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Satellite Beach is a coastal city in Brevard County, Florida , U.S. The population was 11,346 at the 2020 United States Census , [4] and it is located with the Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Indian River to the west. City in Florida, U.S. This article uses bare URLs , which are uninformative and
#2 Freshwater, New South Wales
Freshwater is a suburb of northern Sydney , in the state of New South Wales , Australia . Freshwater is located 17 kilometres (11 mi) north-east of the Sydney central business district , in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council and is part of the Northern Beaches region. Suburb of
#3 Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis / ˌ l aɪ m ˈ r iː dʒ ɪ s / is a town in west Dorset , England, 25 miles (40 km) west of Dorchester and east of Exeter . Sometimes dubbed the "Pearl of Dorset", [3] it lies by the English Channel at the Dorset– Devon border. It has noted fossils in cliffs and beaches on the Heritage or J
The Costa del Sol [lower-alpha 1] (literally "Coast of the Sun" or "Sun Coast") is a region in the south of Spain in the autonomous community of Andalusia , comprising the coastal towns and communities along the coastline of the Province of Málaga and the eastern part of Campo de Gibraltar in Cádiz
Windansea Beach is a stretch of coastline located in La Jolla , a community of San Diego , California . The neighborhood adjacent to the beach is named Windansea after the beach. It is named after the 1909 oceanfront Strand Hotel that was renamed "Windansea" Hotel in 1919 after the owner Arthur Snel
Hermosa Beach ( Hermosa , Spanish for "Beautiful") [9] [10] is a beachfront city in Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California , United States. Its population was 19,728 at the 2020 U.S. Census . The city is located in the South Bay region of the Greater Los Angeles area; it is one of the th
Carrabelle is a city in Franklin County along Florida 's Panhandle , United States. The population was 2,778 as of the 2010 census. [6] Carrabelle is located east of Apalachicola at the mouth of the Carrabelle River on the Gulf of Mexico . City in Florida, United States Carrabelle, Florida City City
The Fosheim Peninsula is located in western Ellesmere Island , a part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut . Eureka , a permanent research community, is located on the north side of Slidre Fiord, a few kilometers east of Eureka Sound . While the peninsula was first sighted
Puerto Escondido ( English : "Hidden Port") is a small port and tourist center in the municipality of San Pedro Mixtepec Distrito 22 in the Mexican state of Oaxaca . Prior to the 1930s, there was no town. The bay had been used as a port intermittently to ship coffee, but there was no permanent settl
#1 Kiritimati
Kiritimati (also known as Christmas Island ) is a Pacific Ocean atoll in the northern Line Islands . It is part of the Republic of Kiribati . The name is derived from the English word "Christmas" written in Gilbertese according to its phonology , in which the combination ti is pronounced s , giving
Misima (formerly called St. Aignan ) is a volcanic island in the northwest of Louisiade Archipelago within Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea . Misima Island Nickname: St. Aignan Island Misima Island photo Misima Island Geography Location Oceania Coordinates 10°41′S 152°43′E Archipelago Louisiad
#3 Tombo Island
Tombo Island is an island in the Atlantic Ocean at the tip of the Guinean Kaloum Peninsula , approximately 4 km (2.5 mi) east of the Loos Islands . This article is about the Guinean island. For the Argentinian peninsula, see Punta Tombo . Tombo Island is at the end of the Kaloum Peninsula The is
Read's Island is an island situated just outside the Ancholme sluice , on the Humber Estuary in England . The Lincolnshire Trust suggest it is an artificial island , [1] and a report from 1979 says that it was reclaimed. [2] However, the site was for many years a large sandbank going by the name of
Kuchinoerabu-jima ( 口永良部島 ) , is one of the Satsunan Islands , usually classed with the Ōsumi Islands belonging to Kagoshima Prefecture , Japan . The island, 38.04 km² in area, has a population of 147. The island can only be reached by boat as it has no airport. There is regular ferry service with
#6 Nanumea
Nanumea is the northwesternmost atoll in the Polynesian nation of Tuvalu , [1] a group of nine coral atolls and islands spread over about 400 miles (640 km) of Pacific Ocean just south of the equator and west of the International Date Line . Nanumea is 4 km 2 (1.5 sq mi) with a population of
#7 Borneo
Borneo ( / ˈ b ɔːr n i oʊ / ); ( Indonesian : Kalimantan ) is the third- largest island in the world and the largest in Asia . At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia , in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java , west of Sulawesi , and east of Sumatra . Island
