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1 | ![]() | Dubai International Airport ![]() FeatureType : airport Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 25.2536 / 55.3644 | Dubai International Airport is the primary international airport serving Dubai, United Arab Emirates and is the world's busiest airport by international passenger traffic. It is also the third-busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic, the sixth-busiest cargo airport in world, the busiest (...) |
2 | ![]() | Indian Ocean ![]() FeatureType : waterbody Lat/Lng : -20.0 / 80.0 | The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering (approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface). It is bounded by Asia on the north, on the west by Africa, on the east by Australia, and on the south by the Southern Ocean or, depending on definition, by (...) |
3 | DP World ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 24.9833 / 55.0833 | DP World is a global port operator that was founded in 2005 by a merger of Dubai Ports Authority and Dubai Ports International. (...) | |
4 | University of Wollongong ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 30 Lat/Lng : -34.4062 / 150.8795 | The University of Wollongong (abbreviated as UOW) is an Australian public research university located in the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, approximately 80 kilometres south of Sydney. As of 2017 the university has an enrolment of more than 32,000 students (including over 12,800 (...) | |
5 | Dubai International Financial Centre ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 2 Lat/Lng : 25.2142 / 55.2814 | The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) is a special economic zone in Dubai covering 110 ha, established in 2004 and a financial hub for the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) markets. DIFC has its own independent, internationally regulated regulator and judicial system, common law (...) | |
6 | Curtin University ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 28 Lat/Lng : -32.0047 / 115.8941 | Curtin University (formerly known as Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Institute of Technology) is an Australian public research university based in Bentley and Perth, Western Australia. It is named after the 14th Prime Minister of Australia, John Curtin, and is the largest (...) | |
7 | Downtown Dubai ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : -1 Lat/Lng : 25.1837 / 55.2666 | Downtown Dubai, previously known as Downtown Burj Dubai, is a large-scale, mixed-use complex under development in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is the home of some of the city's largest landmarks including Burj Khalifa, Dubai Mall,Lonsway, Brian. "Mall: Very Large. Center of Now. Fast (...) | |
8 | Dubai Ports World controversy ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 36.011 / 120.209 | The Dubai Ports World controversy began in February 2006 and rose to prominence as a national security debate in the United States. At issue was the sale of port management businesses in six major U.S. seaports to a company based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and whether such a sale would (...) | |
9 | CNBC ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 132 Lat/Lng : 40.8986 / -73.9392 | CNBC is an American pay television business news channel that is owned by NBCUniversal News Group, a division of NBCUniversal, with both being ultimately owned by Comcast. Headquartered in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, " ." NBC Universal. Retrieved on August 28, 2009 (...) | |
10 | Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 142 Lat/Lng : 47.4393 / 19.2618 | Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport" ." Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport. Retrieved on 4 February 2012. , formerly known as Budapest Ferihegy International Airport and still commonly called just Ferihegy, is the international airport serving the Hungarian capital city of Budapest, (...) | |
11 | Railway electrification system ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 53.4491 / 10.0015 | A railway electrification system supplies electric power to railway trains and trams without an on-board prime mover or local fuel supply. Electric railways use electric locomotives to haul passengers or freight in separate cars or electric multiple units, passenger cars with their own motors (...) | |
12 | Allama Iqbal International Airport ![]() FeatureType : airport Elevation : 211 Lat/Lng : 31.5214 / 74.4024 | Allama Iqbal International Airport is the third largest civil airport by traffic in Pakistan, serving Lahore, the capital of Punjab province as well a large portion of the travellers from the Punjab province. Originally known as Lahore International Airport, it was renamed after Allama Iqbal, one of (...) | |
13 | The Indian High School, Dubai ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 25.2405 / 55.3152 | The Indian High School is a CBSE-affiliated Indian school in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was established in 1961 to provide education to the children of Indian expatriates, the first expatriate educational institution there (...) | |
14 | Port of Jebel Ali ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 25.0113 / 55.0612 | Jebel Ali (also sometime written "Mina Jebel Ali" is a deep port located in Jebel Ali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Jebel Ali is the world's ninth busiest port, the largest man-made harbour, and the biggest and by far the busiest port in the Middle-East (...) | |
15 | Strathclyde Business School ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 28 Lat/Lng : 55.861 / -4.245 | The Strathclyde Business School (SBS) is one of four faculties forming the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1948, the school is located on Cathedral Street within the John Anderson campus of the University. It offers courses for business education and management development (...) | |
16 | International Cricket Council ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 25.04 / 55.2057 | The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the global governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from Australia, England and South Africa. It was renamed as the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989 (...) | |
17 | USS Enterprise (CVN-65) ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 2 Lat/Lng : 36.9575 / -76.3297 | USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N)-65, is a decommissioned United States Navy aircraft carrier. She was the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth United States naval vessel to bear the name. Like her predecessor of World War II fame, she is nicknamed "Big E" (...) | |
18 | 2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi ![]() FeatureType : mountain Elevation : 2889 Lat/Lng : -7.5408 / 110.4448 | In late October 2010, Mount Merapi in Central Java, Indonesia began an increasingly violent series of eruptions that continued into November. Seismic activity around the volcano increased from mid-September onwards, culminating in repeated outbursts of lava and ashes (...) | |
19 | Broadway Malyan ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 15 Lat/Lng : 51.3717 / -0.4736 | Broadway Malyan is a global architecture, urbanism and design practice. It was established in 1958. Among its incorporated businesses globally, it owns or is closely associated with the English incorporated companies Broadway Malyan International Limited, Broadway Malyan Limited and Broadway Malyan (...) | |
20 | Abu Dhabi National Oil Company ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 24.4622 / 54.3225 | The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company or ADNOC is the state-owned oil company of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). According to the Oil & Gas Journal, as of January 2015, the UAE holds the seventh-largest proven reserves of oil in the world at 97.8 billion barrels (...) | |
21 | Nagaon Budruk ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 184 Lat/Lng : 21.0693 / 75.1412 | Nagaon BK is a small but prosperous village in Amalner Taluka, Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India. It is located on the bank of the river Chikhali, accommodating over 6,000 residents. It is surrounded by four small villages: Gadkhamb, Kachare, Dhupi and Manjardi (...) | |