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| Jeddah  FeatureType : city Elevation : 15 Lat/Lng : 21.5433 / 39.1728 | Jeddah (sometimes spelled Jiddah or Jedda; ; ', Hejazi pronunciation:) is a city in the Tihamah region of the Hejaz on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest seaport on the Red Sea, and with a population (...) |
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| Mecca FeatureType : null Elevation : 299 Lat/Lng : 21.4225 / 39.8262 | Mecca is a city in the Hejazi region of the Arabian Peninsula, and the plain of Tihamah in Saudi Arabia, and is also the capital and administrative headquarters of the Makkah Region. The city is located inland from Jeddah in a narrow valley at a height of above sea level, and south of Medina (...) |
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| Yemen FeatureType : country Elevation : 711 Lat/Lng : 15.8134 / 47.7905 | Yemen , officially known as the Republic of Yemen , is a country at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. Yemen is the second-largest Arab sovereign state in the peninsula, occupying . The coastline stretches for about (...) |
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| London, Ontario FeatureType : city Elevation : 262 Lat/Lng : 42.9837 / -81.2497 | London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 383,822 according to the 2016 Canadian census. London is at the confluence of the Thames River, approximately from both Toronto, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan; and about from (...) |
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| United Arab Emirates FeatureType : country Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 24.4667 / 54.3667 | The United Arab Emirates (UAE; '), sometimes simply called the Emirates , is a country in Western Asia at the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman to the east and Saudi Arabia to the south, as well as sharing maritime borders with Qatar to the west and Iran to (...) |
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| Bahrain FeatureType : country Elevation : 57 Lat/Lng : 26.0675 / 50.5511 | Bahrain , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain (help=no), is an island country in the Persian Gulf. The sovereign state comprises a small archipelago centered around Bahrain Island, situated between the Qatar peninsula and the north eastern coast of Saudi Arabia, to which it is connected by the King (...) |
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| Red Sea FeatureType : adm1st Lat/Lng : 20.1553 / 38.6469 | The Red Sea (also the Erythraean Sea) is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden. To the north lie the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez (leading to (...) |
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| Qatar FeatureType : country Elevation : 42 Lat/Lng : 25.2694 / 51.2128 | Qatar (Pronunciation adopted by Qatar Airways' advertisements, such as ' , or ; ' ; local vernacular pronunciation:), officially the State of Qatar , is a country located in Western Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula (...) |
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| Harrods FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 23 Lat/Lng : 51.4996 / -0.1635 | Harrods is a department store located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London. The Harrods brand also applies to other enterprises undertaken by the Harrods group of companies including Harrods Estates, Harrods Aviation and Air Harrods, and to Harrods Buenos Aires, sold by Harrods in 1922 and (...) |
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| Mukalla FeatureType : city Elevation : 114 Lat/Lng : 14.5333 / 49.1333 | Mukalla is a seaport and the capital city of Yemen's Hadhramaut Governorate. The city is located in the southern part of Arabia on the Gulf of Aden, on the shores of the Arabian Sea. Mukalla is east of Aden and is the most important port in the Hadhramaut, the largest governorate in Yemen (...) |
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| Manama FeatureType : null Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 26.2361 / 50.5831 | Manama (' Bahrani pronunciation:) is the capital and largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 157,000 people. Long an important trading center in the Persian Gulf, Manama is home to a very diverse population (...) |
| 12 | Saudi Aramco FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 18 Lat/Lng : 26.9304 / 49.4708 | Saudi Aramco , officially the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, (formerly Arabian-American Oil Company), is a Saudi Arabian national petroleum and natural gas company based in Dhahran. It is one of the largest companies in the world by revenue, and according to accounts seen by Bloomberg News, the most (...) | |
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| Kaaba FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 299 Lat/Lng : 21.4226 / 39.8261 | The Kaaba (' , "The Cube"), also referred as al-Kaʿbah al-Musharrafah (the Holy Ka'bah), is a building at the center of Islam's most important mosque, that is Al-Masjid Al-Ḥarām (The Sacred Mosque), in the Hejazi city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is the most sacred site in Islam.Wensinck, A. J; Kaʿba (...) |
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| Aden FeatureType : null Elevation : 126 Lat/Lng : 12.7736 / 45.0265 | Aden (; ' Yemeni:) is a port city and the temporary capital of Yemen, located by the eastern approach to the Red Sea (the Gulf of Aden), some east of Bab-el-Mandeb. Its population is approximately 800,000 people (...) |
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| 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 (...) |
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| Bamako FeatureType : city Elevation : 313 Lat/Lng : 12.6333 / -7.9833 | Bamako is the capital and largest city of Mali, with a population of 2,009,109. In 2006, it was estimated to be the fastest-growing city in Africa and sixth-fastest in the world. It is located on the Niger River, near the rapids that divide the upper and middle Niger valleys in the southwestern part (...) |
| 17 | King Fahd International Airport FeatureType : airport Elevation : 20 Lat/Lng : 26.4712 / 49.7986 | King Fahd International Airport (KFIA) is an airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia northwest of Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The airport's basic infrastructure was complete by the end of 1990, which allowed the Allied forces engaged in the first Gulf War in early 1991 to use the field for the storage of military (...) | |
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| 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 (...) |
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| Luzon FeatureType : isle Elevation : 865 Lat/Lng : 16.075 / 121.0031 | Luzon is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. It is ranked 15th largest in the world by land area. Located in the northern region of the archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, as well as Quezon City, (...) |
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| Jordan FeatureType : country Elevation : 784 Lat/Lng : 31.95 / 35.9333 | Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , is an Arab country in Western Asia, on the East Bank of the Jordan River. Jordan is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north, Israel and Palestine to the west (...) |
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| 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 (...) |
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| Afghanistan FeatureType : country Elevation : 1817 Lat/Lng : 34.5167 / 69.1333 | Afghanistan (; Pashto/Dari: , Pashto: Afġānistān ,The phoneme ف occurs only in loanwords in Pashto, it tends to be replaced with پ. is also an allophone of before voiced consonants; is an allophone of before voiced consonants in loanwords (...) |
| 23 | Arabian Peninsula FeatureType : null Elevation : 590 Lat/Lng : 24.65 / 46.71 | The Arabian Peninsula, simplified Arabia (; ', ‘Arabian island’ or ', ‘Island of the Arabs’), is a peninsula of Western Asia situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian plate. From a geographical perspective, it is considered a subcontinent of Asia. It is the largest peninsula in the world, at (...) | |
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| Sudan FeatureType : country Elevation : 386 Lat/Lng : 15.6333 / 32.5333 | Sudan (; as-Sūdān), officially the Republic of the Sudan (Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea to the east, Ethiopia to the southeast, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the (...) |
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| Gaza Strip FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 31.4167 / 34.3333 | The Gaza Strip (;The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory under the control of the Palestinian National Authority and Hamas, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza..." (...) |
