langs: 16 декабря [ru] / december 16 [en] / 16. dezember [de] / 16 décembre [fr] / 16 dicembre [it] / 16 de diciembre [es]
days: december 13 / december 14 / december 15 / december 16 / december 17 / december 18 / december 19
#1 Whitby
Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in the Scarborough borough of North Yorkshire , England. Situated on the east coast of Yorkshire at the mouth of the River Esk , Whitby has a maritime, mineral and tourist heritage. Its East Cliff is home to the ruins of Whitby Abbey , where Cædmon , t
Gerritsen Beach is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn , located between Sheepshead Bay to the west and Marine Park to the east. [1] The area is served by Brooklyn Community Board 15 . [2] The population of the neighborhood is 4,797 as of the 2020 U.S. census. The Plumb Beach Cha
#3 Gibraltar
Gibraltar ( / dʒ ɪ ˈ b r ɔː l t ər / jih- BRAWL -tər , Spanish: [xiβɾalˈtaɾ] ), is a British Overseas Territory and city [6] located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula . [7] [8] [lower-alpha 1] It has an area of 6.7 km 2 (2.6 sq mi) and is bordered to the north by Spain . The lands
#4 Belait Beach
Belait Beach ( Malay : Pantai Belait ), [1] also known as Kuala Belait Beach ( Malay : Pantai Kuala Belait ), [2] is a beach in Kuala Belait , Mukim Kuala Belait , Belait District , Brunei . [3] The beach used to stretch from Kuala Belait to Pelumpong Spit but was cut and splitted at Muara Beach . [
The Yorkshire Coast runs from the Tees estuary to the Humber estuary, [1] on the east coast of England . The cliffs at Boulby are the highest on the east coast of England, rising to 660 feet (200 m) above the sea level. [2] Coastline of Yorkshire, England Robin Hoods Bay viewed from the south The
#1 Mauritius
Mauritius ( / m ə ˈ r ɪ ʃ ( i ) ə s , m ɔː -/ ( listen ) mər- ISH -(ee-)əs, mor- ; French: Maurice [mɔʁis, moʁis] ( listen ) ; Mauritian Creole : Moris [moʁis] ), officially the Republic of Mauritius , is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) off the southeast coas
#2 Corfu
Corfu ( / k ɔːr ˈ f ( j ) uː / , US also / ˈ k ɔːr f ( j ) uː / ) or Kerkyra ( Greek : Κέρκυρα , romanized : Kérkyra , pronounced [ˈcercira] ( listen ) ) [lower-alpha 1] is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea , of the Ionian Islands , [1] and, including its small satellite islands, forms the margin
#3 Round Island Light, Isles of Scilly
Round Island Lighthouse ( Cornish : Golowji an Voth "the hump lighthouse"), [2] in the Isles of Scilly was designed by William Tregarthen Douglass for Trinity House and completed in 1887. At the time of building it was one of three lights in the Isles of Scilly, the others being the Bishop Rock and
#4 Faial Island
Faial Island ( Portuguese pronunciation: [fɐˈjaɫ] ), also known in English as Fayal , is a Portuguese island of the Central Group (Portuguese: Grupo Central ) of the Azores . The Capelinhos Volcano, the westernmost point of the island, may be considered the westernmost point of Europe , if the Mon
Kangaroo Island , also known as Karta Pintingga (literally 'Island of the Dead' in the language of the Kaurna people), [2] is Australia 's third-largest island , after Tasmania and Melville Island . It lies in the state of South Australia , 112 km (70 mi) southwest of Adelaide . Its closest poin
#6 Luanamo
Luanamo is an island in Lulunga district, in the Ha'apai islands of Tonga . On December 16, 2011, a fisherman died at the island while searching for sea cucumbers . [1]
Caroline Island (also known as Caroline Atoll or Millennium Island ) is the easternmost of several uninhabited coral atolls comprising the southern Line Islands in the central Pacific Ocean nation of Kiribati . Coral atoll in Pacific Ocean For the islands in the western Pacific, see Caroline Islands
Minamitorishima ( 南鳥島 , lit. "Southern Bird Island") , also known as Marcus Island , is an isolated Japanese coral atoll in the northwestern Pacific Ocean , located some 1,848 kilometers (1,148 mi) southeast of Tokyo and 1,267 km (787 mi) east of the closest Japanese island, South Iwo Jima of
Bouvet Island ( / ˈ b uː v eɪ / ; Norwegian : Bouvetøya [3] [bʉˈvèːœʏɑ] or Bouvetøyen ) [4] is an island claimed by Norway, and declared an uninhabited protected nature reserve. It is a subantarctic volcanic island, situated in the South Atlantic Ocean at the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge ,
#10 REM Island
REM Island is a platform built in the Republic of Ireland and towed off the Dutch coast in 1964 as the pirate broadcasting home of Radio and TV Noordzee . Both stations were dismantled by the Netherlands Armed Forces . It was 10 km off Noordwijk . Television station "Radio North Sea" redirects here.
