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| Qingdao  FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 36.0882 / 120.3577 | Qingdao (; also spelled Tsingtao;) is a major city in the east of Shandong Province on China's Yellow Sea coast. It is the largest city in its province. Administered at the sub-provincial level, Qingdao has jurisdiction over six districts and four county-level cities (...) |
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| Hong Kong FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 1 Lat/Lng : 22.2806 / 114.1653 | Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is a special administrative region on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in southern China. With over 7 (...) |
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| Fuzhou FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 26.0753 / 119.3082 | Fuzhou, formerly romanized as Foochow, is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian province, China. Along with the many counties of Ningde, those of Fuzhou are considered to constitute the Mindong (lit. Eastern Fujian) linguistic and cultural area (...) |
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| Dalian FeatureType : city Elevation : 23 Lat/Lng : 39.0333 / 121.7667 | Dalian is a major city and seaport in the south of Liaoning Province, China. It is the southernmost city of the Liaodong Peninsula. Dalian is the province's second largest city and has sub-provincial administrative status (...) |
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| Aberdeen, Hong Kong FeatureType : city Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 22.2478 / 114.1517 | Aberdeen is an area and town on southwest Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Southern District. While the name "Aberdeen" could be taken in a broad sense to encompass the areas of Aberdeen (town), Wong Chuk Hang, Ap Lei Chau, Tin Wan, Wah Kwai Estate and Wah Fu (...) |
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| Waibaidu Bridge FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 31.2453 / 121.4857 | The Waibaidu Bridge , called the Garden Bridge in English, is the first all-steel bridge,"The Preservation and Renovation of Waibaidu Bridge,"WHITR-AP (Shanghai) NEWSLETTER 9 (March 2009):4.; http://whitr-ap.org/download/Newsletter%209 (...) |
| 7 | Constanța FeatureType : city Elevation : 48 Lat/Lng : 44.1733 / 28.6383 | Constanța (; or , Konstantia, or), historically known as Tomis , is the oldest continuously inhabited city in Romania. It was founded around 600 BC. The city is located in the Dobruja region of Romania, on the Black Sea coast. It is the capital of Constanța County and the largest city in the region (...) | |
| 8 | Lijiang FeatureType : city Elevation : 2384 Lat/Lng : 26.8548 / 100.2274 | Lijiang is a prefecture-level city in the northwest of Yunnan province, China. It has an area of and had a population of 1,244,769 at the 2010 census. Lijiang is famous for its UNESCO Heritage Site, the Old Town of Lijiang. (...) | |
| 9 | Kai Tak Airport FeatureType : airport Elevation : 16 Lat/Lng : 22.3288 / 114.1943 | Kai Tak International Airport was the international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 until 1998. It was officially known as Hong Kong International Airport from 1954 to 6 July 1998, when it was closed and replaced by the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok, to the west (...) | |
| 10 | Wenzhou FeatureType : city Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 27.993 / 120.699 | Wenzhou (pronounced ; Wenzhounese:) is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Zhejiang province in the People's Republic of China. Wenzhou is located at the extreme south east of Zhejiang Province with its borders connecting to Lishui on the west, Taizhou on the north, and Fujian to the south (...) | |
| 11 | Zhejiang University FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 30.2636 / 120.1208 | Zhejiang University (ZJU, also known as Che Kiang University;), sometimes referred to as , is an elite C9 League university in Zhejiang province. It is also a Chinese Ministry of Education Class A Double First Class University (...) | |