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| Lebanon FeatureType : country Elevation : 1210 Lat/Lng : 33.8333 / 35.8333 | Lebanon (; ; Lebanese pronunciation: ;), officially known as the Lebanese RepublicRepublic of Lebanon is the most common phrase used by Lebanese government agencies. The phrase Lebanese Republic is a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names, no longer in use (...) |
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| Loftus Road FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 51.5092 / -0.2322 | Loftus Road Stadium is a football stadium in Shepherd's Bush, London, which is home to Queens Park Rangers. In 1981, the ground became the first stadium in British professional football to have an artificial pitch of Omniturf installed, which remained until 1988 (...) |
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| Dubai FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 25.205 / 55.2698 | Dubai is the largest and most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). On the southeast coast of the Persian Gulf, it is the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, one of the seven emirates that make up the country.The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa. D Long, B Reich. p (...) |
| 29 | Hofuf FeatureType : city Elevation : 152 Lat/Lng : 25.3833 / 49.5833 | Al-Hofuf (', also Hofuf or Hufuf, also known as "Al-Hasa", "Al-Ahsa" or "Al-Hassa") is the major urban center in the Al-Ahsa Oasis in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. It is also known for being one of the largest date producers in the world, and for its old souks and palaces. (...) | |
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| Edinburgh FeatureType : city Elevation : 129 Lat/Lng : 55.9496 / -3.1603 | Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (or Edinburghshire), it is located in Lothian on the Firth of Forth's southern shore. Recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh is the seat (...) |
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| Sapporo FeatureType : city Elevation : 34 Lat/Lng : 43.0619 / 141.3542 | is the fifth largest city of Japan by population, and the largest city on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. It is the capital city of Hokkaido Prefecture and Ishikari Subprefecture. It is the northernmost ordinance-designated city in Japan and has the fourth largest population in Japanese (...) |
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| Emirate of Abu Dhabi FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 24.4591 / 54.3694 | The Emirate of Abu Dhabi (or ;), is one of seven emirates that constitute the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is the largest emirate by area , accounting for approximately 87 percent of the total land area of the federation. Abu Dhabi also has the largest population of the seven emirates (...) |
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| Athlone FeatureType : null Elevation : 40 Lat/Lng : 53.4239 / -7.9422 | Athlone is a town on the River Shannon near the southern shore of Lough Ree in Ireland. It is the second most populous town in the Midlands Region with a population of 21,349 in the 2016 census. Most of the town lies on the east bank of the river; however, by the terms of the Local Government Act of (...) |
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| Nauru FeatureType : country Elevation : 29 Lat/Lng : -0.5322 / 166.9327 | Nauru (or ;), officially the Republic of Nauru and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country in Micronesia, a subregion of Oceania, in the Central Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Kiribati, to the east (...) |
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| Georgetown University FeatureType : edu Elevation : 54 Lat/Lng : 38.9072 / -77.0728 | Georgetown University is a private research university in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. Founded in 1789 as Georgetown College, the university has grown to comprise nine undergraduate and graduate schools, among which are the School of Foreign (...) |
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| Kandahar FeatureType : airport Elevation : 1007 Lat/Lng : 31.6169 / 65.7169 | Kandahār or Qandahār (; ; known in older literature as Candahar) is the second-largest city in Afghanistan, with a population of about 557,118. Formerly called Alexandria Arachosia, the city is named after Alexander the Great, who founded it in 329 BC around an ancient Arachosian town (...) |
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| Egypt FeatureType : country Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 24.1333 / 35.4833 | Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. Egypt is a Mediterranean country bordered by the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Gulf of Aqaba to the east, the (...) |
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| Suez Canal FeatureType : waterbody Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 30.705 / 32.3442 | The Suez Canal is an original sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez. Constructed by the Suez Canal Company between 1859 and 1869, it was officially opened on 17 November 1869 (...) |
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| Turkmenistan FeatureType : country Elevation : 126 Lat/Lng : 39.0667 / 60.2667 | Turkmenistan (or ;), formerly known as Turkmenia,; New York Times – 28 October 1991. Retrieved on 16 November 2016. officially the Republic of Turkmenistan is a country in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north and east, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to (...) |
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| Eritrea FeatureType : city Elevation : 2343 Lat/Lng : 15.3333 / 38.9167 | Eritrea , , officially the State of Eritrea International Organization for Standardization is a country in the Horn of Africa, with its capital at Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast (...) |
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| Hampden Park FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 38 Lat/Lng : 55.8259 / -4.252 | Hampden Park (often referred to as Hampden) is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The -capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland. It is the normal home venue of the Scotland national football team and amateur Scottish league club Queen's (...) |
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| Dar es Salaam FeatureType : city Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : -6.82 / 39.27 | Dar es Salaam (Dar) (from ', "the house of peace"; formerly Mzizima) is the former capital as well as the most populous city in Tanzania and a regionally important economic centre. Located on the Swahili coast, the city is one of the fastest growing cities in the world (...) |
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| Somalia FeatureType : country Elevation : 273 Lat/Lng : 6.1833 / 47.0 | Somalia , officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe Federal Republic of Somalia is the country's name per Article 1 of the . , is a sovereign state with its territory located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, the Gulf of Aden to the north, (...) |
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| Peshawar FeatureType : null Elevation : 325 Lat/Lng : 34.0167 / 71.5833 | Peshawar (Pēkhawar pronunciation; ;) is the capital of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Situated in the broad Valley of Peshawar near the eastern end of the historic Khyber Pass, close to the border with Afghanistan, Peshawar's recorded history dates back to at least 539 BCE, making it (...) |
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| United States FeatureType : country Elevation : 691 Lat/Lng : 40.0 / -100.0 | The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles (9 (...) |
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| Nepal FeatureType : country Elevation : 88 Lat/Lng : 26.5333 / 86.7333 | Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal , is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is located mainly in the Himalayas but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. With an estimated population of 26 (...) |
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| Marbella FeatureType : null Elevation : 57 Lat/Lng : 36.5167 / -4.8833 | Marbella is a city and municipality in southern Spain, belonging to the province of Málaga in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is part of the Costa del Sol and is the headquarters of the Association of Municipalities of the region; it is also the head of the judicial district that bears its (...) |
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| Medan FeatureType : null Elevation : 26 Lat/Lng : 3.5833 / 98.6667 | Medan ; is the capital of North Sumatra province in Indonesia. Located along the northeastern coast of Sumatra island, Medan is the fourth biggest city by population in Indonesia, behind Jakarta, Surabaya and Bandung (...) |
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| Diego Garcia FeatureType : isle Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : -7.3133 / 72.4111 | Diego Garcia is an atoll just south of the equator in the central Indian Ocean, and the largest of 60 small islands comprising the Chagos Archipelago. It was settled by the French in the 1790s and was transferred to British rule after the Napoleonic Wars (...) |
