langs: 26 декабря [ru] / december 26 [en] / 26. dezember [de] / 26 décembre [fr] / 26 dicembre [it] / 26 de diciembre [es]
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The Coromandel Coast is the southeastern coastal region of the Indian subcontinent , bounded by the Utkal Plains to the north, the Bay of Bengal to the east, the Kaveri delta to the south, and the Eastern Ghats to the west, extending over an area of about 22,800 square kilometres. [1] The coast has
Bjerkø Peninsula [1] is a broad ice-covered peninsula of Antarctica , forming the west shore of MacKenzie Bay . Norwegian whalers explored this area in January and February 1931, naming the cape at the end of this peninsula for gunner Reidar Bjerkø of the whale catcher Bouvet II , from whose deck th
Malibu ( / ˈ m æ l ɪ b uː / MAL -ih-boo ; Spanish : Malibú ; Chumash : Humaliwo ) [11] is a beach city in the Santa Monica Mountains [12] region of Los Angeles County, California , situated about 30 miles (48 km) west of Downtown Los Angeles . It is known for its Mediterranean climate and its 21-m
#4 Costa Brava
The Costa Brava ( Catalan: [ˈkɔstə ˈβɾaβə] , Spanish: [ˈkosta ˈβɾaβa] ; [lower-alpha 1] "Wild Coast" or "Rough Coast") is a coastal region of Catalonia in northeastern Spain , consisting of the comarques (counties) of Alt Empordà , Baix Empordà and Selva in the province of Girona . Costa Brava s
The coastline of Tamil Nadu is located on the southeast coast of Indian Peninsula , and forms a part of Coromandel Coast of Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean . It is 1076km long and is the second longest coastline in the country after Gujarat . [1] Chennai , the capital of the state and an important co
#6 Kynance Cove
Kynance Cove ( Cornish : Porth Keynans , meaning ravine cove ) is a cove on the eastern side of Mount's Bay , Cornwall , England. It is situated on the Lizard peninsula approximately two miles (3 km) north of Lizard Point . [1] The cove became popular in the early Victorian era , with many disting
Andhakaranazhy ( Andhakaranazhi ) is a coastal village located 4 km west of Pattanakkad under Pattanakkad Panchayath under Cherthala Taluk. It is famous for its beach which draws a number of domestic and international tourists. There are many Beachside homestays and boating services over the villa
Beaches in the Indian state of Kerala are spread along the 550-km Arabian Sea coastline. Kerala is an Indian state occupying the south-west corner of the subcontinent. The topography of the coastline is distinctive and changes abruptly as one proceeds from north to south. In the northern parts of Ke
#9 Khao Lak
Khao Lak ( Thai : เขาหลัก , pronounced [kʰǎw làk] ) is a series of villages, now tourist-oriented, mainly in the Takua Pa District and partly in the Thai Mueang District of Phang Nga Province , Thailand . Not to be confused with Kaolack . This article needs additional citations for verification . (
#10 Marina Beach
Marina Beach , or simply the Marina , is a natural urban beach in Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India, along the Bay of Bengal . [1] The beach runs from near Fort St. George in the north to Foreshore Estate in the south, a distance of 6.0 km (3.7 mi) , [2] making it the second longest urban beach in th
#11 Railay Beach
Railay ( Thai : ไร่เลย์ , pronounced [râj lēː] ), also known as Rai Leh , is a small peninsula between the city of Krabi and Ao Nang in Thailand . [1] It is accessible only by boat due to high limestone cliffs cutting off mainland access. These cliffs attract rock climbers from all over the world, b
Rehoboth Beach ( / r ə ˈ h oʊ b ə θ / rə- HOH -bəth ) [4] is a city on the Atlantic Ocean along the Delaware Beaches in eastern Sussex County , Delaware, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census , the population was 1,327, reflecting a decline of 161 (11.2%) from the 1,488 counted in the 2
#13 Cape Darnley (Mac. Robertson Land)
Cape Darnley is the ice-covered cape forming the northern extremity of Bjerkø Peninsula at the west side of MacKenzie Bay . On December 26, 1929, Sir Douglas Mawson , from the masthead of the RSS Discovery while at 66°57′S 71°57′E , saw land miraged up on the southwest horizon. On February 10, 1931,
