—1,000 metres (about 3,300…

theory of production: Marginal product: It is now possible to derive the relationship between product prices and factor prices, which is the basis of the theory of income distribution. To this end, the marginal product of a factor is defined as the amount that output would be increased…

Marginal productivity theory is the idea that a company would be willing to pay a worker only what they can contribute to the company’s value. The theory was developed in the late 1800s by several people, including John Bates Clark and Philip Henry Wicksteed. Marginal productivity theory claims

propensity to consume: …income is known as the marginal propensity to consume. Because households divide their incomes between consumption expenditures and saving, the sum of the propensity to consume and the propensity to save will always equal one.

propensity to save: …saving to total income; the marginal propensity to save equals the ratio of a change in saving to a change in income. The sum of the propensity to consume and the propensity to save always equals one (see propensity to consume).

government budget: The relationship between tax rates and revenues: …pay tax at a uniform marginal rate, while other countries have more steeply rising rate schedules. Higher marginal tax rates make work less rewarding, which tends to reduce work effort. High marginal rates, however, may have less impact in some areas than others, a factor that needs to be considered…

government budget: The relationship between tax rates and revenues: …pay tax at a uniform marginal rate, while other countries have more steeply rising rate schedules. Higher marginal tax rates make work less rewarding, which tends to reduce work effort. High marginal rates, however, may have less impact in some areas than others, a factor that needs to be considered…

deep-sea trench: Types: …overriding plate is continental, a marginal trench forms where the topographic depression appears to follow the outline of the continental margin. Explosive volcanoes are found there too.

marginal utility, in economics, the additional satisfaction or benefit (utility) that a consumer derives from buying an additional unit of a commodity or service. The concept implies that the utility or benefit to a consumer of an additional unit of a product is inversely related to the number of

marginal-cost pricing, in economics, the practice of setting the price of a product to equal the extra cost of producing an extra unit of output. By this policy, a producer charges, for each product unit sold, only the addition to total cost resulting from materials and direct labour. Businesses

gastropod: Classification: …(Volutidae), nutmeg shells (Cancellariidae), and marginellas (Marginellidae) generally have operculum reduced or lacking; most are tropical ocean dwellers, active predators or scavengers; many olive, volute, and marginella shells are highly polished and colourful. Superfamily Toxoglossa Auger shells (Terebridae), cone shells (Conidae) and

gastropod: Classification: …(Volutidae), nutmeg shells (Cancellariidae), and marginellas (Marginellidae) generally have operculum reduced or lacking; most are tropical ocean dwellers, active predators or scavengers; many olive, volute, and marginella shells are highly polished and colourful. Superfamily Toxoglossa Auger shells (Terebridae), cone shells (Conidae) and

Budapest: Buda: Opposite Rózsa Hill lies Margit Island, a mile-long park with hotels and swimming pools. Facing Castle Hill on the Pest side of the Danube is the ornate Parliament Building (Országház). Designed in Neo-Gothic style and influenced by the Houses of Parliament in London, the building (completed in 1902) has…

printmaking: The cellocut: printmaker Boris Margo, one of the first to experiment extensively with plastics.

John Margolies was an American architectural critic, author, and photographer who, from 1969 to 2008, traveled more than 100,000 miles across American towns and cities, capturing thousands of images of roadside diners, motels, gas stations, neon signs, drive-in movie theaters, and oddball roadside

John Margolies was an American architectural critic, author, and photographer who, from 1969 to 2008, traveled more than 100,000 miles across American towns and cities, capturing thousands of images of roadside diners, motels, gas stations, neon signs, drive-in movie theaters, and oddball roadside

Yiddish literature: Yiddish women writers: Anna Margolin (pseudonym of Rosa Lebensboym) moved to Odessa, Warsaw, and, finally, New York City. She began publishing poems in 1920 and collected the volume of her Lider (Poems) in 1929. Her themes and use of rhyme associate her with poets of Di Yunge, but…

David Samuel Margoliouth was an English scholar whose pioneering efforts in Islamic studies won him a near-legendary reputation among Islamic peoples and Oriental scholars of Europe. Margoliouth was professor of Arabic at the University of Oxford (1889–1937) and was briefly active as a minister of

neem, (Azadirachta indica), fast-growing tree of the mahogany family (Meliaceae), valued as a medicinal plant, as a source of organic pesticides, and for its timber. Neem is likely native to the Indian subcontinent and to dry areas throughout South Asia. It has been introduced to parts of Africa,

