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___MASK25___ Scotia ( Latin for " New Scotland "; French : " Nouvelle - Écosse ") is one of Canada ' s three Maritime provinces , and one of the four provinces which form Atlantic Canada . Its provincial capital is Halifax . ___MASK25___ Scotia is Canada ' s second - smallest province , with an area of , including Cape Breton and another 3 , 800 coastal islands . As of 2011 , the population was 921 , 727 , making ___MASK25___ Scotia the second most - densely populated province in Canada with almost . Canada ( French : ) is a ___MASK28___ in the northern half of North America . Its ten provinces and ___MASK37___ territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic ___MASK6___ , covering , making it the world ' s second - largest ___MASK28___ by total area and the fourth - largest ___MASK28___ by land area . Canada ' s border with the United States is the world ' s longest land border . The majority of the ___MASK28___ has a cold or severely cold winter climate , but southerly areas are warm in summer . Canada is sparsely populated , the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains . About four - fifths of the ___MASK28___ ' s population of 36 million people is urbanized and live near the southern border . Its capital is Ottawa , its largest ___MASK56___ is Toronto ; other major urban areas include Montreal , Vancouver , Calgary , Edmonton , Quebec ___MASK56___ , Winnipeg and Hamilton . A ___MASK52___ is a sailing vessel with ___MASK68___ ___MASK58___ - rigged masts . During the ___MASK2___ of Sail , brigs were seen as fast and maneuverable and were used as both naval warships and merchant vessels . They were especially popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries . Brigs fell out of use with the arrival of the steam ___MASK34___ because they required a relatively large crew for their small size and were difficult to sail into the wind . They are not to be confused with a brigantine , which has different rigging ( a brigantine has a gaff - rigged mainsail , while a ___MASK52___ has a ___MASK58___ mainsail with an additional gaff - rigged spanker behind the mainsail ). A ___MASK52___ is distinct from a three - masted ___MASK34___ by virtue of only having ___MASK68___ masts . The Illawarra ___MASK51___ , or officially the Illawarra Range , is the fold - created cliffs and plateau - eroded outcrop ___MASK82___ west of the Illawarra coastal ___MASK100___ south of Sydney , in the ___MASK69___ of New South Wales , Australia . The ___MASK18___ encloses the Illawarra region which stretches from Stanwell Park in the north to Kiama , Gerringong and the Shoalhaven River in the south . The ___MASK29___ was a two - masted sailing vessel with a fully square rigged foremast and at least two sails on the main mast : a square topsail and a gaff sail mainsail ( behind the mast ). The main mast is the second and taller of the two masts . Illawarra is a ___MASK4___ in the Australian ___MASK69___ of New South Wales . It is a coastal ___MASK4___ situated immediately south of Sydney and north of the Shoalhaven or South Coast ___MASK4___ . It encompasses the cities of Wollongong , Shellharbour , the ___MASK90___ of Kiama and the shire of Wingecarribee . Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia , is a ___MASK28___ comprising the mainland of the Australian ___MASK9___ , the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands . It is the world ' s sixth - largest ___MASK28___ by total area . The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea , Indonesia and East Timor to the north ; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north - east ; and New Zealand to the south - east . Australia ' s capital is Canberra , and its largest urban area is Sydney . The Agnes was a wooden ___MASK29___ built in 1849 at Point Brenley , ___MASK25___ Scotia . She was first registered in Pictou , ___MASK25___ Scotia . Later acquired by owners in Sydney , she was wrecked on the north side of the Wollongong breakwater in New South Wales on 10 March 1877 , when the wind changed whilst carrying ballast between Sydney and Wollongong . ___MASK58___ ___MASK81___ is a generic type of sail and rigging arrangement in which the primary driving sails are carried on horizontal spars which are perpendicular , or square , to the keel of the vessel and to the masts . These spars are called " yards " and their tips , beyond the last stay , are called the " yardarms ". A ___MASK34___ mainly so rigged is called a square - rigger . New South Wales ( abbreviated as NSW ) is a ___MASK69___ on the east coast of : Australia . It borders Queensland to the north , Victoria to the south , and South Australia to the west . It has a coast line with the Tasman ___MASK45___ on its east side . The Australian Capital Territory is an enclave within the ___MASK69___ . New South Wales ' ___MASK69___ capital is Sydney , which is also Australia ' s most populous city . , the estimated population of New South Wales was 7 . 5 million , making it Australia ' s most populous ___MASK69___ . Just under two - thirds of the ___MASK69___ ' s population , 4 . 67 million , live in the Greater Sydney area . Inhabitants of New South Wales are referred to as " New South Welshmen ". Sydney is the ___MASK69___ ___MASK87___ of New South Wales and the most populous ___MASK56___ in Australia and Oceania . Located on Australia ' s east coast , the metropolis surrounds the world ' s largest natural harbour , and sprawls towards the Blue Mountains to the west . Residents of Sydney are known as " Sydneysiders ". Sydney is the second official seat and second official residence of the ___MASK88___ - General of Australia and the Prime Minister of Australia and many federal ministries maintain substantial presences in Sydney . Latin ( Latin : ) is a classical ___MASK79___ belonging to the Italic ___MASK19___ of the Indo - European languages . The ___MASK48___ is derived from the Etruscan and Greek alphabets . Atlantic Canada is the ___MASK4___ of Canada comprising the ___MASK49___ provinces located on the Atlantic ___MASK31___ , excluding Quebec : the three Maritime provinces  New Brunswick , Prince Edward Island , and ___MASK25___ Scotia  and the easternmost province of Newfoundland and Labrador . The population of the ___MASK49___ Atlantic provinces in 2011 was about 2 , 300 , 000 on half a million km . Wollongong , informally referred to as " The Gong ", is a seaside ___MASK56___ located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales , Australia . Wollongong lies on the narrow coastal strip between the Illawarra Escarpment and the Pacific Ocean , 82 kilometres ( 51 miles ) south of Sydney . Wollongong had an estimated urban population of 292 , 388 at ___MASK21___ 2015 , making it the third largest ___MASK56___ in New South Wales after Sydney and Newcastle , and the tenth largest ___MASK56___ in Australia .