Geography

The Anak Krakatau summit emerged on December 27th, 1927.

The highest point in the state is Mount Elbert (4,401.2 meters above sea level).

In 1971, lava from the volcano destroyed the Etna Observatory, built at the end of the 19th century.

It has been dormant until 1812.

In 1883, a species of freshwater jellyfish was discovered in the waters of Tanganyika, which may suggest that the lake was once connected to the ocean or that the jellyfish got into the lake straight from the river.

Martinique was the first coffee-growing area in the Western Hemisphere.

At the edge of the waterfall is a rock-carved pool called the Devil’s Pool.

The most picturesque shore of Lake Superior is the northern one.

The once widespread fish species called the Rio Grande silvery minnow faces now extinction.

One of the Oceania researchers, who was the first to describe Nan Madol  at the end of the 19th century was the Polish ethnographer Jan Kubary.