Geography

Thursday, 9 October 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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Mount Elbrus
It is a dormant stratovolcano.
Elbrus was formed about 2.5 million years ago and its period of most violent eruptions ended about 700,000 years ago. The last eruption took place around the year 50 AD.
Sahara desert
The Sahara is located in northern Africa and stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea in the east.
To the north it is bounded by the Atlas Mountains and the Mediterranean coast. In the south, it borders a geographical region called the Sahel.
Nan Madol
The islets form a complex which is divided into two parts: Madol Powe and Madol Pah.
Madol Powe - upper Nan Madol, occupies the north-eastern part of the complex and contains a large nu ...
Lake Superior
About 350 shipwrecks have been found at the bottom of Lake Superior.
It is estimated that over 10 thousand people have drowned in its waters. The lake is known for not g ...
Montana
In 1852 gold was discovered in Montana.
Since then, it took ten years for a gold rush to develop. Although Montana is not as rich in gold as ...
Ojos del Salado
The mountain has no significant ice cover.
Due to its location in the heart of the Puna de Atacama, it has a very dry climate. Snow occurs only ...
Easter Island
Easter Island is located in the Pacific Ocean and is one of the most isolated places on Earth.
It lies about 3,600 km (2,236 mi) off the coast of Chile and more than 2,000 km (1,242 mi) from Pitcairn Island (a volcanic island in the Pacific, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom).
Easter Island
Heyerdahl experimentally proved in 1947 the feasibility of sailing from South America to Polynesia on the Kon-Tiki raft.
According to legend, the "long-eared" people, who constituted the aristocracy, were almost completel ...
Atacama Desert
Around 1900, there was an irrigation system of puquios in the desert oases.
Puquios (spring, well) are ancient underground aqueduct systems that allow water to be transported l ...
Galapagos Islands
One of the most famous representatives of the islands' fauna is the Galapagos tortoise (Chelonoidis niger).
These tortoises, also known as elephant tortoises, live on seven islands. They are the largest livin ...