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Geography containing LA-LZ

Can you guess these places from around the world whose names contain the sequence of letters "la", "lb", and so on? I have given some crossword-type clues to assist in working out the missing letters of the answers.

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LA
The world's largest island (9 letters)
Greenland
LB
Canadian province (7)
Alberta
LC
Solomon island where a major WW2 naval battle took place (11)
Guadalcanal
LD
Oxygen, radiation and AI combined at feast in Tanzanian valley (12)
Olduvai Gorge
LE
Colourful Ethiopian tributary of Africa's longest river (8)
Blue Nile
LF
Sea which forms the southern coast of the USA (12)
Gulf of Mexico
LG
Europe's longest river (5)
Volga
LH
Kaiser-like PNG mountain considered the highest in Oceania (12)
Mount Wilhelm
LI
Indonesian island popular with holidaymakers (4)
Bali
LJ
Romanian county which is a good place to take action (4)
Dolj
LK
Eastern English county (7)
Suffolk
LL
Balearic island to the east of Spain (8)
Mallorca
LM
Isle of the Canaries whose name means the palm (7)
La Palma
LN
Hotel has its entrance refurbished, in New York, by the first king of a Russian island (13)
Kotelny Island
LO
Peak belonging to Canada in the Golan Heights (10)
Mount Logan
LP
Mighty mountains of Europe (4)
Alps
LQ
Britain returns to a state where a man can encounter a beheaded fascist, up a mountain in Iran (10)
Kūh-E Alqāzī
LR
All together and wealthy; keep quiet about it, though, or a number on Swiss mountain will find out (11)
Ulrichshorn
LS
Russian isle named after a term for early communist revolutionaries (15)
Bolshevik Island
LT
Snow may turn to water atop this peak in Antarctica (11)
Mount Melton
LU
Malaysian summit climbed by relatives - to a degree (8)
Kinabalu
LV
I sail up northern French river, continuing to a Canadian isle (14)
Melville Island
LW
River of S.E. Asia, flowing backwards as the lady was born (7)
Salween
LX
Mexican hill with a bovine mammal that's studied at University of California (13)
Cerro Alxoxuca
LY
Small islands where the UK's southernmost point is found (13)
Isles of Scilly
LZ
Professional Footballers Association honoured in German name of the Rhineland state (14)
Rheinland-Pfalz
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