langs: 8 января [ru] / january 8 [en] / 8. januar [de] / 8 janvier [fr] / 8 gennaio [it] / 8 de enero [es]
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#1 Hallsands
Hallsands is a village and beach in south Devon , England, in a precarious position between cliffs and the sea, between Beesands to the north and Start Point to the south. Village in south Devon, England Hallsands in 2009
Malibu ( / ˈ m æ l ɪ b uː / MAL -ih-boo ; Spanish : Malibú ; Chumash : Humaliwo ) [11] is a beach city in the Santa Monica Mountains [12] region of Los Angeles County, California , situated about 30 miles (48 km) west of Downtown Los Angeles . It is known for its Mediterranean climate and its 21-m
#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,
Amelia Island is a part of the Sea Islands chain that stretches along the East Coast of the United States from South Carolina to Florida ; it is the southernmost of the Sea Islands, and the northernmost of the barrier islands on Florida's Atlantic coast. [1] Lying in Nassau County , Florida, it is 1
#5 Gulf Islands National Seashore
Gulf Islands National Seashore offers recreation opportunities and preserves natural and historic resources along the Gulf of Mexico barrier islands of Florida and Mississippi . The protected regions include mainland areas and parts of seven islands. Some islands along the Alabama coast were origina
#6 Acapulco
Acapulco de Juárez ( Spanish: [akaˈpulko ðe ˈxwaɾes] ( listen ) ), commonly called Acapulco ( / ˌ æ k ə ˈ p ʊ l k oʊ / AK -ə- PUUL -koh , [1] [2] also US : / ˌ ɑː k -/ AHK - , [1] Nahuatl languages : Acapolco ), is a city and major seaport in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific coast of Mexico ,
#1 Partridge Island (Tasmania)
The Partridge Island , part of the Partridge Island Group, is an 103-hectare (250-acre) island that lies close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania , Australia . The island is situated in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel , between Bruny Island and the mainland of Tasmania and is part of the South Bruny
Shortland Island (once known as Alu ) is the largest island of the Shortland Islands archipelago , in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands , at 7°3′S 155°45′E . Shortland Island & Shortland Islands archipelago , seen from space The original name was a Melanesian word, [1] while the current na
#3 Nanumea
Nanumea is the northwesternmost atoll in the Polynesian nation of Tuvalu , [1] a group of nine coral atolls and islands spread over about 400 miles (640 km) of Pacific Ocean just south of the equator and west of the International Date Line . Nanumea is 4 km 2 (1.5 sq mi) with a population of
#4 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
#5 Block Island
Block Island is an island in the U.S. state of Rhode Island located in Block Island Sound approximately 9 miles (14 km) south of the mainland and 14 miles (23 km) east of Montauk Point , Long Island, New York , named after Dutch explorer Adriaen Block . It is part of Washington County and shares
#6 Nantucket
Nantucket / ˌ n æ n ˈ t ʌ k ɪ t / is an island about 30 miles (50 km) [1] south from Cape Cod . Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck and Muskeget , it constitutes the Town and County of Nantucket , a combined county/town government that is part of the U.S. state of Massachusetts . It is t
Livingston Island (Russian name Smolensk , [1] [2] 62°36′S 60°30′W ) is an Antarctic island in the Southern Ocean , part of the South Shetlands Archipelago , a group of Antarctic islands north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It was the first land discovered south of 60° south latitude in 1819, a histor
Whiddy Island ( Irish : Oileán Faoide ) [2] is an island near the head of Bantry Bay in Ireland. It is approximately 5.6 km (3.5 mi) long and 2.4 km (1.5 mi) wide. The topography comprises gently-rolling glacial till, with relatively fertile soil. [3] As late as 1880 the island had a residen
Sihanoukville ( / s iː ˈ h ə n ʊ k v ɪ l / ; Khmer : ក្រុងព្រះសីហនុ , Krŏng Preăh Seihănŭ [kroŋ prĕəh səjhanuʔ] ), also known as Kampong Som ( Khmer : កំពង់សោម , Kâmpóng Saôm [kɑmpɔŋ saom] ) is a coastal city in Cambodia and the capital of Preah Sihanouk Province , at the tip of an elevated peninsul
#10 Réunion
