langs: 12 февраля [ru] / february 12 [en] / 12. februar [de] / 12 février [fr] / 12 febbraio [it] / 12 de febrero [es]
days: february 9 / february 10 / february 11 / february 12 / february 13 / february 14 / february 15
#1 Penco
Penco ( Mapudungun : See ( Pen ), Water ( Ko )), is a Chilean city and commune in Concepción Province , Bío Bío Region on the Bay of Concepción . Founded as the city of Concepción del Nuevo Extremo ('beginning of the new extreme') on February 12, 1550 by Pedro de Valdivia , it is the third oldest ci
Collaroy is a suburb in northern Sydney , in the state of New South Wales , Australia . Collaroy is 22 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district , in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council . It is part of the Northern Beaches region. Nicknamed "The Roy" by many o
#3 Puerto Montt
Puerto Montt ( Mapuche : Meli Pulli) is a port city and commune in southern Chile , located at the northern end of the Reloncaví Sound in the Llanquihue Province , Los Lagos Region , 1,055 km to the south of the capital, Santiago . The commune spans an area of 1,673 km 2 (646 sq mi) and has
#4 Wherrytown
Wherrytown is a small settlement in west Cornwall , United Kingdom, on the east side of the Laregan River, between Newlyn and Penzance . It was formerly in the civil parish of Madron and was incorporated into the Borough of Penzance in 1934 when local government was reorganised. [1] [2] Penzance Pro
St Leonards-on-Sea (commonly known as St Leonards ) is a town and seaside resort in the Borough of Hastings in East Sussex , England. It has been part of the borough since the late 19th century and lies to the west of central Hastings. The original part of the settlement was laid out in the early 19
The Diego Ramírez Islands ( Spanish : Islas Diego Ramírez ) are a small group of subantarctic islands located in the southernmost extreme of Chile . Subantarctic islands of Chile Diego Ramírez Islands Islas Diego Ramírez Map of Diego Ramirez Islands Diego Ramírez Islands Islas Diego Ramírez Location
#2 El Hierro
El Hierro , nicknamed Isla del Meridiano (the "Meridian Island"), is the second-smallest and farthest-south and -west of the Canary Islands (an autonomous community of Spain ), in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa , with a population of 10,968 (2019). [2] Its capital is Valverde . At 268.51
#3 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
#4 Scott Island
Scott Island is a small uninhabited island of volcanic origin in the Ross Sea , Southern Ocean , 505 kilometres (310 mi) northeast of Cape Adare , the northeastern extremity of Victoria Land , Antarctica . It is 565 metres (618 yd) long north–south, and between 130 metres (140 yd) and 340 metr
Borradaile Island ( 66°35′S 162°45′E ) is one of the Balleny Islands . It was the site of the first landing south of the Antarctic Circle , and features the "remarkable pinnacle" called Beale Pinnacle , near Cape Beale on its south-eastern coast, and Cape Scoresby on its north-western coast. Borrada
#6 Amanu
Amanu , Timanu , or Karere , [2] is an atoll in the Tuamotu archipelago . Amanu lies at right angles to neighbouring Hao Atoll; this orientation is quite rare for the Tuamotu atolls. Atoll in French Polynesia Amanu NASA picture of Amanu Atoll Amanu Geography Location Pacific Ocean Coordinates 17°48′
#7 Micronesia
Micronesia ( UK : / ˌ m aɪ k r ə ˈ n iː z i ə / , US : /- ˈ n iː ʒ ə / ) [1] is a subregion of Oceania , consisting of about 2,000 small islands in the western Pacific Ocean . It has a close shared cultural history with three other island regions: the Philippines to the west, Polynesia to the east,
Desecheo ( Spanish : Isla Desecheo ) ( Spanish pronunciation: [deseˈtʃeo] ) is a small uninhabited island of the archipelago of Puerto Rico located in the northeast of the Mona Passage ; 13 mi (21 km) from Rincón on the west coast ( Punta Higüero ) of the main island of Puerto Rico and 31 mi
#9 St. Brandon
Saint Brandon , also known as the Cargados Carajos Shoals , is an Indian Ocean archipelago about 430 kilometres (270 mi) Northeast of Mauritius consisting of sand banks, shoals and islets . Saint Brandon consists of five island groups, with about 28–40 islands and islets in total, depending on sea
#10 German–Spanish Treaty (1899)
