Quedlinburg
a town of Prussia, at the N. base of the Harz Mountains; 56 miles S. E. of Brunswick. Founded by Henry the Fowler in 924, it is still in part surrounded by a wall flanked with towers. On an eminence overlooking the QUEENSLAND town stands the castle, which prior to the Reformation was the residence of the abbesses of Quedlinburg. The town has manufactures of sugar, wire goods, and farinaceous foods. Pop. about 27,500.
QUEEN ADELAIDE ARCHIPEL- AGO, a group of islands, belonging to Chile; N. of the W. entrance of the Strait of Magellan; separated by Smyth Chanseparated by_Smyth Channel from King William Land on the mainland.