Norfolk Island ( / ˈ n ɔːr f ə k / , locally / ˈ n ɔːr f oʊ k / ; [8] Norfuk : Norf'k Ailen [9] ) is an external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia , 1,412 kilometres (877 mi) directly east of Australia's Evans Head and about 900 kilometres (5
#9 Corregidor
Corregidor ( Tagalog : Pulo ng Corregidor , [kɔˈɾɛhidɔr] ) is an island located at the entrance of Manila Bay in the southwestern part of Luzon in the Philippines . Due to this location, Corregidor has historically been fortified with coastal artillery batteries to defend the entrance of Manila Bay
#10 Fraser Island
Fraser Island (also known as K'gari) is a World Heritage-listed island along the south-eastern coast in the Wide Bay–Burnett region, Queensland , Australia. [2] [3] The island is approximately 250 kilometres (160 mi) north of the state capital , Brisbane , and is within the Fraser Coast Region loc
#11 Tuvalu
Tuvalu ( / t uː ˈ v ɑː l uː / ( listen ) too- VAH -loo or / ˈ t uː v ə l uː / TOO -və-loo ; [6] formerly known as the Ellice Islands ) is an island country in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean . Its islands are situated about midway between Hawaii and Australia . They lie east
#12 Hispaniola
Hispaniola ( / ˌ h ɪ s p ə n ˈ j oʊ l ə / , [3] [4] [5] also UK : /- p æ n ˈ -/ ; [6] Spanish : La Española ; Latin and French : Hispaniola ; Haitian Creole : Ispayola ; Taino : Ayiti or Quisqueya ) [7] [8] is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles . Hispaniola is the most p
#13 Kangaroo Island
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
#14 Nantucket
Nantucket / ˌ n æ n ˈ t ʌ k ɪ t / is an island about 30 miles (50 km) [1] south from Cape Cod . Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck and Muskeget , it constitutes the Town and County of Nantucket , a combined county/town government that is part of the U.S. state of Massachusetts . It is t
Nishi-no-shima ( Japanese : 西之島 , "western island") is a volcanic island located around 940 km (584 mi) south-southeast of Tokyo , [2] that is part of the Volcano Islands arc. Active volcanic island belonging to the Volcano Islands arc Nishinoshima Native name: 西之島 Nishinoshima on 1 December 201
#16 Funafuti
Funafuti is an atoll and the capital of the island nation of Tuvalu . [1] [2] It has a population of 6,320 people (2017 census), [3] and so it has more people than the rest of Tuvalu combined, with approximately 60% of the population. It consists of a narrow sweep of land between 20 and 400 metres (
#17 Bradford Island
Bradford Island is a 2,172-acre (879 ha) [2] island of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta , in Contra Costa County, California , United States. Bradford Island is inaccessible by roads, and is served by a ferry across the False River from nearby Jersey Island . Approximately 48 people lived on
#18 Leros
Leros ( Greek : Λέρος ) is a Greek island and municipality in the Dodecanese in the southern Aegean Sea . It lies 317 kilometres (197 miles) (171 nautical miles ) from Athens 's port of Piraeus , from which it can be reached by an 9-hour ferry ride or by a 45-minute flight from Athens, and about 20
#19 Labuan
Labuan ( / l ə ˈ b uː ə n / ), officially the Federal Territory of Labuan ( Malay : Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan ), is a Federal Territory of Malaysia . Its territory includes Labuan Island and six smaller islands, off the coast of the state of Sabah in East Malaysia . Labuan's capital is Victoria and
#20 Aunuʻu
Aunu ʻ u is a small volcanic island off the southeastern shore of Tutuila in Saʻole County , American Samoa . It has a land area of 374.83 acres (0.59 sq mi; 1.52 km 2 ) , and a 2010 census population of 436 persons. Politically, it is a part of the Eastern District , one of the two primary po
Jesse Handsley (29 March 1876 – c. 3 June 1916) was an able seaman who served with distinction under Captain Robert Falcon Scott on Scott's first expedition to the Antarctic regions; the Discovery expedition of 1901 to 1904. Royal Navy able seamen and Antarctic explorer This article's tone or styl
#2 Aathanad
Aathanad is a mountain situated in Vallanghy , Nemmara , Palakkad district , Kerala . It is famous for the Ayyappa Temple in the top of the mountain. The annual festival held here on Malayalam month Dhanu 9 or (24 December). People from different places will come here to hire this mountain to get bl
#3 Doeskin Hill
Doeskin Hill (also known as Doe Skin or Doescine or Doesiene Hill [1] ) is a 492-foot (150 m) hill in Framingham, Massachusetts . [2] The hill is located west of Nobscot Hill near the border with Sudbury, Massachusetts . The hill is mentioned in the Massachusetts colonial records by at least 1658,
#4 Ring of Fire
The Ring of Fire (also known as the Pacific Ring of Fire , the Rim of Fire , the Girdle of Fire or the Circum-Pacific belt ) is a region around much of the rim of the Pacific Ocean where many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur. The Ring of Fire is a horseshoe-shaped belt about 40,000 km (25,