The German–Spanish Treaty of 1899, ( Spanish: Tratado germano-español de 1899 ; German: Deutsch-Spanischer Vertrag 1899 ) signed by the German Empire and the Kingdom of Spain , involved Spain selling the majority of its Pacific possessions not lost in the Spanish–American War to Germany for 25 milli
#11 Mariana Islands
The Mariana Islands ( / ˌ m ær i ˈ ɑː n ə / ; also the Marianas ; in Chamorro : Manislan Mariånas ) are a crescent-shaped archipelago comprising the summits of fifteen longitudinally oriented, mostly dormant volcanic mountains in the northwestern Pacific Ocean , between the 12th and 21st parallels n
#12 Bikini Atoll
Bikini Atoll ( / ˈ b ɪ k ɪ ˌ n iː / or / b ɪ ˈ k iː n i / ; Marshallese : Pikinni , [pʲiɡinnʲi] , meaning "coconut place"), [2] sometimes known as Eschscholtz Atoll between the 1800s and 1946 [3] is a coral reef in the Marshall Islands consisting of 23 islands surrounding a 229.4-square-mile (594.1
#13 Kulhudhuffushi
Kulhudhuffushi ( Dhivehi ) is the capital of Haa Dhaalu Atoll administrative division on Thiladhunmathi Atoll in the north of the Maldives . Kulhudhuffushi is known as the "Heart of the North". The island is famous for its mangroves ( kulhi ), after which the island itself is named. Capital of Haa D
#14 Raoul Island
Raoul Island ( Sunday Island ), the largest and northernmost of the main Kermadec Islands , 900 km (560 mi) south south-west of 'Ata Island of Tonga and 1,100 km (680 mi) north north-east of New Zealand's North Island , has been the source of vigorous volcanic activity during the past severa
#15 Hook Island
Hook Island is one of the Whitsunday Islands off the coast of the Australian state of Queensland . The island is almost uninhabited, quite rugged and almost completely contained within a section of the Whitsunday Islands National Park . The island has two prominent geographical features on the south
Sgat Mòr and Sgat Beag ( Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [s̪kat̪ moːrˠ ɪs̪ s̪kat̪ pɛk] ; English : The Skate Islands or, less commonly, Skate Island and Wee Skate Island ) are two small islands that lie at the mouth of Loch Fyne by the shore of the Cowal peninsula on the west coast of Scotland . Sc
#17 Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey
Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey is a motion-based dark ride located in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter -themed areas of Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida ; Universal Studios Hollywood in Universal City, California ; Universal Studios Japan in Osaka , Japan; and Universal Studios Be
#18 Enewetak Atoll
Enewetak Atoll ( / ɛ ˈ n iː w ə ˌ t ɔː k , ˌ ɛ n ɪ ˈ w iː t ɔː k / ; [2] also spelled Eniwetok Atoll or sometimes Eniewetok ; Marshallese : Ānewetak , [ænʲeːwɛːdˠɑk] , or Āne-wātak , [ænʲeːwæːdˠɑk] ; [3] known to the Japanese as Brown Atoll or Brown Island ; Japanese : ブラウン環礁 ) is a large coral atol
#19 Hawaii
Hawaii ( / h ə ˈ w aɪ i / ( listen ) hə- WY -ee ; Hawaiian : Hawai ʻ i [həˈvɐjʔi] or [həˈwɐjʔi] ) is a state in the Western United States , located in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America , the only state that is an
Patroklos ( Greek : Πάτροκλος ) or Gaidouronisi (Γαϊδουρονήσι, "donkey island") is a small, private island located in the Saronic Gulf , Greece . It is situated about 65 km from Athens and 3 km from Sounion and is part of the Attica region . Patroklos (Attica) Native name: Πάτροκλος or Γαϊδουρον
#1 Cho Oyu
Cho Oyu ( Nepali : चोयु; Tibetan : ཇོ་བོ་དབུ་ཡ ; Chinese : 卓奥友峰 ) is the sixth-highest mountain in the world at 8,188 metres (26,864 ft) above sea level. Cho Oyu means " Turquoise Goddess" in Tibetan . [2] The mountain is the westernmost major peak of the Khumbu sub-section of the Mahalangur Himal
#2 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
Mount Darwin ( Spanish : Monte Darwin ) is a peak in Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego forming part of the Cordillera Darwin , the southernmost range of the Andes , just to the north of the Beagle Channel . Mountain in Chile Mount Darwin Bahía Pía Highest point Elevation 2,438 m (7,999 ft) Coord
#4 Tower Hill