#1 Heard Island and McDonald Islands
The Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands [1] [2] ( HIMI [3] ) is an Australian external territory comprising a volcanic group of mostly barren Antarctic islands, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica . The group's overall size is 372 km 2 (144 sq mi) in area and i
Phuket ( / ˌ p uː ˈ k ɛ t / ; Thai : ภูเก็ต , [pʰūː.kèt] ( listen ) , Malay : Bukit or Tongkah ) is one of the southern provinces ( changwat ) of Thailand . It consists of the island of Phuket, the country's largest island , and another 32 smaller islands off its coast. [5] It lies off the west coas
#3 Wotje Atoll
Wotje Atoll ( Marshallese : Wōjjā , [wʌttʲæ] [1] ) is a coral atoll of 75 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district of the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands . Wotje Atoll NASA picture of Erikub and Wotje Atolls Wotje Atoll Wotje Atoll (Marshall Islands) Geography Location Nort
#4 Weh Island
Weh Island ( Indonesian : Pulau Weh ), often known as Sabang after the city of which the island is administrated, is a small active volcanic island to the northwest of Sumatra , 45 minutes by fast regular ship or 2 hours by ferry from mainland, Banda Aceh . [4] It was originally connected to the Sum
Leyte-Samar Naval Base was a large United States Navy base in the Philippines on the Islands of Leyte and Samar . The Base was built during World War II to support the many naval ships fighting and patrolling in the South West Pacific theatre of war as part of the Pacific War . A number of naval fac
Great Nicobar is the southernmost and largest of the Nicobar Islands of India , north of Sumatra . Indian island in the Bay of Bengal Great Nicobar Native name : Tokieong Long Great Nicobar Location of Great Nicobar Island in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Show map of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Gr
The Providence Atoll is part of the Farquhar Group of islands in the Seychelles that are part of the Outer Islands , with a distance of 705 km (438 mi) southwest of the capital, Victoria , on Mahé Island. Providence Atoll Providence Atoll Geography Location Indian Ocean Coordinates 09°18′S 51°00
#8 Daebudo
Daebu Island ( Korean : 대부도 , Daebudo) is an island in the Yellow Sea , within the municipal borders of Ansan city, Gyeonggi province. It has a population of roughly 7,114 people and an area of 41.98 km². [2] Due to rising mudflats, the island has merged with neighbouring Seongam-do ( Hangeul :선감도
#9 Imia
Imia ( Greek : Ίμια ) is a pair of small uninhabited islets in the Aegean Sea , situated between the Greek island chain of the Dodecanese and the southwestern mainland coast of Turkey . They are known in Turkey as Kardak . Unpopulated islet in southeastern Aegean "Kardak" redirects here. For the vil
#10 Katchal Island
Katchal ( Hindi : कत्चल, Nicobarese : तिहन्यु, Tihnyu ) is one of the Nicobar Islands , India . Katchal Island Native name : तिहन्यु Nickname: Tihanyu Katchal Island Geography Location Bay of Bengal Coordinates 7.95°N 93.38°E / 7.95; 93.38 Archipelago Nicobar Islands Adjacent bodies of water India
#11 Balut Island
Balut Island , also known as Malulong , is a potentially active volcanic island south of the tip of Davao Occidental province in the Mindanao region, southern Philippines . At the center of the island is Balut Volcano , a fumarolic volcano with no historical eruptions. Balut Island Balut Volcano Bal
#12 Tumby Island
Tumby Island is a low bedrock island located 500 m east of the southern tip of Tumby Bay (Tumby Point) in Spencer Gulf , South Australia . The island is a conservation park comprising 35 hectares. The island can be accessed on foot at low tide by traversing shallow water-covered rock flats and curvi
#13 Ko Phi Phi Don
Ko Phi Phi Don ( Thai : เกาะพีพีดอน , RTGS : Ko Phiphi Don , pronounced [kɔ̀ʔ pʰīː.pʰīː dɔ̄ːn] ) is the largest of the islands in the Ko Phi Phi archipelago, in Thailand . Phi Phi Don is 9.73 km 2 (3.76 mi 2 ): 8 kilometres (5.0 miles) in length and 3.5 kilometres (2.2 miles) wide. Part of the