#11 Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima ( / ˌ iː w oʊ ˈ dʒ iː m ə / , also US : / ˌ iː w ə ˈ -/ ), [2] [3] [4] [5] known in Japan as Iō Tō ( 硫黄島 , Iō-tō , lit. ' sulfur island ' ) , [6] is one of the Japanese Volcano Islands and lies south of the Bonin Islands . Together with other islands, they form the Ogasawara Archipelago.
Minami-Tori-shima ( 南鳥島 , lit. "Southern Bird Island") , also known as Marcus Island , is an isolated Japanese coral atoll in the northwestern Pacific Ocean , located some 1,848 kilometers (1,148 mi) southeast of Tokyo and 1,267 km (787 mi) east of the closest Japanese island, South Iwo Jima o
#13 Baffin Island
Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land ), [5] in the Canadian territory of Nunavut , is the largest island in Canada and the fifth-largest island in the world . Its area is 507,451 km 2 (195,928 sq mi) —slightly larger than Spain, its population was 13,039 as of the 2021 Canadian census , [2] and
#14 Siargao
Siargao is a tear-drop shaped island in the Philippine Sea situated 196 kilometers southeast of Tacloban . It has a land area of approximately 437 square kilometres (169 sq mi) . The east coast is relatively straight with one deep inlet , Port Pilar. The coastline is marked by a succession of re
#15 Fort Louvois
Fort Louvois , which is known locally as Fort Chapus or Fort du Chapus, is a fortification built between 1691 and 1694, during the reign of Louis XIV , on the Chapus islet , and is about 400 metres (1,300 ft) offshore in the town of Bourcefranc-le-Chapus in the department of Charente-Maritime , Fr
#16 Ford Island
Ford Island ( Hawaiian : Poka ʻ Ailana ) is an islet in the center of Pearl Harbor , Oahu , in the U.S. state of Hawaii . It has been known as Rabbit Island , Marín's Island , and Little Goats Island , and its native Hawaiian name is Moku ʻ ume ʻ ume . The island had an area of 334 acres (135 ha)
#1 Fairview Peak (Churchill County, Nevada)
Fairview Peak is a summit in the Clan Alpine Mountains of the U.S. state of Nevada . [1] The elevation is 8,271 feet (2,521 m) . [1] Fairview Peak was so named on account of the scenic views it affords. [2] Variant names were "Fairview Cairn" and "Fairview Mountain". [1] The ghost town of Fairview
Penobscot Knob , also Penobscot Mountain , is a summit located in the western fringe of the Poconos nearest to Mountain Top, Pennsylvania which in the Solomon Gap pass below it lies an important multi-modal transportation corridor. At one time before incorporation, Mountain Top and the saddle of the
Tangra Mountains (in Bulgarian Тангра планина , 'Tangra planina' \'tan-gra pla-ni-'na\) ( 62°40′00″S 60°06′00″W ) form the principal mountain range of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands , Antarctica . The range had been nameless until 2001, when it was named after Tangra, "the name of t
#4 Mont Blanc
Mont Blanc ( French : Mont Blanc [mɔ̃ blɑ̃] ; Italian : Monte Bianco [ˈmonte ˈbjaŋko] , both meaning "white mountain") is the highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe , rising 4,807.81 m (15,774 ft) above sea level. [3] It is the second-most prominent mountain in Europe, after Mount Elbru
#5 Mdimba
Mdzimba is a mountain and hill range in northwestern Eswatini . Mount Mdimba flanks the eastern side of the Ezulwini Valley . This valley is the residence of the Swazi royal family and is shrouded in legends and mysteries. The Mdzimba hills historically have had strategical importance and contain ma
Kauhakō Crater is a volcanic crater located in Kalawao County , Hawaii , United States . The crater was formed between 230,000 and 300,000 years ago, as the result of the eruption of volcano Pu'u' 'Uao. It is located in the center of the Kalaupapa Peninsula on the island of Molokaʻi , and has a diam
#7 Table Rock (Ada County, Idaho)
Table Rock is a mountain pillar [1] in the western United States , located just south-east of downtown Boise, Idaho , in the foothills of the Boise Range of the Rocky Mountains . Its summit elevation of 3,650 feet (1,115 m) above sea level is 900 feet (275 m) above the city center. Boise Locatio
Maitland Volcano is a heavily eroded shield volcano in the Northern Interior of British Columbia , Canada. It is 83 km (52 mi) southeast of the small community of Telegraph Creek in what is now the Klappan Range of the northern Skeena Mountains . This multi-vent volcano covered a remarkably larg
#9 Soputan
