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| 1 | Arizona ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 862 Lat/Lng : 34.2867 / -111.6569 | Arizona is a U.S. state in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the Western and the Mountain states. It is the sixth largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix (...) | |
| 2 | Latakia ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 49 Lat/Lng : 35.5222 / 35.7903 | Latakia ('; Syrian pronunciation:), also spelled Lattakia or Latakiyah, is the principal port city of Syria, as well as the capital of the Latakia Governorate. Historically, it has also been known as Laodicea in Syria or Laodicea ad Mare (...) | |
| 3 | Columbus, Ohio ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 239 Lat/Lng : 39.9621 / -82.9986 | Columbus is the state capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a population of 879,170 as of 2017 estimates, it is the 14th-most populous city in the United Stateshttps://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/05/25/columbus-overtakes-indianapolis-now-countrys-14th (...) | |
| 4 | Scotland ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 288 Lat/Lng : 56.26 / -4.21 | Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain. It shares a border with England to the south, and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea to the east and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the south-west (...) | |
| 5 | Liverpool ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 21 Lat/Lng : 53.4091 / -2.9857 | Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017. Its metropolitan area is the fifth-largest in the UK, with a population of 2.24 million in 2011. The local authority is Liverpool City Council, the most populous local government district in the metropolitan (...) | |
| 6 | Congress Poland ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 116 Lat/Lng : 52.2333 / 21.0167 | The Kingdom of Poland, ; , Tsarstvo Polskoye, , , translation: Tsardom of Poland informally known as Congress Poland ; or Russian Poland, was created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna as a sovereign state of the Russian partition of Poland (...) | |
| 7 | Australian Grand Prix ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : -37.847 / 144.974 | The Australian Grand Prix is a motor race held annually in Australia currently under contract to host Formula One until 2023. The Grand Prix is the second oldest surviving motor racing competition held in Australia, after the Alpine rally first held in 1921, having been contested 83 times since it (...) | |
| 8 | 2000 ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 73 Lat/Lng : 47.4403 / -1.1392 | 2000 was designated as: * International Year for the Culture of Peace * World Mathematical Year Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium due to a tendency of grouping the years according to decimal values, as if year zero were counted (...) | |
| 9 | University of Sussex ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 76 Lat/Lng : 50.8653 / -0.0856 | The University of Sussex is a public research university in Falmer, Sussex, England. Its campus is located in the South Downs National Park and is a short distance away from Central Brighton. The university received its Royal Charter in August 1961, the first of the plate glass university (...) | |
| 10 | University of Łódź ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 214 Lat/Lng : 51.7717 / 19.4731 | The University of Łódź (Polish: Uniwersytet Łódzki, Latin: Universitas Lodziensis) is a public research university founded in 1945 in Łódź, Poland, as a continuation of educational institutions functioning in Łódź in the interwar period — the Teacher Training Institute (1921–1928), the (...) | |
| 11 | Independent Order of Odd Fellows ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 290 Lat/Lng : 36.0988 / -80.2462 | The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) is a non-political and non-sectarian international fraternal order of Odd Fellowship. It was founded in 1819 by Thomas Wildey in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Evolving from the Order of Odd Fellows founded in England during the 1700s, the IOOF was (...) | |
| 12 | 1812 ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 86 Lat/Lng : 36.6 / -89.6 | == Events == === January–March === * January 1 – The Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (the Austrian civil code) enters into force in the Austrian Empire. * February 7 ** The last New Madrid earthquake strikes New Madrid, Missouri, with an estimated moment magnitude of over 8 (...) | |
| 13 | University of Costa Rica ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 1236 Lat/Lng : 9.9435 / -84.0424 | The University of Costa Rica (Spanish: Universidad de Costa Rica, abbreviated UCR) is a public university in the Republic of Costa Rica, in Central America. Its main campus, Ciudad Universitaria Rodrigo Facio, is located in San Pedro Montes de Oca, in the province of San José (...) | |
| 14 | Electronic Arts ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : -1 Lat/Lng : 37.5221 / -122.2546 | Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers responsible (...) | |
| 15 | Santa Claus ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 90.0 / 0.0 | Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle, Father Christmas, or simply Santa, is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts to the homes of well-behaved ("good" or "nice") children on Christmas Eve (24 December) and the early morning hours of (...) | |
| 16 | Tillsonburg ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 225 Lat/Lng : 42.8599 / -80.7262 | Tillsonburg is a town in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada with a population of 15,872 located about 50 kilometres southeast of London, on Highway 3 at the junction of Highway 19 the closest route to Highway 401 at Ingersoll. (...) | |
| 17 | High Point University ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 262 Lat/Lng : 35.9741 / -79.9955 | High Point University is a private liberal arts university in High Point, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Founded as High Point College in 1924, it became High Point University in October 1991 (...) | |
| 18 | Internet Research Agency ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 59.9843 / 30.272 | The Internet Research Agency (IRA; , also known as Glavset and known in Russian Internet slang as the Trolls from Olgino) is a Russian company, based in Saint Petersburg, engaged in online influence operations on behalf of Russian business and political interests (...) | |
| 19 | Department of Geography, University of Kentucky ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 300 Lat/Lng : 38.0386 / -84.5042 | The Department of Geography in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Kentucky offers undergraduate degrees and graduate degrees and courses in physical and human geography. The department has an international reputation for the study of social theory and critical geography, including (...) | |
| 20 | Much (TV channel) ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 94 Lat/Lng : 43.6497 / -79.3902 | Much (formerly and commonly known as MuchMusic) is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel currently owned by Bell Media. The channel launched on August 31, 1984, under the ownership of CHUM Limited, as one of the country's first specialty channels (...) | |
| 21 | WHBQ-TV ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 83 Lat/Lng : 35.1747 / -89.8453 | WHBQ-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 13, is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Memphis, Tennessee, United States. The station is owned by the Cox Media Group subsidiary of Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises (...) | |
| 22 | Nancy Holt ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1339 Lat/Lng : 41.3035 / -113.8638 | Nancy Holt (April 5, 1938 – February 8, 2014) was an American artist most known for her public sculpture, installation art and land art. Throughout her career, Holt also produced works in other media, including film, photography, and writing books and articles about art. (...) | |
| 23 | Garda Emergency Response Unit ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 18 Lat/Lng : 53.3343 / -6.264 | The Emergency Response Unit (ERU) is the elite police tactical unit of the Garda Síochána, Ireland's national police and security service. The unit was a section of the forces' Special Detective Unit (SDU), under the Crime and Security Branch (CSB) until 2017, when the Special Tactics and (...) | |
| 24 | Metro ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 275 Lat/Lng : -8.1831 / 112.5342 | Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to: (...) | |
| 25 | Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 766 Lat/Lng : 52.9625 / -113.4199 | Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame, based in the Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada, commemorates and honours those whose accomplishments in aviation contributed so much to Canada's development as a nation (...) | |
| 26 | Center of population ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 174 Lat/Lng : 56.5667 / 53.5 | In demographics, the centre of population (or population center) of a region is a geographical point that describes a centrepoint of the region's population. There are several different ways of defining such a "centre point", leading to different geographical locations; these are often confused. (...) | |