Tower Hill is infamous for the public execution of high status prisoners from the late 14th to the mid 18th century. The execution site on the higher ground north-west of the Tower of London moat is now occupied by Trinity Square Gardens. For other uses, see Tower Hill (disambiguation) . Human settl
Porongurup National Park is a national park in the Great Southern region of Western Australia . [2] It covers 26.21 square kilometres (10.12 sq mi) , and is 360 kilometres (220 mi) southeast of Perth and 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Albany . This article needs additional citations for veri
#6 Kaw Mountain
The Kaw Mountain is a 337 metres high mountain in the commune of Roura in French Guiana , France . It is a narrow tepui with a laterite top. [2] Mountain in French Guiana Kaw Mountain View from the mountain Highest point Elevation 337 m (1,106 ft) [1] Coordinates 4.5992°N 52.2872°W / 4.5992;
#7 Gorbea
Gorbea ( Spanish pronunciation: [goɾˈβea] ) or Gorbeia ( Basque pronunciation: [gorβei.a] ) is a mountain and massif in the Basque Country , Spain . It is the highest summit in Biscay and Álava , with a height of 1,482 metres (4,862 ft) above sea level. The massif covers a wide area between th
#8 Paluweh
Paluweh , also known as Rokatenda , is a stratovolcano that forms the small island of Palu'e , north of Flores Island in Sikka Regency in the province of East Nusa Tenggara , Indonesia. While the volcano rises about 3,000 m (9,840 ft) above the sea floor, its cone rises just 875 metres (2,871
Mount Darwin is a flat-topped mountain in the Sierra Nevada , on the border of between Fresno and Inyo counties in Kings Canyon National Park and the John Muir Wilderness of California . Mount Darwin Mount Darwin above Midnight Lake. Highest point Elevation 13,837 ft (4,218 m) NAVD 88 [1]
#10 Ancon Hill
Ancon Hill ( Spanish : Cerro Ancón ) is a 199 metres (653 ft) high hill that overlooks Panama City , Panama , adjacent to the township of Ancón . Ancón Hill is an area in Panama that was used for administration of the Panama Canal . It was under U.S. jurisdiction as part of the Panama Canal Zone u
#11 Sikhote-Alin
The Sikhote-Alin ( Russian : Сихотэ́-Али́нь , Russian pronunciation: [sʲɪxɐˈtɛ ɐˈlʲinʲ] , English: / ˈ s iː k ə ˌ t eɪ ə ˈ l iː n / , SEE -kə- TAY ə- LEEN ) is a mountain range in Primorsky and Khabarovsk Krais , Russia , extending about 900 kilometres (560 mi) to the northeast of the Russian Pa
#12 Russian Hill, San Francisco
Russian Hill is a high-end [4] [5] neighborhood of San Francisco , California . It is named after one of San Francisco's 44 hills , and one of its original "Seven Hills". This article needs additional citations for verification . ( January 2010 ) Neighborhood in San Francisco, California, United Sta
#13 Mount Unzen
Mount Unzen ( 雲仙岳 , Unzen-dake ) is an active volcanic group of several overlapping stratovolcanoes , near the city of Shimabara, Nagasaki on the island of Kyushu , Japan 's southernmost main island. Mountain in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan "Unzen" redirects here. For the city, see Unzen, Nagasaki . M
#14 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
#15 Eight-thousander
The International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA) recognises eight-thousanders as the 14 mountains that are more than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) in height above sea level , and are considered to be sufficiently independent from neighbouring peaks. There is no precise definition of the
#16 Galunggung
Mount Galunggung (Indonesian: Gunung Galunggung , formerly spelled Galoen-gong ) is an active stratovolcano in West Java , Indonesia , around 80 km (50 mi) southeast of the West Java provincial capital, Bandung (or around 25 km (16 mi) to the east of the West Java town of Tasikmalaya ). Moun
The Kerguelen Islands ( / k ər ˈ ɡ eɪ l ə n / or / ˈ k ɜːr ɡ əl ə n / ; [2] in French commonly Îles Kerguelen but officially Archipel Kerguelen , [3] pronounced [kɛʁɡelɛn] ), also known as the Desolation Islands ( Îles de la Désolation in French), are a group of islands in the sub-Antarctic consti
#18 Castle Mountains (California)
The Castle Mountains are located in the Eastern Mojave Desert , in northeastern San Bernardino County , California and Clark County , Nevada . The range lies south and east of the New York Mountains , southwest of Searchlight and west of Cal-Nev-Ari , Nevada. [2] This article is about the mountain r
