langs: 13 февраля [ru] / february 13 [en] / 13. februar [de] / 13 février [fr] / 13 febbraio [it] / 13 de febrero [es]
days: february 10 / february 11 / february 12 / february 13 / february 14 / february 15 / february 16
#1 Kwaaihoek
Kwaaihoek is a rocky headland on the coast of Algoa Bay , at Boknesstrand near Bushman's River Mouth in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa . It is here that the Portuguese navigator Bartolomeu Dias erected the Padrão de São Gregório , his first padrão , or stone cross on 12 March 1488. First
#2 Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States . Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico , to the northwest by Alabama , to the north by Georgia , to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean , and to the south by the Straits of Florida and Cuba ; it is the
Christian Island is a large island in Georgian Bay close to the communities of Penetanguishene and Midland , Ontario . The island, with its neighbours Hope Island and Beckwith Island , is a 5,428.1 hectares (13,413.1 acres) Ojibwa reserve, known as Christian Island Indian Reserve No. 30 . Together w
Dorothee Island ( French : Ile Dorothee ) is an island in the Australian state of South Australia which is part of the Pearson Isles which itself is part of the larger island grouping known as the Investigator Group . It is located about 69 kilometres (43 miles) west south-west of Cape Finniss on th
Christmas Island , officially the Territory of Christmas Island , is an Australian external territory comprising the island of the same name. It is located in the Indian Ocean , around 350 kilometres (220 mi) south of Java and Sumatra and around 1,550 km (960 mi) north-west of the closest poin
#4 Ward Islands (South Australia)
Ward Islands is an island group in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Investigator Group about 53 kilometres (33 miles) west by south of Cape Finniss on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula . The group was discovered and named by Matthew Flinders on 13 February 1802. The island group
Tristan da Cunha ( / ˌ t r ɪ s t ən d ə ˈ k uː n ( j ) ə / ), colloquially Tristan , is a remote group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean . It is the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world, lying approximately 2,787 kilometres (1,732 mi) from Cape Town in South Africa , 2,437
The Rouse Islands or Rouse Rocks are a small group of islands in the eastern part of Holme Bay in Antarctica , fringing the coast of Mac Robertson Land close south of Welch Island . The Rouse Islands have an elevation of 28 m (92 ft) . The Rouse Islands were discovered on February 13, 1931, by t
#7 Port-Cros
Port-Cros ( French pronunciation: [pɔʁ kʁo] ) is a French island in the Mediterranean island group known as the Îles d'Hyères . It is part of the commune of Hyères , in the department of Var in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur . The island was donated to the French government with the pr
Pearson Island is an island located in the Australian state of South Australia within the Pearson Isles an island group located in the larger group known as the Investigator Group about 63 kilometres (39 miles) southwest by west of Cape Finniss on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula . The group was dis
#9 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 ,
#10 Paxi
Paxi or Paxoi and Antipaxoi or Antipaxos ( Greek : Παξοί και Αντίπαξοι, pronounced / p æ k ˈ s iː / in English and [paˈksi] in Greek) is the smallest island group within the Ionian Islands (the Heptanese). In Greek it is a plural form. The largest islands are Paxos and Antipaxos . The main town of P
