| 40 records found in wikipedia | |||
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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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| 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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| Maldives FeatureType : country Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 4.1743 / 73.51 | The Maldives (; Dhivehi Raa'jey), officially the Republic of Maldives, is a South Asian country, located in the Indian Ocean, situated in the Arabian Sea. It lies southwest of Sri Lanka and India. The chain of 26 atolls stretches from Ihavandhippolhu Atoll in the north to the Addu City in the south (...) |
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| Ghana FeatureType : country Elevation : 139 Lat/Lng : 7.6833 / -0.9833 | Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa. Spanning a land mass of , Ghana is bordered by the Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, Togo in the east and the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic (...) |
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| Zimbabwe FeatureType : country Elevation : 1487 Lat/Lng : -17.8268 / 31.0553 | Zimbabwe , officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in southern Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Mozambique. The capital and largest city is Harare (...) |
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| Tenerife FeatureType : isle Elevation : 2490 Lat/Lng : 28.2686 / -16.6056 | Tenerife is the largest and most populated island of the seven Canary Islands. It is also the most populated island of Spain, with a land area of and 898,680 inhabitants, 43 percent of the total population of the Canary Islands. Tenerife is the largest and most populous island of Macaronesia (...) |
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| 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake FeatureType : event Lat/Lng : 2.0931 / 97.0161 | The 2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake occurred on 28 March off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. At least 915 people were killed, mostly on the island of Nias. The event caused panic in the region, which had already been devastated by the massive tsunami triggered by the 2004 Indian Ocean (...) |
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| Jurong Bird Park FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 56 Lat/Lng : 1.3181 / 103.7072 | Jurong Bird Park is an aviary and tourist attraction in Jurong, Singapore. The bird park, managed by Wildlife Reserves Singapore, covers an area of on the western slope of Jurong Hill, the highest point in the Jurong region (...) |
| 9 | 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 (...) | |
| 10 | US Open (tennis) FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 40.7499 / -73.847 | The United States Open Tennis Championships is a hard court tennis tournament. The tournament is the modern version of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, for which men's singles was first played in 1881 (...) | |
| 11 | Perak FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 117 Lat/Lng : 4.75 / 101.0 | Perak (; Jawi: ڤيراق; Chinese: 霹雳 Tamil: பேராக்), also known by its honorific Darul Ridzuan or "Abode of Grace" (Dār al-Riḍwān), is one of the thirteen states of Malaysia, and the fourth-largest one. It borders Kedah at the north; Thai Yala Province to the northeast; Penang to the northwest; (...) | |
| 12 | 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 (...) | |
| 13 | 2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes FeatureType : event Lat/Lng : 2.311 / 93.063 | The 2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes were magnitude 8.6 and 8.2 Mw undersea earthquakes that struck near the Indonesian province of Aceh on 11 April at 15:38 local time. Initially, authorities feared that the initial earthquake would cause a tsunami and warnings were issued across the Indian Ocean; (...) | |
| 14 | Extreme points of Earth FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : -80.0 / -115.0 | This is a list of extreme points of Earth, the geographical locations that are farther north or south than, higher or lower in elevation than, or farthest inland or out to sea from, any other locations on the landmasses, continents or countries (...) | |
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| USS Barry (DD-933) FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 38.871 / -76.996 | USS Barry (DD-933) was one of eighteen Forrest Sherman–class destroyers of the United States Navy, and was the third US destroyer to be named for Commodore John Barry. Commissioned in 1954, she spent most of her career in the Caribbean, Atlantic, and Mediterranean, but also served in the Vietnam (...) |
| 16 | King's College London FeatureType : edu Elevation : 35 Lat/Lng : 51.5248 / -0.1336 | King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, and a founding constituent college of the federal University of London. King's was established in 1829 by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington, when it received its first royal (...) | |
| 17 | Indira Gandhi National Open University FeatureType : edu Elevation : 261 Lat/Lng : 28.4945 / 77.2045 | Indira Gandhi National Open University known as IGNOU, is a Central University located at Maidan Garhi, New Delhi, India. Named after former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi, the university was established in 1985 with a budget of 20 million, after the Parliament of India passed the Indira (...) | |
| 18 | HMS Hydra (A144) FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : -35.0 / -35.0 | HMS Hydra (Pennant Number A144) was a Royal Navy deep ocean hydrographic survey vessel, the third of the original three of the Hecla class. The ship was laid down as yard number 2258 on 14 May 1964 at Yarrow Shipbuilders, at Scotstoun on the River Clyde and launched on 14 July 1965 by Mary Lythall, (...) | |
| 19 | 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 (...) | |
| 20 | International Handball Federation FeatureType : null Elevation : 278 Lat/Lng : 47.5482 / 7.5962 | The International Handball Federation (IHF) is the administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball. IHF is responsible for the organisation of handball's major international tournaments, notably the IHF World Men's Handball Championship, which commenced in 1938, and the IHF World (...) | |
| 21 | HMAS Sydney (D48) FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : -26.2419 / 111.2133 | HMAS Sydney, named after the Australian city of Sydney, was one of three modified Leander-class light cruisers operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Ordered for the Royal Navy as HMS Phaeton, the cruiser was purchased by the Australian government and renamed prior to her 1934 launch (...) | |