| 12 | Battle of Hong Kong FeatureType : null Elevation : 53 Lat/Lng : 22.267 / 114.188 | The Battle of Hong Kong (8–25 December 1941), also known as the Defence of Hong Kong and the Fall of Hong Kong, was one of the first battles of the Pacific War in World War II. On the same morning as the attack on Pearl Harbor, forces of the Empire of Japan attacked the British Crown colony of Hong (...) | |
| 13 | Shannan, Tibet FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 5039 Lat/Lng : 28.5561 / 92.5567 | ShannanThe official spelling according to ' (Beijing, SinoMaps Press 1997); , also transliterated from Tibetan as Lhoka , is a prefecture-level city in the southeastern Tibet Autonomous Region, China.Booz, Elisabeth B. (1986). Tibet, pp. 127-135. Passport Books, Chicago. (...) | |
| 14 | Sichuan FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 1199 Lat/Lng : 30.714 / 103.403 | Sichuan (; formerly romanised as Szechuan or Szechwan), is a province in southwest China occupying most of the Sichuan Basin and the easternmost part of the Tibetan Plateau between the Jinsha River on the west, the Daba Mountains in the north, and the Yungui Plateau to the south (...) | |
| 15 | Yangtze FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 2440 Lat/Lng : 28.2672 / 99.2878 | The Yangtze (or), which is long, is the longest river in Asia and the third-longest in the world. The river is the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. It drains one-fifth of the land area of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and its river basin is home to nearly one-third of (...) | |
| 16 | Xianning FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 37 Lat/Lng : 29.8833 / 114.2167 | Xianning is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Hubei province, People's Republic of China, bordering Jiangxi to the southeast and Hunan to the southwest. It is known as the "City of Osmanthus". (...) | |
| 17 | North Point FeatureType : city Elevation : 97 Lat/Lng : 22.2871 / 114.1917 | North Point is a mixed-use urban area in the Eastern District of Hong Kong. It is in the northeastern part of Hong Kong Island, between Causeway Bay and Quarry Bay, and projects toward Kowloon Bay. (...) | |
| 18 | Lin Zexu FeatureType : null Elevation : 33 Lat/Lng : 26.125 / 119.2853 | Lin Zexu (30 August 1785 – 22 November 1850), courtesy name Yuanfu, was a Chinese scholar-official of the Qing dynasty best known for his role in the First Opium War of 1839–42. He was from Fuzhou, Fujian Province (...) | |
| 19 | London Metropolitan University FeatureType : edu Elevation : 37 Lat/Lng : 51.5516 / -0.1107 | London Metropolitan University, commonly known as London Met, is a public research university in London, England. The University of North London (formerly the Polytechnic of North London) and London Guildhall University (formerly the City of London Polytechnic) merged in 2002 to create the (...) | |
| 20 | Cao Bằng Province FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 548 Lat/Lng : 22.6667 / 106.0 | Cao Bằng (help=no) is a province of the Northeast region of Vietnam. The province has borders with Hà Giang, Tuyên Quang, Bắc Kạn, and Lạng Sơn provinces within Vietnam. It also has common international border with Guangxi Province of the People's Republic of China (...) | |
| 21 | Malayan Campaign FeatureType : null Elevation : 311 Lat/Lng : 4.0 / 102.5 | The Malayan Campaign was a military campaign fought by Allied and Axis forces in Malaya, from 8 December 1941 – 31 January 1942 during the Second World War. It was dominated by land battles between British Commonwealth army units, and the Imperial Japanese Army with minor skirmishes at the beginning (...) | |
| 22 | St. Paul's College, Hong Kong FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 71 Lat/Lng : 22.2844 / 114.1389 | St. Paul's College (SPC; Traditional Chinese: 聖保羅書院) is an Anglican day school for boys in Hong Kong. Established in 1851, it is the oldest continuously-operated school in Hong Kong. The college opened in 1851 with one tutor and nine pupils (...) | |
| 23 | Durham Light Infantry FeatureType : null Elevation : 79 Lat/Lng : 54.7844 / -1.5811 | The Durham Light Infantry (DLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1968. It was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) and the 106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry) along (...) | |