Peak Pobeda ( Russian : Победа , "Victory"; Yakut : Победа Xайа , romanized: Pobeda Qaỹa ) is a mountain in Sakha Republic , Russia . Mountain in Russia For the mountain in the Tian Shan, see Pobeda Peak . This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Russian
Lincoln Woods State Park is a public recreation area covering 627 acres (254 ha) around Olney Pond four miles (6.4 km) northwest of Pawtucket in the town of Lincoln , Rhode Island . [3] The state park is known for its giant glacial boulders and the stony nature of its terrain which prevented mos
Newfound Lake is located in Grafton County , New Hampshire , United States. It is situated in the Lakes Region of central New Hampshire, in the towns of Alexandria , Bridgewater , Bristol , and Hebron . Its area of 4,451 acres (18.0 km 2 ) places it behind only Lake Winnipesaukee and Squam Lake am
#3 Mill Pond (Milton, Ontario)
Mill Pond . [1] is a manmade freshwater reservoir [2] in downtown Milton , [3] Ontario , [4] Canada . [5] The pond powered a gristmill [6] for almost a century within which time a pioneering settlement grew up to be a town, Milton, around the pond and the mill. [7] This article is an orphan , as no
Żelazny Most Reservoir - the largest sump reservoir of froth (copper mining tailings dam ) in Europe , owned by KGHM Polska Miedź . [1] Body of water Żelazny Most Reservoir Żelazny Most Reservoir Żelazny Most Reservoir Coordinates 51°31′12″N 16°12′00″E Type reservoir Basin countries Poland Max. le
Cooper Creek Reservoir is a body of water behind an earthen dam across Cooper Creek in the Umpqua River basin of the U.S. state of Oregon . The reservoir is in Douglas County , about 2 miles (3 km) east of Sutherlin and about 11 miles (18 km) north of Roseburg . [1] The impoundment provides part
#6 Nakki Lake
Nakki Lake is a lake situated in the Indian hill station of Mount Abu in Aravalli range. Lake in Rajasthan, India Body of water Nakki Lake Nakki Lake Location Mount Abu , Rajasthan Coordinates 24.596140°N 72.703066°E / 24.596140; 72.703066 Basin countries India Max. depth 114 ft (35 m) Nakki
#7 Lake Harney
Lake Harney , named for General William S. Harney , is a lake that straddles the county line between Volusia County and Seminole County, Florida , at the coordinates latitude 28°45’21.404", longitude 81° 03’36.019". It is fed by the Saint Johns River which flows through central Florida and feeds man
#8 Vajont Dam
The Vajont Dam (or Vaiont Dam ) is a disused dam in northern Italy. It is one of the tallest dams in the world , with a height of 262 m (860 feet) . [5] [6] It is in the valley of the Vajont River under Monte Toc , in the municipality of Erto e Casso , 100 kilometres (62 mi ) north of Venice . D
Lac Martin-Valin is a freshwater body of the watershed of bras des Canots , located on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River , in the unorganized territory of Mont-Valin , in the Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality , in the administrative region of the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean , in
#10 Oroville Dam
Oroville Dam is an earthfill embankment dam on the Feather River east of the city of Oroville, California , in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of the Sacramento Valley . At 770 feet (235 m) high, it is the tallest dam in the U.S. [8] and serves mainly for water supply, hydroelectricity generation
#11 Idukki Dam
The Idukki Dam is a double curvature Arch dam constructed across the Periyar River in a narrow gorge between two granite hills locally known as Kuravan and Kurathi in Idukki district , Kerala , India . At 168.91 metres (554.2 ft) , [1] it is one of the highest arch dams in Asia . It is constructed
#12 Harlem Meer
Harlem Meer is a man-made lake at the northeast corner of New York City 's Central Park . It lies west of Fifth Avenue , south of 110th Street , and north of the Conservatory Garden , near the Harlem and East Harlem neighborhoods of Manhattan . The lake, as originally constructed, was 12.634 acres (
#13 Baglihar Dam