Noah Baumbach: Film career: …2007 Baumbach wrote and directed Margot at the Wedding, a comedy drama starring Jennifer Jason Leigh (whom he had married in 2005), Nicole Kidman, Jack Black, and John Turturro. He collaborated with Anderson again in 2009, cowriting the screenplay for Fantastic Mr. Fox, Anderson’s stop-motion animation adaptation

Margaret Of Valois was the queen consort of Navarre known for her licentiousness and for her Mémoires, a vivid exposition of France during her lifetime. The daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de Médicis, she played a secondary part in the Wars of Religion (1562–98) from the moment she

Margaret Of Valois was the queen consort of Navarre known for her licentiousness and for her Mémoires, a vivid exposition of France during her lifetime. The daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de Médicis, she played a secondary part in the Wars of Religion (1562–98) from the moment she

Margaret Of Valois was the queen consort of Navarre known for her licentiousness and for her Mémoires, a vivid exposition of France during her lifetime. The daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de Médicis, she played a secondary part in the Wars of Religion (1562–98) from the moment she

Sangallo family: Francesco da Sangallo, known as Il Margotta (1494–1576), the son of Giuliano, was primarily a sculptor whose style was characterized by minute detailing. He sculpted the tomb of Bishop Marzi-Medici (1546) in the church of Santissima Annunziata, Florence, as well as the tomb of Bishop…

Afghanistan: Physiographic regions: The smaller Mārgow Desert of salt flats and desolate steppe lies west of Rīgestān. Several large rivers cross the southwestern plateau; among them are the Helmand River and its major tributary, the Arghandāb.

marquess, marquess equivalentsa European title of nobility, ranking in modern times immediately below a duke and above a count, or earl. Etymologically the word marquess or margrave denoted a count or earl holding a march, or mark, that is, a frontier district; but this original significance has

marquess, marquess equivalentsa European title of nobility, ranking in modern times immediately below a duke and above a count, or earl. Etymologically the word marquess or margrave denoted a count or earl holding a march, or mark, that is, a frontier district; but this original significance has

Margrethe II was the queen of Denmark who ascended to the throne upon the death of her father, King Frederik IX, and occupied the Danish throne for exactly 52 years. On January 14, 2024, she abdicated in favor of her eldest son, Crown Prince Frederik, who became King Frederik X. Margrethe had

Margrethe II was the queen of Denmark who ascended to the throne upon the death of her father, King Frederik IX, and occupied the Danish throne for exactly 52 years. On January 14, 2024, she abdicated in favor of her eldest son, Crown Prince Frederik, who became King Frederik X. Margrethe had

Merv, ancient city of Central Asia lying near the modern town of Mary, Mary oblast (province), Turkmenistan. Mentioned in ancient Persian texts as Mouru and in cuneiform inscriptions as Margu, it was the seat of a satrapy of the Persian Achaemenid empire. Under the Arabs in the 7th century the city

marguerite, (Argyranthemum frutescens), ornamental plant of the aster family (Asteraceae), grown for its daisylike flowers. The plant is native to the Canary Islands and has become naturalized in parts of Europe and North America. The marguerite plant is a short-lived shrubby perennial and is grown

dance: Differences among dancers: …Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn’s Marguerite and Armand, created by Frederick Ashton in 1963.

Margaret of Angoulême was the queen consort of Henry II of Navarre. As a patron of humanists and reformers and as an author in her own right, she was one of the most outstanding figures of the French Renaissance. Daughter of Charles de Valois-Orléans, comte d’Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy, she

marguerite, (Argyranthemum frutescens), ornamental plant of the aster family (Asteraceae), grown for its daisylike flowers. The plant is native to the Canary Islands and has become naturalized in parts of Europe and North America. The marguerite plant is a short-lived shrubby perennial and is grown

Margaret Of Valois was the queen consort of Navarre known for her licentiousness and for her Mémoires, a vivid exposition of France during her lifetime. The daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de Médicis, she played a secondary part in the Wars of Religion (1562–98) from the moment she

Margaret of Angoulême was the queen consort of Henry II of Navarre. As a patron of humanists and reformers and as an author in her own right, she was one of the most outstanding figures of the French Renaissance. Daughter of Charles de Valois-Orléans, comte d’Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy, she

Margaret Of Provence was the eldest daughter of Raymond Berengar IV, count of Provence. Her marriage to King Louis IX of France on May 27, 1234, extended French authority beyond the Rhône. Although Blanche of Castile, Louis IX’s mother, had arranged the marriage, she was jealous of her

