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1 Suriname  
FeatureType : city
Elevation : 15
Lat/Lng : 5.8681 / -55.1675
Suriname (also spelled Surinam), officially known as the Republic of Suriname , is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west and Brazil to the south (...)
2 Netherlands Antilles  
FeatureType : isle
Elevation : 67
Lat/Lng : 12.1861 / -68.9894
The Netherlands Antilles (; Papiamentu: Antia Hulandes)Papiamentu/Ingles Dikshonario, Ratzlaff, Betty; p. 11 was a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The country consisted of several island territories located in the Caribbean Sea (...)
3 Netherlands  
FeatureType : country
Elevation : 25
Lat/Lng : 52.35 / 5.7667
The Netherlands is a country located mainly in Northwestern Europe. Together with three island territories in the Caribbean (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba), it forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (...)
4Surinam, Mauritius  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 28
Lat/Lng : -20.5097 / 57.5053
Surinam is a village located in the Savanne District of Mauritius. According to the Statistics Mauritius census in 2011, the population was 10,507. Nightingale College was a college in Surinam, Mauritius founded on 1 July 1964 by Seewooparsad Goolab (...)
5 Commewijne River  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 7
Lat/Lng : 15.4236 / -89.5747
Commewijne River (Sranan Tongo: Kawina-liba) is a river in northern Suriname (estuary located at around). It originates in the hills of the Commewijne District and flows northwards until it receives the meandering Cottica River from the right and then runs westward until it unites with the (...)
6Wayana  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 78
Lat/Lng : 4.0269 / -54.3325
The Wayana (alternate names: Ajana, Uaiana, Alucuyana, Guaque, Ojana, Orcocoyana, Pirixi, Urukuena, Waiano etc.) are a Carib-speaking people located in the south-eastern part of the Guiana highlands, a region divided between Brazil, Surinam, and French Guiana (...)
7Surinam Airways Flight 764  
FeatureType : landmark
Elevation : 14
Lat/Lng : 5.4533 / -55.2297
Surinam Airways Flight 764 was an international scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in the Netherlands to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport in Suriname on a Surinam Airways DC-8-62 (...)
8 Geography of Bermuda  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 6
Lat/Lng : 32.3 / -64.7833
This article describes the geography of Bermuda. (...)
9Waukegan, Illinois  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 212
Lat/Lng : 42.3725 / -87.8614
Waukegan is the largest city in and the county seat of Lake County, Illinois, United States. It is a suburb of Chicago, located approximately 35 miles north of The Loop. As of the 2013 census estimate, Waukegan had a population of 88,826, which makes it the ninth-largest city in Illinois by (...)
10Kingdom of the Netherlands  
FeatureType : country
Elevation : 61
Lat/Lng : 52.0 / 5.5
The Kingdom of the Netherlands , commonly known as the Netherlands, is a sovereign state and constitutional monarchy with the large majority of its territory in Western Europe and with several small island territories in the Caribbean Sea, in the West Indies islands (Leeward Islands and Lesser (...)
11Caribbean  
FeatureType : waterbody
Lat/Lng : 14.5256 / -75.8183
The Caribbean is a region of North America that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean) and the surrounding coasts (...)
12Totness, Suriname  
FeatureType : city
Elevation : 4
Lat/Lng : 5.8833 / -56.3167
Totness is a town in Suriname, located in the Coronie district, of which it is the capital. Totness once had a Scottish settlement. The Surinam-Guyana Submarine Cable System has its landing station in Totness. It connects the telecommunications networks in Suriname with those in Guyana and Trinidad (...)
13Moengo  
FeatureType : city
Elevation : 9
Lat/Lng : 5.6167 / -54.4
Moengo is a town in Suriname, located in the Marowijne district, between Paramaribo and the border town Albina. Moengo is also a resort (municipality) in the district of Marowijne. Alcoa's first bauxite mine in Suriname was located in Moengo (...)
14Tsuruga, Fukui  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 7
Lat/Lng : 35.6452 / 136.0555
is a city located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 66,123 in 28,604 households and the population density of 260 persons per km². The total area of the city was . (...)
15HMS Amelia (1796)  
FeatureType : null
Lat/Lng : 44.6833 / -21.4
Proserpine was a 38-gun Hébé-class frigate of the French Navy launched in 1785 that captured on 13 June 1796. The Admiralty commissioned Proserpine into the Royal Navy as the fifth rate, HMS Amelia. She spent 20 years in the Royal Navy, participating in numerous actions in the French Revolutionary (...)
16Wageningen Airstrip  
FeatureType : airport
Elevation : 3
Lat/Lng : 5.8417 / -56.6708
Wageningen Airstrip is north of Wageningen, in the Nickerie District of Suriname. Heavily used for cropdusting agriculture flights in this rice region of the country. Homebase of the Surinam Sky Farmers (...)
17East India  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 354
Lat/Lng : 23.25 / 86.0
East India is a region of India consisting of the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha and also the union territory Andaman and Nicobar Islands. West Bengal's capital Kolkata is the largest city of this region. The Kolkata Metropolitan Area is the country's third largest (...)
18HMS Emerald (1795)  
FeatureType : null
Lat/Lng : 13.0333 / -24.0
HMS Emerald was a 36-gun frigate that Sir William Rule designed in 1794 for the Royal Navy. The Admiralty ordered her construction towards the end of May 1794 and work began the following month at Northfleet dockyard (...)
19Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 13
Lat/Lng : 5.4528 / -55.1878
Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport , also known as Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport, and locally referred to simply as JAP, is an airport located in the town of Zanderij and hub for airline carrier Surinam Airways, south of Paramaribo (...)
20Special member state territories and the European Union  
FeatureType : null
Elevation : 54
Lat/Lng : 57.9058 / 27.7132
The special territories of the European Union are 31 territories of EU member states which, for historical, geographical, or political reasons, enjoy special status within or outside the European Union. The special territories divided themselves in two categories: 9 Outermost Regions (OMR) that form (...)