Réunion ( / r iː ˈ juː n j ə n / ; [3] French : La Réunion , [la ʁe.y.njɔ̃] ( listen ) ; previously Île Bourbon ; Reunionese Creole : La Rényon ) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately 950 km (590 mi) east of the island o
#11 Phoenix Islands
The Phoenix Islands , [1] or Rawaki , are a group of eight atolls and two submerged coral reefs that lie east of the Gilbert Islands and west of the Line Islands in the central Pacific Ocean , north of Samoa . They are part of the Republic of Kiribati . Their combined land area is 28 square kilometr
#12 Malta (island)
Malta is the largest of the three major islands that constitute the Maltese archipelago . It is sometimes referred to as Valletta for statistical purposes to distinguish the main island from the entire country . Malta is in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea directly south of Italy and north of Lib
#13 Marie-Galante
Marie-Galante [1] ( Antillean Creole : Mawigalant ) is one of the islands that form Guadeloupe , [2] an overseas department of France . [3] Marie-Galante has a land area of 158.1 km 2 (61.0 square miles) . It had 11,528 inhabitants at the start of 2013, but by the start of 2018 the total was offic
#14 Barber Island
Barber Island is a tiny island just south of Great Palm Island , part of the Palm Islands group in Queensland , Australia . The Aboriginal name for this island is Boodthean . Barber Island is one of the ten islands in the local government area of the Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council . [2] [3] Ba
Lido Isle (mistakenly Lido Island) is a man-made island located in the harbor of Newport Beach, California . Surrounded by the city, Lido Isle was incorporated as part of Newport Beach in 1906. [1] At that time it was part sandbar and part mudflat . There are no commercial facilities on the island o
#16 Lib Island
Lib Island ( Marshallese : Ellep , [ɛllʲɛpʲ] [1] ) is an island in the Pacific Ocean. It is a legislative district of the Ralik Chain of the Marshall Islands . Its total land area is 0.93 km 2 (0.36 sq mi) . The population of Lib Island is 155. Lib Island Lib Island Geography Location North Pa
#17 Pratas Island
Pratas Island [11] : i [14] : 5 [15] [16] [17] is an island [1] : 13 [2] [3] [6] in the northern part of the South China Sea administered as part of Cijin District , Kaohsiung , Taiwan . [18] [19] ( Chinese : 東沙群島 ; pinyin : Dōngshā Qúndǎo ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī : Tang-soa Kûn-tó ; lit. 'East Sand
The Shortland Islands archipelago is part of the Western Province of the Solomon Islands , at 6.92°S 155.88°E / -6.92; 155.88 . The island group lies in the extreme northwest of the country's territory, close to the southeast edge of Bougainville Island , Papua New Guinea . [1] The largest island
Children's Island , formerly known as "Cat Island" is an island off Marblehead , Massachusetts , and is part of the City of Salem , Massachusetts. The YMCA of the North Shore has owned and operated a children's day camp on it since 1955. The first written record of the island was in 1655 when it was
#20 Bois Blanc Island (Ontario)
Bois Blanc Island , commonly called Boblo Island , is an island in the Detroit River on the Canadian side of the border and is part of Amherstburg, Ontario . The island is about 4.0 kilometres (2.5 mi) long, 0.80 km (0.5 mi) wide and 110 hectares (272 acres ) in size. Island in Ontario, Canada
Ezhimala , a hill reaching a height of 286 metres (938 ft) , is located near Payyanur , in Kannur district of Kerala , south India. It is a part of a conspicuous and isolated cluster of hills, forming a promontory , 38 km (24 mi) north of Kannur (Cannanore). The Indian Naval Academy at Ezhimal
#2 Boßler
Boßler is a 799.7-metre-high (2,624 ft) mountain in the Swabian Alps , Baden-Württemberg , Germany . Boßler Highest point Elevation 799.7 m (2,624 ft) Geography Location Baden-Württemberg , Germany
Tangra Mountains (in Bulgarian Тангра планина , 'Tangra planina' \'tan-gra pla-ni-'na\) ( 62°40′00″S 60°06′00″W ) form the principal mountain range of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands , Antarctica . The range had been nameless until 2001, when it was named after Tangra, "the name of t
Turrialba Volcano is an active volcano in central Costa Rica that has been explosively eruptive in recent years including 2016 [2] and in January, March and April 2017. [3] [4] [5] [6] Visitors used to be able to hike down into the main crater, but increased volcanic activity in 2014–17, resulting i
