Geography

Thursday, 15 October 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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Mount Etna
Starting in February 2021, Etna began a series of explosive eruptions that affected nearby villages and towns, with volcanic ash and rocks falling as far away as Catania.
By March 12, 2021, the volcano had erupted 11 times in three weeks. The eruptions have thrown clouds ...
River Thames
From the 17th to 19th centuries, the Thames used to freeze in winter.
The citizens of London held Frost Fairs on the river’s surface.
Tropical rainforests
Beneath the surface of every tropical rainforest on Earth are rich deposits of natural resources.
Gold, silver, coltan (tantalum and niobium ore used in electronics manufacturing), oil and natural g ...
Greenland
Greenlanders speak three dialects of Greenlandic. The dialect spoken on the west coast is the official language.
Danish and English are also widely spoken in Greenland (especially in the cities).
Mount Tambora
The year without summer inspired the British novelist Mary Shelley to write “Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus.”
Galapagos Islands
The archipelago is located about 1,000 kilometers west of the Ecuadorian coast of South America.
The islands that make up the archipelago are located on both sides of the equator, in both the north ...
Tropical rainforests
They are called the largest pharmacy in the world.
They owe this name to the fact that more than 25% of all natural medicines have been discovered there.
Crete
With a population of just over 600.000, Crete receives more than three million tourists a year.
For tourists is mainly the northern coast of the island, where infrastructure, hotels, and beaches a ...
Ojos del Salado
A Guinness World Record was set on Ojos del Salado.
On April 21, 2007, Chilean Gonzalo Bravo and his co-pilot Eduardo Canales Moya broke the world recor ...
Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria is located in Africa.
It is located in the East African highlands, in a basin between the Albertine Rift and the East African Rift.