| 24 | 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay route FeatureType : null Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 18.255 / 109.5119 | The 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay route involved 21 countries where the Olympic torch was carried between its lighting in Greece in March 2008 and the Olympic opening ceremony in China's host city of Beijing in August 2008 (...) | |
| 25 | Batang County FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 4823 Lat/Lng : 30.02 / 99.25 | Batang County is a county located in western Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China. Government address: Xiaqiong Town, Batang County, Ganzi, Sichuan 627650. Area code: 0836. The main administrative centre is known as Batang Town or Xiaqiong Town (...) | |
| 26 | Taishanese people FeatureType : null Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 22.2856 / 112.5658 | Sze Yap Cantonese (Chinese: ; Sze Yap: Hlei Yip Gong Ong Ngin; Cantonese: Sei Yap Gwong Dong Yan; Mandarin: Sìyì guǎngdōng rén) are a Han Chinese group coming from a region in Guangdong Province in China called Sze Yap , which consisted of the four county-level cities of Taishan, Kaiping, Xinhui, (...) | |
| 27 | Waldorf Astoria New York FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 46 Lat/Lng : 40.7564 / -73.9742 | The Waldorf Astoria New York is a luxury hotel in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The hotel has been housed in two historic landmark buildings in New York. The first, bearing the same name, was built in two stages, as the Waldorf Hotel and the Astoria Hotel, which accounts for its dual name (...) | |
| 28 | Astor House Hotel (Shanghai) FeatureType : null Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 31.246 / 121.4866 | The Astor House Hotel , known as the Pujiang Hotel in Chinese since 1959, has been described as once "one of the famous hotels of the world". Established in 1846 as Richards' Hotel and Restaurant on The Bund in Shanghai, it has been at 15 Huangpu Lu, Shanghai, near the confluence of the Huangpu (...) | |
| 29 | Spring Street, Melbourne FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 46 Lat/Lng : -37.8116 / 144.9732 | Spring Street is a major street in the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. It runs roughly north-south and is the easternmost street in the original 1837 Hoddle Grid. Spring Street is famous as the traditional seat of the Government of Victoria, as well as being central to many of the (...) | |
| 30 | Jieshou FeatureType : null Elevation : 41 Lat/Lng : 33.2558 / 115.3358 | Jieshou is a county-level city under the administration of Fuyang City, located on the Huang-Huai Plain in northwestern Anhui province, People's Republic of China. Jieshou, an important commercial port and gateway, borders Henan Province on the west and the Ying River, a major tributary of the Huai (...) | |
| 31 | Chengguan, Chamdo FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 4354 Lat/Lng : 31.1667 / 97.2333 | Chengguan synonymously referred to as Chamdo or Qamdo is a major town in the historical region of Kham in the eastern Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The seat of Karub District and Chamdo Prefecture, it is Tibet's third largest city after Lhasa and ShigatseBuckley and Straus 1986, p. 215 (...) | |
| 32 | Luisenpark FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 96 Lat/Lng : 49.4827 / 8.4974 | The Luisenpark (41 hectares) is a municipal park in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, whose attractions include a greenhouse, "gondoletta" boats, and a variety of facilities for children. Along with the Herzogenriedpark (33 hectares; on the other side of the Neckar river) it is operated by the (...) | |
| 33 | Taku Forts FeatureType : null Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 38.9749 / 117.7122 | The Taku Forts or Dagu Forts, also called the Peiho Forts are forts located by the Hai River (Peiho River) estuary in the Binhai New Area, Tianjin, in northeastern China. They are located southeast of the Tianjin urban center. (...) | |
