Sulu Archipelago
Americannoun
noun
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Some of these groups operate with near impunity in the Sulu Archipelago of the southern Philippines, close to eastern Malaysia.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2014
In the 1990s, threats of terrorism made it difficult to access places such as the Sulu Archipelago, where Taylor collected types for a dozen species.
From Nature ● Sep. 12, 2013
Other 41st Division troops landed at Jolo, the old capital of the Sulu sultans, to take complete control of the Sulu Archipelago.
From Time Magazine Archive
On Jolo Island in the Sulu Archipelago, 800 miles to the south, our Huey raced in from the sea at treetop level.
From Time Magazine Archive
Three specimens from the Sulu Archipelago; an adult ♂ Sibutu, 23 August, an adult ♂ Cagayan de Sulu, 2 July, and an immature ♀ Jolo, 2 August.
From Notes on Philippine Birds Collected by Governor W. Cameron Forbes Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zo?logy at Harvard College, Vol. LXV. No. 4. by Bangs, Outram
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