Dimitrova Peak ( Bulgarian : връх Димитрова , romanized : vrah Dimitrova , IPA: [ˈvrɤɣ dimiˈtrɔvɐ] ) is the mostly ice-covered peak rising to 1903 m [1] in eastern Havre Mountains , northern Alexander Island in Antarctica . It has steep and partly ice-free southwest slopes, and surmounts Russi
#6 Plana Peak
Plana Peak ( Bulgarian : връх Плана , romanized : vrah Plana , IPA: [ˈvrɤx ˈpɫanɐ] ) is a mostly ice-covered peak on the Levski Ridge , Tangra Mountains , Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands , Antarctica . Surmounting Huron Glacier to the north and its tributaries to the east and wes
#7 Mont Granier
Mont Granier (1,933m) is a limestone mountain located between the départements of Savoie and Isère in France . It lies in the Chartreuse Mountains range of the French Prealps between the towns of Chapareillan and Entremont-le-Vieux . Its east face overlooks the valley of Grésivaudan and Combe de Sav
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 Kīlauea
Kīlauea ( US : / ˌ k ɪ l ə ˈ w eɪ ə / KIL -ə- WAY -ə , Hawaiian: [kiːlɐwˈwɛjə] ) is an active shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands . Located along the southeastern shore of the Big Island of Hawai ʻ i , the volcano is between 210,000 and 280,000 years old and emerged above sea level about 100,00
#10 Humboldt Mountains (Antarctica)
The Humboldt Mountains are a group of mountains immediately west of the Petermann Ranges , forming the westernmost portion of the Wohlthat Mountains in Queen Maud Land , Antarctica .
#11 Breze Peak
Breze Peak ( Bulgarian : връх Брезе , romanized : vrah Breze , IPA: [ˈvrɤɣ ˈbrɛzɛ] ) is the mostly ice-covered peak rising to 1634 m [1] in eastern Havre Mountains , northern Alexander Island in Antarctica . It surmounts Russian Gap to the northeast and Foreman Glacier to the west. The peak wa
#12 Mount Kenya
Mount Kenya ( Kikuyu : Kĩrĩnyaga , Kamba , Ki Nyaa ) is the highest mountain in Kenya and the second-highest in Africa , after Kilimanjaro . [6] The highest peaks of the mountain are Batian ( 5,199 metres or 17,057 feet ), Nelion ( 5,188 m or 17,021 ft ) and Point Lenana ( 4,985 m or 16,355
#13 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
#14 Chachacomani
Chachacomani [8] [9] [1] [10] (possibly from Quechua chachakuma a medical plant) [11] [12] is a mountain in the Cordillera Real of the Andes Mountains , east of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia . [3] This article is about the mountain in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. For other uses, see Chachakumani (disa
#15 Mount Alexander (Antarctica)
Mount Alexander ( 63°18′S 55°48′W ) is a mountain with several summits, the highest 595 m, forming the rocky peninsula separating Gibson and Haddon Bays , on the south side of Joinville Island in Antarctica . The cliff marking the extremity of the peninsula was discovered and named Cape Alexander on
#16 Soufrière Hills
The Soufrière Hills are an active , complex stratovolcano with many lava domes forming its summit on the Caribbean island of Montserrat . After a long period of dormancy , the Soufrière Hills volcano became active in 1995 and has continued to erupt ever since. Its eruptions have rendered more than h
#17 Mount Patti
The Mount Patti Hill is a 1503 foot-tall (458 m) mountain and tourist attraction in Lokoja , Nigeria. It is famous for being the place where British journalist and writer Flora Louise Shaw (later Flora Lugard) gave Nigeria its name. [1] [2] Mount Patti View of Niger River from patti hill Highest p
Mont Saint-Quentin overlooks the Somme River in the region of Picardie approximately 1.5 km north of the town of Péronne, Somme , France . The hill is about 100 metres high but as it is situated in a bend of the river it dominates the whole position and is of strategic significance. During World W
Great Needle Peak ( Bulgarian : Голям Иглен връх , romanized : Golyam Iglen vrah , IPA: [ɡoˈʎam ˈiɡlɛn ˈvrɤx] ; variant name in Spanish : pico Falsa Aguja , lit. ' False Needle Peak ' ) is the summit of the central Levski Ridge in Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island , Antarctica . Rising to
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
#1 Nansi Lake