Baglihar Dam (Hindi: Baglihār Bāndh ), also known as Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project, is a run-of-the-river power project on the Chenab River in the Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir , India. [3] The first power project executed by the Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Corporation, it was
Trimohini Sangam is a confluence of rivers located near Kursela village in Katihar district , Bihar state, India. There the river Koshi meets with the Ganges , with which a small stream of Kalbalia river originates. Trimohini Sangam is one of the 12 banks on which the ashes of Mahatma Gandhi were im
The River Bourne rises in the parish of Ightham , Kent and flows in a generally south easterly direction through the parishes of Borough Green , Platt , Plaxtol , West Peckham , Hadlow , and East Peckham where it joins the River Medway . In the 18th century the river was known as the Busty or Buster
#3 Soo Locks
The Soo Locks (sometimes spelled Sault Locks but pronounced "soo") are a set of parallel locks , operated and maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers , Detroit District, that enable ships to travel between Lake Superior and the lower Great Lakes . They are located on the St. Marys Ri
#4 Clare Glens
The Clare Glens are a wooded area with a path up the red sandstone gorge separated by the banks of the Clare river , which separates Counties Tipperary and Limerick , Ireland . It is located approximately 4 km from Newport, County Tipperary , approximately 5 km from Murroe on the R506 road. Ther
#5 Sharda River
The Sharda River , also called Kali River and Mahakali River , originates at Kalapani in the Himalayas at an elevation of 3,600 m (11,800 ft) in the Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand, India . It flows along Nepal 's western border with India and has a basin area of 14,871 km 2 (5,742 sq
#6 Medway watermills (middle tributaries)
v t e Watermills of the River Medway and its tributaries Legend From source Southborough Bourne Vauxhall Furnace Brook Mill Bourne Mill Priory Mill Eldridge Lock Porters Lock East Lock Tudeley Brook Keyes Mill Spring Grove Mill Badsell Mill River Beult Pen Stream Hadlow Stair Mill Ulcombe Mill Oak W
Niagara Falls ( / n aɪ ˈ æ ɡ ər ə / ) is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge , spanning the border between the province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York in the United States. The largest of the three is Horseshoe Falls , which straddles the international bo
Grant's Canal (also known as Williams's Canal ) was an incomplete military effort to construct a canal through De Soto Point in Louisiana , across the Mississippi River from Vicksburg, Mississippi . During the American Civil War , United States Navy forces attempted to capture the Confederate -held
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
#10 Palouse Falls
Palouse Falls is a waterfall on the Palouse River , about 4 mi (6 km) upstream of the confluence with the Snake River in southeast Washington , United States . The falls are 200 ft (61 m) in height. [2] The falls consist of an upper fall with a drop around 20 ft (6.1 m) , which lies 1,00
#11 Farmington River
The Farmington River is a river, 46.7 miles (75.2 km) [1] in length along its main stem, located in northwest Connecticut with major tributaries extending into southwest Massachusetts . The longest route of the river, from the origin of its West Branch, is 80.4 miles (129.4 km) long, making it t
Kealakekua Bay is located on the Kona coast of the island of Hawai ʻ i about 12 miles (19 km) south of Kailua-Kona . Settled over a thousand years ago, the surrounding area contains many archeological and historical sites such as religious temples ( heiaus ) and also includes the spot where the fi
Louth Bay (formerly Laurence ) is a town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia . [1] It is named after the bay named by Matthew Flinders on 26 February 1802 which itself is derived from a place in Lincolnshire . [1] At the 2006 census , Louth Bay had a population of 408. [7] Town i
#3 False Bay
False Bay ( Afrikaans Valsbaai ) is a body of water in the Atlantic Ocean between the mountainous Cape Peninsula and the Hottentots Holland Mountains in the extreme south-west of South Africa . The mouth of the bay faces south and is demarcated by Cape Point to the west and Cape Hangklip to the east