Geography

Sunday, 21 June 2026
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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Nan Madol
Nan Madol was the elite residence of the nobility who took care of the burial and funerary activities guided by priests.
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Mount Pinatubo
Mount Pinatubo is currently one of the most popular tourist attractions in the Philippines.
People are eager to visit Lake Pinatubo, which formed at the summit of Mount Pinatubo after the climatic eruption of 1991.
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Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico is a large shipwreck graveyard.
Over 750 known shipwrecks can be found on the gulf’s bottom, the earliest dating back to the 16th ce ...
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Lake Malawi
Lake Malawi is located 350 kilometres southeast of another tectonic lake, Tanganyika.
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Mount Kilimanjaro
Kilimanjaro has three peaks: Kibo, Mawenzi, Shira, which are the remains of three volcanoes.
The highest - Kibo (5895 m), followed by Mawenzi (5149 m) and Shira (3987 m).
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Stromboli volcano
In 1950, Roberto Rossellini made the movie "Stromboli, Land of God", which is set entirely on the island of Stromboli.
The movie'scast includes Ingrid Bergman, Mario Vitale and Renzo Cesana.
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Iguazú Falls
The first European to see Iguazu Falls was Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca.
It is believed to have been in 1541 when Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca trekked inland from the island o ...
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Greenland
Greenland is also home to representatives of the fauna.
Greenland's waters are home to bowhead whales, narwhals, walruses and several species of seals. On land there are polar bears, reindeer, arctic foxes, arctic wolves, muskoxes and lemmings.
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Niagara Falls
The waterfall froze over several times during the winters of 1848, 1969, and 2018.
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Lake Huron
It was the first of the Great Lakes discovered by European explorers.
The first nation to arrive on the lake's shores was the French. French explorers Samuel de Champlain ...
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22 facts about Europe
22 facts about Europe
The cradle of Western civilization
Although humanity came to Europe from Asia Minor, Europe is referred to as the Old Continent. This term appeared in the 16th century, when European sa ...
15 facts about Lake Como
15 facts about Lake Como
The deepest lake in the Alps
The ancient Romans called it Lacus Larius. It has been a popular vacation spot for aristocrats and wealthy people since Roman times and remains so to ...
15 facts about Aokigahara
15 facts about Aokigahara
Suicide forest
Aokigahara is a forest that stretches northwest to Mount Fuji in Japan. It is called the Aokigahara Sea of Trees, the Mount Fuji Sea of Trees, or the ...
9 facts about Cotopaxi volcano
9 facts about Cotopaxi volcano
One of the highest active volcanoes in the world
Cotopaxi is one of the highest active volcanoes. It is a stratovolcano with an almost perfect cone, which has always been an object of worship for the ...
19 facts about Martinique
19 facts about Martinique
Flower Island
Martinique is a French overseas territory located in the Caribbean. Its history is related to French colonization and the slave trade.As part of the L ...
18 facts about Manhattan
18 facts about Manhattan
The most expensive district in New York
Manhattan is the place where New York was born. Although it is its smallest district, it serves as the economic and administrative center of the city, ...
24 facts about Crete
24 facts about Crete
The largest Greek island
The history of Crete goes back thousands of years, and its continuity, as the Greeks say, lies in nature. At every turn, there are traces of the past. ...
12 facts about Iguazú Falls
12 facts about Iguazú Falls
Guarani Indian waterfall
Iguazu Falls lies on the border of Brazil and Argentina. As late as the end of the 16th century, the Guarani Indians lived there, who lost their terri ...
20 facts about Negev
20 facts about Negev
Rocky desert in Israel
The Negev Desert in Israel is a large desert plateau covering a large area of the southern part of the country. It is desert land, although unusual be ...
11 facts about Pamukkale
11 facts about Pamukkale
A milky white fortress built of cotton fibers
Pamukkale is a geographically and historically unique place located in western Turkey, known mainly for its white terraced pools and cascades. It is o ...
12 facts about Death Valley
12 facts about Death Valley
One of the hottest places on Earth
Death Valley is a desert area located in the western part of the US, mainly in California, although it also reaches into the state of Nevada. It is on ...
14 facts about Victoria Falls
14 facts about Victoria Falls
One of the seven natural wonders of the world
Victoria Falls is one of the most beautiful places on Earth. In addition to a magnificent and over-a-kilometer-wide cascade, they offer visitors a uni ...
13 facts about Niagara Falls
13 facts about Niagara Falls
The world’s fastest-moving waterfall
It lies on the border of two countries, near two cities of the same name, and feeds two power plants.Niagara Falls is a waterfall lying on the river o ...
11 facts about Komodo National Park
11 facts about Komodo National Park
One of the new seven wonders of the world
Komodo National Park is a protected area located in Indonesia. It is one of the country's fifty national parks, located in the Lesser Sunda Islands. T ...
29 facts about Colorado
29 facts about Colorado
Centennial State
Colorado is one of the larger American states, bordered by longitude and latitude. The state is famous for its varied landscape of mountains, forests, ...
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