langs: 2 января [ru] / january 2 [en] / 2. januar [de] / 2 janvier [fr] / 2 gennaio [it] / 2 de enero [es]
days: december 30 / december 31 / january 1 / january 2 / january 3 / january 4 / january 5
Caja de Muertos ( lit. ' Dead Man's Chest [1] [2] [3] ' ; also in English: Coffin Island ) is an uninhabited island off the southern coast of Puerto Rico , in the municipality of Ponce . The island and its surrounding waters are protected by the Caja de Muertos Nature Reserve , because of its nati
San Vicente , officially the Municipality of San Vicente ( Tagalog : Bayan ng San Vicente ), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Palawan , Philippines . According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 33,507 people. [3] Municipality of the Philippines in the province of Palawan Mun
#3 Walmer
Walmer is a town in the district of Dover, Kent , in England. Located on the coast, the parish of Walmer is six miles (9.7 km) south-east of Sandwich, Kent . Largely residential, its coastline and castle attract many visitors. It has a population of 6,693 (2001), increasing to 8,178 at the 2011 Ce
#4 Muara Beach
Muara Beach ( Malay : Pantai Muara ) is a beach in Muara , Mukim Serasa , Brunei-Muara District , Brunei . [1] [2] The beach used to be stretched up to Pelumpong Spit , before they were cut apart in order to make way for easy access to Muara Port in the 1960s. [3] [1] The beach is located at an esti
#5 Formby
Formby is a town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton , Merseyside , England, [2] which had a population of 22,419 at the 2011 Census. [3] For other uses, see Formby (disambiguation) . Town in England Formby Town Formby Town Centre Formby Location within Merseyside Population 22,41
#6 Pichilemu
Pichilemu ( Mapudungun : Small forest , pronounced [pitʃiˈlemu] ( listen ) ), originally known as Pichilemo , [5] is a beach resort city and commune in central Chile , and capital of Cardenal Caro Province in the O'Higgins Region . The commune comprises an urban centre and twenty-two villages, inc
#7 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
#8 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
The Sunken City is the name given to the site of a natural landslide which occurred in the Point Fermin area of the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles, starting in 1929. A slump caused several beachside homes to slide into the ocean. The development of cliffside homes and exclusive bungalows was
#10 Barry Island
Barry Island ( Welsh : Ynys y Barri ) is a district, peninsula and seaside resort , forming part of the town of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan , South Wales . It is named after the 6th century Saint Baruc . Barry's stretch of coast, on the Bristol Channel , has the world's second highest tidal range
#11 Plum Island (Massachusetts)
Plum Island is a barrier island located off the northeast coast of Massachusetts , north of Cape Ann , in the United States. It is approximately 11 miles (18 km) in length. The island is named for the wild beach plum shrubs that grow on its dunes, but is also famous for the purple sands at high ti
Cockburn Island is an island and township municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario , located in the Manitoulin District . [1] It is separated from the westernmost point of Manitoulin Island by the Mississagi Strait , and from Michigan 's Drummond Island by the False Detour Channel . The isla
#2 Kiritimati
Kiritimati (also known as Christmas Island ) is a Pacific Ocean atoll in the northern Line Islands . It is part of the Republic of Kiribati . The name is derived from the English word "Christmas" written in Gilbertese according to its phonology , in which the combination ti is pronounced s , giving
Bribie Island is the smallest and most northerly of three major sand islands forming the coastline sheltering the northern part of Moreton Bay, Queensland , Australia. [1] The others are Moreton Island and North Stradbroke Island . Bribie Island is 34 kilometres (21 miles) long, and 8 kilometres (5.
