langs: 29 декабря [ru] / december 29 [en] / 29. dezember [de] / 29 décembre [fr] / 29 dicembre [it] / 29 de diciembre [es]
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Beach Heat: Miami is an American dramedy television series set in Miami Beach, Florida . The show is fashioned after Baywatch and showcases the professional and personal lives of a motley crew of lifeguards. The show was shot exclusively in South Florida and lasted two seasons, with entirely differe
Lizard Point ( from Cornish an Lysardh 'the high court' ) in Cornwall is at the southern tip of the Lizard Peninsula . It is situated half-a-mile (800 m) south of Lizard village in the civil parish of Landewednack and about 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Helston . [1] Human settlement in Englan
#3 Ministers of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
The minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard ( French : ministre des pêches, des océans et de la Garde côtière canadienne ) is the minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet responsible for supervising the fishing industry, administrating all navigable waterways in the country,
Le Morne Brabant is a peninsula at the extreme southwestern tip of the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius on the western side of the island. It is highlighted by an eponymous basaltic monolith with a summit 556 metres (1,824 ft) above sea level. The summit covers an area of over 12 hectares (30 acre
#5 Walden Pond
Walden Pond is a pond in Concord, Massachusetts , in the United States. A famous example of a kettle hole , it was formed by retreating glaciers 10,000–12,000 years ago. [4] The pond is protected as part of Walden Pond State Reservation , a 335-acre (136 ha) state park and recreation site managed
#1 Scharhörn
Scharhörn is an uninhabited island in the North Sea belonging to the city of Hamburg , Germany . The once most important daymark on the north sea coast, the Scharhörnbake , was maintained here by the City of Hamburg from 1440 to 1979. For other uses, see Scharhorn (disambiguation) . Scharhörn Aerial
#2 Kingman Reef
Kingman Reef / ˈ k ɪ ŋ m ən / is a largely submerged, uninhabited, triangle-shaped reef , 9.0 nmi (20 km) east-west and 4.5 nmi (8 km) north-south, [2] in the North Pacific Ocean, roughly halfway between the Hawaiian Islands and American Samoa . [3] [4] It has an area of 3 hectares (0.03 k
#3 Island No. 2
Island No. 2 is a mostly-submerged island in Solano County , California . Formerly swampland, it was reclaimed into productive farmland, and became the subject of lengthy legal disputes in the early 20th century. Since then, it has become again submerged, and is now part of the Napa-Sonoma Marshes W
The Prince Edward Islands are two small uninhabited islands in the sub-Antarctic Indian Ocean that are part of South Africa . The islands are named Marion Island (named after Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne , 1724–1772) and Prince Edward Island (named after Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn ,
Tang Lung Chau ( Chinese : 燈籠洲 ) is a islet located off the southern coast of Ma Wan island to the northwest of Hong Kong Island , Hong Kong . It is administratively [ clarify ] part of Tsuen Wan District . [ citation needed ] Tang Lung Chau View of Tang Lung Chau from Tsing Ma Bridge . Traditional
#6 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
#7 Krakatoa
Krakatoa ( / ˌ k r ɑː k ə ˈ t oʊ ə , ˌ k r æ k -/ ), also transcribed Krakatau ( /- ˈ t aʊ / ), is a caldera [1] in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung . The caldera is part of a volcanic island group ( Krakatoa archipelago ) comprising four
#8 Toke Atoll
Toke Atoll or Taka Atoll ( Marshallese : Tōkā , [tˠʌɡæ] [1] ) is a small, uninhabited coral atoll in the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands . It is one of the smaller atolls in the Marshalls and located at 11°17′N 169°37′E . It is visited regularly by the residents of nearby Utirik Atoll . Toke Ato
Kingman Island (also known as Burnham Barrier ) and Heritage Island are islands in Northeast and Southeast Washington, D.C. , in the Anacostia River . Both islands are man-made, built from material dredged from the Anacostia River and completed in 1916. [1] [2] [3] [4] Kingman Island is bordered on
