Geography

Sunday, 26 April 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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Uluru
The greater bilby–a desert-dwelling marsupial native to Australia–is the oldest animal that can be spotted in the area surrounding Uluru.
Its fossils date back to 15 million years ago.
Lake Baikal
The first European to visit Lake Baikal was Cossack, Kurbat Ivanov in 1643.
Martinique
Martinique is a mountainous island of volcanic origin.
The mountains covering it are rather low mountains that form cliffs along the coasts. The area of th ...
Nan Madol
The population of the city was about 1,000 people, although it is recently assumed that it never exceeded 500 people.
Greenland
People have inhabited Greenland for at least 4,500 years.
They were migrants from areas of present-day Canada.
Galapagos Islands
The Galapagos is also home to another unusual species - the marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus).
It is the only iguana that has adapted to life in the marine environment. This species, found only i ...
Colorado
The capital of the state is Denver.
Located on a plain in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains on the South Platte River, the city is al ...
Death Valley
In the past, gold, silver, and copper were mined in Death Valley.
Death Valley got its name in 1849 during the California gold rush. It was so named by prospectors of ...
Wadi Rum
It was perhaps the British officer Thomas Edward Lawrence who made Wadi Rum most famous in the West.
He crossed the valley several times during the Arab Revolt of 1917-18 and eventually settled there. ...
Mount Etna
Etna also has its own legends. According to Greek and Roman mythology, the god Vulcan (gr. Hephaestus ) had his forge beneath Mount Etna.
One of the oldest legends says that the volcano Etna was created when Zeus could not bear the behavi ...