#4 Mauritius
Mauritius ( / m ə ˈ r ɪ ʃ ( i ) ə s , m ɔː -/ ( listen ) mər- ISH -(ee-)əs, mor- ; French: Maurice [mɔʁis, moʁis] ( listen ) ; Mauritian Creole : Moris [moʁis] ), officially the Republic of Mauritius , is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) off the southeast coas
Krestovsky Island ( Russian : Крестовский остров ) is a 3.4 km 2 island in Saint Petersburg , Russia , between several tributaries of the Neva : the Srednyaya Nevka , the Malaya Nevka and the Krestovka. The island is served by the Krestovsky Ostrov station of Saint Petersburg Metro . Until recentl
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
South West Solitary Island or Groper Island is an island found off the New South Wales North coast and inside the continental shelf . It is located 18 km north-east of Coffs Harbour and about 18 km south-south-east of Woolgoolga . The island is part of the Solitary Islands Marine Park establishe
#8 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
North West Solitary Island is an island found off the New South Wales coast and inside the continental shelf . It is located 30 km north-east of Coffs Harbour and about 18 km south of Wooli . The island is part of the Solitary Islands Marine Park established 2 January 1998 and managed by the New
Apple Island is a 35-acre (140,000 m 2 ) island that lies in the middle of Orchard Lake , in Orchard Lake Village , Michigan . The island was formed during the region's last ice age, 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. Over 400 species of flora currently inhabit the island, including many rare varieties i
#11 Easter Island
Easter Island ( Rapa Nui : Rapa Nui ; Spanish : Isla de Pascua ) is an island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean , at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania . The island is most famous for its nearly 1,000 extant monumental statues, called moai
#12 Caja de Muertos Nature Reserve
Caja de Muertos Nature Reserve ( Spanish : Reserva Natural Isla de Caja de Muertos ) is a nature reserve in southern Puerto Rico consisting of the islands of Caja de Muertos , Cayo Morrillito , Cayo Berbería , and their surrounding reefs and waters in the Caribbean Sea . This nature reserve was foun
#13 Guadalupe Island
Guadalupe Island or Isla Guadalupe is a volcanic island located 241 kilometres (130 nautical miles) off the west coast of Mexico 's Baja California Peninsula and about 400 km (200 nmi) southwest of the city of Ensenada in the state of Baja California , in the Pacific Ocean . [1] The various volc
Fort Drum , also known as El Fraile Island ( Tagalog : Pulo ng El Fraile ), is a heavily fortified island situated at the mouth of Manila Bay in the Philippines , due south of Corregidor Island . Nicknamed a "concrete battleship", [1] the reinforced concrete sea fort , shaped like a battleship , was
#15 Philae
Philae ( / ˈ f aɪ l iː / ; Greek : Φιλαί or Φιλή and Πιλάχ , Arabic : فيلة Egyptian Arabic: [fiːlæ] , Egyptian : p3-jw-rķ' or 'pA-jw-rq ; Coptic : ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲕ, ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲕϩ ) [1] [2] is an island in the reservoir of the Aswan Low Dam , downstream of the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser , Egypt . Philae was origina
North Solitary Island is one of the largest islands found off the New South Wales coast and inside the continental shelf . It is located 40 km north-east of Coffs Harbour and about 13 km east-south-east of Wooli. The island is divided into two sections by a channel. An automated lighthouse is fo
The Chesterfield Islands ( îles Chesterfield in French) are a French archipelago of New Caledonia located in the Coral Sea , 550 km (300 nmi) northwest of Grande Terre , the main island of New Caledonia. The archipelago is 120 km long and 70 km broad, made up of 11 uninhabited islets and man
#18 Hogwarts Express (Universal Orlando Resort)
The Hogwarts Express is an 1,800 mm ( 5 ft 10 + 7 ⁄ 8 in ) broad gauge cable railway , people mover , and attraction within the Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida , United States. The route runs 676 meters (2,218 ft) between Hogsmeade station in the Islands of Adventure theme par
#19 Kildin Island
Kildin (also Kilduin ; Russian : Кильдин , North Sami : Gieldasuolu) is a small Russian island in the Barents Sea , off the Russian shore and about 120 km from Norway. Administratively, Kildin belongs to the Murmansk Oblast of the Russian Federation . This article needs additional citations for ve
