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| 1 | Gold Coast, Queensland ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : -28.0 / 153.431 | The Gold Coast is a coastal city in the Australian state of Queensland, approximately south-southeast of the state capital Brisbane and immediately north of the border with New South Wales. With a census-estimated 2016 population of 638,090, the Gold Coast is the sixth-largest city in Australia, (...) | |
| 2 | Shantou ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 23.354 / 116.682 | Shantou, formerly romanized as SwatowFrom postal romanization, based on the local Teochew pronunciation and sometimes known as Santow,from the local Cantonese pronunciation is a prefecture-level city on the eastern coast of Guangdong, China, with a total population of 5,391,028 as of 2010 and an (...) | |
| 3 | Xiamen ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 24.4798 / 118.0894 | Xiamen, formerly known from its Hokkien pronunciation as Amoy, is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian province, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Strait. It is divided into six districts: Huli, Siming, Jimei, Tong'an, Haicang, and Xiang'an (...) | |
| 4 | Fraser Island ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 127 Lat/Lng : -25.2167 / 153.1333 | Fraser Island (K'gari, Gari) is a heritage-listed island located along the southeastern coast of the state of Queensland, Australia. It is approximately north of the state capital, Brisbane. Known as Fraser Island, it is a locality within the Fraser Coast local government in the Wide Bay–Burnett (...) | |
| 5 | Darwin, Northern Territory ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 30 Lat/Lng : -12.4362 / 130.8412 | Darwin Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition (2005). Melbourne, The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. is the capital city of the Northern Territory of Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin is the largest city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, with a population of 145,916 (...) | |
| 6 | Perth ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 30 Lat/Lng : -31.9522 / 115.8589 | Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth-most populous city in Australia, with a population of 2,022,044 living in Greater Perth. Perth is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with the majority of the metropolitan area (...) | |
| 7 | Tianjin ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 39.1167 / 117.1833 | Tianjin , formerly romanized as Tientsin, is a coastal metropolis in northern China and one of the nine national central cities of the People's Republic of China (PRC), with a total population of 15,469,500, and is also the world's 11th-most populous city proper (...) | |
| 8 | Islay ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 55.7844 / -6.2408 | Islay is the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Known as "The Queen of the Hebrides", it lies in Argyll just south west of Jura and around north of the Northern Irish coast. The island's capital is Bowmore where the distinctive round Kilarrow Parish Church and a distillery are (...) | |
| 9 | Niue ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 60 Lat/Lng : -19.0618 / -169.8631 | Niue is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Zealand, east of Tonga, south of Samoa, and west of the Cook Islands. Niue's land area is about and its population, predominantly Polynesian, was about 1,600 in 2016 (...) | |
| 10 | Chengdu ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 507 Lat/Lng : 30.657 / 104.066 | Chengdu , formerly romanized as Chengtu, is a sub-provincial city which serves as the capital of Sichuan province, People's Republic of China. It is one of the three most populous cities in Western China, the other two being Chongqing and Xi'an (...) | |
| 11 | Chongqing ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 238 Lat/Lng : 29.55 / 106.5069 | Chongqing , formerly romanized as Chungking, is a major city in southwest China. Administratively, it is one of China's four municipalities under the direct administration of central government (the other three are Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin), and the only such municipality in China located far (...) | |
| 12 | Kuching ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 1.5485 / 110.3414 | Kuching , officially the City of Kuching, is the capital and the most populous city in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia. It is also the capital of Kuching Division. The city is situated on the Sarawak River at the southwest tip of the state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo and covers an area of (...) | |
| 13 | Kaohsiung ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 162 Lat/Lng : 22.6333 / 120.2667 | Kaohsiung (Hokkien POJ: Ko-hiông; Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Kô-hiùng; old names: Takao, Takow, Takau) is a special municipality located in southern-western Taiwan and facing the Taiwan Strait. Kaohsiung has a population of approximately 2 (...) | |
| 14 | South Island ![]() FeatureType : isle Elevation : 766 Lat/Lng : -43.9825 / 170.4489 | The South Island is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area; the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman Sea, and to the south and east by the Pacific Ocean (...) | |
| 15 | Hangzhou ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 15 Lat/Lng : 30.2731 / 120.1769 | Hangzhou (Mandarin: ; local dialect: /ɦɑŋ tseɪ/) formerly romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang Province in East China. It sits at the head of Hangzhou Bay, which separates Shanghai and Ningbo (...) | |
| 16 | Wellington ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : -41.2889 / 174.7772 | Wellington is the capital city and second most populous urban area of New Zealand, with residents. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the major population centre of the southern North Island and is the administrative (...) | |
| 17 | Tokyo ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 44 Lat/Lng : 35.6894 / 139.6917 | , officially , one of the 47 prefectures of Japan, has served as the Japanese capital since 1869.http://houseikyoku.sangiin.go.jp/column/column081.htm "There is no laws to define where Japan's capital is. Because Tokyo was built to stabilize East and North (...) | |