#5 Hatu peak
Hatu peak is located in Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh , India . It is the highest peak in the region, standing at an elevation of 3400 m (11,152 ft) above sea level. [1] The peak is surrounded by dense forest of conifers, oaks and maples. This article contains content that is written like
#6 Mudeungsan
Mudeungsan ( Korean : 무등산 ) is a mountain in South Korea . It extends over the district of Buk-gu in the city of Gwangju , as well as Hwasun County and Damyang County in the province of Jeollanam-do . Mudeungsan has an elevation of 1,187 m (3,894 ft) [2] and is a part of Mudeungsan National Park
#7 Winter Hill (North West England)
Winter Hill is a hill on the border of the boroughs of Chorley , Blackburn with Darwen and Bolton , in the historic county of Lancashire in North West England . It is located on Rivington Moor, Chorley and is 1,496 feet (456 m) high. Part of the West Pennine Moors , it is a popular walking area, a
Laurel Mountain is the fourth highest peak in Oregon 's Central Coast Range with an elevation of 3,592 feet (1,095 m) . The peak is located in Polk County west of the city of Dallas . [3] [4] In 1997 it was labeled the wettest place in Oregon, [5] and in 1996 it set an all-time calendar year rainf
The Faroe Islands ( / ˈ f ɛər oʊ / FAIR -oh ), or simply the Faroes or Faeroes ( Faroese : Føroyar [ˈfœɹjaɹ] ( listen ) ; Danish : Færøerne [ˈfeɐ̯ˌøˀɐnə] ), are a North Atlantic archipelago island country and self-governing nation under the external sovereignty of the Kingdom of Denmark . Danish ter
#10 Mount Zuqualla
Mount Zuqualla (also spelled Zuquala , Zikwala or Chuqqaala ) is an extinct volcano in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia . Situated in Ada'a Chukala woreda of the (East) Shewa Zone , it rises from the plain 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of Bishoftu . With a height of 2,989 metres (9,806 ft) , it is kn
#11 Monte Sarmiento
Monte Sarmiento is a pyramidal peak with a glaciated saddle-shaped summit located within Alberto de Agostini National Park , in the Chilean portion of Tierra del Fuego . It rises abruptly from the east shore of the Magdalena Channel and marks the western border of the Cordillera Darwin . The mountai
#12 Mount Gerizim
Mount Gerizim ( / ˈ ɡ ɛ r ɪ ˌ z ɪ m / ; Samaritan Hebrew : ࠄࠟࠓࠂࠟࠓࠩࠆࠝࠉࠌ ʾĀ̊rgā̊rīzēm ; Hebrew : הַר גְּרִזִים Har Gərīzīm ; Arabic : جَبَل جَرِزِيم Jabal Jarizīm or جَبَلُ ٱلطُّورِ Jabal al-Ṭūr ) is one of two mountains in the immediate vicinity of the West Bank city of Nablus and biblical city o
#13 Mount Etna
Mount Etna , or simply Etna ( Italian : Etna [ˈɛtna] or Mongibello [mondʒiˈbɛllo] ; Sicilian : Muncibbeḍḍu [mʊntʃɪbˈbɛɖɖʊ] or a Muntagna ; Latin : Aetna ; Ancient Greek : Αἴτνα and Αἴτνη [4] ), is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily , Italy , in the Metropolitan City of Catania , bet
#14 Hill of Allen
The Hill of Allen ( Cnoc Alúine in Modern Irish, earlier Cnoc Almaine ; also Hill of Almu [1] ) is a volcanic hill situated in the west of County Kildare , Ireland , beside the village of Allen . According to Irish Mythology it was the seat of the hunter-warrior Fionn mac Cumhaill and the Fianna . [
#15 Aconcagua
Aconcagua ( Spanish pronunciation: [akoŋˈkaɣwa] ) is a mountain in the Principal Cordillera [3] of the Andes mountain range , in Mendoza Province , Argentina . It is the highest mountain in the Americas , the highest outside Asia , [4] and the highest in the Southern Hemisphere [1] with a summit e
#16 Soufrière Hills
The Soufrière Hills are an active , complex stratovolcano with many lava domes forming its summit on the Caribbean island of Montserrat . After a long period of dormancy , the Soufrière Hills volcano became active in 1995 and has continued to erupt ever since. Its eruptions have rendered more than h
#17 Rodrigues
Rodrigues ( French : Île Rodrigues [il ʁɔdʁiɡ] ; Creole : Rodrig ) is a 108 km 2 (42 sq mi) autonomous outer island of the Republic of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean , about 560 km (350 mi) east of Mauritius. [1] It is part of the Mascarene Islands , which include Mauritius and Réunion . Ro
#18 Mount Ruapehu
Mount Ruapehu ( / ˈ r uː ə ˌ p eɪ h uː / ; Māori: [ˈɾʉaˌpɛhʉ] ) is an active stratovolcano at the southern end of the Taupō Volcanic Zone and North Island volcanic plateau in New Zealand . It is 23 kilometres (14 mi) northeast of Ohakune and 23 km (14 mi) southwest of the southern shore of L
#19 McPherson Ridge
McPherson Ridge is a landform used for military engagements during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg , when the I Corps of the Union Army had a headquarters on the ridge and was defeated by the Confederate division of Major General Henry Heth . [5] The ridge has terrain above ~ 530 ft (160 m) and is
#20 Api (mountain)