| 22 | Food and Agriculture Organization FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 37 Lat/Lng : 41.8823 / 12.4883 | The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO;) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate arguments and (...) | |
| 23 | Clipper Round the World Yacht Race FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : -3.5853 / 109.1817 | The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is a sailing race around the world in 8 legs, with trained amateur crew members. The organisers own a fleet of identical yachts, the Clipper 70, and provide qualified skippers to lead each team. Crew can either sign up for the whole race, or one or more legs (...) | |
| 24 | International University of Japan FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 167 Lat/Lng : 37.1483 / 138.9474 | The is a private university located in Minamiuonuma city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. IUJ is the first graduate school in Japan, and one of the few Japanese universities which offers all courses in English. It was founded in 1982, primarily to train global leaders effective in the globalized world, (...) | |
| 25 | German auxiliary cruiser Pinguin FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 3.5 / 57.8 | Pinguin was a German auxiliary cruiser (Hilfskreuzer) which served as a commerce raider in World War II. Pinguin was known to the Kriegsmarine as Schiff 33, and designated HSK 5. The most successful commerce raider of the war, she was known to the British Royal Navy as Raider F. (...) | |
| 26 | HMS Hermes (95) FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 7.5912 / 82.0986 | HMS Hermes was a British aircraft carrier built for the Royal Navy and was the world's first ship to be designed as an aircraft carrier, although the Imperial Japanese Navy's was the first to be launched and commissioned.Milanovich, pp (...) | |
| 27 | University of London (Worldwide) FeatureType : edu Elevation : 34 Lat/Lng : 51.5211 / -0.1275 | The University of London is a central academic body that manages external study programmes within the University of London collegiate university system. It formerly had the subtitles External Programmes, External System or International Programmes, and the current internal name for the department is (...) | |
| 28 | Sia FeatureType : null Elevation : 385 Lat/Lng : 3.1436 / 16.1167 | Sia or SIA may refer to: (...) | |
| 29 | USS Duluth (LPD-6) FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 21.3798 / -157.9889 | USS Duluth (LPD-6), an , is the second ship of the United States Navy named for the city in Minnesota. Duluth was laid down on 18 December 1963 by the New York Naval Shipyard. She was launched on 14 August 1965 and commissioned on 18 December 1965 (...) | |
| 30 | Foreign relations of Moldova FeatureType : null Elevation : 75 Lat/Lng : 47.0122 / 28.8471 | After achieving independence from the Soviet Union, the Republic of Moldova established relations with other European countries. A course for European Union integration and neutrality define the country's foreign policy guidelines (...) | |
| 31 | HMS Loch Fada (K390) FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 49.9167 / -5.3667 | HMS Loch Fada was the lead ship of the s of the British Royal Navy, built by John Brown & Company of Clydebank, Scotland, and named after Loch Fada in the Inner Hebrides. The ship was laid down on 8 June 1943, launched on 14 December, and commissioned in April 1944 (...) | |
| 32 | History of broadcasting in Australia FeatureType : null Elevation : 674 Lat/Lng : -33.42 / 149.5778 | The history of broadcasting in Australia has been shaped for over a century by the problem of communication across long distances, coupled with a strong base in a wealthy society with a deep taste for aural communications in a silent landscape (...) | |
| 33 | 2006 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony FeatureType : null Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : -37.82 / 144.9833 | The Opening Ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games was held on 15 March 2006 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The ceremony was conceived and produced by Jack Morton Worldwide, which also produced the ceremonies for the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. (...) | |
| 34 | The Dickson Poon School of Law FeatureType : null Elevation : 22 Lat/Lng : 51.5112 / -0.1166 | The Dickson Poon School of Law is the law school of King's College London, and one of the nine Schools of Study of the College. It is situated on the Strand in the East Wing of Somerset House, in close proximity to the Royal Courts of Justice and the four Inns of Court in the heart of London's legal (...) | |
| 35 | Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre FeatureType : null Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : -27.4724 / 153.0141 | APNIC (the Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre) is the Regional Internet address Registry (RIR) for the Asia-Pacific region. It is one of the world's five RIRs and is part of the Number Resource Organization (...) | |
| 36 | Malabar FeatureType : null Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 11.2431 / 75.8826 | Malabar may refer to the following : (...) | |
| 37 | USS Fletcher (DD-992) FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 23.0172 / -159.9858 | USS Fletcher (DD-992), the thirtieth Spruance-class destroyer, was part of the first major class of United States Navy surface ships to be powered by gas turbines. She was commissioned in July 1980 and was deployed mainly in the western and southern Pacific, but also voyaged to the Indian Ocean and (...) | |
| 38 | Afilias FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 15 Lat/Lng : 53.3495 / -6.2503 | Afilias, Inc. is a US Corporation that is the registry operator of the .info, .mobi and .pro top-level domain, service provider for registry operators of .org, .ngo, .lgbt, .asia, .aero, and a provider of domain name registry services for countries around the world, including .MN (Mongolia), (...) | |
| 39 | Arpenteur FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : -34.8698 / 118.4037 | The Arpenteur was a brig owned by William Owen and John Ridley. It was wrecked at Hassell Beach in Cheyne Bay near Cape Riche when a gale ran it ashore 7 November 1849. (...) | |
| 40 | Madras Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology FeatureType : null Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 13.0212 / 80.1858 | The MIOT International is a multi-specialty hospital in Manapakkam, Chennai, India. It is a specialty hospital in the field of joint replacement surgeries, Interventional Cardiology , orthopaedics and trauma. Founded by P. V. A (...) | |
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