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| Iran FeatureType : country Elevation : 1188 Lat/Lng : 35.7 / 51.4167 | Iran , also known as Persia , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Western Asia. With over 81 million inhabitants, Iran is the world's 18th-most-populous country. Comprising a land area of , it is the second-largest country in the Middle East and the 17th-largest in the world (...) |
| 51 | Ha'il FeatureType : city Elevation : 1009 Lat/Lng : 27.5167 / 41.6833 | Ha'il , also spelled Hail, Ha'yel, or Hayil, is a city in north-western Saudi Arabia. It is the capital of Ha'il Region. The city has a population of 400,000. Ha'il is largely agricultural, with significant grain, date, and fruit production (...) | |
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| Djibouti FeatureType : country Elevation : 690 Lat/Lng : 11.8 / 42.4333 | Djibouti (; , ', , , officially the Republic of Djibouti) is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea in the north, Ethiopia in the west and south, and Somalia in the southeast. The remainder of the border is formed by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden at the east (...) |
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| Canada FeatureType : country Elevation : 73 Lat/Lng : 45.4116 / -75.6984 | Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering , making it the world's second-largest country by total area (...) |
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| Libya FeatureType : country Elevation : 16 Lat/Lng : 32.8833 / 13.1667 | Libya , officially the State of Libya, is a country in North Africa, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south and Algeria and Tunisia to the west (...) |
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| Morocco FeatureType : country Lat/Lng : 34.0333 / -6.85 | Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in the far west of North Africa with an area of . Its capital is Rabat, the largest city Casablanca. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, bordered to the east by Algeria and to the south (...) |
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| Edmonton FeatureType : null Elevation : 676 Lat/Lng : 53.6218 / -113.4901 | Edmonton (; Cree: ; Blackfoot:) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region (...) |
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| Odessa FeatureType : city Elevation : 38 Lat/Lng : 46.4857 / 30.7434 | Odessa (also known as Odesa; ; ;) is the third most populous city of Ukraine and a major tourism center, seaport and transportation hub located on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. It is also the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast and a multiethnic cultural center (...) |
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| Indonesia FeatureType : country Elevation : -4 Lat/Lng : -6.175 / 106.8286 | Indonesia (; Indonesian:), officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It is the world's largest island country, with more than thirteen thousand islands, and at , the 14th largest by land area and the 7th largest in combined sea and (...) |
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| Niger FeatureType : country Elevation : 211 Lat/Lng : 13.5145 / 2.1135 | Niger or the Niger (or from Slate.com, retrieved 4 March 2012"Niger." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. 2003. Houghton Mifflin Company 22 February 2013 ;), officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in West Africa named after the Niger (...) |
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| Laos FeatureType : country Elevation : 174 Lat/Lng : 17.9667 / 102.6 | Laos (;, UK pronunciations, US pronunciations , Lāo), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic , commonly referred to by its colloquial name of Muang Lao (Lao: ເມືອງລາວ, Muang Lao), is a socialist state and the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia at the heart of the Indochinese (...) |
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| Tunis FeatureType : null Elevation : 42 Lat/Lng : 36.7975 / 10.1659 | Tunis (Tūnis) is the capital and the largest city of Tunisia. The greater metropolitan area of Tunis, often referred to as Grand Tunis, has some 2,700,000 inhabitants. Situated on a large Mediterranean Sea gulf (the Gulf of Tunis), behind the Lake of Tunis and the port of La Goulette (Ḥalq il-Wād), (...) |
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| Venezuela FeatureType : country Elevation : 63 Lat/Lng : 7.0 / -65.0 | Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ,Previously, the official name was Estado de Venezuela (1830–1856), República de Venezuela (1856–1864), Estados Unidos de Venezuela (1864–1953), and again República de Venezuela (1953–1999) (...) |
| 63 | Al-Qassim Region FeatureType : null Elevation : 2022 Lat/Lng : 16.3333 / 43.9667 | Al-Qassim Region (' , local Najdi Arabic pronunciation:), also spelled Qassim, Al-Qaseem, Al-Qasim, or Gassim internationally, is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Saudi Arabia. Located at the heart of the country, and almost in the center of the Arabian Peninsula, it has a population of (...) | |
| 64 | Osama bin Laden FeatureType : null Elevation : 1191 Lat/Lng : 34.1693 / 73.2425 | Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin LadenThe common transliteration is based on Afghan Persian; according to standard Arabic pronunciation, his name would be rendered in English Usamah bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Ladin (...) | |
| 65 | Unaizah FeatureType : city Elevation : 670 Lat/Lng : 26.084 / 43.994 | Unaizah or officially The Governorate of Unaizah (also spelled Onaizah, Onizah, or Unayzah;) is a Saudi Arabian city in the Al Qassim Province. It lies south of the province capital Buraydah and north of Riyadh, the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (...) | |
| 66 | 2015 Mina stampede FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 363 Lat/Lng : 21.4166 / 39.8847 | On 24 September 2015 an event described as a "crush and stampede" caused deaths estimated at well over 2,000 pilgrims, suffocated or crushed during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mina, Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The high number of deaths caused by the disaster make it the deadliest Hajj disaster in history (...) | |
| 67 | Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen FeatureType : null Elevation : 265 Lat/Lng : 13.1667 / 44.7667 | A military intervention was launched by Saudi Arabia in 2015, leading a coalition of nine African and Middle East countries, in response to calls by former ousted Yemeni interim President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi for military support in response to Houthi takeover in Yemen which was inspired by (...) | |
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| Pentland Firth FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 58.7265 / -3.1476 | The Pentland Firth (meaning the Orcadian Strait) is a strait which separates the Orkney Islands from Caithness in the north of Scotland. Despite the name, it is not a firth. (...) |
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| Western Wall FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 738 Lat/Lng : 31.7767 / 35.2345 | The Western Wall, Wailing Wall, or Kotel,Hebrew: , translit.: ; Ashkenazic pronunciation: HaKosel HaMa'arovi known in Islam as the Buraq Wall, is an ancient limestone wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is a relatively small segment of a far longer ancient retaining wall, known also in its (...) |
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| Bangladesh FeatureType : country Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 24.0167 / 89.8667 | Bangladesh (; , lit. "The country of Bengal"), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh , is a country in South Asia. It shares land borders with India and Myanmar (Burma).The country's maritime territory in the Bay of Bengal is roughly equal to the size of its land area (...) |
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| Diriyah FeatureType : city Elevation : 655 Lat/Lng : 24.7333 / 46.5756 | DiriyahAlso written as "Al-Diriyah", "Ad-Diriyah", "Ad-Dir'iyah", "Ad-Dar'iyah", or "Dir'aiyah". , formerly romanized as Dereyeh" and Dariyya, is a town in Saudi Arabia located on the north-western outskirts of the Saudi capital, Riyadh (...) |
| 72 | Middle East FeatureType : country Elevation : -216 Lat/Lng : 32.8 / 35.6 | The Middle East is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia, Turkey (both Asian and European), and Egypt (which is mostly in North Africa). Saudi Arabia is geographically the largest Middle Eastern nation while Bahrain is the smallest (...) | |
| 73 | Najran FeatureType : city Elevation : 1309 Lat/Lng : 17.4917 / 44.1322 | Najran , is a city in southwestern Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen. It is the capital of Najran Province. Designated a new town, Najran is one of the fastest-growing cities in the kingdom; its population has risen from 47,500 in 1974 and 90,983 in 1992 to 246,880 in 2004 and 500,000 in 2017 (...) | |