The Republic of Rose Island ( Esperanto : Respubliko de la Insulo de la Rozoj ; Italian : Repubblica dell'Isola delle Rose ) was a short-lived micronation on a man-made platform in the Adriatic Sea , 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) off the coast of the province of Rimini , Italy. 1968 short-lived micronati
#12 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
#13 Pearson Isles
Pearson Isles (also called the Pearson Islands , Pearson Group and Pearson Archipelago ) is an island group located in the Australian state of South Australia about 65 kilometres (40 miles) to 72 kilometres (45 miles) west south-west of Cape Finniss on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula within the lar
Great Captain Island , also known more familiarly as "Great Captain's Island," is an island off the coast of Greenwich, Connecticut . The 17.2-acre (7.0 ha) island is the largest of a three-island group that also includes Little Captain and Wee Captain. The island is a remnant of a glacial moraine
#15 Tokelau
Tokelau ( / ˈ t oʊ k ə l aʊ / ; lit. ' north-northeast ' or ' north wind ' ; [6] [7] known previously as the Union Islands , and, until 1976, known officially as the Tokelau Islands [8] ) is a dependent territory of New Zealand in the southern Pacific Ocean. It consists of three tropical coral ato
#16 Sardinia
Sardinia ( / s ɑːr ˈ d ɪ n i ə / sar- DIN -ee-ə ; Italian : Sardegna [sarˈdeɲɲa] ; Sardinian : Sardigna [saɾˈdiɲːa] , [5] Sassarese : Sardhigna ; Gallurese : Saldigna ; Algherese : Sardenya ; Tabarchino : Sardegna ) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea , after Sicily , and one of th
Bluewaters Island is an artificial island 400 metres (1,300 ft) off the Jumeirah Beach Residence coastline, near Dubai Marina , in Dubai , United Arab Emirates . Artificial island in Dubai, United Arab Emirates Bluewaters Island View of the beachfront General information Status Complete [1] Locati
#18 Flinders Island (South Australia)
Flinders Island is an island in the Investigator Group off the coast of South Australia approximately 32 kilometres (20 mi) west of mainland town Elliston . It was named by Matthew Flinders after his younger brother Samuel Flinders, the second lieutenant on HMS Investigator in 1802. This article
The Investigator Group is an archipelago in South Australia that consists of Flinders Island and five island groups located off the western coast of the Eyre Peninsula . It is named after HMS Investigator by her commander, Matthew Flinders when he explored the area in 1802. The Group lies within t
#20 Ischia
Ischia ( / ˈ ɪ s k i ə / ISK -ee-ə , Italian: [ˈiskja] , Neapolitan: [ˈiʃkjə] ) is a volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea . It lies at the northern end of the Gulf of Naples , about 30 kilometres (19 miles) from Naples . It is the largest of the Phlegrean Islands . Roughly trapezoidal in shape,
#1 Mount Hinks
Mount Hinks ( 67°53′S 66°3′E ) is a rock peak , 595 metres (1,950 ft) high, rising 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) south of Mount Marsden in the Gustav Bull Mountains of Mac. Robertson Land , Antarctica. On 13 February 1931, the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (1929–31)
Mount Marsden ( 67°52′S 66°3′E ) is a bare rock mountain , 600 metres (2,000 ft) high, lying 3 nautical miles (6 km) southwest of Mount Rivett in the Gustav Bull Mountains of Mac. Robertson Land , Antarctica. On 13 February 1931 the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (1
#3 Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta ( Shasta : Waka-nunee-Tuki-wuki ; [5] Karuk : Úytaahkoo ) [6] [7] is a potentially active [8] volcano at the southern end of the Cascade Range in Siskiyou County, California . At an elevation of 14,179 feet (4,321.8 meters) , it is the second-highest peak in the Cascades and the fifth-h
#4 List of volcanic eruptions in Iceland
