Geography

Saturday, 8 November 2025
16 facts about Hawaii
16 facts about Hawaii
Volcanic paradise
This picturesque archipelago located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean owes its creation entirely to volcanic eruptions. Lush deciduous forests inter ...

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Lake Malawi
The maximum length of the lake is 580 km and the maximum width is 75 km.
Greenland
The first European to reach Greenland was Erik the Red.
This happened in 982. Erik the Red was the founder of the first Norse settlements in Greenland. He g ...
Victoria Falls
Two national parks have been established in the Victoria Falls area.
These are Mosi-oa-Tunya in Zambia with an area of 66 square kilometers, and Victoria Falls National Park in Zimbabwe with an area of 23 square kilometers.
Cappadocia
It is assumed that the name Cappadocia comes from the Persian word Katpatuk. The word was most likely a compound of two words of foreign origin.
Easter Island
By the mid-19th century, most of the moai had been overturned.
Today, about 50 of them have been re-sited in their former places.
Greenland
The island is home to the world's largest and northernmost national park.
It was established in 1974 and covers an area of 972,000 km2 (375,291 sq mi). It has been a UNESCO B ...
Mount Fuji
It is made of basalt.
It is a fine-grained volcanic rock, formed from the cooling of low-viscosity lava.
Mount Elbrus
Elbrus is the highest peak in Europe. It has an altitude of 5,642 meters (18,510 feet) above sea level.
It is located in southern Russia in the Republic of Kabard-Balkaria, not far from the border with Georgia.
Krakatoa
It is classified as a stratovolcano.
Stratovolcanoes are characterized by a conical summit and are made of several layers of hardened lava and tephra. They are also considered the deadliest of all types of volcanoes.
Stromboli volcano
According to Clyde S. Kilby, a prominent literary scholar, J. R. R. Tolkien based the Mount Doom, volcano located in Mordor, Middle-earth with the Stromboli volcano.