langs: 7 декабря [ru] / december 7 [en] / 7. dezember [de] / 7 décembre [fr] / 7 dicembre [it] / 7 de diciembre [es]
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#1 Heacham
Heacham is a large village in West Norfolk , England, overlooking The Wash . It lies between King's Lynn , 14 miles (23 km) to the south, and Hunstanton , about 3 miles (4.8 km) to the north. It has been a seaside resort for over a century and a half. Human settlement in England Heacham Heacham
#2 Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge
Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1962. It consists of 2,762 acres (11.18 km 2 ) of saltwater marsh , grassland, mixed deciduous woods, and cropland located on an abandoned military airfield in McIntosh County, Georgia , north of the intersection of Route 131 and Harris Neck
Arauco is a city and commune ( Spanish : comuna ) in Chile , located in Arauco Province in the Bío Bío Region . The meaning of Arauco means Chalky Water in Mapudungun . The region was a Moluche aillarehue . The Spanish settlements founded here during the Conquest of Chile were destroyed on numerous
Subic , officially the Municipality of Subic ( Ilocano : Ili ti Subic ; Tagalog : Bayan ng Subic ), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Zambales , Philippines . According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 111,912 people. [3] This article is about the municipality. For other use
#5 Return Point
Return Point is a rocky slope forming the south-west extremity of Coronation Island , in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica . It lies 2 km west-north-west of Cheal Point . Headland of Antarctica Chinstrap penguins breed in the IBA
#6 South Beach
South Beach , also nicknamed colloquially as SoBe , is a neighborhood in Miami Beach , Florida . It is located east of Miami between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean . The area encompasses Miami Beach south of Dade Boulevard. This article is about the neighborhood of Miami Beach. For other uses,
#1 Niihau
Ni ʻ ihau ( Hawaiian : [ˈniʔiˈhɐw] ), anglicized as Niihau ( / ˈ n iː ( i ) h aʊ / NEE -(ee-)how ), is the westernmost main and seventh largest inhabited island in Hawaii . It is 17.5 miles (28.2 km) southwest of Kauaʻi across the Kaulakahi Channel . Its area is 69.5 square miles (180 km 2 ) . [
#2 Saipan
Saipan ( / s aɪ ˈ p æ n / Chamorro : Sa’ipan , Carolinian : Seipél , formerly in Spanish : Saipán , and in Japanese : 彩帆島 , romanized : Saipan-tō ) is the largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands , a commonwealth of the United States in the western Pacific Ocean . According to 2020 estimates
#3 Batanes
Batanes ( Ivatan : Provinsiya nu Batanes ; Tagalog : Lalawigan ng Batanes , IPA: [bɐˈtanes] ) is an archipelagic province in the Philippines , administratively part of the Cagayan Valley region . It is the northernmost province in the country, and also the smallest, both in population and land are
Bougainville Island ( Tok Pisin : Bogenvil ) [1] is the main island of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, which is part of Papua New Guinea . It was previously the main landmass in the German Empire -associated North Solomons . Its land area is 9,300 km 2 (3,600 sq mi) . The population of
#5 Tutuila
Tutuila is the main island of American Samoa (and its largest), and is part of the archipelago of Samoan Islands. It is the third largest island in the Samoan Islands chain of the Central Pacific . It is located roughly 4,000 kilometers (2,500 mi) northeast of Brisbane , Australia and lies over 1,
#6 Tahiti
Tahiti ( English: / t ə ˈ h iː t i / ; Tahitian [taˈhiti] ; [2] French pronunciation: [ta.i.ti] ; previously also known as Otaheite ) is the largest island of the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia . It is located in the central part of the Pacific Ocean and the nearest ma
#7 Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies , in the Caribbean region of the Americas , and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of 432 km 2 (167 sq mi) and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate). [3] Its capital and largest cit
Chamisso Island is a small island in Kotzebue Sound , Alaska . [1] It is located off Spafarief Bay at the mouth of Eschscholtz Bay , just south of the Choris Peninsula . Chamisso Island View of Chamisso Island as seen from Puffin Island Geography Location 66°13′07″N 161°49′33″W Length 1.4 mi (2.3