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| Athabasca oil sands FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 327 Lat/Lng : 57.02 / -111.65 | The Athabasca oil sands (or tar sands) are large deposits of bitumen or extremely heavy crude oil, located in northeastern Alberta, Canada – roughly centred on the boomtown of Fort McMurray. These oil sands, hosted primarily in the McMurray Formation, consist of a mixture of crude bitumen (a (...) |
| 75 | Ma'rib FeatureType : null Elevation : 1093 Lat/Lng : 15.4613 / 45.3239 | Marib is the capital city of Ma'rib Governorate, Yemen. It was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Sabaʾ , which some scholars believe to be the ancient Sheba of biblical fame. It is located approximately east of Yemen's modern capital, Sana'a, and is in the region of the Sarawat Mountains (...) | |
| 76 | Arab League FeatureType : null Elevation : 26 Lat/Lng : 30.0446 / 31.2331 | The Arab League , formally the League of Arab States , is a regional organization of Arab states in and around North Africa, the Horn of Africa and Arabia. It was formed in Cairo on 22 March 1945 with six members: Kingdom of Egypt, Kingdom of Iraq, Transjordan (renamed Jordan in 1949), Lebanon, (...) | |
| 77 | East End of London FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 15 Lat/Lng : 51.5167 / -0.05 | The East End of London, usually called the East End, is the historic core of wider East London, east of the Roman and medieval walls of the City of London, and north of the River Thames. It does not have universally accepted boundaries, though the various channels of the River Lea are often (...) | |
| 78 | Al Buraimi Governorate FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 292 Lat/Lng : 24.25 / 55.78 | Al Buraimi is a governorate of Oman which was split from the Ad Dhahirah Region. Until October 2006, the area was part of Ad Dhahirah Region. At this time, the new governorate was created from the Wilayats (Provinces) of Al Buraymi and Mahdah (...) | |
| 79 | Killing of Jamal Khashoggi FeatureType : null Elevation : 119 Lat/Lng : 41.086 / 29.0121 | Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi dissident and journalist for The Washington Post, author, and former general manager and editor-in-chief of Al-Arab News Channel was assassinated at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, on 2 October 2018 by agents of the Saudi Arabian government (...) | |
| 80 | Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan FeatureType : null Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 24.412 / 54.474 | Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan ; 6 May 1918 – 2 November 2004) was the Ruler of Abu Dhabi for 38 years (6 August 1966 – 2 November 2004). He is the founding father and the principal driving force behind the formation of the United Arab Emirates , becoming the Union's first President , a post (...) | |
| 81 | Jeddah Tower FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 21.7341 / 39.083 | Jeddah Tower , previously known as Kingdom Tower and Mile-High Tower , is a skyscraper under construction on the north side of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It is planned to be the world's first high building, and the centrepiece and first phase of a development and tourist attraction known as Jeddah (...) | |
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| Swissair Flight 111 FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 44.4091 / -63.9736 | Swissair Flight 111 (IATA: SR111, ICAO: SWR111) was a scheduled international passenger flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, United States to Cointrin International Airport in Geneva, Switzerland. This flight was also a codeshare flight with Delta Air Lines (...) |
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| Exploratorium FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 37.8014 / -122.3976 | The Exploratorium is a museum in San Francisco that allows visitors to explore the world through science, art, and human perception. Its mission is to create inquiry-based experiences that transform learning worldwide (...) |
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| USS Wisconsin (BB-64) FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 36.8483 / -76.2953 | USS Wisconsin (BB-64) is an , the second ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. She was built at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and launched on 7 December 1943 (the second anniversary of the Pearl Harbor raid), sponsored by (...) |
| 85 | BAE Systems FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 76 Lat/Lng : 51.2736 / -0.7667 | BAE Systems plc is a British multinational defence, security, and aerospace company. Its headquarters are in London in the United Kingdom and it has operations worldwide. It is the largest defence contractor in Europehttps://www.ft.com/content/8de1c226-d908-11e7-a039-c64b1c09b482https://www (...) | |
| 86 | Al Bahah FeatureType : null Elevation : 2169 Lat/Lng : 20.02 / 41.47 | Al-Bahah is a city in the south west of Saudi Arabia. It is the capital of Al Bahah Region, and is one of the Kingdom's prime tourist attractions. It enjoys a pleasant climate and is surrounded by more than forty forests, including Raghdan, al Zaraeb and Baidan (...) | |
| 87 | Boeing AH-64 Apache FeatureType : null Elevation : 314 Lat/Lng : 31.074 / -97.8265 | The Boeing AH-64 Apache is an American twin-turboshaft attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement and a tandem cockpit for a crew of two. It features a nose-mounted sensor suite for target acquisition and night vision systems (...) | |
| 88 | Qaboos bin Said al Said FeatureType : null Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 23.6147 / 58.5955 | Qaboos bin Said Al Said (; born 18 November 1940). Encyclopedia.jrank.org. Retrieved on 14 July 2011. is the Sultan of Oman. He rose to power after overthrowing his father, Said bin Taimur, in a palace coup in 1970. He is the 14th-generation descendant of the founder of the Al Bu Sa'id dynasty (...) | |
| 89 | Oujda FeatureType : city Elevation : 547 Lat/Lng : 34.6867 / -1.9114 | Oujda is the capital city of the Oriental region of eastern Morocco. It is located about west of the Algerian border and about south of the Mediterranean Sea. (...) | |
| 90 | United Nations Environment Programme FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 694 Lat/Lng : 1.2339 / 36.1503 | The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is an agency of United Nations and coordinates its environmental activities, assisting developing countries in implementing environmentally sound policies and practices (...) | |
| 91 | Zamzam Well FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 297 Lat/Lng : 21.4225 / 39.8264 | The Well of Zamzam is a well located within the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, east of the Kabah, the holiest place in Islam. According to Islamic mythology, it is a miraculously generated source of water from God, which sprang thousands of years ago when Ibrahim's infant son ʾIsmaʿil was (...) | |
| 92 | 1972 Summer Olympics FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 481 Lat/Lng : 48.2464 / 11.5224 | The 1972 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1972), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972 (...) | |
| 93 | King Saud University FeatureType : edu Elevation : 644 Lat/Lng : 24.722 / 46.627 | King Saud University (KSU) is a public university in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, founded in 1957 by King Saud bin Abdulaziz as Riyadh University, as the first university in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The university was created to meet the shortage of skilled workers in Saudi Arabia (...) | |
| 94 | IKEA FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 52.1671 / 4.4824 | IKEA is a Swedish-founded multinational group that designs and sells , kitchen appliances and home accessories, among other useful goods and occasionally home services. It has been the world's largest furniture retailer since at least 2008 (...) | |
| 95 | Tayma FeatureType : city Elevation : 819 Lat/Lng : 27.6297 / 38.5516 | Tayma or Tema Teman/Tyeman/Yeman (Habakkuk 3:3)‹ is a large oasis with a long history of settlement, located in northwestern Saudi Arabia at the point where the trade route between Yathrib (Medina) and Dumah (al-Jawf) begins to cross the Nefud desert (...) | |
| 96 | Palestinian National Authority FeatureType : country Elevation : 873 Lat/Lng : 31.9122 / 35.2083 | The Palestinian National Authority (PA or PNA; ') is the interim self-government body established in 1994 following the Gaza–Jericho Agreement to govern the Gaza Strip and Areas A and B of the West Bank,. Encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com (2012-04-11). Retrieved on 2013-08-25 (...) | |
| 97 | East London Mosque FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 20 Lat/Lng : 51.5174 / -0.0654 | The East London Mosque (ELM), situated in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets between Whitechapel and Aldgate. It serves Great Britain's largest Muslim community. Office for National Statistics Combined with the adjoining London Muslim Centre and Maryam Centre, it is one of the largest mosques in (...) | |