| 18 | Shanxi ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 1014 Lat/Lng : 37.7 / 112.4 | Shanxi (; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the North China region. Its one-character abbreviation is "" , after the state of Jin that existed here during the Spring and Autumn period (...) | |
| 19 | 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 (...) | |
| 20 | Kenya ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 1709 Lat/Lng : -1.2667 / 36.8 | Kenya , officially the Republic of Kenya , is a country in Africa with its capital and largest city in Nairobi. Kenya's territory lies on the equator and overlies the East African Rift, covering a diverse and expansive terrain that extends roughly from Lake Victoria to Lake Turkana (formerly called (...) | |
| 21 | Kunming ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1901 Lat/Lng : 25.0433 / 102.7061 | Kunming is the capital and largest city of Yunnan province in southwest China. Known as Yunnan-Fu until the 1920s, today it is a prefecture-level city and the political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province as well as the seat of the provincial government (...) | |
| 22 | North Korea ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 141 Lat/Lng : 39.5462 / 126.0632 | North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (abbreviated as DPRK, PRK, DPR Korea, or Korea DPR), is a country in East Asia constituting the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, with Pyongyang the capital and the largest city in the country (...) | |
| 23 | Jinan ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 38 Lat/Lng : 36.6667 / 116.9833 | Jinan, formerly romanized as Tsinan, is the capital of Shandong province in Eastern China. The area of present-day Jinan has played an important role in the history of the region from the earliest beginnings of civilization and has evolved into a major national administrative, economic, and (...) | |
| 24 | Tortola ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 18.4233 / -64.6181 | Tortola is the largest and most populated of the British Virgin Islands, a group of islands that form part of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands. It has a surface area of with a total population of 23,908, with 9,400 residents in Road Town. Mount Sage is its highest point at above sea level (...) | |
| 25 | Bilbao ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 20 Lat/Lng : 43.2569 / -2.9234 | Bilbao is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the province of Biscay and in the Basque Country as a whole. It is also the largest city proper in northern Spain. Bilbao is the tenth largest city in Spain, with a population of 345,141 as of 2015 (...) | |
| 26 | Shanghai ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 20 Lat/Lng : 31.2323 / 121.4691 | Shanghai is one of the four municipalities under the direct administration of the central government of China, the largest city in China by population, and the second most populous city proper in the world, with a population of more than 24 million (...) | |
| 27 | Jamaica ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 206 Lat/Lng : 18.1096 / -77.2975 | Jamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the fourth-largest island country in the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola (the island containing the countries of Haiti and the (...) | |
| 28 | Howland Island ![]() FeatureType : isle Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 0.8072 / -176.6165 | Howland Island is an uninhabited coral island located just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean, about southwest of Honolulu. The island lies almost halfway between Hawaii and Australia and is an unincorporated, unorganized territory of the United States (...) | |
| 29 | South Korea ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 943 Lat/Lng : 35.8891 / 127.793 | South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and lying to the east of the Asian mainland. The name Korea is derived from Goguryeo which was one of the great powers in East Asia during its time, ruling most of (...) | |
| 30 | Malta ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 96 Lat/Lng : 35.9167 / 14.4333 | Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European island country consisting of an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. It lies south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. Malta is one of the world's smallest and most densely populated countries, at over with a (...) | |
| 31 | Hamilton, New Zealand ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 39 Lat/Lng : -37.7833 / 175.2833 | Hamilton is a city in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the seat and most populous city of the Waikato region, with a territorial population of , the country's fourth most-populous city. Encompassing a land area of about on the banks of the Waikato River, Hamilton is part of the wider Hamilton (...) | |
| 32 | Nanjing ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 33 Lat/Lng : 32.05 / 118.7667 | Nanjing (help=no), formerly romanized as Nanking and Nankin, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China and the second largest city in the East China region, with an administrative area of and a total population of 8,270,500 (...) | |
| 33 | Montreal ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 44 Lat/Lng : 45.5077 / -73.5626 | Montreal (; is the local English pronunciation; in the rest of Canada, it tends to be , but the British and American pronunciation is . ; officially Montréal) is the most populous municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec and the second-most populous municipality in Canada (...) | |
| 34 | Liverpool ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 21 Lat/Lng : 53.4091 / -2.9857 | Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017. Its metropolitan area is the fifth-largest in the UK, with a population of 2.24 million in 2011. The local authority is Liverpool City Council, the most populous local government district in the metropolitan (...) | |