#9 Ufenau
Ufenau is an island located, with the neighbouring island of Lützelau , in Lake Zürich in Switzerland between Freienbach ( 0.9 km (0.56 mi) away) and Rapperswil ( 2.5 km (1.6 mi) away). Highlights on Ufenau include St. Peter & Paul church, St. Martin's chapel, and Ufenau's idyllic landscape
#10 Midway Atoll
Midway Atoll ( colloquial : Midway Islands ; Hawaiian : Kauihelani , lit. ' the backbone of heaven ' ; Pihemanu , ' the loud din of birds ' ) [2] [3] is a 2.4 sq mi (6.2 km 2 ) atoll in the North Pacific Ocean. Midway Atoll is an insular area of the United States and is an unorganized and un
#11 Shōwa Iōjima
Shōwa Iōjima ( 昭和硫黄島 ) , also known as Shōwa Shintō ( 昭和新島 ) , is one of the Satsunan Islands , usually classed with the Ōsumi Islands , belonging to Kagoshima Prefecture , Japan . [1] A deserted volcanic island, it is located just off the northern shore of Iōjima , Kagoshima . Not to be confused wi
#12 Kingman Island
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
#13 Metis Shoal
Metis Shoal , also known as Lateiki Island , is a volcanic island at the top of a submarine volcano in Tonga , located between the islands of Kao and Late . The current island formed in October 2019, when a smaller island disappeared after 24 years. Island in Tonga Lateiki in 1995
#14 Naval Advance Base Espiritu Santo
Naval Advance Base Espiritu Santo or Espiritu Santo Naval Base , most often just called Espiritu Santo , was an major advance Naval base that the U.S. Navy Seabees built during World War II to support the allied effort in the Pacific . [1] The base was located on the island Espiritu Santo in the New
#15 Baker Island
Baker Island (previously New Nantucket [1] ) is an uninhabited atoll just north of the Equator in the central Pacific Ocean about 3,090 km (1,920 mi) southwest of Honolulu . The island lies almost halfway between Hawaii and Australia. Its nearest neighbor is Howland Island , 42 mi (68 km) to
#16 Diamond Rock
Diamond Rock ( French : rocher du Diamant ) is a 175-metre-high (574 ft) [1] basalt island located south of "Grande Anse du Diamant" before arriving from the south at Fort-de-France , the main port of the Caribbean island of Martinique . The uninhabited island is about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from
#17 Kahoolawe
Kaho ʻ olawe (Hawaiian: [kəˈhoʔoˈlɐve] ), anglicized as Kahoolawe ( / k ɑː ˌ h oʊ oʊ ˈ l ɑː w eɪ , - v eɪ / [3] ), is the smallest of the eight main volcanic islands in the Hawaiian Islands . Kaho ʻ olawe is located about seven miles (11 km) southwest of Maui and also southeast of Lānaʻi , and it
Puffin Island is a rocky islet in the Kotzebue Sound , Alaska . It is located off Spafarief Bay at the mouth of Eschscholtz Bay , just south of the Choris Peninsula , in the Northwest Arctic Borough at 66°13′40″N 161°51′31″W . For other uses, see Puffin Island . Puffin Native name: (?) Puffin Island
#19 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 ,
#20 Syrna (island)
Syrna ( Greek : Σύρνα ; anciently, Syrnos ( Ancient Greek : Σύρνος ) [1] or Sirna or Agios Ioannis , is a small island about 4 km 2 in area to the south-east of Astypalaia in the Dodecanese group of Greek islands, situated to the south-east of the country. It is mostly covered with juniper and gar
#1 Galeras
Galeras ( Urcunina among the 16th-century indigenous people ) is an Andean stratovolcano in the Colombian department of Nariño , near the departmental capital Pasto . Its summit rises 4,276 metres (14,029 ft) above sea level . It has erupted frequently since the Spanish conquest , with its first h
Komsomol'skiy Peak ( 75°45′S 63°25′E ) is a partly snow-covered peak rising above the ice plateau located about 130 nautical miles (240 km) south-southeast of Mount Menzies , Mac. Robertson Land , Antarctica. It was discovered by the crew of a Soviet aircraft on December 7, 1958, during a flight f
#3 Grímsvötn
Grímsvötn ( Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkrimsˌvœhtn̥] ; [2] vötn = "waters", singular: vatn ) is a volcano with a (partially subglacial) fissure system located in Vatnajökull National Park , Iceland . The volcano itself is completely subglacial and located under the northwestern side of the Vatna