#10 Bali
Bali ( / ˈ b ɑː l i / ; Balinese : ᬩᬮᬶ ) is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands . East of Java and west of Lombok , the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller neighbouring islands, notably Nusa Penida , Nusa Lembongan , and Nusa Ceningan . The prov
Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai ( ɽ ( listen ) ) is a submarine volcano in the South Pacific located about 30 km (19 mi) south of the submarine volcano of Fonuafo ʻ ou and 65 km (40 mi) north of Tongatapu , Tonga 's main island. [3] It is part of the highly active Kermadec-Tonga subduction zone an
#12 Charcot Island
Charcot Island or Charcot Land is an island administered under the Antarctic Treaty System, 56 kilometres (30 nmi) long and 46 kilometres (25 nmi) wide, which is ice covered except for prominent mountains overlooking the north coast. Charcot Island lies within the Bellingshausen Sea , 102 kilome
#13 Othonoi
Othonoi ( Greek : Οθωνοί , also rendered as Othoni , Ancient Greek : Ὀθρωνός , romanized : Othrōnós ) is a small and inhabited Greek island in the Ionian Sea, located northwest of Corfu , and is the westernmost point of Greece . Othonoi is the largest of the Diapontian Islands . Since the 2019 loc
#14 Wake Island
Wake Island ( Marshallese : Ānen Kio , lit. ' island of the kio flower ' ; also known as Wake Atoll ) is a coral atoll in the western Pacific Ocean in the northeastern area of the Micronesia subregion , 1,501 miles (2,416 kilometers) east of Guam , 2,298 miles (3,698 kilometers) west of Honolulu ,
#15 Utirik Atoll
Utirik Atoll or Utrik Atoll ( Marshallese : Utrōk , [wudˠ(ɯ)rˠɤk] [1] ) is a coral atoll of 10 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district of the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands . Its total land area is only 2.4 square kilometres (0.94 sq mi) , but it encloses a lagoon wit
#16 Santorini
Santorini ( Greek : Σαντορίνη , pronounced [sandoˈrini] ), officially Thira ( Greek : Θήρα [ˈθira] ) and classic Greek Thera ( English pronunciation / ˈ θ ɪər ə / ), is an island in the southern Aegean Sea , about 200 km (120 mi) southeast from the Greek mainland. It is the largest island of a
#17 List of shipwrecks in the Channel Islands
The list of shipwrecks in the Channel Islands lists some of the ships that wrecked on or sank in the waters of the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey . The list includes ships that sustained a damaged hull, which were later refloated and repaired. Channel Islands Îles de la Manche (
#18 Jardines del Rey
Jardines del Rey ( English: Gardens of the King ) is an archipelago off the northern coast of Cuba , in the northern parts of the provinces of Ciego de Ávila and Camagüey . Location of Jardines del Rey in Cuba Jardines del Rey causeway entrance
#19 Silver Islet
Silver Islet refers to both a small rocky island and a small community located at the tip of the Sibley Peninsula in northwestern Ontario , Canada. Small island and community in Ontario, Canada This article uses bare URLs , which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot . ( September 2022 ) This
Jacquemart Island , one of the islets surrounding Campbell Island in New Zealand, lies 1 km ( 1 ⁄ 2 nmi) south of Campbell Island and is the southernmost island of New Zealand. Island in New Zealand Jacquemart Island Jacquemart Island in the distance Jacquemart Island Geography Coordinates 52°37
#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
#2 Urkiola
Urkiola is a mountain range of the Basque mountains in Biscay near Durango , in the western Basque Country , Spain . The highest mountain in the range is Anboto (1331 m). The range runs from west to east and forms the water divide between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean basins. Panoramic view of
#3 Old Baldy (Lynch, Nebraska)
Old Baldy , also known as the Tower , is a hill located near the village of Lynch , in Boyd County , in the northern part of the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States . It was visited by the Lewis and Clark Expedition on their way up the Missouri River in 1804; nearby, they discovered a
#4 Lizard Head