Api is the highest peak in the Yoka Pahar Section of Gurans Himal , part of the Himalayas in the extreme northwest corner of Nepal, near the border with Tibet . [3] [ failed verification ] It is a little-known peak in a rarely visited part of the Himalayas, but it rises dramatically over the low sur
Lake Albert , originally known as Lake Mwitanzige and temporarily Lake Mobutu Sese Seko , is a lake located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo . It is Africa's seventh-largest lake, as well as the second biggest of Uganda's Great Lakes. Lake in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of t
#2 Neelum–Jhelum Hydropower Plant
The Neelum–Jhelum Hydropower Plant was part of a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power scheme in azad Kashmir Pakistan, designed to divert water from the Neelum River to a power station on the Jhelum River . The power station is located 42 km (26 mi) south of Muzaffarabad , and has an installed c
The Polavaram Project is an under construction multi-purpose irrigation project on the Godavari River in the Eluru District and East Godavari District in Andhra Pradesh . The project has been accorded National project status by the Central Government of India . [3] [4] [5] Its reservoir back water s
Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is a masonry dam across the Krishna River at Nagarjuna Sagar which straddles the border between Nalgonda district in Telangana and Palnadu district in Andhra Pradesh . [2] The dam provides irrigation water to the Nalgonda , Suryapet , Krishna , NTR , Bapatla , Eluru , Palnadu , K
#5 O'Shaughnessy Dam (California)
O'Shaughnessy Dam is a 430-foot (131 m) high concrete arch-gravity dam in Tuolumne County, California , United States. It impounds the Tuolumne River , forming the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir at the lower end of Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park , about 160 miles (260 km) east of San Fran
#6 Funtensee
Funtensee is a karst lake on the Steinernes Meer plateau in Berchtesgaden National Park , Bavaria , Germany . It is located in the larger of two sinkholes (also referred to as uvala ). [1] The area is known for record low temperatures, up to 30 °C (54 °F) lower than the surrounding area. [2] Its
The La Pêche River ( French : Rivière la Pêche ) is a river in western Quebec , in Canada , which drains La Pêche Lake ( Lac La Pêche ) in Gatineau Park and empties into the Gatineau River at Wakefield . [1] [2] For Disambiguation, see Peche and Fishing . La Pêche River La Pêche River at Wakefield M
The Grand Junction Canal is a canal in England from Braunston in Northamptonshire to the River Thames at Brentford , with a number of branches. The mainline was built between 1793 and 1805, to improve the route from the Midlands to London, by-passing the upper reaches of the River Thames near Oxford
The Stanislaus River is a tributary of the San Joaquin River in north-central California in the United States . The main stem of the river is 96 miles (154 km) long, and measured to its furthest headwaters it is about 150 miles (240 km) long. Originating as three forks in the high Sierra Nevada
The New Bedford River , also known as the Hundred Foot Drain because of the distance between the tops of the two embankments on either side of the river, is a navigable man-made cut-off or by-pass channel of the River Great Ouse in the Fens of Cambridgeshire , England. It provides an almost straight
Malpaso Creek is a small, coastal stream 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Carmel in Monterey County, California , United States. It is generally regarded as the northern border of Big Sur in central coastal California . [2] [3] A low grade bituminous coal deposit was found in upper Malpaso Canyon in 1874
#6 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
Little Butte Creek is a 17-mile-long (27 km) tributary of the Rogue River in the U.S. state of Oregon . Its drainage basin consists of approximately 354 square miles (917 km 2 ) of Jackson County and another 19 square miles (49 km 2 ) of Klamath County . Its two forks, the North Fork and the S
The Petitcodiac River / p ɛ t i ˈ k oʊ d i . æ k / ( listen ) is a river in south-eastern New Brunswick , Canada. Referred to as the "chocolate river" by local tourist businesses, it is characterized by its brown mud floor and brown waters. The river has a meander length of 79 kilometres (49 miles)
Big Butte Creek is a 12-mile-long (19 km) tributary of the Rogue River in the U.S. state of Oregon . It drains approximately 245 square miles (635 km 2 ) of Jackson County . Its two forks, the North Fork and the South Fork, both begin high in the Cascade Range near Mount McLoughlin . Flowing pre
#10 Whangaehu River
The Whangaehu River is a large river in central North Island of New Zealand . Its headwaters are the crater lake of Mount Ruapehu on the central plateau , and it flows into the Tasman Sea eight kilometres southeast of Whanganui . Water is diverted from the headwaters for the Tongariro Power Scheme .