The Youngest Toba eruption was a supervolcano eruption that occurred around 74,000 years ago [1] at the site of present-day Lake Toba in Sumatra , Indonesia . It is one of the Earth 's largest known explosive eruptions . The Toba catastrophe theory holds that this event caused a global volcanic wint
#5 Kizimen
Kizimen ( Russian : Кизимен ) is an active stratovolcano in the southern part of Kamchatka Peninsula , Russia . Volcano in Russia Kizimen Kizimen Volcano Russia, 6 January 2011 Highest point Elevation 2,376 m (7,795 ft) [1] Prominence 1,530 m (5,020 ft) [1] Listing Ultra Coordinates 55°07′
#6 Torre Egger
Torre Egger is one of the mountains of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in South America . It is located in a region which is disputed between Argentina and Chile , [2] west of Cerro Chalten (also known as Fitz Roy). The peak is between Cerro Torre , the highest in a four mountain chain [3] and Cer
#7 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
#8 Mission Peak
Mission Peak is a mountain peak located east of Fremont, California . It is the northern summit on a ridge that includes Mount Allison and Monument Peak . Mission Peak has symbolic importance, and is depicted on the logo of the City of Fremont. It is located in Mission Peak Regional Preserve , a reg
#9 Phanom Rung Historical Park
Phanom Rung ( Thai : พนมรุ้ง , pronounced [pʰā.nōm rúŋ] ), or full name, Prasat Hin Phanom Rung ( Thai : ปราสาทหินพนมรุ้ง – Phanom Rung Stone Castle ), is a Hindu Khmer Empire Temple complex set on the rim of an extinct volcano at 402 metres (1,319 ft) elevation. It is located in Buriram Province
#10 Mount Tsukuba
Mount Tsukuba ( 筑波山 , Tsukuba-san ) is an 877 m (2,877 ft) mountain located at the northern-end of Tsukuba , Japan . It is one of the most famous mountains in Japan, particularly well known for its double peaks, Nyotai-san ( 女体山 , lit. "female body") 877 m (2,877 ft) and Nantai-san ( 男体山 , l
Maithai jama Haphong [1] is the 6th highest peak of Bangladesh . It is located at the south-eastern part of the Chittagong hill tracts in the Bangladesh-India border area. It is not officially recognized by the Bangladesh government . This peak is also the 2nd highest peak of Reng Tlang range after
#12 Mount Fromme
Mount Fromme is one of the North Shore Mountains that overlook Burrard Inlet north of Vancouver , British Columbia . It stands just east of Grouse Mountain , and the District of North Vancouver and the City of North Vancouver lie on its lower slope where it descends to the inlet. Mount Fromme, like
#13 List of mountains of Bangladesh
Bangladesh is primarily a low-lying country. The main areas of elevation are the Chittagong Hills in the southeast, the Low Hills of Sylhet in the northeast, and certain highlands in the north and northwest. Kala Pahar , at 1,098 feet (335 m) , is the highest peak in the Sylhet range and also the
#14 Punchbowl Crater
Punchbowl Crater is an extinct volcanic tuff cone located in Honolulu, Hawaii . It is the location of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific . Extinct tuff cone in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America Punchbowl Crater (Center left) Punchbowl Crater The National Memorial Cemetery of the
#15 Mount Diablo
Mount Diablo is a mountain of the Diablo Range , in Contra Costa County of the eastern San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California . It is south of Clayton and northeast of Danville . It is an isolated upthrust peak of 3,849 feet (1,173 meters) , visible from most of the San Francisco Bay Area. Mo
#16 Mount Axtell
Mount Axtell is a low but distinctive rock peak 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) southeast of Mount Tidd in the Pirrit Hills , Ellsworth Land , Antarctica . [1] It was positioned by the U.S. Ellsworth–Byrd Traverse Party, December 7, 1958, and named for William R. Axtell, Jr., U.S. Navy , coo
Klyuchevskaya Sopka ( Russian : Ключевская сопка ; also known as Klyuchevskoi , Russian : Ключевской ) is a stratovolcano , the highest mountain of Siberia and the highest active volcano of Eurasia . Its steep, symmetrical cone towers about 100 kilometres (60 mi) from the Bering Sea . The volcano
#18 Amba Alagi
Imba Alaje is a mountain , or an amba , in northern Ethiopia . Located in the Debubawi Zone of the Tigray Region , Imba Alaje dominates the roadway that runs past it from the city of Mek'ele south to Maychew . Because of its strategic location, Emba Alaje has been the location of several battles. As
