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| 1 | Buenos Aires ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 29 Lat/Lng : -34.6081 / -58.3703 | Buenos Aires (or ;) is the capital and largest city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the South American continent's southeastern coast. "Buenos Aires" can be translated as "fair winds" or "good airs", but the former was the meaning (...) | |
| 2 | Asunción ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 121 Lat/Lng : -25.2942 / -57.6419 | Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay. The city is located on the left bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the River Pilcomayo, on the South American continent (...) | |
| 3 | Panama City ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 24 Lat/Lng : 8.9709 / -79.5348 | Panama City is the capital and largest city of Panama.Real Academia Española y Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, «Lista de países y capitales, con sus gentilicios», Ortografía de la lengua española, Madrid, Espasa It has an urban population of 880,691, with over 1 (...) | |
| 4 | New York University ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 40 Lat/Lng : 40.7292 / -73.9942 | New York University (NYU) is a private nonprofit research university based in New York City. Founded in 1831, NYU's primary campus is in Greenwich Village with other campuses throughout New York City. NYU students can also study abroad at its degree-granting campuses in NYU Abu Dhabi and NYU (...) | |
| 5 | Santo Domingo ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 15 Lat/Lng : 18.49 / -69.8833 | Santo Domingo (meaning "Saint Dominic"), officially Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic and the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. In 2010, its population was counted as 965,040, rising to 2,908,607 when its surrounding (...) | |
| 6 | Managua ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 95 Lat/Lng : 12.1364 / -86.2514 | Managua is the capital and largest city of Nicaragua, and the center of eponymous department. Located on the southwestern shore of Lake Managua, it had an estimated population 1,042,641 in 2016 within the city's administrative limits and a population of 1,401,687 in the metropolitan area, which (...) | |
| 7 | Auckland ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 21 Lat/Lng : -36.8406 / 174.74 | Auckland is a city in the North Island of New Zealand. Auckland is the largest urban area in the country, with an urban population of around It is located in the Auckland Region—the area governed by Auckland Council—which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, resulting (...) | |
| 8 | Rio de Janeiro ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : -22.9028 / -43.2078 | Rio de Janeiro (; ;It is pronounced in the variety of Brazilian Portuguese spoken in Rio de Janeiro according to Larousse Concise Dictionary: Portuguese-English, 2008, p. 339. Vowel reduction at was added as it is the most often used speech pattern in vernacular, colloquial and educated colloquial (...) | |
| 9 | Barranquilla ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 64 Lat/Lng : 10.9628 / -74.8031 | Barranquilla is a city and municipality located in northern Colombia. Barranquilla is located near the Caribbean Sea. The city is located in the Atlántico Department, of which it is the capital. Barranquilla is the largest city and port in the northern Caribbean Coast region of Colombia, with a (...) | |
| 10 | Valle de los Caídos ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 1316 Lat/Lng : 40.6414 / -4.1572 | The Valle de los Caídos ("Valley of the Fallen") is a fascist monument Catholic basilica and a monumental memorial in the municipality of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, erected at Cuelgamuros Valley in the Sierra de Guadarrama, near Madrid (...) | |
| 11 | The World (archipelago) ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 25.2265 / 55.1632 | The World or The World Islands, located in Dubai, (Arabic: جزر العالم; Juzur al-Ālam) is an artificial archipelago of various small islands constructed in the rough shape of a world map, located in the waters of the Persian Gulf, off the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates (...) | |
| 12 | Interpol ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 169 Lat/Lng : 45.7822 / 4.8484 | The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO-INTERPOL;), more commonly known as Interpol, is the international organization that facilitates international police cooperation. It was established as the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC) in 1923; it chose INTERPOL as its (...) | |
| 13 | 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 604 Lat/Lng : 40.4 / -3.6833 | The 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup, the tournament previously known as the FIBA World Championship. Hosted by Spain, it was the last tournament to be held on the then-current four-year cycle (...) | |
| 14 | Replicas of the Statue of Liberty ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 47 Lat/Lng : 48.8464 / 2.3332 | Hundreds of replicas of the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) have been created worldwide. (...) | |
| 15 | Antipodes ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : -21.4167 / -140.1833 | In geography, the antipode of any spot on Earth is the point on Earth's surface diametrically opposite to it; the antipodes of a region similarly represent the area opposite it. A pair of points antipodal to each other are situated such that a straight line connecting the two would pass through (...) | |
| 16 | 2010 Chile earthquake ![]() FeatureType : event Lat/Lng : -35.846 / -72.719 | The 2010 Chile earthquake occurred off the coast of central Chile on Saturday, 27 February at 03:34 local time (06:34 UTC), having a magnitude of 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale, with intense shaking lasting for about three minutes (...) | |
| 17 | Santo Domingo (disambiguation) ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1417 Lat/Lng : -27.092 / -70.3832 | Santo Domingo is the capital of the Dominican Republic. Santo Domingo may also refer to: (...) | |
| 18 | South African Airways ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1683 Lat/Lng : -26.1392 / 28.2461 | South African Airways (SAA) is the flag carrier airline of South Africa. Its headquarters are in Airways Park on the grounds of O. R. Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. In partnership with SA Express, SA Airlink and its low-cost carrier, Mango, the airline flies to 56 (...) | |