| 35 | A-League ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 21 Lat/Lng : -34.91 / 138.57 | The A-League is a professional men's soccer league run by Football Federation Australia (FFA). At the top of the Australian league system, it is the country's primary competition for the sport. The A-League was established in 2004 as a successor to the National Soccer League (NSL) and competition (...) | |
| 36 | Sarawak ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 200 Lat/Lng : 3.0381 / 113.7811 | Sarawak is a state of Malaysia. Being the largest among 13 other states with the size almost equal to West Malaysia, Sarawak is located in northwest Borneo Island, and is bordered by the Malaysian state of Sabah to the northeast, Kalimantan (the Indonesian portion of Borneo) to the south, and Brunei (...) | |
| 37 | Geography of Singapore ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 38 Lat/Lng : 1.35 / 103.8167 | Singapore is a small, heavily urbanised, island city-state in Southeast Asia, located at the end of the Malayan Peninsula between Malaysia and Indonesia. Singapore has a total land area of . The Singapore area comprises mainland and other islands (...) | |
| 38 | May 2 ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 364 Lat/Lng : 30.0 / 35.2 | ==Events== *1194 – King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. *1230 – William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great. *1335 – Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, becomes Duke of Carinthia (...) | |
| 39 | East of England ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 36 Lat/Lng : 52.24 / 0.41 | The East of England is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS for statistical purposes. It was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics from 1999. It includes the ceremonial counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (...) | |
| 40 | Seletar Airport ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 1.4169 / 103.8678 | Seletar Airport is a civilian airport located at Seletar, in the northeastern region of Singapore, and is managed by the Changi Airport Group. Originally, the airport was completed in 1928 as a flying Royal Air Force station (RAF Seletar) and was also Singapore's first international airport (...) | |
| 41 | Central Queensland University ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 32 Lat/Lng : -23.3181 / 150.5183 | Central Queensland University (alternatively known as CQUniversity) is an Australian dual sector university based in Queensland. Its main campus is in Norman Gardens in Rockhampton. However, it also has campuses in Rockhampton City, Bundaberg (Branyan), Emerald, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide (...) | |
| 42 | Bayan Lepas ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 5.2833 / 100.2667 | Bayan Lepas is a town within the city of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. It is located within the Southwest Penang Island District, near the southeastern tip of Penang Island. Founded in the 19th century, Bayan Lepas is now home to the Penang International Airport and an eponymous Free (...) | |
| 43 | Sakhalin ![]() FeatureType : isle Elevation : 320 Lat/Lng : 51.0 / 143.0 | Sakhalin (Karafuto) is a large Russian island in the North Pacific Ocean, lying between 45°50' and 54°24' N. It is Russia's largest island, and is administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast. Sakhalin, which is about one third the size of Honshu, is just off the east coast of Russia, and just north of (...) | |
| 44 | Bintulu ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 3.1906 / 113.0901 | Bintulu is a coastal town on the island of Borneo in the central region of Sarawak, Malaysia. Bintulu is located 610 kilometres (380 mi) northeast of Kuching, 216 kilometres (134 mi) northeast of Sibu, and 200 kilometres (120 mi) southwest of Miri (...) | |
| 45 | Aberystwyth University ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 72 Lat/Lng : 52.4181 / -4.0658 | Aberystwyth University is a public research university in Aberystwyth, Wales. Aberystwyth was a founding member institution of the former federal University of Wales. The university has almost 8,000 students studying across 3 academic faculties and 17 departments (...) | |
| 46 | Queensland Air Museum ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : -26.798 / 153.1096 | The Queensland Air Museum is a not-for-profit community owned aviation museum located at Caloundra Airport in Queensland, Australia. Its mission is to collect and preserve all aspects of aviation heritage with an emphasis on Australia and Queensland (...) | |
| 47 | Renewable energy ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 37.3131 / 126.6128 | Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources, which are naturally replenished on a human timescale, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, and geothermal heat. Renewable energy often provides energy in four important areas: electricity generation, air and water (...) | |
| 48 | Korean conflict ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 260 Lat/Lng : 38.3167 / 127.2333 | The Korean conflict is based on the division between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the north and the Republic of Korea in the south, both of which claim to be the government of the entire peninsula (...) | |
| 49 | Star (disambiguation) ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 231 Lat/Lng : 34.4549 / -4.7012 | A star is a luminous astronomical object. Star, Stars, The Star or STAR may also refer to: *Celebrity, often called a star **Movie star, a person famous for performing in films (...) | |
| 50 | Bolles School ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 30.2419 / -81.6293 | The Bolles School is an American private college preparatory day and boarding school in Jacksonville, Florida. It has a lower school (including pre-kindergarten), a middle school, and a high school, spread across four campuses around the Jacksonville area, and enrolls about 1,800 students a year (...) | |
| 51 | International School Brunei ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 4.9333 / 114.9375 | International School Brunei (ISB) is an international school split over two sites, one located in the Sungai Akar area of Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei and the other located in Kuala Belait in the Belait district. It is the first international school to be set up in Brunei (...) | |