Margaret Of Valois was the queen consort of Navarre known for her licentiousness and for her Mémoires, a vivid exposition of France during her lifetime. The daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de Médicis, she played a secondary part in the Wars of Religion (1562–98) from the moment she

Margherita Peak, highest summit of the Ruwenzori Range in East Africa and the third highest in Africa (after Mounts Kilimanjaro and Kenya). Margherita Peak is the highest peak on Mount Stanley. It rises to 16,795 feet (5,119 m) between Lake Albert (Lake Mobutu Sese Seko) to the north and Lake

American literature: The Off-Broadway ascendancy: Donald Margulies dealt more directly with Jewish family life in The Loman Family Picnic (1989). He also explored the ambitions and relationships of artists in such plays as Sight Unseen (1992) and Collected Stories (1998).

Julianna Margulies is an American actress known for her roles on the television shows ER (1994–2000; 2009) and The Good Wife (2009–16). Margulies, the daughter of an advertising executive and a dance teacher, spent most of her childhood living in Sussex, England, and in Paris. She returned to the

Julianna Margulies is an American actress known for her roles on the television shows ER (1994–2000; 2009) and The Good Wife (2009–16). Margulies, the daughter of an advertising executive and a dance teacher, spent most of her childhood living in Sussex, England, and in Paris. She returned to the

Gregory Margulis is a Russian-born mathematician who was awarded the Fields Medal (1978) for his contributions to the theory of Lie groups and the Abel Prize (2020) for his work involving probability theory and dynamical systems. Margulis attended Moscow State University (Ph.D., 1970). In 1978 he

Gregory Margulis is a Russian-born mathematician who was awarded the Fields Medal (1978) for his contributions to the theory of Lie groups and the Abel Prize (2020) for his work involving probability theory and dynamical systems. Margulis attended Moscow State University (Ph.D., 1970). In 1978 he

Lynn Margulis was an American biologist whose serial endosymbiotic theory of eukaryotic cell development revolutionized the modern concept of how life arose on Earth. Margulis was raised in Chicago. Intellectually precocious, she graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago in

David Merrick was a prolific American theatrical producer who staged many of the most successful plays in American theatre during the 1960s. Though he earned a law degree from St. Louis University in Missouri, Merrick abandoned the practice of law after 1949 and became a full-time theatrical

Maximus Margunios was a Greek Orthodox bishop and humanist exponent of Greek culture in Italy, whose attempt to reconcile the theologies of the Eastern and Western churches aroused suspicion of his orthodoxy in Byzantine churchmen. After his education at the University of Padua, a centre for Greek

Attila: Attacks on the Eastern Empire: …concluded at the city of Margus (Požarevac). By the terms of the treaty, the Romans undertook to double the subsidies they had been paying to the Huns and in the future to pay 700 pounds (300 kg) of gold each year.

Georgia: Rise of Georgian Dream (GD): The election of GD member Giorgi Margvelashvili as president in 2013 coincided with a general shift of power from the president to the ruling party in parliament. A set of constitutional changes passed in 2010 transferred significant executive authority from the president to the prime minister upon the new president’s…

Judaism: Lunisolar structure: …30 days each (except for Ḥeshvan and Kislev, which sometimes have either 29 or 30 days) and totals 353, 354, or 355 days per year. The average lunar year (354 days) is adjusted to the solar year (365 1 4 days) by the periodic introduction of leap years in order…

Shiba Inu: Although the breed faced extinction during…

Mari, ancient Mesopotamian city situated on the right bank of the Euphrates River in what is now Syria. Excavations, initially directed by André Parrot and begun in 1933, uncovered remains extending from about 3100 bce to the 7th century ce. The most remarkable of the discoveries was the great

Mari, European people, numbering about 670,000 in the late 20th century, who speak a language of the Finno-Ugric family and live mainly in Mari El, Russia, in the middle Volga River valley. There are also some Mari in adjacent regions and nearly 100,000 in Bashkortostan (Bashkiriya). Mari is their

Pakistan: Hydrocarbons and power: A smaller field, at Mari, in northeast Sindh province, was found in 1957. A number of smaller natural gas fields subsequently have been discovered in various areas. A network of gas pipelines links the fields with the main consumption areas: Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad, and Islamabad. Although proven reserves…