#19 Mount Français
Mount Français is a mountain which forms the summit of Anvers Island , Antarctica , in the Antarctic claims of the United Kingdom , Argentina and Chile . It stands southeast of the center of the island and 6 miles north of Borgen Bay . Mount Français has an elevation of 2,760 metres (9,055 ft) and
Kamaʻehuakanaloa Seamount [6] (previously known as Lōʻihi ) is an active submarine volcano about 22 mi (35 km) off the southeast coast of the island of Hawaii . [7] The top of the seamount is about 3,200 ft (975 m) below sea level . This seamount is on the flank of Mauna Loa , the largest sh
Center Hill Lake is a reservoir in the U.S. state of Tennessee . It is located in Middle Tennessee near Smithville . Created by means of a dam constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1948, the lake has a dual purpose: electricity production and flood control . [1] Center Hill Dam is 260
#2 McArthur Lake (Northwest Territories)
McArthur Lake , formerly Clowey Lake , is a lake in the Northwest Territories , Canada. It is on the Taltson River to the east of Great Slave Lake , and is just south of the tree line. In the past it may have been a center for canoe building. Body of water McArthur Lake Illustration of canoe buildin
#3 Ngoring Lake
Ngoring Lake ( Tibetan : མཚོ་སྔོ་རིང་ , Wylie : mtsho sngo ring ) or Ngoreng Lake ( Tibetan : མཚོ་སྔོ་རེངས , Wylie : mtsho sngo rengs ) or Eling Lake ( Chinese : 鄂陵湖 ; pinyin : èlíng Hú ) is a large freshwater lake in the Yellow River catchment, it is in the southeast of Qinghai Province .The name o
#4 Gatton Park
Gatton Park is a country estate set in parkland landscaped by Capability Brown at Gatton , near Reigate in Surrey , England . Country estate in Surrey, England Gatton Park Gatton Hall surrounded by Gatton Park Type Country estate Location Gatton, Surrey Coordinates 51°15′32″N 0°10′21″W OS grid refer
#5 Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River , on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona . It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt . Its c
#6 Sarez Lake
Sarez Lake ( Russian : Сарезское озеро ; Tajik : Сарез кӯл , romanized : Sarez Kūl ) is a lake in Rushon District of Gorno-Badakhshan province, Tajikistan . Length about 75.8 kilometres (47.1 mi) , depth few hundred meters, water surface elevation about 3,263 metres (10,705 ft) above sea level
#7 Usoi Dam
The Usoi Dam is a natural landslide dam along the Murghab River in Tajikistan . At 567 metres (1,860 ft) high, it is the tallest dam in the world, either natural or man-made. The dam was created on February 18, 1911, when the 7.4- M s Sarez earthquake caused a massive landslide that blocked the fl
Zaza Reservoir ( Spanish : Embalse Zaza, La Presa Zaza ) is the largest man-made reservoir in Cuba . It is located in the Sancti Spíritus Province in central Cuba, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south-east of the city of Sancti-Spíritus and 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) north-west of La Sierpe . It has a water
Khadakwasla Dam is a dam on the Mutha River 21 km (13 mi) from the centre of the city of Pune in Maharashtra , India. [1] [2] The dam created a reservoir known as Khadakwasla Lake which is the main source of water for Pune and its suburbs. Dam in Maharashtra, India Khadakwasla Dam Location of Kh
The Pulichintala Project is a multi-purpose water management project for irrigation , hydropower generation , and flood control in the state of Andhra Pradesh , India . [3] It is a crucial irrigation facility for farmers in four coastal districts: West Godavari , Krishna , Guntur , and Prakasam , co
#1 Bartang
The Bartang ( Russian and Tajik : Бартанг) is a river of Central Asia , tributary to the Panj and consequently to the Amu Darya . In its upper reaches, it is also known as the Murghab and Aksu ; it flows through the Wakhan in Afghanistan , then through the Rushon District of the Gorno-Badakhshan aut
The Canal du Midi ( French pronunciation: [kanal dy midi] ; Occitan : Canal del Miègjorn [ka'nal del mjɛdˈd͡ʒuɾ ] ) is a 240 km (150 mi) long canal in Southern France ( French : le Midi ). Originally named the Canal royal en Languedoc (Royal Canal in Languedoc) and renamed by French revoluti
