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| 1 | Gulf of Finland ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 59.8794 / 26.1053 | The Gulf of Finland is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland (to the north) and Estonia (to the south) all the way to Saint Petersburg in Russia, where the river Neva drains into it. Other major cities around the gulf include Helsinki and Tallinn (...) | |
| 2 | Estonia ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 28 Lat/Lng : 59.4167 / 24.75 | Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland with Finland on the other side, to the west by the Baltic Sea with Sweden to the west (Scandinavia to the far west and north), to the south by Latvia (343 km), and to (...) | |
| 3 | Carcassonne ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 111 Lat/Lng : 43.2131 / 2.352 | Carcassonne is a French fortified city in the department of Aude, in the region of Occitanie. A prefecture, it has a population of about 50,000. Inhabited since the Neolithic period, Carcassonne is located in the Aude plain between historic trade routes, linking the Atlantic to the Mediterranean sea (...) | |
| 4 | Helsinki ![]() FeatureType : city Lat/Lng : 60.1667 / 24.9333 | Helsinki is the capital city and most populous municipality of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city's urban area has a population of , making it by far the most populous urban area in (...) | |
| 5 | Cáceres, Spain ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 466 Lat/Lng : 39.4731 / -6.3711 | Cáceres is the capital of Cáceres province, in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. In 2014 its population was around 96,000. The municipio has a land area of , the largest geographically in Spain. The medieval walled city has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site (...) | |
| 6 | Stockholm Arlanda Airport ![]() FeatureType : airport Elevation : 29 Lat/Lng : 59.6519 / 17.9186 | Stockholm Arlanda Airport , is an international airport located in the Sigtuna Municipality of Sweden, near the town of Märsta, north of Stockholm and nearly south-east of Uppsala. The airport is located within Stockholm County and the province of Uppland (...) | |
| 7 | Finland ![]() FeatureType : country Lat/Lng : 64.35 / 26.65 | Finland , officially the Republic of Finland "Republic of Finland", or "" in Finnish, "" in Swedish, and "" in Sami, is the long protocol name, which is however not defined by law. Legislation recognises only the short name (...) | |
| 8 | Florence ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 67 Lat/Lng : 43.7717 / 11.2536 | Florence Alternative obsolete form: Fiorenza ; is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with 383,084 inhabitants in 2013, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area (...) | |
| 9 | Kaunas ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 33 Lat/Lng : 54.8972 / 23.8861 | Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania and the historical centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the centre of a county in Trakai Municipality of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413 (...) | |
| 10 | Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 18 Lat/Lng : 41.0292 / 28.9517 | The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos, ; ; Vatican City State, 1978, p. 3 ,Ortaylı, İlber (2003). "Osmanlı Barışı", p. 14. .In Turkey it is also referred to unofficially as Fener Rum Patrikhanesi, "Roman Patriarchate of the Phanar" "Roman (...) | |
| 11 | Vilnius ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 106 Lat/Lng : 54.6883 / 25.2714 | Vilnius (see also other names) is the capital of Lithuania and its largest city, with a population of 574,147 . Vilnius is in the southeast part of Lithuania and is the second largest city in the Baltic states. Vilnius is the seat of the main government institutions of Lithuania and the Vilnius (...) | |
| 12 | 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 (...) | |
| 13 | Lithuania ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 137 Lat/Lng : 54.6833 / 25.2667 | Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania , is a country in the Baltic region of northern-eastern Europe. Since its independence, Lithuania has been referred to as one of the Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, to the east of Sweden and Denmark (...) | |
| 14 | 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 (...) | |
| 15 | Saint Petersburg ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 16 Lat/Lng : 59.9339 / 30.3061 | Saint Petersburg is Russia's second-largest city after Moscow, with 5 million inhabitants in 2012, part of the Saint Petersburg agglomeration with a population of 6.2 million (2015). An important Russian port on the Baltic Sea, it has a status of a federal subject (a federal city) (...) | |
| 16 | Trondheim Airport, Værnes ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 63.4576 / 10.9242 | Trondheim Airport, Værnes is an international airport serving Trondheim, a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The airport is located in Værnes, a village in the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county, east of Trondheim (...) | |