| 98 | Naypyidaw FeatureType : null Elevation : 164 Lat/Lng : 19.7285 / 96.0879 | Naypyidaw, officially spelled Nay Pyi Taw (; , formerly known as Kyetpyay, Pyinmana or Kyatpyay, Pyinmana), is the capital city of Myanmar and seat of the government of Myanmar. It is administered as the Naypyidaw Union Territory, as per the Constitution (...) | |
| 99 | 2013 FeatureType : null Elevation : 200 Lat/Lng : 44.136 / 125.488 | 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa __TOC__ (...) | |
| 100 | Cairo International Airport FeatureType : airport Elevation : 86 Lat/Lng : 30.1222 / 31.4056 | Cairo International Airport (Arabic: ; Maṭār El Qāhira El Dawly) is the international airport of Cairo and the busiest airport in Egypt and serves as the primary hub for EgyptAir, EgyptAir Express and Nile Air as well as several other airlines (...) | |
| 101 | Évry, Essonne FeatureType : null Elevation : 86 Lat/Lng : 48.6238 / 2.4296 | Évry is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France, prefecture of the department of Essonne. It is located from the center of Paris, in the "new town" of Évry Ville Nouvelle, created in the 1960s, of which it is the central and most populated commune (...) | |
| 102 | Mesopotamia FeatureType : country Elevation : 83 Lat/Lng : 33.7 / 43.5 | Mesopotamia is a historical region in Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in modern days roughly corresponding to most of Iraq, Kuwait, parts of Northern Saudi Arabia, the eastern parts of Syria, Southeastern Turkey, and regions along the Turkish–Syrian and Iran–Iraq (...) | |
| 103 | Tigray Region FeatureType : null Elevation : 2286 Lat/Lng : 14.1366 / 38.3093 | Tigray Region (kilil Tigrāy; Official name: , Bəh̩erawi Kəllelawi Mängəśti Təgray, "Tigray National Regional State") is the northernmost of the nine regions (kililat) of Ethiopia. Tigray is the homeland of the Tigrayan, Irob and Kunama peoples (...) | |
| 104 | Al Bahah Region FeatureType : null Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 21.5 / 39.2 | Al-Bahah Region is a region of Saudi Arabia. Al-Baḥah is located in the southwestern part of the Hejazi region. It has an area of 9,921 km², and a population of 411,888 (2010). Its capital is Al Bahah. The region includes Al-Baḥah City, Al-Mikhwah and Baljorashi (...) | |
| 105 | Ferris wheel FeatureType : null Elevation : 641 Lat/Lng : 36.1174 / -115.1681 | A Ferris wheel (sometimes called in the case of the very tallest examples, giant wheel) is an amusement ride consisting of a rotating upright wheel with multiple passenger-carrying components (commonly referred to as passenger cars, cabins, tubs, capsules, gondolas, or pods) attached to the rim in (...) | |
| 106 | Limburg (Netherlands) FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 29 Lat/Lng : 51.21 / 5.9361 | Limburg (; Dutch and Limburgish: (Nederlands-)Limburg;) is the southernmost of the 12 provinces of the Netherlands. It is in the southeastern part of the country, stretched out from the north, where it touches the province of Gelderland, to the south, where it internationally borders Belgium (...) | |
| 107 | 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 (...) | |
| 108 | Zayed Sports City Stadium FeatureType : null Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 24.4161 / 54.4536 | Zayed Sports City Stadium , is amulti-purpose stadium located in Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is the largest stadium in the UAE with more than 43,000 seats. It has developed a great history and heritage and has cemented its place in the country's history by being featured (...) | |
| 109 | November 25 FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : -2.5 / 100.5 | ==Events== * 571 BC – Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans. *1034 – Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, dies. His grandson, Donnchad, son of Bethóc and Crínán of Dunkeld, inherits the throne (...) | |
| 110 | Ibn Battuta FeatureType : null Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 22.3308 / 36.4903 | Ibn Battuta (; ; fully ; Arabic:) (February 25, 13041368 or 1369) was a Berber Muslim Moroccan scholar and explorer who widely travelled the medieval world. After outlining the extensive route of Ibn Battuta's Journey, Nehru notes: "This is a record of travel which is rare enough today with our many (...) | |
| 111 | 2017 Westminster attack FeatureType : event Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 51.5008 / -0.1219 | On 22 March 2017, a terrorist attack took place outside the Palace of Westminster in London, seat of the British Parliament. The attacker, 52-year-old Briton Khalid Masood, drove a car into pedestrians on the pavement along the south side of Westminster Bridge and Bridge Street, injuring more than (...) | |
| 112 | World Economic Forum FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 483 Lat/Lng : 46.2253 / 6.1917 | The World Economic Forum (WEF), based in Cologny-Geneva, Switzerland, was founded in 1971 as a not-for-profit organization. It gained formal status in January 2015 under the Swiss Host-State Act, confirming the role of the Forum as an International Institution for Public-Private Cooperation (...) | |
| 113 | 2017 FeatureType : null Elevation : 102 Lat/Lng : 29.311 / 119.9695 | 2017 was designated as International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. __TOC__ (...) | |
| 114 | Somaliland FeatureType : country Elevation : 943 Lat/Lng : 9.75 / 45.9667 | Somaliland , officially the Republic of Somaliland (Jumhūrīyat Ṣūmālīlānd), is a self-declared state, internationally considered to be an autonomous region of Somalia. The government of the de facto state of Somaliland regards itself as the successor state to the former British Somaliland (...) | |
| 115 | BP FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 28.7539 / -88.3147 | BP plc (formerly The British Petroleum Company plc and BP Amoco plc) is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England. It is one of the world's seven oil and gas "supermajors", whose performance in 2012 made it the world's sixth-largest oil and gas company, the (...) | |
| 116 | Horn of Africa FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 654 Lat/Lng : 9.0 / 48.0 | The Horn of Africa is a peninsula in East Africa that juts into the Guardafui Channel, lying along the southern side of the Gulf of Aden and the southwest Red Sea. The area is the easternmost projection of the African continent (...) | |
| 117 | Utah State University FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 1457 Lat/Lng : 41.7408 / -111.8145 | Utah State University (also referred to as USU or Utah State) is a public doctorate-granting university in Logan, Utah, United States. The coeducational, space-grant, land-grant, research university is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (...) | |
| 118 | 1938 FeatureType : null Elevation : 61 Lat/Lng : 53.3937 / 13.7438 | ==Events== ===January=== * January 1 ** The California Golden Bears defeat the Alabama Crimson Tide in the 1938 Rose Bowl with a final score 13-0. ** The Company 1938 OEM Industrial Groups is officially registered (...) | |
| 119 | Institut géographique national FeatureType : null Elevation : 55 Lat/Lng : 48.8448 / 2.4238 | The Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière (National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information), previously Institut géographique national (National Geographic Institute) or IGN is a French public state administrative establishment founded in 1940 to produce and maintain (...) | |
| 120 | McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 61.2461 / -149.7961 | The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engined, all-weather tactical fighter aircraft designed by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) to gain and maintain air supremacy in all aspects of aerial combat. Following reviews of proposals, the United States Air Force selected McDonnell Douglas's (...) | |
| 121 | Soviet Union FeatureType : null Elevation : 157 Lat/Lng : 55.75 / 37.6167 | The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union and known outside as Russia, was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 30 December 1922 to 26 December 1991.Television documentary from CC&C Ideacom Production,"Apocalypse Never-Ending War 1918-1926", part 2, (...) | |
| 122 | UNESCO FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 35 Lat/Lng : 48.8501 / 2.3062 | The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO;) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris. Its declared purpose is to contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through educational, scientific, and cultural reforms (...) | |
| 123 | International Monetary Fund FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 43 Lat/Lng : 38.899 / -77.0442 | The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of "189 countries working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, (...) | |
| 124 | United Nations FeatureType : null Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 40.75 / -73.9675 | The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote and secure international co-operation and to create and maintain international order. A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations, the organization was established on 24 October 1945 after World War II with the (...) | |