#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 Manchester Ship Canal is a 36-mile-long (58 km) inland waterway in the North West of England linking Manchester to the Irish Sea . Starting at the Mersey Estuary at Eastham, near Ellesmere Port , Cheshire , it generally follows the original routes of the rivers Mersey and Irwell through the hi
The Myra Falls ( German : Myrafälle or rarer: Mirafälle ; always pronounced with a German "i") are located in a ravine in the municipality of Muggendorf in the Austrian federal state of Lower Austria (N.B. not to be confused with the Mira Falls ( Mirafall ) 50 km (31 mi) farther west in the Ötsc
#6 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
#7 Johnson Creek (Willamette River tributary)
Johnson Creek is a 25-mile (40 km) tributary of the Willamette River in the Portland metropolitan area of the U.S. state of Oregon . Part of the drainage basin of the Columbia River , its catchment consists of 54 square miles (140 km 2 ) of mostly urban land occupied by about 180,000 people as
Schoharie Creek is a river in New York that flows north 93 miles (150 km) [2] from the foot of Indian Head Mountain in the Catskills through the Schoharie Valley to the Mohawk River . It is twice impounded north of Prattsville to create New York City's Schoharie Reservoir and the Blenheim-Gilboa P
The Chambal River is a tributary of the Yamuna River in Central and Northern India , and thus forms part of the greater Gangetic drainage system. [2] The river flows north-northeast through Madhya Pradesh , running for a time through Rajasthan then forming the boundary between Rajasthan and Madhya P
The Mary River ( Kabi Kabi : Moocooboola ) is a major river system located in the South East and Wide Bay–Burnett regions of Queensland , Australia. [1] River in Queensland, Australia This article is about the Mary River, Queensland, Australia. For other uses, see Mary River . Mary Wide Bay The uppe
#11 Hooghly River
The Hooghly River (Anglicized alternatively spelled Hoogli or Hugli ) or the 'Bhāgirathi-Hooghly', called the Ganga or the Kati-Ganga in mythological texts, is the eastern distributary of the Ganges River in West Bengal , India , rising close to Giria in Murshidabad . [1] The main distributary of th
#12 Montgomery Canal
The Montgomery Canal ( Welsh : Camlas Trefaldwyn ), known colloquially as "The Monty", [1] is a partially restored canal in eastern Powys and northwest Shropshire . The canal runs 33 miles (53 km) from the Llangollen Canal at Frankton Junction to Newtown via Llanymynech and Welshpool and crosses t
#1 Portland Bay
Portland Bay ( Dhauwurdwurrung : Kardermudelar / Pathowwererer ) [2] is a small bay off the coast of Victoria , Australia . It is about 360 kilometres (220 mi) west of Melbourne . The city of Portland is located on the bay. The western end of the bay is marked by the headland of Point Danger . Bod
#2 Bay of Dili
The Bay of Dili ( Portuguese : Baía de Díli , Tetum : Baía Dili ) is a bay on the north coast of East Timor adjacent to Dili , its capital city . The bay forms part of Ombai Strait , which separates the Alor Archipelago from the islands of Wetar , Atauro , and Timor in the Lesser Sunda Islands . Bay
#3 Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is an American lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii , west of Honolulu . It was often visited by the Naval fleet of the United States, before it was acquired from the Hawaiian Kingdom by the U.S. with the signing of the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 . Much of the harbor and surround
#4 Pukerua Bay
Pukerua Bay is a small seaside suburb at the southern end of the Kapiti Coast , New Zealand . In local government terms it is the northernmost suburb of Porirua City, in the Wellington Region . It is 12 km north of the Porirua City Centre on State Highway 59 , and 30 km north of central Wellingt
#5 Flinders Bay
Flinders Bay is a bay and locality that is immediately south of the townsite of Augusta , and close to the mouth of the Blackwood River . The locality and bay lies to the north east of Cape Leeuwin which is the most south-westerly mainland point of the Australian Continent , in the state of Western
#6 Kasatka Bay
Kasatka Bay ( Russian : Залив Касатка , tr. Zaliv Kasatka ), formerly known by its Japanese name Hitokappu Bay ( 単冠湾 , Hitokappu Wan ) , is a natural harbor at the central part of Iturup , Kuril Islands . [1] It has been controlled by the Soviet Union since the Soviets annexed the Kuril Islands from