Nansi Lake ( Chinese : 南 四 湖 ; pinyin : Nán sì Hú ; lit. 'Southern Four Lakes' ), or Weishan Lake , administrated by Weishan County and located in Shandong Province in China , is the largest freshwater lake in the north of the country. It consists of four connected lakes: Weishan ( Chinese : 微 山 湖 ;
The Yamhill River lock and dam was completed in 1900. It was built near Lafayette, Oregon , to allow better river transport on the Yamhill River from Dayton , to McMinnville, Oregon . While the Corps of Engineers had recommended against construction of the lock, it was built anyway, largely as a res
#3 Pacific Tarn
Pacific Tarn is a small lake located in the Colorado Rocky Mountains in the United States . It is notable for its 13,420 foot (4,090 m) elevation, [1] making it the highest lake in the United States whose name is recognized by the United States Board on Geographic Names , surpassing other lakes such
La Cocha Lagoon ( Spanish : Laguna de la Cocha ) is a 39,000-hectare (96,000-acre) volcanic crater lake located within the Pasto Municipality in Nariño , Colombia . Body of water La Cocha Lagoon La Cocha, with La Corota Island, from an overlook stop La Cocha Lagoon Location Nariño , Colombia Coordin
#5 Akkajaure
Akkajaure (from Lule Sami : Áhkájávrre ) is one of the largest reservoirs in Sweden . [1] It lies at the headwaters of the Lule River in Norrbotten County , in Swedish Lappland , within the Stora Sjöfallet national park. The lake formed after the construction of the first Suorva dam in 1913 – 1923.
#6 Siling Lake
Siling Lake ( Chinese : 色林错 ; pinyin : Sèlín cuò ; Tibetan : སེར་གླིང་མཚོ , ZYPY : Sêling Co ), (also known as Qilin) is a lake in the Tibet Autonomous Region , China to the north of Xainza . Doijiang is located near the lake. Administratively it belongs to Xainza County and Baingoin County of the N
The Polavaram Project is an under construction multi-purpose irrigation project on the Godavari River in the Eluru District and East Godavari District in Andhra Pradesh . The project has been accorded National project status by the Central Government of India . [3] [4] [5] Its reservoir back water s
#8 Bhakra Dam
Bhaakra Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Sutlej River in Bhakra Village near Bilaspur in Bilaspur district , Himachal Pradesh in northern India . The dam forms the Gobind Sagar reservoir. This article needs additional citations for verification . ( March 2010 ) Dam in Himachal Pradesh, India Bak
The correction of the waters of the Swiss Jura consisted of a wide series of hydrological undertakings carried out in Switzerland in the region of the three lakes: Lake Morat connected to Lake Neuchatel by the Broye Canal , the latter connected to Lake Bienne by the Thielle Canal, an area called the
The Monkland Canal was a 12 + 1 ⁄ 4 -mile-long (19.7 km) canal designed to bring coal from the mining areas of Monklands to Glasgow in Scotland. In the course of a long and difficult construction process, it was opened progressively as short sections were completed, from 1771. It reached Gartcraig
Powderly Creek (also known as Powderly Brook ) is a tributary of the Lackawanna River in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania , in the United States. It is approximately 2.3 miles (3.7 km) long and flows through Carbondale Township and Mayfield . [1] The watershed of the creek has an area of 1.77 squar
#4 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
The Pikauba River is a tributary of Kenogami Lake , flowing in the province of Quebec in Canada , in the administrative regions of: Capitale-Nationale : in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba , in the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality ; Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean : in the unorganized territo
#6 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 Tongue River is a tributary of the Yellowstone River , approximately 265 mi (426 km) long, in the U.S. states of Wyoming and Montana . The Tongue rises in Wyoming in the Big Horn Mountains , flows generally northeast through northern Wyoming and southeastern Montana, and empties into the Yel
#8 River Len
The River Len is a river in Kent , England. It rises at a spring in Bluebell Woods [1] to the southeast of the village centre of Lenham 0.6 miles (0.97 km) from the source of the River Great Stour; both rise on the Greensand Ridge . Its length is c 10 miles (16 km) . It enters the River Medway a