| 125 | History of Iran FeatureType : country Elevation : 1623 Lat/Lng : 29.9344 / 52.8914 | The history of Iran, commonly also known as Persia in the Western world, is intertwined with the history of a larger region, also to an extent known as Greater Iran, comprising the area from Anatolia, the Bosphorus, and Egypt in the west to the borders of Ancient India and the Syr Darya in the east, (...) | |
| 126 | Berlin Wall FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 36 Lat/Lng : 52.5161 / 13.3769 | The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany), starting on 13 August 1961, the Wall cut off (by land) West Berlin from virtually all of surrounding East Germany and (...) | |
| 127 | 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. (...) | |
| 128 | Ford Motor Company FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 181 Lat/Lng : 42.3147 / -83.2106 | Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand and most luxury cars under the Lincoln brand (...) | |
| 129 | University of East Anglia FeatureType : edu Elevation : 27 Lat/Lng : 52.6217 / 1.2417 | The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution for 2016–17 was £273.7 million of which £35 (...) | |
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| Yule Marble FeatureType : null Elevation : 2843 Lat/Lng : 39.036 / -107.1683 | Yule Marble is a marble of metamorphosed limestone found only in the Yule Creek Valley, in the West Elk Mountains of Colorado, southeast of the town of Marble, Colorado.Marble Quadrangle, Colorado; USGS 7.5 minute series topographic quadrangle, Dated 1960, revised 1987 First discovered in 1873—it is (...) |
| 131 | Abdul Aziz bin Fahd FeatureType : null Elevation : 635 Lat/Lng : 24.6458 / 46.6432 | Abdul Aziz bin Fahd is a Saudi Arabian Prince and member of the Royal House of Saud. (...) | |
| 132 | North Dakota FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 594 Lat/Lng : 47.4333 / -100.3333 | North Dakota is a U.S. state in the midwestern and northern regions of the United States. It is the nineteenth largest in area, the fourth smallest by population, and the fourth most sparsely populated of the 50 states. North Dakota was admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889 (...) | |
| 133 | Gated community FeatureType : null Elevation : 28 Lat/Lng : 52.4133 / 13.0903 | In its modern form, a gated community (or walled community) is a form of residential community or housing estate containing strictly controlled entrances for pedestrians, bicycles, and automobiles, and often characterized by a closed perimeter of walls and fences (...) | |
| 134 | Libyan Civil War (2011) FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 31.1956 / 16.5214 | The First Libyan Civil War, also referred to as the Libyan Revolution or 17 February Revolution, was an armed conflict in 2011 in the North African country of Libya fought between forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and those seeking to oust his government (...) | |
| 135 | 2008 Sichuan earthquake FeatureType : null Elevation : 2338 Lat/Lng : 31.015 / 103.365 | The 2008 Sichuan earthquakeSome early Western reports used the term Chengdu quake; e.g., , , etc. This term never picked up widely in media reports, but was reportedly used by BBC America in a follow-up report on preparations for winter and housing rebuilding efforts aired November 12, 2008, in (...) | |
| 136 | South Sudan FeatureType : city Elevation : 500 Lat/Lng : 4.85 / 31.6 | South Sudan , officially known as the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East-Central Africa. The country gained its independence from the Republic of the Sudan in 2011, making it the newest country with widespread recognition. Its capital and largest city is Juba (...) | |
| 137 | Boeing B-52 Stratofortress FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 712 Lat/Lng : 34.9931 / -117.8836 | The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades. It has been operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) since the 1950s (...) | |
| 138 | Beslan school siege FeatureType : event Elevation : 497 Lat/Lng : 43.1841 / 44.5409 | The Beslan school siege (also referred to as the Beslan school hostage crisis or Beslan massacre), BBC News, 4 June 2005. , U.S. Department of State, 31 August 2005 started on 1 September 2004, lasted three days, involved the illegal imprisonment of over 1,100 people as hostages (including 777 (...) | |
| 139 | Grenoble School of Management FeatureType : edu Elevation : 218 Lat/Lng : 45.1901 / 5.7131 | Grenoble École de Management (GEM) is a French graduate business school specialised in business and management. It was founded in 1984 in Grenoble, France by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Grenoble. GEM is known for its teaching in business strategy, finance, and technology management (...) | |
| 140 | Minoru Yamasaki FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 157 Lat/Lng : 38.6401 / -90.209 | Minoru Yamasaki (December 1, 1913February 6, 1986) was an American architect, best known for designing the original World Trade Center in New York City and several other large-scale projects. Yamasaki was one of the most prominent architects of the 20th century (...) | |
| 141 | Kingston University FeatureType : edu Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 51.4035 / -0.3039 | Kingston University London (informally Kingston or KUL) is a public research university located within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, in South West London, United Kingdom. The university specialises in the arts, design, fashion, science, engineering, and business (...) | |
| 142 | Fazl Mosque, London FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 19 Lat/Lng : 51.4511 / -0.2074 | The Fazl Mosque, also known as The London Mosque, is the first purpose-built mosque in the British capital. It was inaugurated on 23 October 1926 in Southfields, Wandsworth. At a cost of £6,223, the construction of the mosque and the purchase of the land on which it sits, was financed entirely by (...) | |
| 143 | Stuttgart FeatureType : null Elevation : 257 Lat/Lng : 48.7766 / 9.1777 | Stuttgart (; ; Swabian: , ;) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Stuttgart is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known locally as the "Stuttgart Cauldron." It lies an hour from the Swabian Jura and the Black Forest (...) | |
| 144 | International Criminal Court FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 52.0683 / 4.3536 | The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt)International Criminal Court is sometimes abbreviated as ICCt to distinguish it from several other organisations abbreviated as ICC. However the more common abbreviation ICC is used in this article (...) | |
| 145 | Zinedine Zidane FeatureType : null Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 43.2844 / 5.3495 | Zinedine Zidane (; born 23 June 1972), nicknamed "Zizou", is a French professional football coach and former player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time,. BBC. Retrieved 20 April 2013. . ESPN. Retrieved 20 April 2013 The Independent. Retrieved 17 November 2013. New York Times (...) | |
| 146 | Dhurma FeatureType : null Elevation : 634 Lat/Lng : 24.6 / 46.1333 | Dhurma or Darma is a small town located by road northwest of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is the center of the small Dhruma Governorate of Riyadh Province, and had a population of 10,267 people according to the 2004 census (...) | |
| 147 | Qu'aiti FeatureType : country Elevation : 683 Lat/Lng : 14.5833 / 49.0833 | Qu'aiti , officially the Qu'aiti State in Hadhramaut or the Qu'aiti Sultanate of Shihr and Mukalla , was a sultanate in the Hadhramaut region of the southern Arabian Peninsula, in what is now Yemen. Covering approximately 70,000 square miles, roughly the size of England and Wales, Qu'aiti was the (...) | |
| 148 | London Central Mosque FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 39 Lat/Lng : 51.529 / -0.1652 | The London Central Mosque (also known as the Islamic Cultural Centre (ICC) or Regent's Park Mosque) is a mosque located near Regent's Park in London, United Kingdom. It was designed by Sir Frederick Gibberd, completed in 1978, and has a prominent golden dome (...) | |
| 149 | Zubarah FeatureType : city Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 25.977 / 51.0455 | Zubarah , also referred to as Al Zubarah or Az Zubarah, is a ruined and ancient fort located on the north western coast of the Qatar peninsula in the Al Shamal municipality, about 105 km from the Qatari capital of Doha (...) | |
| 150 | Nuristan Province FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 3815 Lat/Lng : 35.25 / 70.75 | Nuristan, also spelled Nurestan or Nooristan, (Nuristani: نورستان) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. It is divided into seven districts and has a population of about 140,900. Parun serves as the provincial capital (...) | |
| 151 | Green Line (Israel) FeatureType : null Elevation : 399 Lat/Lng : 31.424 / 34.8926 | The Green Line, or (pre-) 1967 border or 1949 Armistice border,. Amnon Sella, 1986 is the demarcation line set out in the 1949 Armistice Agreements between the armies of Israel and those of its neighbors (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria) after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War (...) | |
