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The Oregon Beach Bill (House Bill 1601, 1967) was a piece of landmark legislation in the U.S. state of Oregon , passed by the 1967 session of the Oregon Legislature. It established public ownership of land along the Oregon Coast from the water up to sixteen vertical feet above the low tide mark. Law
#2 Holden Beach, North Carolina
Holden Beach is a seaside town in Brunswick County , North Carolina . The population was 575 at the time of the 2010 census. [5] It is part of the Myrtle Beach metropolitan area . Seaside town in North Carolina, United States Holden Beach, North Carolina Seaside town Intracoastal Waterway with bridg
#3 Jacksonville Beach, Florida
Jacksonville Beach is a coastal resort city in Duval County , Florida , United States. It was incorporated on May 22, 1907, as Pablo Beach, and would later change its name to Jacksonville Beach in 1925. [1] The city is part of group of communities collectively referred to as the Jacksonville Beaches
#4 Scraggy Neck
Scraggy Neck is a peninsula in Buzzards Bay south of the Cape Cod Canal , in Cataumet , Massachusetts , USA . It is south of Wings Neck and southeast of Bassetts Island . As with all land in the area, the ancestral people on and around Scraggy Neck were Wampanoag . In 1637, through means that are no
#5 Leblon
Leblon ( Portuguese : /leˈblõ/ ) is a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro , Brazil. It is also the name of the local beach. The neighborhood is located in the South Zone of the city, between Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas , Morro Dois Irmãos and the Jardim de Alah channel, bordering the Gávea , Ipanema , Lagoa
#6 Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Scarborough ( / ˈ s k ɑːr b r ə / ) [3] is a seaside town in the Borough of Scarborough in North Yorkshire , England. Scarborough is located on the North Sea coastline. Historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire , the town lies between 10 and 230 feet (3–70 m) above sea level, from the harbour ri
San Juan , officially the Municipality of San Juan ( Tagalog : Bayan ng San Juan ), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Batangas , Philippines . According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 114,068 people. [3] Municipality in Calabarzon Municipality in Calabarzon, Philippines Sa
Cape Morris Jesup ( Danish : Kap Morris Jesup ) is a headland in Peary Land , Greenland. Headland in northern Greenland Cape Morris Jesup Kap Morris Jesup Cape View of Cape Morris Jesup on May 16, 1900 Cape Morris Jesup Coordinates: 83°37′39″N 32°39′52″W Location Greenland Offshore water bodies Arct
#1 Rotuma
Rotuma / r oʊ ˈ t uː m ə / is a Fijian dependency , consisting of Rotuma Island and nearby islets. The island group is home to a large and unique Polynesian indigenous ethnic group which constitutes a recognisable minority within the population of Fiji, known as " Rotumans ". Its population at the 2
#2 Basilan
Basilan , officially the Province of Basilan ( Chavacano : Provincia de Basilan ; Yakan : Wilayah Basilanin ; Tausug : Wilaya' sin Basilan ; Tagalog : Lalawigan ng Basilan ) is an island province of the Philippines located primarily in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region . Basilan Island is the largest
#3 Suðuroy
Suðuroy (literally South Island, Danish : Suderø ) is the southernmost of the Faroe Islands . The island covers 163.7 square kilometres (63.2 sq mi). In 2018 the population was 4,601. Suðuroy region ( sýsla ) comprises this island and Lítla Dímun , the next isle northward in the Faroes, which is
Leyte-Samar Naval Base was a large United States Navy base in the Philippines on the Islands of Leyte and Samar . The Base was built during World War II to support the many naval ships fighting and patrolling in the South West Pacific theatre of war as part of the Pacific War . A number of naval fac
#5 Eppes Island
Eppes Island , also known as Shirley Hundred Island, is an island and a historic home and archaeological site near Hopewell , Charles City County, Virginia . The island was originally settled as part of Shirley Hundred. The island contains five 17th century sites, two 18th century sites and one dwel
#6 Plane Island