Lizard Head is a mountain summit in the San Miguel Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America . The 13,119-foot (3,999 m) thirteener is located in the Lizard Head Wilderness , 6.8 miles (11.0 km) west by south ( bearing 258°) of the Town of Ophir , Colorado , United States , on the
Mount Bulusan , also known as Bulusan Volcano , is a stratovolcano on the island of Luzon in the Philippines . Located in the province of Sorsogon in the Bicol Region , it is 70 kilometres (43 mi) southeast of Mayon Volcano and approximately 390 kilometres (240 mi) southeast of the Philippine ca
Mount Cordeaux is a mountain near Brisbane , Australia and rises 1,135 m. It lies to the immediate north of Cunninghams Gap in the Main Range National Park . It is known to the Aboriginal People as Niamboyoo , however, the meaning is unknown. [1] It appears that early usage on names for the mountain
Catherine Mountain (colloquially, Catherine's Hill ) is a 962-foot-high (293 m) mountain in Township 10 SD (commonly referred to as the Blackswoods Township or Blacks Woods District ) Hancock County, Maine . [1] Catherine's Hill is locally referred to as the section of the Black's Woods Road (
The Letpadaung Copper Mine ( Burmese : လက်ပံတောင်းတောင် ကြေးနီသတ္တုတွင်း ) is a large surface mine in the Salingyi Township of Sagaing Region of Myanmar . Since Myanmar began liberalizing in 2011 the mine has been the site of contentious protest and come to symbolize the shortcomings of political re
#9 Moro Rock
Moro Rock is a granite dome rock formation in Sequoia National Park , California , United States. It is located in the center of the park, at the head of Moro Creek , between Giant Forest and Crescent Meadow . A stairway, designed by the National Park Service and built in 1931, is cut into and poure
#10 Capelinhos
The Capelinhos (from Capelo + -inhos diminutive, which literally means "little cape") is a monogenetic volcano located on the western coast of Faial Island in the Azores . It is part of the larger volcanic complex of Capelo, which includes 20 scoria cones and lava fields that are aligned west-northw
#11 Schneeberg (Fichtel Mountains)
At 1,051 m above sea level (NN) , the Schneeberg is the highest mountain in the Fichtelgebirge , a mountain range in Upper Franconia in northeast Bavaria , Germany. It can be readily identified from a distance by its squat tower - a relic of the Cold War . The summit comprises a jumble of gran
San Miguel (also known as Volcán Chaparrastique ) is a stratovolcano in central-eastern El Salvador , approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southwest of the city of San Miguel . On January 16, 2002, a minor eruption of steam, gas, and ash occurred from the summit crater , [2] lasting 3 hours but ca
#13 Koryaksky
Koryaksky [2] or Koryakskaya Sopka ( Russian : Коря́кская со́пка ) is an active volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East . It lies within sight of Kamchatka Krai 's administrative center, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky . Together with neighbouring Avachinsky , it has been designated a De
#1 Arrow Lakes
The Arrow Lakes in British Columbia , Canada, divided into Upper Arrow Lake and Lower Arrow Lake , are widenings of the Columbia River . The lakes are situated between the Selkirk Mountains to the east and the Monashee Mountains to the west. Beachland is fairly rare, and is interspersed with rocky h
#2 Lake Afton
Lake Afton is a 258-acre (104 ha) man-made recreational lake in Sedgwick County , Kansas , United States, and within the 720-acre (2.9 km 2 ) Lake Afton Park . It is located east of the intersection of Viola Rd (263rd St W) and MacArthur Rd (39th St S), between the communities of Goddard , Garde
#3 Ponmudi Dam
The ponmudi dam is a concrete gravity dam built across the Panniyar river which is a tributary of Periyar River at Konnathadi panchayath of Konnathadi village in Idukki district of Kerala, India. The dam was constructed in 1963 as a part of a hydroelectric project. It has a length of 294 metres (965
#4 Agusan Dam
The Agusan Hydroelectric Plant , the downstream facility of two proposed plants, was constructed in Damilag, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon [1] to serve the immediate domestic and industrial requirements of the area. [2] The watershed is small, and covers an area of around 25 km 2 at the diversion dam.