Soputan is a stratovolcano in Indonesia. It is on the northern arm of Sulawesi island and rises to an elevation of 1,785 m (5,853 ft). The geologically young and mostly unvegetated cone is primarily constructed of andesite and basalt rock. It sits on the southern rim of the Tondano caldera , whi
#10 Staccato Peaks
Staccato Peaks ( 71°47′S 70°39′W ) is a series of rock peaks extending 11 miles (18 km) in a north–south direction, rising to about 940 m with Hageman Peak being the highest peak of the Staccato Peaks, rising from the snowfields 20 miles (32 km) south of the Walton Mountains in the south part of
#11 Mount MacFarlane
Mount MacFarlane is a 2,090-metre (6,860-foot) mountain summit located in the Cascade Mountains of southwestern British Columbia , Canada . It is situated 6 km (4 mi) north of the Canada–United States border , 3.65 km (2 mi) northwest of Slesse Mountain , and 1.4 km (1 mi) northwest of C
Nevado San Francisco , or Cerro San Francisco ( Spanish pronunciation: [saɱ fɾanˈθisko] ), is a stratovolcano on the border between Argentina and Chile , [3] located just southeast of San Francisco Pass . It is considered extinct and is one of the several 6,000 m (19,700 ft) peaks in the area,
#13 Pico de Orizaba
Pico de Orizaba , also known as Citlaltépetl (from Nahuatl citlal(in) = star, and tepētl = mountain), is an inactive stratovolcano , the highest mountain in Mexico [1] and the third highest in North America , after Denali of Alaska in the United States and Mount Logan of Canada . Pico de Orizaba is
#14 Mount Vesuvius
Mount Vesuvius ( / v ɪ ˈ s uː v i ə s / viss- OO -vee-əs ; Italian : Vesuvio [1] [veˈzuːvjo, -ˈsuː- ] ; Neapolitan : 'O Vesuvio [o vəˈsuːvjə] , also 'A muntagna or 'A montagna ; [2] Latin : Vesuvius [3] [wɛˈsʊwɪ.ʊs] , also Vesevius , Vesvius or Vesbius [4] ) is a somma - stratovolcano located on the
#15 Mount Seymour
Mount Seymour is a mountain located in Mount Seymour Provincial Park in the District of North Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada . It is a part of the North Shore Mountains , rising to the north from the shores of Burrard Inlet and Indian Arm to a summit of 1,449 m (4,754 ft) above the Indian
#16 Gabal Elba
Gabal Elba ( Arabic : جَبَل علْبَة Gabal ʿElba Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ˈɡæbæl ˈʕelbæ] , ), or Elba Mountain, is a peak and, in general, includes the associated mountainous area in the Halaib Triangle of Northeast Africa . Despite being claimed by both Egypt and Sudan , the area is curren
Mount Mee is a rural town and locality in the Moreton Bay Region , Queensland , Australia. [2] [3] In the 2016 census , Mount Mee had a population of 484 people. [1] Map all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML Town in Queensland, Australia Mount Mee Queensland Panorama fr
#18 Mount Fuji
Mount Fuji ( 富士山 , Fujisan , Japanese: [ɸɯꜜ(d)ʑisaɴ] ( listen ) ) , or Fugaku , located on the island of Honshū , is the highest mountain in Japan , standing 3,776.24 m (12,389.2 ft) . It is the second-highest volcano located on an island in Asia (after Mount Kerinci on the island of Sumatra )
#19 Lovćen
Lovćen ( Cyrillic : Ловћен , pronounced [lôːʋtɕen] ) is a mountain and national park in southwestern Montenegro . It is the inspiration behind the names Montenegro and Crna Gora , both of which mean "Black Mountain" and refer to the appearance of Mount Lovćen when covered in dense forests. [1] The
#20 Mount Vaughan
Mount Vaughan is a prominent peak , 3,140 m, standing 4 miles (6 km) south-southwest of Mount Griffith on the ridge at the head of Vaughan Glacier , in the Hays Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains . Named for Norman D. Vaughan , [1] dog driver with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party
The Metro Vancouver watersheds, also known as the Greater Vancouver watersheds , supply potable water to approximately 2.7 million residents in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia . [1] They provide tap water to a land area covering more than 2,600 km², including Vancouver , Langley and Richmon
#2 Karuma Hydroelectric Power Station
The Karuma Hydroelectric Power Station is a 600 MW hydroelectric power project under construction in Uganda . When completed, it will be the largest power-generating installation in the country. [4] Power plant in Karuma Falls, Uganda Dam in Karuma Falls Karuma Hydro Power Station Map of Uganda sh
Lake Bardwell is a lake in Ellis County, Texas . The lake was constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1965. Lake Bardwell is not used for military operations, and is accessible to the public for recreational purposes; it has seven facilities, but the state public ramp is closed.