#11 River Tone
The River Tone is a river in the English county of Somerset . The river is about 33 kilometres (21 mi) long. Its source is at Beverton Pond near Huish Champflower in the Brendon Hills , and is dammed at Clatworthy Reservoir . The reservoir outfall continues through Taunton and Curry and Hay Moors
#12 Gatwick Stream
The Gatwick Stream is a tributary of the River Mole in southern England . [1] The Gatwick Stream rises in Worth Forest below Clays lake in West Sussex , flows northwards through Tilgate Forest , alongside Tilgate golf course, through Maidenbower , Three Bridges , and Tinsley Green to meet the River
#13 Willamette River
The Willamette River ( / w ɪ ˈ l æ m ɪ t / ( listen ) wil- AM -it ) is a major tributary of the Columbia River , accounting for 12 to 15 percent of the Columbia's flow. The Willamette's main stem is 187 miles (301 km) long, lying entirely in northwestern Oregon in the United States. Flowing nort
#14 Sugut River
The Sugut River ( Malay : Sungai Sugut ) is a river in Sandakan Division , northeastern Sabah of Malaysia . It has a total length of 178 km (111 mi) from its headwaters in the mountains of northwest Sabah to its outlet at the Sulu Sea , northeastern of Beluran town. Its source is originated from
#15 Watonwan River
The Watonwan River is a tributary of the Blue Earth River , 113 miles (182 km) long, in southern Minnesota in the United States . Via the Blue Earth and Minnesota rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River , draining an area of 878 square miles (2,270 km 2 ) in an agricultural
#16 Oak Grove Fork Clackamas River
Oak Grove Fork Clackamas River is a 21-mile (34 km) tributary of the Clackamas River in the U.S. state of Oregon . From its headwaters in the Warm Springs Indian Reservation near Abbot Pass in the Cascade Range , the river flows generally west through Mount Hood National Forest in Clackamas County
The River Avon / ˈ eɪ v ən / is a river in the south west of England. To distinguish it from a number of other rivers of the same name , it is often called the Bristol Avon . The name 'Avon' is a cognate of the Welsh word afon , meaning 'river'. River in the south west of England For other rivers ca
The Stroudwater Navigation is a canal in Gloucestershire, England which linked Stroud to the River Severn . It was authorised in 1776, although part had already been built, as the proprietors believed that an Act of Parliament obtained in 1730 gave them the necessary powers. Opened in 1779, it was a
#19 Canal de Marseille au Rhône
The Canal de Marseille au Rhône connects the Mediterranean Sea at Marseille to the Rhône at Arles . The section between Marignane and Marseille has been closed since the collapse of the Rove Tunnel in 1963. Canal de Marseille au Rhône Marignane section looking southeast to chaîne de l'Estaque Specif
Cockle Bay is a small bay within the locality of Picnic Bay on south-western corner of Magnetic Island , City of Townsville , Queensland , Australia. [1] Suburb of Magnetic Island, Queensland, Australia Cockle Bay Magnetic Island , Queensland The wreck of SS City of Adelaide in Cockle Bay at low t
#2 Nepean Bay
Nepean Bay is a bay located on the north-east coast of Kangaroo Island in the Australian state of South Australia about 130 kilometres (81 miles) south-south-west of Adelaide . It was named by the British navigator, Matthew Flinders , after Sir Evan Nepean on 21 March 1802. Bay in South Australia Th
The Lingayen Gulf (Chinese: 林加延灣) is a large gulf on northwestern Luzon in the Philippines , stretching 56 km (35 mi) . It is framed by the provinces of Pangasinan and La Union and sits between the Zambales Mountains and the Cordillera Central . The Agno River and the Balili River drain into Lin