Plane Island ( French : Île Plane ; Latin : Phalans Insula) also known as Piana [1] or Plana Island [2] and — in Tunisian Arabic — as Jaziret el-Monbasta [3] (Standard Arabic : الجزيرة المنبسطة , Jazirat al-Mussattahah ), is a flat, rocky island in the Mediterranean Sea roughly 3.75 kilometers (2.3
#7 Ve Skerries
The Ve Skerries or Vee Skerries [1] ( Old Norse : Vestan sker , West Skerries) are a group of low skerries (rocky islands) three miles (4.8 km) north west of Papa Stour , on the west coast of Shetland , Scotland. They define the southwest perimeter of St Magnus Bay . [2] Small islands in the west
Jarvis Island ( / ˈ dʒ ɑːr v ɪ s / ; formerly known as Bunker Island or Bunker's Shoal ) is an uninhabited 4.5 km 2 (1.7 sq mi) coral island located in the South Pacific Ocean , about halfway between Hawaii and the Cook Islands . [1] It is an unincorporated, unorganized territory of the United
Kangaroo Island , also known as Karta Pintingga (literally 'Island of the Dead' in the language of the Kaurna people), [2] is Australia 's third-largest island , after Tasmania and Melville Island . It lies in the state of South Australia , 112 km (70 mi) southwest of Adelaide . Its closest poin
#10 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
#11 Rincon Island (California)
Rincon Island ( Spanish : Rincón , meaning "Corner") is a small 2.3-acre artificial island located off Mussel Shoals (also called "Little Rincon") in Ventura County, California on public land leased from the California State Lands Commission (CSLC). [1] The island is situated approximately 3,000 fee
#12 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
North Stradbroke Island ( Jandai : Minjerribah [1] ), colloquially Straddie or North Straddie , [2] is an island that lies within Moreton Bay in the Australian state of Queensland , 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of the centre of Brisbane . Originally there was only one Stradbroke Island but in 1
#14 Long Island (Whitsunday Islands)
Long Island is a member of the Whitsunday Island group off the east coast of Queensland, Australia . It is 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) in length and is at its widest point only 400 metres (1,300 ft) . Long Island is the closest island in the Whitsunday group to the mainland of Australia, being only 1
#15 Sarstoon Island
Sarstoon Island is an island at the southernmost point of Belize located near the mouth of the Sarstoon River . The Sarstoon River is located at the south of Sarstoon Island and is the southern part of the Belize–Guatemala border . Sarstoon Island is part of the Toledo District of Belize , which is
Guishan Island [3] / Gueishan Island [4] or Steep Island or Turtle Island [5] ( Chinese : 龜山 島 ; Hanyu Pinyin : Guīshāndǎo [2] ; Tongyong Pinyin : Gueishandǎo ; Wade–Giles : Kuei 1 -shan 1 -tao 3 ; lit. 'Turtle Mountain Island' ), also known as Kweishan Island or Kweishan Tao , is an island in the P
#17 Palaui Island Protected Landscape and Seascape
The Palaui Island Protected Landscape and Seascape is an island that is a protected area and national park in the municipality of Santa Ana in Cagayan , Philippines . It is located off the northeastern extremity of Luzon Island . Palaui Island Protected Landscape and Seascape IUCN category V (protec
#18 Beatrice Islets
Beatrice Islets are pair of islets in the Australian state of South Australia located in Nepean Bay on the north coast of Kangaroo Island about 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) east of Kingscote . The islets and adjoining intertidal areas are notable as habitat for bird life. The islet pair has enjoyed prot
#19 Busby Islet
Busby Islet (also known as Bushy Island and Anchorage Island ) is an islet in the Australian state of South Australia located in Nepean Bay on the north coast of Kangaroo Island about 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) north of the municipal seat of Kingscote . The islet and adjoining areas are notable as hab
The Galápagos Islands ( Spanish : Islas Galápagos , pronounced [ˈislas ɣaˈlapaɣos] , local pronunciation: [ˈihlah ɣaˈlapaɣoh] ) are an archipelago of volcanic islands . They are distributed on each side of the equator in the Pacific Ocean , surrounding the centre of the Western Hemisphere , and
#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 Khapia
Khapia (possibly from in the Aymara spelling Qhapiy a, [3] [4] or Qapiya in Uru language , [5] Hispanicized spellings Capía, Ccapia, Ccapía, Khapia, Khapía, K'apía ) is a mountain in Peru , possibly an extinct volcano , [6] situated at a height of about 4,809 metres (15,778 ft) . It is located in