| 152 | 
| Ruwais FeatureType : null Elevation : 16 Lat/Lng : 24.1103 / 52.7306 | Ar-Ruwais is a town located some west of Abu Dhabi City, in the Western Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The "Al" in the Arabic name "Al Ruwais" is largely dropped in relation to the Ruwais Refinery and other industrial development (...) |
| 153 | American Forces Network FeatureType : null Elevation : 574 Lat/Lng : 24.5831 / 46.8608 | The American Forces Network (AFN) is the broadcast service operated by the United States Armed Forces' American Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS, commonly pronounced "A-farts") for its entertainment and command internal information networks worldwide (...) | |
| 154 | Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 2540 Lat/Lng : 39.2464 / -106.8496 | Bandar bin Sultan (born 2 March 1949) is a member of the House of Saud and was Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States from 1983 to 2005. From 2005 to 29 January 2015 he served as secretary general of the National Security Council, and was director general of the Saudi Intelligence Agency (...) | |
| 155 | Engie FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 44 Lat/Lng : 48.8962 / 2.2399 | ENGIE (known as GDF Suez prior to April 2015) is a French multinational electric utility company, headquartered in La Défense, Courbevoie, which operates in the fields of electricity generation and distribution, natural gas, nuclear and renewable energy (...) | |
| 156 | Colony of Aden FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 2 Lat/Lng : 12.8 / 45.0333 | The Colony of Aden or Aden Colony was a British Crown colony from 1937 to 1963 located in the south of contemporary Yemen. It consisted of the port of Aden and its immediate surroundings (an area of). Prior to 1937, Aden had been governed as part of British India (originally as the Aden Settlement (...) | |
| 157 | ECHELON FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 166 Lat/Lng : -28.695 / 114.8422 | ECHELON, originally a secret government code name, is a surveillance program (signals intelligence/SIGINT collection and analysis network) operated by the US with the aid of four other signatory nations to the UKUSA Security Agreement: Given the 5 dialects that use the terms, UKUSA can be pronounced (...) | |
| 158 | FIDE FeatureType : null Elevation : 483 Lat/Lng : 46.5166 / 6.6373 | The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess FederationThe Official Laws of Chess, 1989, FIDE, , p. 7 is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world and acts as the governing body of international chess competition (...) | |
| 159 | July 2009 Ürümqi riots FeatureType : null Elevation : 934 Lat/Lng : 43.8 / 87.58 | The July 2009 Ürümqi riotsThe riots are also referred to as the Urumqi 5 July Incident , or even simply as 5 July Incident. State media and government officials refer to it as Ürümqi 7·5 Rioting Serious Violent Criminal Incident (...) | |
| 160 | In Amenas hostage crisis FeatureType : event Elevation : 606 Lat/Lng : 27.897 / 9.127 | The In Amenas hostage crisis began on 16 January 2013, when al-Qaeda-linked terrorists affiliated with a brigade led by Mokhtar Belmokhtar took expat hostages at the Tigantourine gas facility near In Amenas, Algeria (...) | |
| 161 | Al Zulfi FeatureType : city Elevation : 612 Lat/Lng : 26.2833 / 44.8 | Az Zulfi (also Zulfi, Zulfy City or Al Zulfi or Az Zilfi) is a city in Riyadh Province in central Saudi Arabia, about 260 kilometres northwest of Riyadh. It is connected by Roads 418 and 535 which both link with the main Highway 65 which connects Riyadh to Buraidah which is about 101 kilometres by (...) | |
| 162 | 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony FeatureType : event Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 51.5386 / -0.0164 | The opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games took place on the evening of Friday 27 July 2012 in the Olympic Stadium, London. As mandated by the Olympic Charter, the proceedings combined the formal ceremonial opening of this international sporting event (including welcoming speeches, (...) | |
| 163 | Tablighi Jamaat FeatureType : city Elevation : 209 Lat/Lng : 31.2569 / 74.2228 | Tablighi Jamaat (; Society for spreading faith) is a non-political global Sunni Islamic missionary movement that focuses on urging Muslims to return to primary Sunni Islam, and particularly in matters of ritual, dress, and personal behavior (...) | |
| 164 | Akshardham Temple attack FeatureType : null Elevation : 81 Lat/Lng : 23.2292 / 72.6742 | On 24 September 2002, two armed men attacked the Akshardham Temple complex at Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. They killed 30 people and injured more than 80. National Security Guards intervened and ended the siege the next day, killing both attackers (...) | |
| 165 | Mitchelstown FeatureType : city Elevation : 95 Lat/Lng : 52.2656 / -8.27 | Mitchelstown is a town in County Cork, Ireland with a population of approximately 3740. Mitchelstown is situated in the valley to the south of the Galtee Mountains, 12 km south-west of the Mitchelstown Caves, 28 km from Cahir, 50 km from Cork, 59 km from Limerick and 10 km from Fermoy (...) | |
| 166 | Association of Chartered Certified Accountants FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 55.8581 / -4.274 | Founded in 1904, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is the global professional accounting body offering the Chartered Certified Accountant qualification (ACCA or FCCA). In March 2018, ACCA recorded that it has 208,000 members and 503,000 students in 179 countries (...) | |
| 167 | American Airlines Flight 77 FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 38.8711 / -77.0558 | American Airlines Flight 77 was a scheduled American Airlines domestic transcontinental passenger flight from Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, to Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California (...) | |
| 168 | Mossad FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 39 Lat/Lng : 32.1424 / 34.804 | Mossad (; , ; , ', ; literally meaning "the Institute"), short for ' (meaning "Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations"), is the national intelligence agency of Israel. It is one of the main entities in the Israeli Intelligence Community, along with Aman (military intelligence) and Shin (...) | |
| 169 | Tarim, Yemen FeatureType : city Elevation : 614 Lat/Lng : 16.05 / 49.0 | Tarim (tarīm) is a historic town situated in the Hadhramaut Valley of South Yemen, South Arabia. Tarim is widely acknowledged as the theological, juridical, and academic center of the Hadhramaut Valley. An important focus of Islamic learning, it is estimated to contain the highest concentration of (...) | |
| 170 | Beeston, Nottinghamshire FeatureType : null Elevation : 36 Lat/Lng : 52.9267 / -1.2156 | Beeston is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, southwest of Nottingham city centre. To the immediate northeast is the University of Nottingham's main campus, University Park. The pharmaceutical and retail chemist group Boots has its headquarters at a large campus east of the centre of Beeston, on (...) | |
| 171 | Bombardier Transportation FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 39 Lat/Lng : 52.5018 / 13.3758 | Bombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Canadian firm Bombardier Inc. Bombardier Transportation is one of the world's largest companies in the rail vehicle and equipment manufacturing and servicing industry. Bombardier Transportation is headquartered in Berlin (...) | |
| 172 | Dosariyah FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 2 Lat/Lng : 26.877 / 49.818 | Dosariyah is an archeological site in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, dating to the late 6th and early 5th millennium BCE. The spectrum of archaeological remains relate the site to the Arabian Neolithic. The earliest samples of Ubaid style pottery in Saudi Arabia were found at Dosariyah. (...) | |
| 173 | Mecca (disambiguation) FeatureType : null Elevation : 1341 Lat/Lng : 20.6667 / 41.3333 | __NOTOC__ Mecca (Makkah al-Mukarramah) is a city in Saudi Arabia and the holiest site in Islam. Mecca or Makkah may also refer to: (...) | |
| 174 | Dhofar Rebellion FeatureType : null Elevation : 974 Lat/Lng : 16.9897 / 53.3589 | The Dhofar Rebellion , also known as the War in Dhofar or the Omani Civil War , was waged from 1962 to 1976 in the province of Dhofar against the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, which had British support. It ended with the defeat of the rebels. (...) | |
| 175 | Emirate of Jabal Shammar FeatureType : null Elevation : 634 Lat/Lng : 25.0667 / 47.2333 | The Emirate of Jabal Shammar , also known as the Emirate of Haʾil or the Emirate of The House of Rashīd , was a state in the Nejd region of Arabia, existing from the mid-nineteenth century to 1921.J. A. Hammerton. Peoples Of All Nations: Their Life Today And Story Of Their Past (in 14 Volumes) (...) | |