This is an incomplete list of volcanic eruptions in Iceland . Iceland Mid-Atlantic Ridge map Volcanic systems in Iceland Katla 1918 Askja caldera in 1984 Krafla, 1984 Bárðarbunga, Nornahraun-Holuhraun 2014 People on the slopes of Fagradalsfjall, watching the Geldingadalir eruption 2021. Keilir with
Mount Saint Elias (also designated Boundary Peak 186 ), [2] the second-highest mountain in both Canada and the United States , stands on the Yukon and Alaska border about 26 miles (42 km) southwest of Mount Logan , [3] the highest mountain in Canada. The Canadian side of Mount Saint Elias forms pa
Fort Canning Hill , formerly Government Hill , Singapore Hill and Bukit Larangan ( Forbidden Hill in Malay ), is a small hill, about 48 metres (157 ft) high, in the southeast portion of the island city-state of Singapore , within the Central Area that forms Singapore's central business district. I
#7 Waiowa
Waiowa (also called Goropu) is an isolated trachyandesitic volcano on New Guinea island, Papua New Guinea . It is located 19 km inland from Collingwood Bay in Oro Province . It lies on a fault line along the northeast flank of the Owen Stanley metamorphic belt . It is one of the planet's newest vo
#8 Mount Amukta
The undissected stratovolcano of Amukta volcano makes up most of nearly circular, 7.7-km-wide Amukta Island ( Amuux̂tax̂ [1] in Aleut ). It is the westernmost of the Islands of Four Mountains chain. The cone, about 5.8 km in basal diameter and topped by a 0.4 km wide summit crater, appears on sy
#9 Shiveluch
Shiveluch ( Russian : Шивелуч ) is the northernmost active volcano in Kamchatka Krai , Russia . It and Karymsky are Kamchatka's largest, most active and most continuously erupting volcanoes. Large active stratovolcano on the Kamchatka peninsula, Russia Shiveluch Shiveluch from space, July 2007. High
#10 Kelud
The Kelud ( Javanese : ꦏꦼꦭꦸꦢ꧀ , romanized: Kelud , sometimes spelled as Klut , Cloot , Kloet , Kloete , Keloed or Kelut ) is an active stratovolcano located in Kediri , East Java , Indonesia . Like many Indonesian volcanoes and others on the Pacific Ring of Fire , Kelud is known for large explosiv
Tackitt (Tackett) Mountain is a summit in Young County, Texas , USA. It is located west of the Graham, Texas . Site of famous Indian battle between Pleasant Tackitt and Old Piny Chummy . Tackett Mountain Tackett Mountain Young County , Texas, U.S. Highest point Elevation 1,375 ft (419 m) Promi
#12 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
#13 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
#14 Noshaq
Noshaq (also called Noshak or Nowshak ; is the second highest peak in the Hindu Kush Range after Tirich Mir at 7,492 m (24,580 ft) . It lies on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan . The north and west sides of the mountain are in Afghanistan whereas the south and eastern sides are in Pak
#15 Neill Peak
Neill Peak ( 67°50′S 66°37′E ) is a mountain , 460 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) southwest of Scullin Monolith in Mac. Robertson Land . Discovered on 13 February 1931 by British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) under Mawson, who presumably applied the name. Th
#16 Mount Kelam
Mount Kelam ( Indonesian : Gunung Kelam ) is an exposed granitic dome in West Kalimantan , Borneo , with an elevation of 1,002 m. [1] Mount Kelam View of Mount Kelam Highest point Elevation 1,002 m (3,287 ft) [1] Geography Location of Mount Kelam Location West Kalimantan , Borneo In 1894, Ge
#17 Glen Coe
Glen Coe ( Scottish Gaelic : Gleann Comhann [3] pronounced [klan̪ˠˈkʰo.ən̪ˠ] ) is a glen of volcanic origins, [4] in the Highlands of Scotland . It lies in the north of the county of Argyll , close to the border with the historic province of Lochaber , within the modern council area of Highland .