#3 Manaslu
Manaslu ( Nepali : मनास्लु , also known as Kutang ) is the eighth-highest mountain in the world at 8,163 metres (26,781 ft) above sea level. It is in the Mansiri Himal , part of the Nepalese Himalayas , in the west-central part of Nepal. The name Manaslu means "mountain of the spirit" and is deriv
#4 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
#5 Mount Etna
Mount Etna , or simply Etna ( Italian : Etna [ˈɛtna] or Mongibello [mondʒiˈbɛllo] ; Sicilian : Muncibbeḍḍu [mʊntʃɪbˈbɛɖɖʊ] or a Muntagna ; Latin : Aetna ; Ancient Greek : Αἴτνα and Αἴτνη [4] ), is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily , Italy , in the Metropolitan City of Catania , bet
#6 Zelengora
Zelengora ( Serbian Cyrillic : Зеленгора ) is a mountain range in the Sutjeska National Park of Bosnia and Herzegovina . It has a highest altitude of 2,014 metres (6,608 ft) . [1] Zelengora Highest point Elevation 2,014 m (6,608 ft) Coordinates 43°21′17″N 18°34′03″E Geography Zelengora Locat
Drewry's Bluff is located in northeastern Chesterfield County, Virginia in the United States . It was the site of Confederate Fort Darling during the American Civil War . It was named for a local landowner, Confederate Captain Augustus H. Drewry , who owned the property. [1] Drewry's Bluff in 1865 ,
Black Virgin Mountain ( Vietnamese : Núi Bà Đen meaning "Black Lady Mountain", Khmer : Phnom Chol Baden ) is a mountain in the Tây Ninh Province of Vietnam . The mountain is the center of a Vietnamese myth about Bà Đen , a local deity of Khmer origin. During the Vietnam War the area around the mount
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
#10 Mount Pavlof
Pavlof Volcano is a stratovolcano of the Aleutian Range on the Alaska Peninsula . It has been one of the most active volcanoes in the United States since 1980, with eruptions recorded in 1980, 1981, 1983, 1986–1988, 1996–1997, 2007, 2013, twice in 2014, 2016, and is currently erupting as of August 2
#11 Dhaulagiri
Dhaulagiri is the seventh highest mountain in the world at 8,167 metres (26,795 ft) above sea level, and the highest mountain within the borders of a single country (Nepal). It was first climbed on 13 May 1960 by a Swiss-Austrian-Nepali expedition. Annapurna I ( 8,091 m (26,545 ft) ) is 34 k
#12 Capelinhos
The Capelinhos (from Capelo + -inhos diminutive, which literally means "little cape") is a monogenetic volcano located on the western coast of Faial Island in the Azores . It is part of the larger volcanic complex of Capelo, which includes 20 scoria cones and lava fields that are aligned west-northw
#13 Mount Merapi
Mount Merapi , Gunung Merapi (literally Fire Mountain in Indonesian and Javanese ), is an active stratovolcano located on the border between the province of Central Java and the Special Region of Yogyakarta , Indonesia . It is the most active volcano in Indonesia and has erupted regularly since 1548
#14 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
#15 Chikurachki
Chikurachki ( Russian : Чикурачки ; Japanese : 千倉岳 , Chikura-dake ) is the highest volcano on Paramushir Island in the northern Kuril Islands . It is actually a relatively small volcanic cone constructed on a high Pleistocene volcanic edifice. Oxidized andesitic scoria deposits covering the upper pa
#16 Kabru
Kabru is a mountain in the Himalayas on the border of eastern Nepal and India . It is part of a ridge that extends south from Kangchenjunga and is the southernmost 7,000 metres (23,000 ft) peak in the world. Mountain of the Himalayas Kabru Kabru, from Darjeeling, West Bengal, India Highest point
#17 Lhotse
Lhotse ( Nepali : ल्होत्से L'hōtsē Nepali pronunciation: [lot.se] ; Tibetan : ལྷོ་རྩེ Tibetan pronunciation: [l̥otse] , lho tse , Chinese : 洛子峰 ) is the fourth highest mountain in the world at 8,516 metres (27,940 ft) , after Mount Everest , K2 , and Kangchenjunga . The main summit is on the b
#1 Lac La Loche
Lac La Loche is a lake in north west Saskatchewan near the Alberta border. The lake is part of the Churchill River system that flows into the Hudson Bay . The La Loche River at the southern end flows into Peter Pond Lake which is connected to Churchill Lake . Body of water Lac La Loche Lac La Loche