| 34 | Chinatown, Victoria FeatureType : null Elevation : 20 Lat/Lng : 48.4294 / -123.3679 | The Chinatown in Victoria, British Columbia is the oldest Chinatown in Canada and the second oldest in North America after San Francisco's. Victoria's Chinatown had its beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century in the mass influx of miners from California to what is now British Columbia in 1858 (...) | |
| 35 | Bayi Subdistrict FeatureType : city Elevation : 2995 Lat/Lng : 29.6581 / 94.3589 | Bayi is a subdistrict in Tibet and seat of Bayi District. It lies on the Nyang River at an altitude of 2,994 metres (9,826 feet). Bayi is an important timber and wool producing town, known historically before the 1960s as Lhabagar. By road it is east of Lhasa on the way to Chengdu (...) | |
| 36 | Tsetang FeatureType : city Elevation : 3560 Lat/Lng : 29.2436 / 91.7725 | Zêtang, also Zedang or Tsethang, is the fourth largest city in Tibet and is located in the Yarlung Valley, southeast of Lhasa in Nêdong District of Shannan, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. As capital of Shannan City, it ".. (...) | |
| 37 | Wenquan, Golmud FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 4862 Lat/Lng : 33.2311 / 91.8544 | Wenquan (i.e. "Warm Springs") is a small settlement in the Qinghai province of China. Administratively, it is part of Tanggula Town, which is an exclave of Golmud County-level city, Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (...) | |
| 38 | Mercedes-Benz Arena (Shanghai) FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 31.1913 / 121.4894 | The Mercedes-Benz Arena , formerly known as the Shanghai World Expo Cultural Center, is an indoor arena located on the former grounds of Expo 2010 in Pudong, Shanghai. It is owned and operated by the AEG-OPG joint venture (...) | |
| 39 | Battle of Taku Forts (1860) FeatureType : null Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 38.9749 / 117.7122 | The Third Battle of Taku Forts was an engagement of the Second Opium War, part of the British and French 1860 expedition to China. It took place at the Taku Forts (also called Peiho Forts) near Tanggu District (Wade-Giles: Pei Tang-Ho), approximately 60 kilometers (36 mi (...) | |
| 40 | Flagstaff House FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 56 Lat/Lng : 22.2785 / 114.1625 | Flagstaff House, built in 1846, is the oldest example of Western-style architecture remaining in Hong Kong.Antiquities and Monuments Office: It is located at 10 Cotton Tree Drive, Central – within the Hong Kong Park (...) | |
| 41 | Shekou FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 22.4859 / 113.9619 | Shekou is an area at the southern tip of Nanshan, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. It faces Yuen Long, Hong Kong across the Shenzhen Bay. It has been designated a Free Trade Zone by the government, alongside Qianhai, Hengqin and Nansha. (...) | |
| 42 | Ban Gioc–Detian Falls FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 366 Lat/Lng : 22.8556 / 106.7233 | Ban Gioc – Detian Falls (Vietnamese: thác Bản Giốc, Đức Thiên-Bản Ước Chinese: Détiān pùbù, Bǎnyuē pùbù 板約瀑布, 德天瀑布) is a collective name for two waterfalls on the Quây Sơn River (Chinese: Guichun River (Vietnamese: Quy Xuân Hà), 归春河), that straddle the international border between China and Vietnam; (...) | |
| 43 | Wuxi New Area FeatureType : null Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 31.5175 / 120.3869 | Wuxi New District , abbreviated as WND, is a district of Wuxi in Jiangsu Province. It has been viewed as the economic engine behind the opening-up of Wuxi and a center of scientific innovation and industrial transformation., bizwnd.gov.cn (...) | |
| 44 | RMS Empress of Asia FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 1.2333 / 103.65 | RMS Empress of Asia was an ocean liner built in 1912–1913 by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland for Canadian Pacific Steamships. As well as being a passenger liner in peacetime, Empress of Asia served as an armed merchant cruiser and a troopship in wartime (...) | |
| 45 | Yarlung Valley FeatureType : city Elevation : 3566 Lat/Lng : 29.2314 / 91.7673 | The Yarlung Valley is formed by the Yarlung Tsangpo River and refers especially to the district where it joins with the Chongye River, and broadens out into a large plain about 2 km wide, before they flow north into the Yarlung Tsangpo River or Brahmaputra.Dowman (1988), p. 173 (...) | |