The Pine Mountain Ski Jump is a ski jump located in Iron Mountain, Michigan , Dickinson County . It is part of the Kiwanis Ski Club and hosts annual FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup competitions. [1] "Pine Mountain Slide is known throughout the world as one of the better jumping hills." Annually in F
#19 Cahuenga Peak
Cahuenga Peak ( / k ə ˈ w ɛ ŋ ɡ ə / ( listen ) ) is the 12th-highest named peak in the Santa Monica Mountains and is located just west of the Hollywood Sign . It provides a spectacular 360-degree panorama of the Los Angeles Basin and the San Fernando Valley for those hikers willing to climb the road
#20 Moulder Peak
Moulder Peak ( 80°5′S 83°2′W ) is a sharp peak 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Mount Rosenthal in the Liberty Hills of the Heritage Range , Antarctica . It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for storekeeper Andrew B. Moulder , U.S. Navy , who was fatally injured in a cargo
St. John's Lough ( Irish : Loch Eoin ), [3] also known as St. John's Lake , is an irregularly shaped freshwater lake located in south County Leitrim , in northwest of Ireland. [4] The lake forms part of the wider Shannon–Erne Waterway tourist attraction. The ecology of John's Lough, and the Shannon
#2 Aneroid Lake
In common with many of the neighboring lakes in the Eagle Cap Wilderness of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest in Wallowa County , Oregon , Aneroid Lake is nestled in an example of a cirque valley with large tarn scoured out of the mountain side by glacial movements during the Pleistocene . [3] [4]
Vykuntapuram Barrage is an Indian barrage and water storage project. It is under construction on Krishna River 23 kilometers upstream of existing Prakasam Barrage with FRL 25M. [1] It is designed to store 10 TMC of flood water coming from the Vyra and Munneru rivers . The backwater of this dam wil
South Holston Dam is a hydroelectric and flood control dam on the South Fork Holston River in Sullivan County , in the U.S. state of Tennessee . It is the uppermost of three dams on the South Fork Holston owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority , which built the dam in the 1940s as part
The lakes of Titan , Saturn 's largest moon, are bodies of liquid ethane and methane that have been detected by the Cassini–Huygens space probe, and had been suspected long before. [2] The large ones are known as maria (seas) and the small ones as lacūs (lakes). [3] Hydrocarbon lakes on Titan, a moo
#6 Bennett Lake
Bennett Lake is a lake in the Province of British Columbia and Yukon Territory in northwestern Canada , [1] at an elevation of 2602 ft. (642 m.) [2] . It is just north of the border with the United States state of Alaska , near the Alaskan port of Skagway . Lake in Yukon Territory, Canada For other
#7 Gavshan Dam
Gavshan Dam is an embankment dam on the Gaveh River 40 km (25 mi) south of Sanandaj in Kordestan province , Iran . It was created for the primary purpose of irrigation but also supports an 11 MW hydroelectric power station. Water from the dam's reservoir is transferred for irrigation in Kordesta
#1 Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park
The Hennepin Canal State Trail , also just called the Hennepin Canal , is an abandoned waterway in northwest Illinois , between the Mississippi River at Rock Island and the Illinois River near Hennepin . The entire canal is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Canal in Illinois, Unit
#2 Neckar
The Neckar ( German pronunciation: [ˈnɛkaʁ] ( listen ) ) is a 362-kilometre-long (225 mi) river in Germany , mainly flowing through the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg , with a short section through Hesse . The Neckar is a major right tributary of the Rhine . Rising in the Schwarzwald-Baar
The Louth Navigation was a canalisation of the River Lud . It ran for 11 miles (18 km) from Louth in Lincolnshire , England, to Tetney Haven , at the mouth of the Humber . It was authorised by Act of Parliament in 1763 and completed in 1770, under the supervision of the engineer John Grundy Jr. an
#4 Rospuda
The Rospuda ( Polish pronunciation: [rɔsˈpuda] ) is a small river in north-eastern Poland. It flows through the Suwałki Region of Poland, including the north-western part of the large Augustów Primeval Forest wilderness area. Its continuation, the Netta , is a tributary of the Biebrza . Around 200
#5 Beardstown and Sangamon Canal
The Beardstown and Sangamon Canal was a canal plan developed in the mid-1830s, with avid backing by Abraham Lincoln , then an Illinois state legislator, to make large portions of the Sangamon River between Springfield, Illinois , and Beardstown, Illinois , navigable via a canal to the junction with