Saint Pierre and Miquelon ( / ˈ m ɪ k ə l ɒ n / ), [4] officially the Territorial Collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon ( French: Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ e miklɔ̃] ), is a self-governing territorial overseas collectivity of France in the northwestern Atlan
#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 Nahta Cone
Nahta Cone is a cinder cone in northern British Columbia , Canada , located 69 km (43 mi) southwest of Tatogga, 9 km (6 mi) north of Wetalth Ridge and south of Telegraph Creek . It lies in the southwestern corner of Mount Edziza Provincial Park . Nahta Cone Nahta Cone from the east Highest
Wetalth Ridge is an isolated ridge in northern British Columbia , Canada , located 74 km (46 mi) southwest of Tatogga and south of Telegraph Creek . It lies on the southwest side of Little Arctic Lake at the southwest corner of Mount Edziza Provincial Park . [1] Wetalth Ridge Satellite image of
The Whitmore Mountains ( 82°35′S 104°30′W ) are an isolated mountain range of the Transantarctic Mountains System, located in the Marie Byrd Land region of West Antarctica . They consist of three mountains and a cluster of nunataks extending over 15 miles. The group was visited and surveyed on Janua
#5 Mount Nkwala
Mount Nkwala is a mountain in the Okanagan Valley of the Southern Interior of British Columbia , located immediately west of and overlooking the city of Penticton and the south end of Okanagan Lake . Mountain in British Columbia, Canada Mount Nkwala Mount Nkwala British Columbia , Canada Highest p
#6 Exile Hill
Exile Hill is an isolated hill in the Spectrum Range of northern British Columbia , Canada , located southeast of Mess Lake . It lies at the southern end of Mount Edziza Provincial Park . Exile Hill Highest point Elevation 1,913 m (6,276 ft) Prominence 330 m (1,080 ft) Coordinates 57°22′42
The Grossglockner ( German pronunciation: [ˈɡʀoːsˌɡlɔknɐ] ( listen ) ; German : Großglockner or just Glockner ) is, at 3,798 metres above the Adriatic (12,461 ft), the highest mountain in Austria and the highest mountain in the Alps east of the Brenner Pass . It is part of the larger Glockner Grou
#8 Zlatibor
Zlatibor ( Serbian Cyrillic : Златибoр pronounced [zlǎtibɔːr] ) is a mountainous region situated in the western part of Serbia . Mountainous region in western Serbia For other uses, see Zlatibor (disambiguation) . Zlatibor Златибор Highest point Elevation 1,496 m (4,908 ft) Coordinates 43°38
#9 Arenig Fawr
Arenig Fawr ( English: Great High Ground ) is a mountain in Snowdonia , North Wales , close to Llyn Celyn reservoir , alongside the A4212 between Trawsfynydd and Bala . Arenig Fawr Arenig Fawr from the A4212 to Ffestiniog . Highest point Elevation 854 m (2,802 ft) Prominence 479 m (1,572 f
Mount Temple is a mountain in Banff National Park of the Canadian Rockies of Alberta , Canada . Mountain in Banff NP, Canada Mount Temple North face of Mt. Temple from Mt. Fairview Highest point Elevation 3,544 m (11,627 ft) [1] Prominence 1,544 m (5,066 ft) [1] Listing Mountains of Albert
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
#12 Nevado El Fraile
Nevado El Fraile also called Incahuasi Chico ( 6,061 metres (19,885 ft) ) ( the Friar ) is a volcanic mountain in the Andes of Chile . It sits at the border of Argentina ( Catamarca Province , Fiambala ) and Chile (City and Province of Copiapó). [3] [4] [5] Along with numerous other volcanic peaks
#13 Kanlaon
Kanlaon , also known as Mount Kanlaon and Kanlaon Volcano ( Hiligaynon : Bolkang Kanglaon ; Cebuano : Bolkang Kanglaon ; Filipino : Bulkang Kanlaon ), is an active stratovolcano and the highest mountain on the island of Negros in the Philippines , as well as the highest point in the Visayas , with a
Puyehue ( / p ʊ ˈ j eɪ w eɪ / ; Spanish pronunciation: [puˈʝewe] ) and Cordón Caulle / k ɔːr ˈ d oʊ n ˈ k aʊ j eɪ / are two coalesced volcanic edifices that form a major mountain massif in Puyehue National Park in the Andes of Ranco Province , in the South of Chile. In volcanology this group is kn
#15 Nanga Parbat
Nanga Parbat ( Urdu : نَنگا پربت ) ( Urdu: [nəŋɡa pərbət̪] ; lit. ' naked mountain ' ), known locally as Diamer ( دیامر ) which means “king of the mountains”, is the ninth-highest mountain on Earth, its summit at 8,126 m (26,660 ft) above sea level. [2] Lying immediately southeast of the nor
#16 Formosa Peak
Formosa Peak or Peak Formosa is the highest point of the Tsitsikamma Mountains , a coastal range located along the Garden Route in South Africa , and forming part of the Baviaanskloof Mega Reserve . Peak Formosa snow-capped on right. View from the top of Rushes Pass with Lottering River visible in t
