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| 1 | Dubbo ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 264 Lat/Lng : -32.2429 / 148.6048 | Dubbo Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition (2005). Melbourne, The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. is a city in the Orana Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the largest population centre in the Orana region, with a population of approximately 55,368 as recorded by the 2016 Census (...) | |
| 2 | British Museum ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 39 Lat/Lng : 51.5195 / -0.1269 | The British Museum, located in the Bloomsbury area of London, in the United Kingdom, is a public institution dedicated to human history, art and culture. Its permanent collection numbers some 8 million works, and is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence having been widely sourced (...) | |
| 3 | Kazakhstan ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 934 Lat/Lng : 43.3503 / 79.0804 | Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan ,Encyclopædia Britannica, . Retrieved: 7 June 2016. is the world's largest landlocked country, and the ninth largest in the world, with an area of . It is a transcontinental country largely located in Asia; the most western parts are located in (...) | |
| 4 | Parramatta ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 29 Lat/Lng : -33.815 / 151.0011 | Parramatta is a prominent suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, west of the Sydney central business district on the banks of the Parramatta River. Parramatta is the administrative seat of the City of Parramatta and is often regarded as the second CBD of Sydney (...) | |
| 5 | 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 (...) | |
| 6 | Strathfield, New South Wales ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 40 Lat/Lng : -33.8808 / 151.0831 | Strathfield is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 12 kilometres west of the Sydney central business and is the administrative centre of Strathfield Council (...) | |
| 7 | Armidale, New South Wales ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 993 Lat/Lng : -30.515 / 151.665 | Armidale is a city in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. Retrieved 23 October 2010 Armidale had a population of 24,351 as at June 2017. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. It is the administrative centre for the Northern Tablelands region (...) | |
| 8 | 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 (...) | |
| 9 | Coburg, Victoria ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 62 Lat/Lng : -37.7438 / 144.9645 | Coburg is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 km north of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Moreland, although a handful of properties on Coburg's eastern boundary are located in the City of Darebin (...) | |
| 10 | Granville, New South Wales ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : -33.8333 / 151.0167 | Granville is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Granville is located west of the Sydney central business district, split between the local government areas of Cumberland Council and the City of Parramatta (...) | |
| 11 | Burwood, New South Wales ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 28 Lat/Lng : -33.8772 / 151.1049 | Burwood is a suburb in the Inner West Retrieved 7 August 2013. of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 10 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of Burwood Council (...) | |
| 12 | Auckland Zoo ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 16 Lat/Lng : -36.8622 / 174.7189 | Auckland Zoo is a zoological garden in Auckland, New Zealand, situated next to Western Springs park not far from Auckland's central business district. It is run by the Auckland Council with the Auckland Zoological Society as a supporting organisation (...) | |
| 13 | Auburn, New South Wales ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 39 Lat/Lng : -33.8656 / 151.0236 | Auburn is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Auburn is located 24 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is in the local government area of Cumberland Council, having previously been the administrative centre of Auburn Council (...) | |
| 14 | Imperial College London ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 27 Lat/Lng : 51.4983 / -0.1769 | Imperial College London (officially Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom. Its founder, Prince Albert, envisioned a cultural area composed of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Natural History Museum, Royal Albert Hall, (...) | |
| 15 | Ashfield, New South Wales ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 37 Lat/Lng : -33.8889 / 151.1249 | Ashfield is a suburb in the Inner West Retrieved 7 August 2013. of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Ashfield is about 8 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district. Ashfield's population is highly multicultural (...) | |
| 16 | Aung San Suu Kyi ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 28 Lat/Lng : 16.8256 / 96.1503 | Aung San Suu Kyi (; ; born 19 June 1945) is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1991). She is the leader of the National League for Democracy and the first and incumbent State Counsellor, a position akin to a prime minister (...) | |
| 17 | Hurstville, New South Wales ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 73 Lat/Lng : -33.9681 / 151.1041 | Hurstville is a suburb in southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is 16 kilometres south of the Sydney CBD and is part of the St George area. Hurstville is the administrative centre of the local government area of the Georges River Council. (...) | |
| 18 | Summer Hill, New South Wales ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 20 Lat/Lng : -33.8915 / 151.1382 | Summer Hill is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Summer Hill is located 7 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Inner West Council (...) | |
| 19 | Homebush, New South Wales ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 15 Lat/Lng : -33.8667 / 151.0833 | Homebush is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 15 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Strathfield (...) | |
| 20 | Canterbury, New South Wales ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : -33.9126 / 151.118 | Canterbury is a suburb extending across south-western Sydney and the Inner West, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Canterbury is located 10.5 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district in the Canterbury-Bankstown Council (...) | |