#14 Neil Island
Neil Island , officially known as Shaheed Dweep , is an island of the Andaman Islands , located in Ritchie's Archipelago . It belongs to the South Andaman administrative district , part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands . [6] The island is loocated 36 km (22 mi) northe
Whakaari / White Island ( [faˈkaːɾi] , Māori : Te Puia Whakaari , lit. "the dramatic volcano" [1] ), also known as White Island or Whakaari , is an active andesite stratovolcano situated 48 km (30 mi) from the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand , in the Bay of Plenty . The island cove
Middle Andaman Island is an island of the Andaman Islands . It belongs to the North and Middle Andaman administrative district , part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands . [6] Middle Andaman Island Outline map of the Andaman Islands , with the location of Middle Andaman Isla
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
#18 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
#19 Gaodeng Island
Gaodeng Island [2] ( Kaoteng , [3] [4] [5] Kao-teng Tao [6] [7] ) ( Chinese : 高登 島 ; pinyin : Gāodēng Dǎo ; Wade–Giles : Kao 1 -têng 1 Tao 3 ; Foochow Romanized : Gŏ̤-dĕng-dō̤, also Pei-sha Tao [7] ( 北沙島 [7] [8] ), 下目嶼 , [9] 下木嶼 [10] ) is an island in the East China Sea , part of Beigan Township , L
Bell Island is a private island inside the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park , in the island archipelago of the Exumas, which is in turn part of the Lucayan Archipelago . As of 2021, it was a territory of The Bahamas. The island has a surface of 349 acres. [1] Sometimes the island is called Big Bell Isla
#1 Mayon
Mayon ( Central Bikol : Bulkan Mayon ; Tagalog : Bulkang Mayon , IPA: [mɐjɔn] ), also known as Mount Mayon and Mayon Volcano ( Spanish : Monte Mayón, Volcán Mayón ), [4] is an active stratovolcano in the province of Albay in Bicol Region , on the island of Luzon in the Philippines . A popular tour
Rožnik ( pronounced [ˈɾoːʒnik] ) is a hill in the Rožnik District and Šiška District northwest of the Ljubljana city center. Together with Tivoli City Park , it forms Tivoli–Rožnik Hill–Šiška Hill Landscape Park . Extending from Tivoli Park, it is a popular hiking, running, and excursion destinati
#3 Mount Apo
Mount Apo , also known locally as Apo Sandawa , is a large solfataric , dormant stratovolcano on the island of Mindanao , Philippines . With an elevation of 2,954 meters (9,692 ft) above sea level , it is the highest-mountain in the Philippine Archipelago , Mindanao and 24th-highest peak of an isl
#4 Mount Pulai
Mount Pulai ( Malay : Gunung Pulai ) is a mountain located in the district of Kulai , Johor , Malaysia . [1] Mount Pulai Gunung Pulai Mount Pulai from the Pulai River Highest point Elevation 654 m (2,146 ft) Coordinates 01°36′10″N 103°32′45″E Geography Location Kulai , Johor , Malaysia Parent
#5 Mount Allen (Ellsworth Mountains)
Mount Allen ( 78°41′46″S 85°01′10″W ) is a mountain (3,430 m) located 5.2 mi southeast of Mount Craddock in Owen Ridge , the southernmost portion of the main ridge of Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica . The peak surmounts Saltzman Glacier to the north, Kornicker Glacier to the sou
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
The Heritage Range is a major mountain range , 160 km (99 mi) long and 48 km (30 mi) wide, situated southward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the southern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica . The range is complex, consisting of scattered ridges and peaks of moderate height, escar
#8 Mount Lindesay (Queensland)
Mount Lindesay is a rural locality in the Scenic Rim Region , Queensland , Australia. [2] It borders New South Wales . [3] In the 2016 census , Mount Lindesay had a population of 3 people. [1] Map all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML Suburb of Scenic Rim Region, Queens
#9 List of volcanoes in Indonesia
The geography of Indonesia is dominated by volcanoes that are formed due to subduction zones between the Eurasian plate and the Indo-Australian plate . Some of the volcanoes are notable for their eruptions, for instance, Krakatoa for its global effects in 1883, [1] the Lake Toba Caldera for its supe