#4 Sanjay Lake
Sanjay Lake is an artificial lake developed by Delhi Development Authority (DDA) in Trilokpuri in East Delhi , India , [6] adjoining Mayur Vihar II residential area. [7] The lake is Spread over an area of approximately 17 hectares (42 acres) in the middle of a 69 hectares (170 acres) forest area, al
Summer Lake is a large, shallow, alkali lake in Lake County , Oregon , United States located 5 miles (8 km) south of the small, unincorporated community of Summer Lake, Oregon . At high water it is about 15 miles (24 km) long and 5 miles (8 km) wide, and supports a wide variety of birds and ot
Lake Neusiedl ( German : Neusiedler See ), or Fertő ( Hungarian : Fertő (tó) ; Croatian : Nežidersko jezero, Niuzaljsko jezero ; Slovene : Nežidersko jezero ; Slovak : Neziderské jazero ; Czech : Neziderské jezero ) is the largest endorheic lake in Central Europe , straddling the Austrian – Hungaria
#7 Lake Güija
Lake Güija is a lake in Central America . The lake is situated on the border between Guatemala and El Salvador and has an area of 45 km 2 , of which approximately 32 km 2 lies in El Salvador. [2] [3] Lake in Santa Ana Department, Guatemala Body of water Lake Güija Lake Güija with Volcán de San D
This is a list of the notable lakes of Indonesia . Indonesia has 521 natural lakes and over 100 reservoirs , covering approximately 21,000 km². The total volume of water held is approximately 500 km³. The largest lake, by both area and volume, is Lake Toba in Sumatra . It holds 240 km³ of fres
The Subansiri Lower Dam , officially named Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project (SLHEP), is an under construction gravity dam on the Subansiri River in NorthEastern India. It is located 2.3 km (1.4 mi) upstream of Subansiri River on Arunachal Pradesh. Described as a run-of-the-river project by
#10 Brocket Hall
Brocket Hall is a neo-classical country house set in a large park at the western side of the urban area of Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire , England . The estate is equipped with two golf courses and seven smaller listed buildings, apart from the main house. The freehold on the estate is held by
#1 Rocky Valley
Rocky Valley ( Cornish : Glynn Duwy , meaning deep valley of the river Duwy ) is a small valley in the parish of Tintagel, north Cornwall , England, United Kingdom . Valley in north Cornwall, England Rocky Valley at low tide, looking upstream (south) Rocky Valley looking out to sea (North) Damaged b
#2 Argen
The Argen is a river in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It flows into Lake Constance between Kressbronn am Bodensee and Langenargen as the third largest tributary to the lake. It is 23.4 kilometres (14.5 mi) long; if one includes the Obere Argen and its source river Seelesgraben, the combined length i
The Patawalonga River is a river located in the western suburbs of the Adelaide metropolitan area, in the Australian state of South Australia . It drains an area of flat, swampy lands formerly known as the Cowandilla Plains or The Reedbeds , which in the mid-20th century were drained by engineering
#4 Rideau Canal
The Rideau Canal , also known unofficially as the Rideau Waterway , connects Canada's capital city of Ottawa , Ontario , to Lake Ontario and the Saint Lawrence River at Kingston . It is 202 kilometres long. [1] The name Rideau , French for "curtain", is derived from the curtain-like appearance of th
#5 Blood River
Blood River ( Afrikaans : Bloedrivier ; Zulu : Ncome ) is situated in KwaZulu-Natal , South Africa . This river has its sources in the hills south-east of Utrecht ; leaving the highlands it is joined by two important tributaries that originate in the Schurveberg , after which it flows meandering thr
The Tongue River is a tributary of the Yellowstone River , approximately 265 mi (426 km) long, in the U.S. states of Wyoming and Montana . The Tongue rises in Wyoming in the Big Horn Mountains , flows generally northeast through northern Wyoming and southeastern Montana, and empties into the Yel