| 46 | Gyantse Dzong FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 4069 Lat/Lng : 28.9178 / 89.599 | Gyantse Dzong or Gyantse Fortress is one of the best preserved dzongs in Tibet, perched high above the town of Gyantse on a huge spur of grey brown rock.French (1994), p. 227. According to Vitali, the fortress was constructed in 1390Vitali (1990), p. 30 (...) | |
| 47 | Batang, Sichuan FeatureType : city Elevation : 2653 Lat/Lng : 30.0031 / 99.1131 | Batang Town (; Chinese: 巴搪 or 八搪; Pinyin: Bātáng), or Xiaqiong Town (Chinese: 夏邛镇; Pinyin: Xiàqióng Zhèn), is a town in Batang County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, in the China on the main route between Chengdu and Lhasa, Tibet, and just east of the Jinsha ('Golden Sands') (...) | |
| 48 | Dêqên, Lhasa FeatureType : city Elevation : 3709 Lat/Lng : 29.6692 / 91.3667 | Dêqên , or Deqing in Chinese , is a town and the seat of Dagzê District, Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. It is near Ganden Monastery, about east of central Lhasa.Buckley, Michael and Strauss, Robert. Tibet: a travel survival kit, p. 150. (1986) Lonely Planet Publications, Victoria, Australia (...) | |
| 49 | Bamda FeatureType : city Elevation : 3723 Lat/Lng : 29.4449 / 98.704 | Bamda is a small township in Markam County in the south-east of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, roughly from Lhasa. It is basically an army garrison with a small Tibetan village around the corner.Buckley, Michael and Strauss, Robert. Tibet: a travel survival kit, p, 217 (...) | |
| 50 | Coqên Town FeatureType : city Elevation : 4664 Lat/Lng : 31.0189 / 85.1583 | Coqên is a town and seat of Coqên County in Ngari Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It lies at an altitude of 4,718 metres (15,482 feet). It is on the main route between Lhasa and Kashgar, northwest of Lhaze.Buckley,Michael and Strauss, Robert. Tibet: a travel survival kit, p. 244 (...) | |
| 51 | Gaocheng, Sichuan FeatureType : city Elevation : 3935 Lat/Lng : 29.9881 / 100.2694 | Litang Town (also Lithang, ; ;) is the administrative centre of Litang County in the southwest of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province of China. The county in 2001 had a population of 47,500, the vast majority of which is ethnically Tibetan (...) | |
| 52 | Astana Cemetery FeatureType : landmark Elevation : -29 Lat/Lng : 42.8816 / 89.5271 | The Astana Cemetery is an ancient cemetery southeast of Turpan, in Xinjiang, China, from the ancient city of Gaochang. It served mainly as the cemetery for the descendants of Chinese settlers in Gaochang from the 4th century to the first half of the 8th century (...) | |
| 53 | Rawu FeatureType : city Elevation : 4875 Lat/Lng : 29.45 / 96.7667 | Rawu (also known as Rawok) is the name of a town in Baxoi County, Qamdo Prefecture, part of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It is at an altitude of . The modern town (population about 2,900) of about 20 shops and hotels services the loggers and nearby military base. (...) | |
| 54 | Battle of Chinkiang FeatureType : null Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 32.1864 / 119.4197 | The Battle of Chinkiang was fought between British and Chinese forces in Chinkiang (Zhenjiang), Jiangsu province, China, on 21July 1842 during the First Opium War. It was the last major battle of the war. The Chinese force consisted of a garrison of Manchu and Mongol Bannermen (...) | |
| 55 | Cona (village) FeatureType : city Elevation : 4726 Lat/Lng : 27.9667 / 91.9667 | Cona is a village in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, seat of Cona County. It is in a mountain valley near the Bhutanese border, some 211 km south of Tsetang.Buckley, Michael and Strauss, Robert. Tibet: a travel survival kit, p. 166. (1986) Lonely Planet Publications, Victoria, Australia. (...) | |
| 56 | Tangmai FeatureType : city Elevation : 5160 Lat/Lng : 30.1333 / 96.0833 | Tangmai is a village in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China set in lush jungle with ferns and monkeys. The altitude is about 1,700 m (5,577 ft). There is a truckstop hotel but no real town.Buckley,Michael and Strauss, Robert. Tibet: a travel survival kit, pp. 217-218 (...) | |
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