\HeaderA{islands}{Areas of the World's Major Landmasses}{islands}
\keyword{datasets}{islands}
\begin{Description}\relax
The areas in thousands of square miles of the landmasses which exceed
10,000 square miles.
\end{Description}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}islands\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Format}\relax
A named vector of length 48.
\end{Format}
\begin{Source}\relax
The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1975, page 406.
\end{Source}
\begin{References}\relax
McNeil, D. R. (1977)
\emph{Interactive Data Analysis}.
Wiley.
\end{References}
\begin{Examples}
\begin{ExampleCode}
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))")
\end{ExampleCode}
\end{Examples}