| 176 | Houla massacre FeatureType : event Elevation : 372 Lat/Lng : 34.8805 / 36.5232 | The Houla massacre was an attack that took place on May 25, 2012, in the midst of the Syrian Civil War, in the town of Taldou, in the Houla Region of Syria, a string of towns northwest of Homs. According to the United Nations, 108 people were killed, including 34 women and 49 children (...) | |
| 177 | University of Hertfordshire FeatureType : edu Elevation : 84 Lat/Lng : 51.7531 / -0.2418 | The University of Hertfordshire is a university in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. The university is based largely in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Its antecedent institution, Hatfield Technical College, was founded in 1948 and was identified as one of 25 Colleges of Technology in the United Kingdom in (...) | |
| 178 | USS Missouri (BB-63) FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 21.3621 / -157.9534 | USS Missouri (BB-63) ("Mighty Mo" or "Big Mo") is an and was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named after the U.S. state of Missouri. Missouri was the last battleship commissioned by the United States and is best remembered as the site of the surrender of the Empire of Japan which (...) | |
| 179 | Walters Art Museum FeatureType : city Elevation : 28 Lat/Lng : 39.2961 / -76.6153 | The Walters Art Museum, located in Mount Vernon-Belvedere, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, is a public art museum founded and opened in 1934. It holds collections established during the mid-19th century. The Museum's collection was amassed substantially by major American art and sculpture (...) | |
| 180 | 2012 Homs offensive FeatureType : event Elevation : 504 Lat/Lng : 34.7308 / 36.7094 | The 2012 Homs offensive was a Syrian Army offensive on the armed rebellion stronghold of Homs, within the scope of the Siege of Homs, beginning in early February 2012 and ending with the U.N. brokered cease fire on April 14, 2012 (...) | |
| 181 | Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016) FeatureType : city Elevation : 398 Lat/Lng : 36.2167 / 37.1667 | The Battle of Aleppo was a major military confrontation in Aleppo, the largest city in Syria, between the Syrian opposition (including the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and other largely-Sunni groups, such as the Levant Front and the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front)"". BBC News. 8 August 2016 (...) | |
| 182 | Royal Jordanian Army FeatureType : null Elevation : 909 Lat/Lng : 32.4167 / 35.85 | The Royal Jordanian Army (Arabic: القوّات البرية الاردنيّة, "Jordanian Ground Forces") is part of the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). It draws its origins from units such as the Arab Legion, formed in the British Mandate of Transjordan in the 1920s (...) | |
| 183 | Charlie Hebdo shooting FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 39 Lat/Lng : 48.8592 / 2.3703 | On 7 January 2015 at about 11:30 local time, two brothers, Saïd and Chérif Kouachi, forced their way into the offices of the French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Armed with rifles and other weapons, they killed 12 people and injured 11 others (...) | |
| 184 | 1980 FeatureType : null Elevation : 787 Lat/Lng : 40.85 / 15.28 | ==Events== ===January=== * January 1 – Changes to the Swedish Act of Succession make Princess Victoria of Sweden first in line to the throne ("heir apparent") and therefore Crown Princess, ahead of her younger brother. * January 4 – U.S (...) | |
| 185 | Death of Osama bin Laden FeatureType : null Elevation : 1195 Lat/Lng : 34.17 / 73.23 | Osama bin Laden, the founder and first leader of the Islamist group Al-Qaeda, was killed in Pakistan on May 2, 2011 shortly after 1:00 am PKT (20:00 UTC, May 1) by United States Navy SEALs of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group (also known as DEVGRU or SEAL Team Six) (...) | |
| 186 | 2007 Glasgow Airport attack FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 55.8642 / -4.4321 | The 2007 Glasgow Airport attack was a terrorist ramming attack which occurred on 30 June 2007, at 15:11 BST, when a dark green Jeep Cherokee loaded with propane canisters was driven at the glass doors of the Glasgow Airport terminal and set ablaze (...) | |
| 187 | Médecins Sans Frontières FeatureType : null Elevation : 391 Lat/Lng : 46.2164 / 6.1478 | (MSF; pronounced), also known in English as Doctors Without Borders, is an international humanitarian medical non-governmental organisation (NGO) of French origin best known for its projects in conflict zones and in countries affected by endemic diseases (...) | |
| 188 | Mira (disambiguation) FeatureType : null Elevation : 1098 Lat/Lng : 31.2647 / 64.8946 | Mira is a star in the constellation Cetus Mira may also refer to: * Mira (given name), a given name; includes a list of people with the name * Mira (surname), a surname; includes a list of people with the name (...) | |
| 189 | Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 46 Lat/Lng : 40.7564 / -73.9742 | Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, formerly The Waldorf-Astoria Collection, is a Hilton Worldwide luxury hotel and resort brand. It is positioned as the flagship brand within Hilton's portfolio, being used on hotels which offer the highest standards of facilities and service. (...) | |
| 190 | Park51 FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 48 Lat/Lng : 40.7137 / -74.0102 | Park51 (originally named Cordoba House) is a development that was originally envisioned as a 13-story Islamic community center and mosque in Lower Manhattan. The developers hoped to promote an interfaith dialogue within the greater community (...) | |
| 191 | Metrojet Flight 9268 FeatureType : event Elevation : 327 Lat/Lng : 30.183 / 34.161 | Metrojet Flight 9268 was an international chartered passenger flight, operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia (branded as Metrojet). On 31 October 2015 at 06:13 local time EST (04:13 UTC), an Airbus A321-231 operating the flight was destroyed by a bomb above the northern Sinai following its (...) | |
| 192 | Lukoil FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 162 Lat/Lng : 55.7667 / 37.6361 | The PJSC Lukoil Oil Company (stylized as LUKOIL) is a Russian multinational energy corporation headquartered in Moscow, specializing in the business of extraction, production, transport, and sale of petroleum, natural gas, and petroleum products (...) | |
| 193 | 1953 Iranian coup d'état FeatureType : null Elevation : 1140 Lat/Lng : 32.4279 / 53.688 | The 1953 Iranian coup d'état, known in Iran as the 28 Mordad coup d'état , was the overthrow of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in favour of strengthening the monarchical rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi on 19 August 1953, orchestrated by the United Kingdom (under the name "Operation Boot") and the (...) | |
| 194 | Sabra and Shatila massacre FeatureType : event Elevation : 37 Lat/Lng : 33.8628 / 35.4984 | The Sabra and Shatila massacre (also known as the Sabra and Chatila massacre) was the killing of between 460 and 3,500 civilians, mostly Palestinians and Lebanese Shiites, by a militia close to the Kataeb Party, also called Phalange, a predominantly Christian Lebanese right-wing party in the Sabra (...) | |
| 195 | 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 (...) | |
| 196 | Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping FeatureType : null Elevation : 473 Lat/Lng : 10.8658 / 12.8469 | On the night of 14–15 April 2014, 276 female students were kidnapped from the Government Secondary School in the town of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria.The Chibok Kidnappings in North-East Nigeria: A Military Analysis of Before and After. Small Wars Journal. Volume 13, No (...) | |
| 197 | Centre Point FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 36 Lat/Lng : 51.5159 / -0.1297 | Centre Point is a building in Central London, comprising a 33-storey tower; a 9-storey block to the east including shops, offices, retail units and maisonettes; and a linking block between the two at first-floor level (...) | |
| 198 | Virgin Megastores FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 363 Lat/Lng : 31.753 / -8.1718 | Virgin Megastores is an international entertainment retailing chain, founded by Sir Richard Branson as a record shop on London's Oxford Street in early 1976. In 1979 the company opened their first Megastore at the end of Oxford Street and Tottenham Court Road (...) | |
| 199 | Egyptian revolution of 2011 FeatureType : country Elevation : 22 Lat/Lng : 30.0444 / 31.2356 | The Egyptian revolution of 2011, locally known as the January 25 Revolution ,. Edition.cnn.com. Retrieved on 2013-12-06. and as the Egyptian Revolution of DignityFor revolutionary forces' demand for human dignity (karama ensaneya) began on 25 January 2011 and took place across all of Egypt (...) | |
| 200 | 2016 Uri attack FeatureType : null Elevation : 1312 Lat/Lng : 34.0861 / 74.0333 | The 2016 Uri attack was an attack by four heavily armed militants on 18 September 2016, near the town of Uri in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It was reported as "the deadliest attack on security forces in Kashmir in two decades" (...) | |
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