| 19 | Burger King ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 25.7828 / -80.2874 | Burger King (BK) is an American global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants. Headquartered in the unincorporated area of Miami-Dade County, Florida, the company was founded in 1953 as Insta-Burger King, a Jacksonville, Florida–based restaurant chain (...) | |
| 20 | 2010 FIFA World Cup ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1699 Lat/Lng : -26.2348 / 27.9824 | The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The bidding process for hosting the tournament finals was open only to African nations (...) | |
| 21 | Ultra Music Festival ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 25.7848 / -80.1869 | Ultra Music Festival is an annual outdoor electronic music festival that takes place during March in Miami, Florida, United States. The festival was founded in 1999 by Russell Faibisch and Alex Omes and is named after the 1997 Depeche Mode album, Ultra (...) | |
| 22 | Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : -51.6667 / -59.5 | Sovereignty over the Falkland Islands is disputed by Argentina and the United Kingdom. The British claim to sovereignty dates from 1690, and the United Kingdom has exercised de facto sovereignty over the archipelago almost continuously since 1833 (...) | |
| 23 | Alliance Française ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 51 Lat/Lng : 48.8464 / 2.3286 | L'Alliance Française (French Alliance), or AF, is an international organization that aims to promote French language and culture around the world. Created in Paris on 21 July 1883 under the name Alliance française pour la propagation de la langue nationale dans les colonies et à l'étranger (French (...) | |
| 24 | Central American Technological University ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 1055 Lat/Lng : 14.0493 / -87.1738 | The Central American Technological University (UNITEC) is a private coeducational institution with campuses in the three main cities of Honduras: Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula and La Ceiba. (...) | |
| 25 | ICA ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 340 Lat/Lng : -14.3386 / -75.6483 | ICA may refer to: ==Places== * Ica, Peru, the capital of the Ica Region * Ica Province of Peru * Ica Region of Peru * Içá River, also known as the Putumayo River ==Companies and organizations== * ICA AB, a Swedish retail food business, formerly named ICA Ahold AB * Indoor Cricket Australia * (...) | |
| 26 | JPMorgan Chase ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 73 Lat/Lng : 40.7558 / -73.9754 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in New York City. JPMorgan Chase is the largest bank in the United States, and the sixth largest bank in the world by total assets, with the amount of $2.534 trillion (...) | |
| 27 | Nihonjin gakkō ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 216 Lat/Lng : 42.1214 / -87.9814 | , also called Japanese school, is a full-day school outside Japan for native speakers of Japanese. It is an expatriate school designed for children whose parents are working on diplomatic, business, or education missions overseas and have plans to repatriate to Japan (...) | |
| 28 | Miramar ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 22.3209 / -97.8595 | Miramar is a place name of Portuguese and Spanish origin. It means "sea-view" or "sea sight" from mira ("watch") and mar ("sea"). It may refer to: (...) | |
| 29 | Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 153 Lat/Lng : 43.0458 / -2.1895 | Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (Grupo CAF, literally "Construction & Other Railway Services") is a Spanish publicly-listed company which manufactures railway vehicles and equipment. It is based in Beasain, Basque Autonomous Community (...) | |
| 30 | Munich Business School ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 531 Lat/Lng : 48.1361 / 11.5244 | Munich Business School (MBS) is a private international business school located in Munich (Bavaria, Germany). Munich Business School confers degrees exclusively in business administration. It offers one undergraduate Bachelor program, 4 graduate Programs (Masters and MBA), a terminal DBA degree in (...) | |
| 31 | Boca ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 502 Lat/Lng : -7.7233 / 16.5472 | Boca may refer to: In entertainment: *Boca, a 1994 film starring Rae Dawn Chong *Boca (2010 film), a 2010 Brazilian film *"Boca" (The Sopranos episode), a 1999 episode of the American television series The Sopranos In locations: *La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina **La Boca (...) | |
| 32 | Kimberly-Clark ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 215 Lat/Lng : 48.7205 / 5.9623 | Kimberly-Clark Corporation is an American multinational personal care corporation that produces mostly paper-based consumer products. Kimberly-Clark brand name products include Kleenex facial tissue, Kotex feminine hygiene products, Cottonelle, Scott and Andrex toilet paper, Wypall utility wipes, (...) | |
| 33 | SS Cap Finisterre ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 30.75 / 127.6667 | The steam ship Cap Finisterre was a German transatlantic ocean liner of the early 20th century, which was transferred to Japan in 1920 as German war reparations, and renamed on trans-Pacific routes. She was sunk on army service by an American submarine in 1942, during World War II, with the loss of (...) | |
| 34 | SS Pasteur ![]() FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 7.5833 / 60.2 | SS Pasteur was a turbine steam ship built for Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique. She later sailed as Bremen for Norddeutscher Lloyd. In the course of her career, she sailed for 41 years under four names and six countries' flags. (...) | |
| 35 | Cenotaph ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 49 Lat/Lng : 22.2815 / 114.1606 | A cenotaph is an empty tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere. It can also be the initial tomb for a person who has since been reinterred elsewhere. Although the vast majority of cenotaphs honour individuals, many noted cenotaphs are instead (...) | |
| 36 | Sentro Rizal ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 14.5884 / 120.9757 | The Sentro Rizal is a Philippine government-sponsored organization whose main objective is the global promotion of Filipino art, culture and language. Established by virtue of the National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009, its headquarters is located at the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (...) | |
| 37 | Galvez ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 28 Lat/Lng : -33.0302 / -60.6404 | Galvez or Gálvez may refer to: (...) | |