The Petite Rivière Pikauba is a tributary of the Pikauba River , flowing in the province of Quebec , in Canada , in the administrative regions of: Capitale-Nationale : in the unorganized territory of Lac-Pikauba , in the Charlevoix Regional County Municipality ; Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean : in the unor
#10 San Gabriel River (California)
The San Gabriel River is a mostly urban waterway flowing 58 miles (93 km) [2] southward through Los Angeles and Orange Counties , California in the United States. It is the central of three major rivers draining the Greater Los Angeles Area , the others being the Los Angeles River and Santa Ana Ri
The Willamette Falls Locks are a lock system on the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon . Opened in 1873 and closed since 2011, they allowed boat traffic on the Willamette to navigate beyond Willamette Falls and the T.W. Sullivan Dam . Since their closure in 2011 the locks are classified to
#12 South Yuba River
The 65.0-mile-long (104.6 km) [3] South Yuba River is a left-entering tributary of the Yuba River originating in the northern Sierra Nevada at Lake Angela in Nevada County about three quarters of a mile north of Donner Pass , about three miles east of the town of Soda Springs . After passing throu
#13 Cross Run
Cross Run is a tributary of Catawissa Creek in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania , in the United States . It is approximately 1.1 miles (1.8 km) long and flows through Hazle Township . [1] The stream is in the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Conyngham. The stream has two reservoirs on it
#14 Naf River
The Naf River ( Bengali : নাফ নদী Naf Nodi IPA: [naf nod̪i] ; Burmese : နတ်မြစ် [naʔ mjɪʔ] ; Rakhine : နတ်မြစ် [nɛ́ mràɪʔ] ) is an international river marking the border of southeastern Bangladesh and western Myanmar . [1] River between Bangladesh and Myanmar "Naf" redirects here. For other uses,
The Rio Hondo ( Spanish : Río Hondo , meaning "Deep River") is a tributary of the Los Angeles River in Los Angeles County, California , approximately 16.4 miles (26.4 km) long. [2] As a named river, it begins in Irwindale and flows southwest to its confluence in South Gate , passing through severa
Fiumelatte is a river in northern Italy . It flows from a cavity in the Grigna into Lake Como , just south of Varenna , it has an approximate length of 250 m (820 ft). The name Fiumelatte , composed from fiume (Italian for "river") and latte ("milk"), is due to the milky white color of its water
#17 Hillsborough River (Florida)
The Hillsborough River is a river located in the state of Florida in the United States. It arises in the Green Swamp near the juncture of Hillsborough , Pasco and Polk counties, and flows 60 miles (97 km) [1] through Pasco and Hillsborough Counties to an outlet in the city of Tampa on Hillsborough
#18 Roe Beck
Roe Beck also known as the River Roe in its lower reaches, is a beck that flows through Cumbria , England. It is a lower tributary of the River Caldew which it joins near Gaitsgill south of Dalston . The total length of the beck including Peel Gill is 20.8 kilometres (12.9 mi) and it has a catchme
#19 San Carlos River (United States)
The San Carlos River is a 37-mile (60 km) long [1] tributary of the Gila River in southeast Arizona , United States . The river drains an arid region of 1,026 square miles (2,660 km 2 ) , situated mostly within the San Carlos Indian Reservation . [2] Tributary of the Gila River, Arizona San Carl
#20 Doe River
The Doe River is a tributary of the Watauga River in northeast Tennessee in the United States. [1] The river forms in Carter County near the North Carolina line, just south of Roan Mountain State Park , and flows to Elizabethton . Tributary of the Watauga River in northeast Tennessee, United States
It is a central tenet of the EU maritime policy [1] ( Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries ) that all seas have a particular nature, defined by their geography, their ecology, their economies and their people. Most seas are nested (e.g. Atlantic Ocean, Irish Sea , Morecambe Bay ) a
#2 Bodega Bay
Bodega Bay ( Spanish : Bahía Bodega ) is a shallow, rocky inlet of the Pacific Ocean on the coast of northern California in the United States . It is approximately 5 mi (8 km) across and is located approximately 40 mi (60 km) northwest of San Francisco and 20 mi (32 km) west of Santa Ros
#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