The Lac des Settons (Lake of the Settons) is a reservoir in the Nièvre department , France , [1] with a surface area of 3.67 km 2 (1.42 sq mi) . Supplied mainly by the River Cure , it is situated in the heart of Morvan Regional Natural Park . The lake is found south of the town Montsauche-les-
Curlew Lake is a 921-acre (3.73 km 2 ) lake located in the glacier-carved Curlew Valley northeast of Republic, Washington . [1] The spring- and stream-fed lake is named for the long-billed curlew , Numenius americanus , that once frequented the area. [2] The 7-mile-long (11 km) lake reaches a ma
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
#5 List of lakes of Saskatchewan
This is a list of lakes of Saskatchewan , a province of Canada . The largest and most notable lakes are listed at the start, followed by an alphabetical listing of other lakes of the province. [1] [2] This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( November 2021 ) BC AB SK MB ON Q
#6 Bde Maka Ska
Bde Maka Ska ( / b ə ˈ d eɪ m ə ˈ k ɑː s k ɑː / , [2] previously named Lake Calhoun , its former official designation) [3] [4] [5] is the largest lake in Minneapolis , Minnesota , United States, and part of the city's Chain of Lakes . Surrounded by city park land and circled by bike and walking trai
#7 Lake Sunapee
Lake Sunapee is located within Sullivan County and Merrimack County in western New Hampshire , the United States . It is the fifth-largest lake located entirely in New Hampshire. For the steamship, see SS Lake Sunapee . This article needs additional citations for verification . ( May 2014 ) Body of
#8 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
Joe Pool Lake is a fresh water impoundment ( reservoir ) located in the southern part of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in North Texas. The lake encompasses parts of Tarrant , Dallas and Ellis counties. The lake measures 7,740 acres (31.3 km 2 ) with a conservation storage capacity of 176,900 acr
Guanting Reservoir ( Chinese : 官厅水库 [1] ), also known as Guanting Shuiku, [2] is the first large-scale reservoir [3] after the founding of the People's Republic of China . [4] Body of water Guanting Reservoir 官厅水库 Guanting Reservoir 官厅水库 Show map of Beijing Guanting Reservoir 官厅水库 Show map of China
#1 Devi River
Devi river is one of the principal distributaries of Mahanadi . It flows through Jagatsinghpur district and Puri district across Odisha state in India and joins Bay of Bengal . River in India An illustration of Mahanadi Koyakhai distributary system in Odisha , India draining into Bay of Bengal and C
#2 Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal
The Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal is a disused canal in Greater Manchester , England, built to link Bolton and Bury with Manchester . The canal, when fully opened, was 15 miles 1 furlong (24 km) long. It was accessed via a junction with the River Irwell in Salford . Seventeen locks were requi
#3 Inland Waterways Commission
The Inland Waterways Commission was created by Congress in March 1907, at the request of President Theodore Roosevelt , to investigate the transportation crisis that recently had affected nation's ability to move its produce and industrial production efficiently. The immediate crisis centered on ins
Doğançay Waterfall ( Turkish : Doğançay Şelalesi ) is a waterfall in Sakarya Province , northwestern Turkey. It is a registered natural monument of the country. [1] Waterfall in Sakarya Province, northwestern Turkey Doğançay Waterfall Doğançay Şelalesi Location Sakarya Province , Turkey Coordinates
The Atchafalaya Basin , or Atchafalaya Swamp ( / ə ˌ tʃ æ f ə ˈ l aɪ ə / ; Louisiana French : L'Atchafalaya , [latʃafalaˈja] ), is the largest wetland and swamp in the United States . Located in south central Louisiana , it is a combination of wetlands and river delta area where the Atchafalaya Rive
#6 East Branch Lackawanna River
The East Branch Lackawanna River is a tributary of the Lackawanna River in Wayne County and Susquehanna County , in Pennsylvania , in the United States. It is approximately 12.7 miles (20.4 km) long and flows through Preston Township in Wayne County and Ararat Township , Herrick Township , Union D
The Neath and Tennant Canals are two independent but linked canals in South Wales that are usually regarded as a single canal. The Neath Canal was opened from Glynneath to Melincryddan, to the south of Neath , in 1795 and extended to Giant's Grave in 1799, in order to provide better shipping facilit