The Glastonbury Canal ran for approximately 14 miles (23 km) through two locks from Glastonbury to Highbridge in Somerset , England , where it entered the River Parrett and from there the Bristol Channel . The canal was authorised by Parliament in 1827 and opened in 1834. [1] It was operated by Th
The Willamette Falls Locks are a lock system on the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon . Opened in 1873 and closed since 2011, they allowed boat traffic on the Willamette to navigate beyond Willamette Falls and the T.W. Sullivan Dam . Since their closure in 2011 the locks are classified to
Salmons Brook is a minor tributary of the River Lea , located in the London Borough of Enfield . [1] Salmons Brook at the Eley Industrial Estate before flowing under North Circular Road at Angel Road , Edmonton . The Edmonton Incinerator is in the background River in London
#10 Tugela River
The Tugela River ( Zulu : Thukela ; Afrikaans : Tugelarivier ) is the largest river in KwaZulu-Natal Province , South Africa . With a total length of 531 km (330 mi) , it is one of the most important rivers of the country. [1] River in South Africa For other uses, see Tugela (disambiguation) . T
#11 River Arun
The River Arun ( / ˈ ær ən / ) is a river in the English county of West Sussex . At 37 miles (60 km) long, it is the longest river entirely in Sussex [2] and one of the longest starting in Sussex after the River Medway , River Wey and River Mole . From the series of small streams that form its sou
#12 Rur
The Rur or Roer ( German : Rur [ʁuːɐ̯] ; Dutch and Limburgish : Roer , Dutch pronunciation: [ˈruːr] , Limburgish: [ˈʀuːʀ˦] ; French : Rour [2] ) is a major river that flows through portions of Belgium , Germany and the Netherlands . It is a right (eastern) tributary to the Meuse ( Dutch: Maas ). A
The Noordhollandsch Kanaal ("Great North Holland Canal") is a canal originally meant for ocean-going ships. It is located in North Holland , Netherlands. The canal was of great significance in Dutch history. Canal in the Northwest Netherlands Noordhollandsch Kanaal The canal runs the length of the p
Copper Falls State Park is a 3,068-acre (1,242 ha) state park in Wisconsin . The park contains a section of the Bad River and its tributary the Tylers Forks, which flow through a gorge and drop over several waterfalls . Old Copper Culture Indians and later European settlers mined copper in the are
#15 Paulins Kill
The Paulins Kill (also known as Paulinskill River ) is a 41.6-mile (66.9 km) [1] tributary of the Delaware River in northwestern New Jersey in the United States. With a long-term median flow rate of 76 cubic feet of water per second (2.15 m³/s), it is New Jersey's third-largest contributor to
#16 Russian River (California)
The Russian River ( Southern Pomo : Ashokawna , Spanish : Río Ruso ) is a southward-flowing river that drains 1,485 sq mi (3,850 km 2 ) [4] of Sonoma and Mendocino counties in Northern California . With an annual average discharge of approximately 1,600,000 acre feet (2.0 km 3 ), [6] it is t
#17 Tchefuncte River
The Tchefuncte River ( / tʃ ə ˈ f ʌ ŋ k t ə / chə- FUNK -tə ) drains into Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana in the United States . It is about 70.0 miles (112.7 km) long. [1] River in Louisiana Tchefuncte River Tchefuncte River as seen at Madisonville Location Country United States State Louisiana P
Golden Bay / Mohua is a shallow, paraboloid -shaped bay in New Zealand, near the northern tip of the South Island . An arm of the Tasman Sea , the bay lies northwest of Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere and Cook Strait . It is protected in the north by Farewell Spit , a 26 km long arm of fine golden sa
#2 Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay is a bay of the Pacific Ocean located on the coast of the U.S. state of California , south of the San Francisco Bay Area and its major city at the south of the bay, San Jose . San Francisco itself is further north along the coast, by about 75 miles, accessible via Highway 1 and Highway
The Gulf of Mexico ( Spanish : Golfo de México ) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, [2] largely surrounded by the North American continent. [3] It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States ; on the southwest and south by the Mexi