#10 Cerro Negro
Cerro Negro is an active volcano in the Cordillera de los Maribios mountain range in Nicaragua , about 10 km (6.2 mi) from the village of Malpaisillo . It is a very new volcano, the youngest in Central America, having first appeared in April 1850. It consists of a gravelly basaltic cinder cone ,
#11 Mount Gobey
Mount Gobey ( 72°58′S 165°15′E ) is the highest mountain, at 3,125 metres (10,250 ft) , in the Retreat Hills of Victoria Land , Antarctica , at the south margin of Evans Névé . This topographical feature was for the first time, climbed on December 26, 1966, by the Northern Party of the New Zealand
#12 Black Forest
The Black Forest ( German : Schwarzwald [ˈʃvaʁt͡svalt] ( listen ) ) is a large forested mountain range in south-west Germany , in the state of Baden-Württemberg , bounded by the Rhine valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. [1] It is the source of the Danub
#13 Monster Tower
Monster Tower is a 600-foot (180-meter) tall sandstone tower located in the Island in the Sky District of Canyonlands National Park , in San Juan County , Utah , United States. Monster Tower Monster Tower upper right, south aspect Highest point Elevation 5,835 ft (1,779 m) [1] Prominence 395
#1 Xiluodu Dam
The Xiluodu Dam ( simplified Chinese : 溪洛渡大坝 ; traditional Chinese : 溪洛渡大壩 ; pinyin : Xīluòdù Dàbà ) is an arch dam on the Jinsha River , i.e. the upper course of the Yangtze in China . It is located near the town of Xiluodu in Yongshan County of Yunnan Province but the dam straddles into Leibo Coun
The Williamsport Dam , officially known as the Hepburn Street Dam , is a low-head dam on the West Branch Susquehanna River in Williamsport, Pennsylvania . It broke ground in 1984 and was finished in the spring of 1986. It was built for recreation, such as boating, watersports and fishing. It has bee
#3 Lake Lanier
Lake Lanier (officially Lake Sidney Lanier ) is a reservoir in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia . It was created by the completion of Buford Dam on the Chattahoochee River in 1956, and is also fed by the waters of the Chestatee River . The lake encompasses 38,000 acres (150 km 2 )
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
Ka Loko Reservoir is a reservoir created by an earthen dam on the island of Kauai, Hawaii . It is located on the north side of the island at 22°10′39″N 159°22′39″W . Waters flow from Ka Loko Reservoir down to Waiakalua Reservoir, Waiakalua Stream and down to the Pacific Ocean . Lake in Kauai, Hawaii
Kempton Park Racecourse is a horse racing track together with a licensed entertainment and conference venue in Sunbury-on-Thames , Surrey , England , 16 miles south-west of Charing Cross , London and on a border of Greater London . The site has 210 acres (85 hectares ) of flat grassland surrounded b
Senanayake Samudraya ( Sinhala : සේනානායක සමූද්රය, Tamil : சேனானாயக்க சமூத்ரய) is the biggest reservoir and man-made lake in Sri Lanka . It is locally known as the sea ( Sinhala :සමූද්රය samudraya , Tamil :கடல்). Senanayake Samudraya was opened on 28 August 1949 under the Gal Oya Multipurpose Sche
Joe Pool Lake is a fresh water impoundment ( reservoir ) located in the southern part of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in North Texas. The lake encompasses parts of Tarrant , Dallas and Ellis counties. The lake measures 7,740 acres (31.3 km 2 ) with a conservation storage capacity of 176,900 acr
New Year Lake is a lake in northwestern Washoe County, Nevada . It is situated in the Hays Canyon Range at an elevation of 5,948 feet (1,813 metres) . [2] [1] Explorer John C. Frémont passed New Year Lake on December 26, 1843 during his second expedition. [1] The lake appeared unnamed on the map he
#10 Hirakud Dam
Hirakud Dam is built across the Mahanadi River , about 15 kilometres (9 mi) from Sambalpur in the state of Odisha in India. It is the longest earthen dam in the world. Behind the dam extends a lake, Hirakud Reservoir , 55 km (34 mi) long. It is one of the first major multipurpose river valley