Mari El, republic within Russia, in the basin of the middle Volga River. Extending north from the left bank of the Volga and drained by its tributaries, the Vetluga, Bolshaya and Malaya Kokshaga, and Ilet, the republic consists of a level, often swampy, plain that rises gently toward the east,

Sundiata Keita was a West African monarch who founded the western Sudanese empire of Mali. During his reign, he established the territorial base of the empire and laid the foundations for its future prosperity and political unity. Sundiata belonged to the Keita clan of the Malinke people from the

Mari El, republic within Russia, in the basin of the middle Volga River. Extending north from the left bank of the Volga and drained by its tributaries, the Vetluga, Bolshaya and Malaya Kokshaga, and Ilet, the republic consists of a level, often swampy, plain that rises gently toward the east,

Sundiata Keita was a West African monarch who founded the western Sudanese empire of Mali. During his reign, he established the territorial base of the empire and laid the foundations for its future prosperity and political unity. Sundiata belonged to the Keita clan of the Malinke people from the

Mari language, member of the Finno-Ugric division of the Uralic language family, spoken primarily in the Mari El republic, Russia. The three major dialects of Mari are the Meadow dialect, spoken in Mari El and north of the Volga River; the Mountain (Hill) dialect, spoken mostly south of the Volga,

Syria: Early history: …is vividly mirrored in the Mari Letters, a great archive of royal correspondence found at the site of Mari, near the modern frontier with Iraq. Among the principal figures mentioned are the celebrated lawgiver Hammurabi of Babylon (himself an Amorite) and a king of Aleppo, part of whose kingdom was…

Angelina Jolie: Film roles: …Maria Callas in the biopic Maria. In addition, Jolie provided voices for several films, including the animated Kung Fu Panda (2008) and its sequels (2011 and 2016) as well as The One and Only Ivan (2020).

mare, any flat, dark plain of lower elevation on the Moon. The term, which in Latin means “sea,” was erroneously applied to such features by telescopic observers of the 17th century. In actuality, maria are huge basins containing lava flows marked by craters, ridges, faults, and straight and

Love’s Labour’s Lost: …attended by three ladies (Rosaline, Maria, and Katharine), arrives on a diplomatic mission from the king of France and must therefore be admitted into Navarre’s park. The gentlemen soon discover that they are irresistibly attracted to the ladies. Their attempts at concealing their infatuations from one another are quickly exploded.…

Twelfth Night: …Lady Olivia’s household—Feste the jester, Maria, Olivia’s uncle Sir Toby Belch, and Sir Toby’s friend Sir Andrew Aguecheek—who scheme to undermine the high-minded, pompous Malvolio by planting a love letter purportedly written by Olivia to Malvolio urging him to show his affection for her by smiling constantly and dressing himself…

alchemy: Hellenistic alchemy: …credits these innovations mainly to Maria (sometimes called “the Jewess”), who invented the apparatus, and to Agathodaimon, probably a pseudonym. Neither is represented (beyond Zosimos’ references) in the Venice–Paris manuscript, but a tract attributed to Agathodaimon, published in 1953, shows him to be preoccupied with the colour sequence and complicating…

Antoni Malczewski: …he published a long poem, Maria (Marya: A Tale of the Ukraine), which constitutes his only contribution to Polish poetry but occupies a permanent place there as a widely imitated example of the so-called Polish-Ukrainian poetic school. In the poem, Wacław, a young husband, goes to fight the Tatars and,…

Jorge Isaacs: …whose best work, María (1867; Maria: A South American Romance, 1977), was one of the most famous Latin-American novels of the 19th century.

Spain: Charles II: …10 years Philip IV’s widow, Maria Anna of Austria, acted as regent for Charles II (1665–1700). She allowed her government to be dominated by her confessor, the Austrian Jesuit Johann Eberhard (Juan Everardo) Nithard. It was weakness, rather than strength, that prompted this government not to summon the Cortes any…

Marie-Antoinette was the Austrian queen consort of King Louis XVI of France (1774–93). Her name is associated with the decline in the moral authority of the French monarchy in the closing years of the ancien régime, though her courtly extravagance was but a minor cause of the financial disorders of

Maria Carolina was the queen of Naples and wife of King Ferdinand IV of Naples. She held the real power in Naples, and, under the influence of her favourite, Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet, who was reputed to be her lover, she adopted a pro-British, anti-French policy. The daughter of the empress

Domenico Scarlatti: Early life and vocal works: Italy: …composer to the exiled queen Maria Casimira of Poland. Until her departure in 1714, he composed a series of operas and occasional pieces, all of them on texts by the queen’s secretary, Carlo Sigismondo Capeci. Some of the music has survived, but, were it not for the reflected glory cast…

Louis Hémon: …was a French author of Maria Chapdelaine, the best-known novel of French Canadian pioneer life.