#17 Outcast Hill
Outcast Hill is an isolated hill in northern British Columbia , Canada , located southeast of Mess Lake . It lies at the southern end of Mount Edziza Provincial Park . Outcast Hill Highest point Elevation 1,800 m (5,900 ft) Coordinates 57°23′24.0″N 130°46′27.0″W Geography Location British Colu
#18 Pillow Ridge
Pillow Ridge is a ridge of the Tahltan Highland in northern British Columbia , Canada , located southeast of Telegraph Creek . It extends northwest from Mount Edziza in Mount Edziza Provincial Park . [1] Pillow Ridge Highest point Elevation 2,400 m (7,900 ft) Coordinates 57°45′34″N 130°39′6″W
#19 Mauna Loa
Mauna Loa ( / ˌ m ɔː n ə ˈ l oʊ . ə / or / ˌ m aʊ n ə ˈ l oʊ . ə / ; Hawaiian : [ˈmɐwnə ˈlowə] ; English: Long Mountain [1] ) is one of five volcanoes that form the Island of Hawaii in the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi in the Pacific Ocean . The largest subaerial volcano (as opposed to subaqueous volcanoes)
#20 Paektu Mountain
Paektu Mountain ( Korean : 백두산 ; Hanja : 白頭山 ; RR : Paektusan ), also known as Baekdu Mountain and in China as Changbai Mountain ( simplified Chinese : 长白山 ; traditional Chinese : 長白山 ; Manchu : Golmin Šanggiyan Alin), is an active stratovolcano on the Chinese–North Korean border . [3] At 2,74
#1 Lake Keowee
Lake Keowee is a man-made reservoir in the United States in the state of South Carolina . It was developed to serve the needs of power utility Duke Energy and public recreational purposes. It is approximately 26 miles (42 km) long, 3 miles (4.8 km) wide, with an average depth of 54 feet (16 m)
Bull Run Lake is a reservoir , an impoundment of the Bull Run River in the U.S. state of Oregon . [1] Providing part of the primary drinking water supply for Portland, Oregon , it rates highly as an oligotrophic lake , a very clean source of water. [2] As of 1925, noted geographer Lewis A. McArthur
Glen Canyon Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River in northern Arizona , United States , near the town of Page . The 710-foot (220 m) high dam was built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) from 1956 to 1966 and forms Lake Powell , one of the largest man-made reservoirs in th
The Sanpoil River (also spelled San Poil ) is a tributary of the Columbia River , in the U.S. state of Washington . The river is named for the Sanpoil , the Interior Salish people who live along the river course. The name is from the Okanagan term [snpʕʷílx] , meaning "people of the gray country", o
The Bybrook , also known as the By Brook , is a small river in England. It is a tributary of the Bristol Avon and is some 12 miles (19 km) long. Its sources are the Burton Brook and the Broadmead Brook, which rise in South Gloucestershire at Tormarton and Cold Ashton respectively, and join just no
#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 Dearne and Dove Canal ran for almost ten miles through South Yorkshire , England from Swinton to Barnsley through nineteen locks , rising 127 feet (39 m) . The canal also had two short branches, the Worsbrough branch and the Elsecar branch, both about two miles long with reservoirs at the head
The Gowanus Canal (originally known as the Gowanus Creek ) is a 1.8-mile-long (2.9 km) canal in the New York City borough of Brooklyn , on the westernmost portion of Long Island . Once a vital cargo transportation hub, the canal has seen decreasing use since the mid-20th century, parallel with the
The Shabakunk Creek is a tributary of the Assunpink Creek in Mercer County , New Jersey , United States . [1] Via the Assunpink, its water ultimately flows into the Delaware River . The name Shabakunk is from the Lenape word meaning "shore land". [2] River in New Jersey, United States Shabakunk Cree
The Veillet River (French: Rivière à Veillet ) is located in the municipality of Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan , in the Regional County Municipality of " Les Chenaux ", in the administrative region of Mauricie , in the province of Quebec , Canada . For other uses, see Veillette . River in Quebec, Can
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
The Trinity River (originally called the Hoopa or Hupa by the Yurok , and hun' by the Natinixwe/ Hupa people ) is a major river in northwestern California in the United States, and is the principal tributary of the Klamath River . The Trinity flows for 165 miles (266 km) through the Klamath Mounta
