islands               package:datasets               R Documentation

_A_r_e_a_s _o_f _t_h_e _W_o_r_l_d'_s _M_a_j_o_r _L_a_n_d_m_a_s_s_e_s

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     The areas in thousands of square miles of the landmasses which
     exceed 10,000 square miles.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     islands

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     A named vector of length 48.

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1975, page 406.

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     McNeil, D. R. (1977) _Interactive Data Analysis_. Wiley.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     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))")