The Hokukano-Ualapue Complex is a National Historic Landmarked pre-contact archaeological site on several properties adjacent to Hawaii Route 450 in Ualapue , on Molokaʻi island . The complex includes six heiaus and two fishponds . The complex is one of the most important collections of native Hawai
#6 Bloede's Dam
Bloede's Dam was a hydroelectric dam on the Patapsco River in Maryland . [1] It was the first known instance of a submerged hydroelectric plant, where the power plant was actually housed under the spillway . It is also recognized as one of the earliest dams constructed of reinforced concrete . This
Wilson Lake is a reservoir in the U.S. state of Kansas , on the border of Russell County and Lincoln County . [5] Built and managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for flood control , it is also used for wildlife management and recreation. Several parks are located along its shoreline, including
#8 Lower Jurala Hydro Electric Project
Lower Jurala Hydro Electric Project is a major on-going Hydro Electric Project near Mulamalla Village, Atmakur Mandal, Jogulamba Gadwal district , Telangana . The project construction was started in 2008, planned to completed it by 2014. But due to the delay it may completed by end of 2015. There wi
The Fairbairn Dam is an earth-filled embankment dam across the Nogoa River , located southwest of Emerald in Central Queensland , Australia. Constructed in 1972 for the primary purpose of irrigation , the impoundment created by the dam serves as one of the major potable water supplies for the region
#10 Huilua Fishpond
Huilua Fishpond , in Ahupua ʻ a O Kahana State Park on windward Oʻahu , is one of the few surviving ancient Hawaiian fishponds that were still operational well into the 20th century. [3] It was declared a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1962, shortly after it had been severely damaged by the 1960
#11 Yesa Reservoir
The Yesa Reservoir is located in the Pyrenees , and is formed with the damming of the Aragon River , in the Navarre town of Yesa ( Spain ), although the largest area of the reservoir is located in the province of Zaragoza , extending from east to west. It is located to the northwest of the Aragonese
The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River . It generally flows to the east and southeast as it traverses the U.S. states of Colorado , Kansas , Oklahoma , and Arkansas . The river's source basin lies in the western United States in Colorado, specifically the Arkansas River Val
#2 Course of the Willamette River
The Willamette River is a 187-mile (301 km) tributary of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Oregon . The upper tributaries of the Willamette originate in mountains south and southeast of the twin cities of Eugene and Springfield . Formed by the confluence of the Middle Fork Willamette River a
#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 Nicaraguan Canal ( Spanish : Canal de Nicaragua ), formally the Nicaraguan Canal and Development Project (also referred to as the Nicaragua Grand Canal , or the Grand Interoceanic Canal ) was a proposed shipping route through Nicaragua to connect the Caribbean Sea (and therefore the Atlantic Oce
#5 River Wey
The River Wey is a tributary of the River Thames in south east England . Its two branches, one of which rises near Alton in Hampshire and the other in West Sussex to the south of Haslemere , [n 1] join at Tilford in Surrey . Once combined the flow is eastwards then northwards via Godalming and Guild
Negro Creek is the name of a road, a river, and the historic site of an early Black settlement. It is situated along Highway 6 south of Williamsford , in Grey County, Ontario . A road, river, historic site of an early Black settlement.