Christian, Freiherr (baron) von Ehrenfels was an Austrian philosopher remembered for his introduction of the term Gestalt (“figure”) into psychology and for his contribution to value theory. As a student at the University of Vienna, Ehrenfels came under the influence of Franz Brentano and Alexius

Antonio Canova, marchese d’Ischia: …on a funerary monument to Maria Christina (1798–1805) in the Augustinerkirche. In 1802, at the Pope’s instigation, he accepted Napoleon’s invitation to go to Paris, where he became court sculptor and considerably influenced French art. He spent part of 1802 in Paris working on a bust of Napoleon, and in…

Marías Islands: …square miles [83 square km]); María Cleofas, approximately 10 miles (16 km) to the southeast, totals only 9 square miles (23 square km). A fourth island, tiny San Juanito, is also included in the group. Lacking water, the islands are uninhabited except for a government penal colony and lighthouse on…

María Cristina de Borbón was the queen consort of Ferdinand VII of Spain from 1829 to 1833 and queen regent from 1833 to 1840. Maria was the daughter of Francis I, king of the Two Sicilies, and married Ferdinand in 1829. In 1830 Maria convinced her husband to change the law of succession to allow

María Cristina De Habsburgo-Lorena was the queen consort (1879–85) of Alfonso XII of Spain. Her tact and wisdom as queen regent (1885–1902) for her son Alfonso XIII were instrumental in giving Spain a degree of peace and political stability. María Cristina began her regency, the longest in Spain’s

María Cristina De Habsburgo-Lorena was the queen consort (1879–85) of Alfonso XII of Spain. Her tact and wisdom as queen regent (1885–1902) for her son Alfonso XIII were instrumental in giving Spain a degree of peace and political stability. María Cristina began her regency, the longest in Spain’s

Portugal: Further political strife: In 1846 the movement of Maria da Fonte, a popular rising against higher taxation to improve roads and reforms in public health in which almost all parties joined, put an end to Costa Cabral’s government but left Portugal divided between the Septembrists, who held Porto, and Saldanha, now in Queen…

Maria II was the queen of Portugal (1834–53). Maria was the daughter of Peter I of Brazil, IV of Portugal, who, on inheriting both countries from his father, entered a conditional abdication of Portugal in her favour (1826). His plan was that she should marry his younger brother Michael, who would

María de Agreda was an abbess and mystic. In 1620 she took her vows as a Franciscan nun and in 1627 became abbess of a Franciscan monastery in Agreda, retaining this office, except for a brief period, until her death. Her virtues and holy life were universally acknowledged, but controversy arose

Sancho IV: …depended greatly on his warrior-queen, María de Molina, who served as regent for his son Ferdinand IV.

Enrique Granados: …first of his seven operas, María del Carmen, was produced in 1898. In 1900 Granados founded a short-lived classical-concerts society and his own piano school, which produced a number of distinguished players. His interest in the 18th century is reflected in his tonadillas, songs written “in the ancient style.” He…

Portugal: The house of Bragança, 1640–1910: …that point, the French princess, Maria Francesca of Savoy, who had married Afonso the previous year, entered into an intrigue with his more personable brother Peter, who later reigned as Peter II. They contrived to dismiss Castelo Melhor and to have Maria Francesca’s marriage to Afonso annulled. She at once…

Maria I was the first queen regnant of Portugal (1777–1816). Maria was the daughter of King Joseph. In 1760 she married her uncle who, as king consort after Maria’s accession (February 1777), became Peter III. Maria attempted to correct the harshness of her father’s minister, the marquês de Pombal,

Maria II was the queen of Portugal (1834–53). Maria was the daughter of Peter I of Brazil, IV of Portugal, who, on inheriting both countries from his father, entered a conditional abdication of Portugal in her favour (1826). His plan was that she should marry his younger brother Michael, who would

Maria Island, island in the Tasman Sea, 4 mi (6 12 km) off the east coast of Tasmania, Australia. Extending 12 mi north–south and up to 8 mi east–west, it comprises two sections, linked by a narrow sandy isthmus, and has an area of 23,906 ac (9,672 ha). It rises to 3,002 ft (915 m) near the rugged