The Hori River ( 堀川 , Hori-kawa ) flows north to south through Nagoya , Aichi Prefecture , Japan, and is part of the Shōnai River system. River in Japan Hori River Upstream direction from the Atsuta-kinen bridge. Native name 堀川 ( Japanese ) Location Country Japan Physical characteristics Sourc
#7 Son River
Son River ( Hindi : सोन नदी , also spelt Sone River ) is a perennial river located in central India. It originates near Amarkantak Hill in Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district of Chhattisgarh and finally merges with the Ganges River near Patna in Bihar . Sone river is the second-largest southern tributar
Hinulugang Taktak Protected Landscape , also known as Hinulugan Taktak , is a protected area located in Rizal , Philippines . Initially assigned as a recreation area , the waterfall area has been designated as a national park by virtue of Republic Act No. 6964 in 1990. [2] Ten years later, it became
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
#10 Bishop River
The Bishop River is a river in the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains , flowing west from the western edge of the Lillooet Icecap to join the Southgate River east of the Homathko Icefield . [1] Bishop River Provincial Park surrounds the upper course of the river, from the source at the Lillooet I
The Napa River-Napa Creek Flood Protection Project is a Civil Works project of the US Army Corps of Engineers in the city of Napa, California . The Project area includes some 6 miles (10 km) of the Napa River from the Butler Bridge on State Route 29 on the south to Trancas Street on the north. Thi
The South Fork Trinity River is the main tributary of the Trinity River , in the northern part of the U.S. state of California . [1] It is part of the Klamath River drainage basin. It flows generally northwest from its source in the Klamath Mountains , 92 miles (148 km) through Humboldt and Trinit
#13 San Jacinto River (California)
The San Jacinto River is a 42-mile-long (68 km) [4] river in Riverside County, California . The river's headwaters are in Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument . [5] The lower portion of the 765-square-mile (1,980 km 2 ) watershed is urban and agricultural land. As a partially e
#14 Sava
The Sava ( / ˈ s ɑː v ə / ; [2] Slovene pronunciation: [ˈsàːʋa] , [3] Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [sǎːʋa] ; [4] Serbian Cyrillic : Сава , Hungarian : Száva ) is a river in Central and Southeast Europe , a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube . It flows through Slovenia , Croatia
#15 Södertälje Canal
The Södertälje Canal ( Swedish : Södertälje kanal ) is a canal connecting the lake Mälaren with the Baltic Sea , at the city of Södertälje . It is 5.2 km long, and it has one lock . The size of this lock is the largest in Scandinavia by allowed ship size. The lock is 135 m long and 17 m wide. The
#1 Island Bay
Island Bay is a coastal suburb of Wellington , the capital of New Zealand, situated 5 km (3.1 mi) south of the city centre. For the former electorate, see Island Bay (New Zealand electorate) . Suburb of Wellington in New Zealand Island Bay Suburb of Wellington Coordinates: 41°20′16″S 174°46′20″E
#2 Moreton Bay
Moreton Bay is a bay located on the eastern coast of Australia 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) from central Brisbane , Queensland . It is one of Queensland's most important coastal resources. [2] The waters of Moreton Bay are a popular destination for recreational anglers and are used by commercial operato
Isthmus Bay is a body of water in South Eastern Tasmania . It is a bay of Bruny Island This article relies largely or entirely on a single source . ( April 2019 )
The Gulf of Mexico ( Spanish : Golfo de México ) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, [2] largely surrounded by the North American continent. [3] It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States ; on the southwest and south by the Mexi
#5 Basque Roads
Basque Roads , sometimes referred to as Aix Roads , is a roadstead (a sheltered bay) on the Biscay shore of the Charente-Maritime département of France , bounded by the Île d'Oléron to the west and the Île de Ré to the north. The port of La Rochelle stands at the northeast corner of the roads, and t
#6 Chukchi Sea
Chukchi Sea ( Russian : Чуко́тское мо́ре , tr. Chukotskoye more , IPA: [tɕʊˈkotskəjə ˈmorʲɪ] ), sometimes referred to as the Chuuk Sea , Chukotsk Sea [4] or the Sea of Chukotsk , [5] is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean . It is bounded on the west by the Long Strait , off Wrangel Island , and in
MacKenzie Bay is a relatively small embayment of the western extremity of the Amery Ice Shelf , Antarctica, about 20 nautical miles (37 km) northeast of Foley Promontory . On 10 February 1931 the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) sighted a much larger embayment