The Wey and Arun Canal is a partially open, 23-mile-long (37 km) canal in the southeast of England. It runs southwards from the River Wey at Gunsmouth, Shalford, Surrey to the River Arun at Pallingham , in West Sussex . The canal comprises parts of two separate undertakings – the northern part of
The Leominster Canal was an English canal which ran for just over 18 miles from Mamble to Leominster through 16 locks and a number of tunnels, some of which suffered engineering problems even before the canal opened. Originally the canal was part of a much more ambitious plan to run 46 miles from St
The St. Lawrence Seaway ( French : la Voie Maritime du Saint-Laurent ) is a system of locks , canals , and channels in Canada and the United States that permits oceangoing vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes of North America, as far inland as Duluth, Minnesota , at the weste
#11 Lonja
Lonja is a river in central Croatia , a left tributary of the Sava . It is 49 kilometres (30 mi) long and its basin covers an area of 4,259 square kilometres (1,644 sq mi) . [1] For the Spanish medieval lonjas, see Llotja . Lonja Location Country Croatia Physical characteristics Mouth •
#12 Webster's Falls
Webster's Falls , noted for its panoramas , is a 22-metre-high (72 ft) classical curtain/ plunge waterfall found in the Spencer Gorge/Webster's Falls Conservation Area in Hamilton, Ontario , Canada . The water flows down Spencer Creek. In the past the falls have been known by various names such as
#13 College Creek
College Creek (formerly named Archer's Hope Creek ) is located in James City County in the Virginia Peninsula area of the Hampton Roads region of southeastern Virginia in the United States . From a point of origin near the independent city of Williamsburg , it is a tributary of the James River . Col
#14 Schoolhouse Creek (Alameda County)
Schoolhouse Creek is a creek which flows through the city of Berkeley, California in the San Francisco Bay Area . For the stream in The Peninsula, see Schoolhouse Creek (San Mateo County, California) . This article uses bare URLs , which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot . ( September 202
#15 Steele Creek (Mohawk River tributary)
Steele Creek is a river in Herkimer County in the state of New York . The creek begins in an unnamed swamp south of Cedarville , and flows in a northeast direction before emptying into the Mohawk River in the village of Ilion . Steele Creek travels through the Ilion Gorge and alongside NY-51 for mos
The Melton Mowbray Navigation was formed when the River Wreake in Leicestershire , England , was made navigable upstream from its junction with the River Soar and the Leicester Navigation near Syston to Melton Mowbray , opening in 1797. [1] Largely river navigation, there were numerous lock cuts, to
#17 Güney Waterfall
Güney Waterfall ( Turkish : Güney Şelalesi ) is a waterfall in Denizli Province , western Turkey. It is a registered natural monument of the country. [1] Waterfall in Denizli Province, Turkey Güney Waterfall Güney Şelalesi Güney Waterfall (April 2007) Location Denizli Province , Turkey Coordinates 3
#18 Angel Falls
Angel Falls ( Spanish : Salto Ángel ; Pemon language : Kerepakupai Merú meaning "waterfall of the deepest place", or Parakupá Vená , meaning "the fall from the highest point") is a waterfall in Venezuela . It is the world's tallest uninterrupted waterfall , with a height of 979 metres (3,212 ft) a
#1 Andaman Sea
The Andaman Sea (historically also known as the Burma Sea ) [4] is a marginal sea of the northeastern Indian Ocean bounded by the coastlines of Myanmar and Thailand along the Gulf of Martaban and west side of the Malay Peninsula , and separated from the Bay of Bengal to its west by the Andaman Islan
#2 George Inlet
George Inlet (also George Arm ) is a bay in the U.S. state of Alaska . It is situated within the Alexander Archipelago at the southern shore of Revillagigedo Island . It was named by the U.S. National Geodetic Survey in 1880 after pilot W. E. George, who created the first sketch of Revillagigedo Cha
#3 Morto Bay
Morto Bay is an inlet on the South West tip of Cape Helles on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey . The bay is in the north west (European) coast of the Dardanelles strait, which connects the Sea of Marmara to Aegean Sea . The Gallipoli Peninsula is to the north of the bay. Administratively it is a pa