#10 Cheat River
The Cheat River is a 78.3-mile-long (126.0 km) [5] tributary of the Monongahela River in eastern West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania in the United States . Via the Ohio River , the Cheat and Monongahela are part of the Mississippi River watershed . Owing to the ruggedness of the surroundin
#11 Bridgwater and Taunton Canal
The Bridgwater and Taunton Canal is a canal in the south-west of England between Bridgwater and Taunton , opened in 1827 and linking the River Tone to the River Parrett . There were a number of abortive schemes to link the Bristol Channel to the English Channel by waterway in the 18th and early 19th
The River Don Navigation was the result of early efforts to make the River Don in South Yorkshire , England , navigable between Fishlake and Sheffield . The Dutch engineer Cornelius Vermuyden had re-routed the mouth of the river in 1626, to improve drainage, and the new works included provision for
#13 Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal , historically known as the Chicago Drainage Canal , is a 28-mile-long (45 km) canal system that connects the Chicago River to the Des Plaines River . It reverses the direction of the Main Stem and the South Branch of the Chicago River, which now flows out of La
#14 John Day River
The John Day River is a tributary of the Columbia River , approximately 284 miles (457 km) long, in northeastern Oregon in the United States . It is known as the Mah-Hah River by the Cayuse people , the original inhabitants of the region. Undammed along its entire length, the river is the fourth l
#15 Ashby Canal
The Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal is a 31-mile (50 km) long canal in England which connected the mining district around Moira , just outside the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire , with the Coventry Canal at Bedworth in Warwickshire . It was opened in 1804, and a number of tramways were constr
#16 Stones River
The Stones River (properly spelled Stone's River ) [2] is a major stream of the eastern portion of Tennessee 's Nashville Basin region. [1] It is named after explorer and longhunter Uriah Stone, who navigated the river in 1767. [3] [4] For other uses, see Stones River (disambiguation) . River in the
The Newport Pagnell Canal was a 1.25 mile canal in Buckinghamshire that ran from the Grand Junction Canal at Great Linford to Newport Pagnell through seven locks . Construction was authorised by an Act of Parliament in June 1814 and it probably opened in 1817. It closed in 1864, with part of the rou
The New Junction Canal is a canal in South Yorkshire , England . It is part of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation (S&SYN), although it was jointly funded by the Aire and Calder Navigation , and was opened in 1905. It links the River Don Navigation and the Stainforth and Keadby Canal with t
#19 United States Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals
The United States Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals was established on December 15, 1899 and terminated on January 2, 1947, when its functions were transferred to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce . The Committee on Interoceanic Canals succeeded the Select Committee on the Const
#20 Cuyuni River
The Cuyuni River is a South American river and a tributary of the Essequibo River . It rises in the Guiana Highlands of Venezuela , where it descends northward to El Dorado , and turns eastward to meander through the tropical rain forests of the Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region of Guyana . It finally turns so
The Ensenada de Barragán ("Barragán's Bay, or Cove") is a small bay on the Río de la Plata , some 40 kilometres (25 mi) southeast of Buenos Aires , Argentina . The area is in the Ensenada district of Buenos Aires province , centred on the city of the Ensenada . The old cove has partly silted since
Baie de l'Oiseau is a natural harbour in the Loranchet Peninsula , in the North-Western part of the island Grande Terre , part of the Kerguelen Islands . It was the landing site of the expedition under Yves de Kerguelen in 1772, and later of the expedition under James Cook in 1776. The site of Port-
#3 Bantry Bay
Bantry Bay ( Irish : Cuan Baoi / Inbhear na mBárc / Bádh Bheanntraighe ) is a bay located in County Cork , Ireland. The bay runs approximately 35 km (22 mi) from northeast to southwest into the Atlantic Ocean. It is approximately 3-to-4 km (1.8-to-2.5 miles) wide at the head and 10 km (6.2