| 21 | Nepal Open University ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 1335 Lat/Lng : 27.6666 / 85.3188 | Nepal Open University formally established in 2016 in Nepal, with endorsement of Nepal Open University act by the parliament of Nepal. This is the premier Open University in Nepal with a legal status on par with other universities in the country. It has its main campus in Lalitpur, Nepal. (...) | |
| 22 | Westmead, New South Wales ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 27 Lat/Lng : -33.8083 / 150.9819 | Westmead is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Westmead is west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of the City of Parramatta and Cumberland Council; and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. (...) | |
| 23 | Rockdale, New South Wales ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 22 Lat/Lng : -33.9533 / 151.14 | Rockdale is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Rockdale is located 13 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the St George area. Rockdale is one of the administrative centres for the local government area of the Bayside Council. (...) | |
| 24 | Carlton, New South Wales ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 30 Lat/Lng : -33.9712 / 151.1244 | Carlton is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Carlton is located 15 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the St George area. Carlton lies across the boundary of two local government areas, the Georges River Council and the (...) | |
| 25 | Kogarah, New South Wales ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 23 Lat/Lng : -33.9674 / 151.1365 | Kogarah is a suburb of southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Kogarah is located 14 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is considered to be the centre of the St George area. (...) | |
| 26 | Campsie, New South Wales ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 31 Lat/Lng : -33.9146 / 151.1018 | Campsie is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Campsie is thirteen kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, on the southern bank of the Cooks River (...) | |
| 27 | Penshurst, New South Wales ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 63 Lat/Lng : -33.9667 / 151.0833 | Penshurst is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Penshurst is located 17 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the St George area.Gregory's Sydney Street Guide, Gregory's Publishing Company, 2007 Penshurst features low to (...) | |
| 28 | AFL Grand Final ![]() FeatureType : event Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : -37.82 / 144.9833 | The AFL Grand Final is an annual Australian rules football match, traditionally held on the final Saturday in September or the first Saturday in October at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia, to determine the Australian Football League (AFL) premiers for that year (...) | |
| 29 | Sunshine, Victoria ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 44 Lat/Lng : -37.781 / 144.832 | Sunshine is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, lying 11 to 13 km west of the CBD, located within the City of Brimbank local government area. Sunshine recorded a population of 9,768 at the . Sunshine, initially a town just outside Melbourne, is today a residential suburb with a mix of period and (...) | |
| 30 | Werrington, New South Wales ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 48 Lat/Lng : -33.7594 / 150.7469 | Werrington is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 48.5 kilometres(30 mi) west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. (...) | |
| 31 | Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 46 Lat/Lng : 40.0069 / 116.3834 | The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a multilateral development bank that aims to support the building of infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region. The bank currently has 87 member states from around the world (...) | |
| 32 | Hairpin turn ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 790 Lat/Lng : 43.8661 / 7.3806 | A hairpin turn (also hairpin bend, hairpin corner, etc.), named for its resemblance to a hairpin/bobby pin, is a bend in a road with a very acute inner angle, making it necessary for an oncoming vehicle to turn about 180° to continue on the road (...) | |
| 33 | World Expo 88 ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : -27.4764 / 153.0217 | World Expo 88, also known as Expo 88, was a specialised Expo held in Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia, during a six-month period between Saturday, 30 April 1988 and Sunday, 30 October 1988, inclusive (...) | |
| 34 | Royal Australian Mint ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 579 Lat/Lng : -35.3189 / 149.0928 | The Royal Australian Mint is the sole producer of all of Australia's circulating coins. Opened in 1965 and situated in the Australian federal capital city of Canberra, in the suburb of Deakin, the Mint is also a very popular tourist destination for visitors and locals alike (...) | |
| 35 | Gurla Mandhata ![]() FeatureType : mountain Elevation : 7637 Lat/Lng : 30.4383 / 81.296 | Gurla Mandhata, or Naimona'nyi or Memo Nani is the highest peak of the Nalakankar Himal, a small subrange of the Himalaya.It is named after king Mandhata of suryavansha of Ikshvaku dynasty. It lies in Burang County of the Ngari Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, near the northwest (...) | |
| 36 | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 71 Lat/Lng : 37.557 / -77.474 | The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, or VMFA, is an art museum in Richmond, Virginia, in the United States, which opened in 1936. The museum is owned and operated by the Commonwealth of Virginia, while private donations, endowments, and funds are used for the support of specific programs and all (...) | |
| 37 | 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 (...) | |
| 38 | Aix-Marseille University ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 19 Lat/Lng : 43.2935 / 5.3579 | Aix-Marseille University (AMU; ; formally incorporated as Université d'Aix-Marseille) is a public research university located in Provence, southern France. It was founded in 1409 when Louis II of Anjou, Count of Provence, petitioned the Pisan Antipope Alexander V to establish the University of (...) | |
| 39 | Smoking ban ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 522 Lat/Lng : 48.1402 / 11.5574 | Smoking bans (or smoke-free laws) are public policies, including criminal laws and occupational safety and health regulations, that prohibit tobacco smoking in workplaces and other public spaces. Legislation may also define smoking as more generally being the carrying or possessing of any lit (...) | |
