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- ↑ "The Twin Islands Wildlife Sanctuary". wdpa.org. Retrieved 2009-09-08.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "Twin Islands". bsc-eoc.org. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
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