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)
The Ochlockonee River ( / oʊ ˈ k l ɒ k n ɪ / o- KLOK -nee ) is a fast running river, except where it has been dammed to form Lake Talquin in Florida, originating in Georgia and flowing for 206 miles (332 km) [1] before terminating in Florida . River in Florida and Georgia, United States Ochlockone
#9 Goldstream River (Vancouver Island)
The Goldstream River ( Saanich : sʔə́ləq̕ʷtəɬ ) [1] is a river northwest of Victoria on southern Vancouver Island , British Columbia, Canada . The river's name derives from a small gold rush in its basin during the 1860s, and was originally Gold Stream . For the river near Revelstoke in eastern Brit
#10 River Torrens
The River Torrens / ˈ t ɒr ən z / , ( Karrawirra Parri / Karrawirraparri ) is the most significant river of the Adelaide Plains . It was one of the main reasons for the siting of the city of Adelaide , capital of South Australia . It flows 85 kilometres (53 mi) from its source in the Adelaide Hill
The North Crimean Canal ( Russian : Северо-Крымский канал , Ukrainian : Північно-Кримський канал , romanized : Pivnichno-Krymskyi kanal ; in the Soviet Union : North Crimean Canal of the Lenin's Komsomol of Ukraine ) is a land improvement canal for irrigation and watering of Kherson Oblast in sout
#12 Chesapeake Bay
The Chesapeake Bay ( / ˈ tʃ ɛ s ə p iː k / CHESS -ə-peek ) is the largest estuary in the United States. The Bay is located in the Mid-Atlantic region and is primarily separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Delmarva Peninsula (including the parts: the Eastern Shore of Maryland / Eastern Shore of Vi
#13 Pequonnock River
The Pequonnock River is a 16.7-mile-long (26.9 km) [1] waterway in eastern Fairfield County, Connecticut . Its watershed is located in five communities, with the majority of it located within Monroe , Trumbull , and Bridgeport . The river has a penchant for flooding, particularly in spring since t
The Salmon River is a small river north of Syracuse in Upstate New York , the United States . [2] It is a popular and economically important sportfishing destination, and the most heavily fished of New York's Lake Ontario tributaries. [3] From its headwaters in the Tug Hill region of New York, it fl
#15 Fish Creek (Oneida Lake tributary)
Fish Creek (called Tege-soken , " between the mouths " by the Haudenosaunee [5] ) is a moderately sized river emptying into the eastern end of Oneida Lake in Oneida County , New York . Formed by the confluence of its east and west forks near the hamlet of Blossvale, the creek flows southwest for 11
The Trent–Severn Waterway is a 386-kilometre-long (240 mi) canal route connecting Lake Ontario at Trenton to Georgian Bay , Lake Huron , at Port Severn . Its major natural waterways include the Trent River , Otonabee River , Kawartha Lakes , Lake Simcoe , Lake Couchiching and Severn River . Its sc
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
The Eastern Zhejiang Canal ( simplified Chinese : 浙东运河 ; traditional Chinese : 浙東運河 ; pinyin : zhè dōng yùn hé ; a.k.a. 杭甬運河 (Hangyong Canal)) is located in Zhejiang province, China. Its west end is in Xixing Street, Binjiang District, Hangzhou City, crossing Cao'e River and Shaoxing City to its eas
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
#20 Bardenas Canal
The Bardenas Canal is an aqueduct that carries water from the Navarre town of Yesa , in northern Spain , to the southern part of Navarre and Zaragoza . Body of water Bardenas Canal The Bardenas canal as it passes through Sádaba (Zaragoza). Location Spain Coordinates 42.616669°N 1.183331°W / 42.6
Tennessee Cove is an embankment off the Pacific Ocean in Marin County, California . [1] It is named after the S.S. Tennessee , a steamship that ran aground near here on March 6, 1853. [2] All 550 passengers climbed safely onto the beach, and fourteen chests of gold were salvaged before the ship brok
#2 Matavai Bay
Matavai Bay is a bay on the north coast of Tahiti , the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia . It is in the commune of Mahina , approximately 8 km east of the capital Pape'ete .
The Sea of Marmara , [lower-alpha 1] also known as the Marmara Sea , is an inland sea located entirely within the borders of Turkey . It connects the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea via the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits, separating the country's European and Asian sides. The Sea of Marmara is a smal