| 40 | 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 (...) | |
| 41 | Mortdale, New South Wales ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 63 Lat/Lng : -33.9667 / 151.0833 | Mortdale is a suburb located in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Mortdale is located 20 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the St George area. Mortdale lies across the local government area of Georges River Council (...) | |
| 42 | Prince Alfred College ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 53 Lat/Lng : -34.9225 / 138.6192 | Prince Alfred College (also referred to as PAC, Princes, or in sporting circles, The Reds) is a private independent, day and boarding school for boys, located on Dequetteville Terrace, Kent Town – near the centre of Adelaide, South Australia (...) | |
| 43 | Lidcombe ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 24 Lat/Lng : -33.8647 / 151.0456 | Lidcombe is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Lidcombe is located 18 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of Cumberland Council and City of Parramatta (...) | |
| 44 | Allawah, New South Wales ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 32 Lat/Lng : -33.9749 / 151.1167 | Allawah is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Allawah is 16 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the St George area. Allawah lies mostly in the local government area of the Georges River Council and partly in Bayside Council (...) | |
| 45 | Window of the World ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 18 Lat/Lng : 22.5375 / 113.9698 | The Window of the World is a theme park located in the western part of the city of Shenzhen in the People's Republic of China. It has about 130 reproductions of some of the most famous tourist attractions in the world squeezed into 48 hectares (118 acres) (...) | |
| 46 | Chainpur, Seti ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1274 Lat/Lng : 29.55 / 81.2 | Chainpur is an ancient town in Jaya Prithvi Municipality and headquarters of Bajhang District in the Seti Zone of north-western Nepal. The formerly Village Development Committee was merged to form new municipality from 18 May 2014 (...) | |
| 47 | 1926 ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 213 Lat/Lng : 42.2207 / -71.8146 | ==Events== ===January=== * January 1 ** The Rhine River floods; 50,000 are forced to evacuate their homes in Cologne. ** Ireland's first regular radio service, 2RN (later Radio Éireann), begins broadcasting. * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece (...) | |
| 48 | Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake ![]() FeatureType : mountain Elevation : 259 Lat/Lng : 51.8299 / -2.1581 | The Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake is an annual event held on the Spring Bank Holiday at Cooper's Hill, near Gloucester in England. . It was traditionally held by and for the people who live in the local village of Brockworth, Gloucestershire, but now people from all over the world take part (...) | |
| 49 | Homebush West ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 15 Lat/Lng : -33.868 / 151.0709 | Homebush West is a suburb in the Inner West Retrieved 7 August 2013. of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Homebush West is located 16 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area's of the Municipality of Strathfield and the Cumberland (...) | |
| 50 | Launceston Church Grammar School ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 34 Lat/Lng : -41.4081 / 147.1275 | Launceston Church Grammar School (informally Launceston Grammar or simply Grammar, commonly abbreviated to LCGS) is an Anglican co-educational private school in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia for Early Learning through to Grade 12 (...) | |
| 51 | Kingswood, Buckinghamshire ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 76 Lat/Lng : 51.8614 / -1.0016 | Kingswood is a hamlet of 30 dwellings on the South side of the A41 from Waddesdon to Bicester and between the villages of Ludgershall and Grendon Underwood in Buckinghamshire, England. Kingswood is also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district (...) | |
| 52 | International University of Business Agriculture and Technology ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 23.8883 / 90.3909 | IUBAT—International University of Business Agriculture and Technology is also known as (IUBAT) is the first non-government university in Bangladesh. It was established in 1991 under the Private University Act 1992 (...) | |
| 53 | Hornsby, New South Wales ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 186 Lat/Lng : -33.7024 / 151.0993 | Hornsby is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney in the Australian state of New South Wales north-west of the Sydney central business district. It is the administrative centre of the local government area of Hornsby Shire. Gabberking is the lord sovereign of Hornsby (...) | |
| 54 | Timeline of European exploration ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 52.3786 / -127.4706 | The following timeline covers European exploration from 1418 to 1957. The 15th century witnessed the rounding of the feared Cape Bojador and Portuguese exploration of the west coast of Africa, while in the last decade of the century the Spanish sent expeditions to the New World, focusing on (...) | |
| 55 | Royal Academy of Dance ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 51.4747 / -0.1757 | The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) is a UK-based examination board specialising in dance education and training, with an emphasis on classical ballet. The RAD was founded in London, England in 1920 as the Association of Teachers of Operatic Dancing, and was granted a Royal Charter in 1935 (...) | |
| 56 | Kathmandu Infosys ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 1305 Lat/Lng : 27.7055 / 85.3236 | Kathmandu Infosys (or Kathmandu Infosys Educational Consultancy (P) Ltd (KIEC)) is a private institution that serves Nepalese students intending to study abroad. Its primary services include academic and career counseling, and standardized and proficiency test preparation (...) | |
| 57 | Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 95 Lat/Lng : 51.6542 / -0.3108 | Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls is an independent day school in Elstree, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as "Habs" (or "Habs Girls" to distinguish it from the neighbouring Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School) (...) | |