#1 Amazon River
The Amazon River ( UK : / ˈ æ m ə z ən / , US : / ˈ æ m ə z ɒ n / ; Spanish : Río Amazonas , Portuguese : Rio Amazonas ) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the disputed longest river system in the world in comparison to the Nile . [2] [16] [n 2] Majo
#2 Crimple Beck
Crimple Beck or the River Crimple is a beck which flows through North Yorkshire , England. It is a tributary of the River Nidd which it joins between Little Ribston and Walshford north of Wetherby . [2] [3] The beck is 15.5 miles (24.9 km) long, [4] and has a total catchment area of 80 square kilo
#3 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
The Delaware River is a major river on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It drains an area of 13,539 square miles (35,070 km 2 ) in four U.S. states : Delaware , New Jersey , New York , and Pennsylvania . Rising in two branches in New York state's Catskill Mountains , the river flows 419 mi
Coldbrook Creek is an urban stream in Grand Rapids in Kent County, Michigan . Its origin is the outflow of Fisk Lake on the John W. Blodgett Estate , and the stream eventually drains to the Grand River . Although parts of the stream are now in underground culverts, [1] there are significant possibil
#6 Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project
Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project ( Tamil : சேதுக்கால்வாய் திட்டம் , Cētukkālwāi Tiṭṭam ) is a proposed project to create a shipping route in the shallow straits between India and Sri Lanka . This would provide a continuously navigable sea route around the Indian Peninsula. The channel would be
The Canal de Bourgogne (English: Canal of Burgundy or Burgundy Canal) is a canal in the Burgundy historical region in east-central France . It connects the Yonne at Migennes with the Saône at Saint-Jean-de-Losne . Construction began in 1775 and was completed in 1832. The canal completes the link bet
The Chicago River is a system of rivers and canals with a combined length of 156 miles (251 km) [1] that runs through the city of Chicago , including its center (the Chicago Loop ). [2] Though not especially long, the river is notable because it is one of the reasons for Chicago's geographic impor
#9 Aceh River
The Aceh river on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia flows from mountains that include the 2780-metre high Mount Peuët Sagoë for some two hundred kilometres northeastward to reach the junction of the Indian Ocean and the Andaman Sea at Banda Aceh , the capital of Aceh Province . [2] [1] The river ha
Redland Bay is a coastal semi-rural locality in the City of Redland , Queensland , Australia. [2] In the 2016 census , Redland Bay had a population of 14,958 people. [1] "Reddy Bays" redirects here. Not to be confused with Beddy Rays . Map all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap Download coordinates
#2 Rushcutters Bay, New South Wales
Rushcutters Bay is a harbourside eastern suburb of Sydney , in the state of New South Wales , Australia 3 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district , in the local government area of the City of Sydney . [2] This article uses bare URLs , which are uninformative and vulnerable to link ro
#3 Andaman Sea
The Andaman Sea (historically also known as the Burma Sea ) [4] is a marginal sea of the northeastern Indian Ocean bounded by the coastlines of Myanmar and Thailand along the Gulf of Martaban and west side of the Malay Peninsula , and separated from the Bay of Bengal to its west by the Andaman Islan
#4 Sibolga Bay
Sibolga Bay (formerly known by the Dutch Baai van Tapanoeli , literally The Bay of Tapanoeli ; alternatively Tapanuli Bay ) is a natural harbour on the west coast of North Sumatra , Sumatra , Indonesia . It is named after the city of Sibolga which is located inside of the bay. This article uses bare
#5 Leybucht
The Leybucht is the second largest bay in East Frisia in northwest Germany after the Dollart . The Jade Bight is larger than both, but belongs historically to Oldenburg . Map of East Frisia East Frisia around 1600, drawn by Ubbo Emmius