| 17 | Ruhnu ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 25 Lat/Lng : 57.8 / 23.25 | Ruhnu (; – 'Seal Island') is an Estonian island in the Gulf of Riga in the Baltic Sea. It is administratively part of Saare County but is geographically closer to the Latvian mainland. At , it has currently fewer than 100, mostly ethnic Estonian, permanent inhabitants (...) | |
| 18 | MS Estonia ![]() FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 59.3833 / 21.7 | MS Estonia, previously Viking Sally (1980–1990), Silja Star (1990–1991), and Wasa King (1991–1993), was a cruise ferry built in 1979/80 at the German shipyard Meyer Werft in Papenburg. The ship sank in 1994 in the Baltic Sea in one of the worst maritime disasters of the 20th century.Boesten, E (...) | |
| 19 | Battle of Copenhagen (1801) ![]() FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 55.7028 / 12.6133 | The Battle of Copenhagen of 1801 (Danish: Slaget på Reden) was a naval battle in which a British fleet fought a large force of the Dano-Norwegian Navy anchored near Copenhagen on 2 April 1801. As the British ships attempted to enter the harbour the Danish fleet, stationed in the city's inlet, formed (...) | |
| 20 | French Fifth Republic ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 37 Lat/Lng : 48.8567 / 2.3508 | The Fifth Republic, France's current republican system of government, was established by Charles de Gaulle under the Constitution of the Fifth Republic on 4 October 1958.. The Fifth Republic emerged from the collapse of the Fourth Republic, replacing the former parliamentary republic with a (...) | |
| 21 | Gothenburg Municipality ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 1 Lat/Lng : 57.7061 / 11.9536 | Gothenburg Municipality (Göteborgs kommun or Göteborgs stad) is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Gothenburg. The major part of the Gothenburg urban area (Göteborgs tätort) is situated within the municipality, but there are also some other (...) | |
| 22 | Rogue wave ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 58.1887 / 2.4667 | Rogue waves (also known as freak waves, monster waves, episodic waves, killer waves, extreme waves, and abnormal waves) are large, unexpected and suddenly appearing surface waves that can be extremely dangerous, even to large ships such as ocean liners (...) | |
| 23 | Eurovision Song Contest 2006 ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 84 Lat/Lng : 37.9667 / 23.7167 | The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Athens, Greece, following Helena Paparizou's win at the 2005 contest in Kiev, Ukraine with the song "My Number One" (...) | |
| 24 | Aubagne ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 111 Lat/Lng : 43.2908 / 5.5708 | Aubagne (Aubanha in Occitan according to the classic norm or Aubagno according to the Mistralian norm) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southern France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aubagnais or Aubagnaises (...) | |
| 25 | Eurovision Song Contest 2004 ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 31 Lat/Lng : 41.0122 / 28.9761 | The Eurovision Song Contest 2004 was the 49th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey, following Sertab Erener's win at the 2003 contest in Riga, Latvia with the song "Everyway That I Can" – marking the country's first victory in the contest (...) | |
| 26 | Izieu ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 411 Lat/Lng : 45.6553 / 5.6442 | Izieu is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. It lies on the Rhône River between the cities of Lyon and Chambéry. (...) | |
| 27 | Eurovision Song Contest 2007 ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 60.1667 / 24.9333 | The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Helsinki, Finland, following Lordi's win at the 2006 contest in Athens, Greece with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" (...) | |
| 28 | DHL Express ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 62 Lat/Lng : 50.7152 / 7.1301 | DHL Express"DHL" stands for Dalsey, Hillblom & Lynn, the surnames of the founders. is a division of the German logistics company Deutsche Post DHL providing international courier, parcel, and express mail services (...) | |
| 29 | European Union ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 57 Lat/Lng : 50.8333 / 4.35 | The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. It has an area of and an estimated population of about 513 million. The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states in (...) | |
| 30 | Eurovision Song Contest 2012 ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 19 Lat/Lng : 40.3973 / 49.8524 | The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the 57th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, following Ell & Nikki's win at the 2011 contest in Düsseldorf, Germany with the song "Running Scared" — marking the first time that the country had won the contest (...) | |
| 31 | Eurovision Song Contest 2013 ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 59.3294 / 18.0686 | The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 was the 58th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Malmö, Sweden, following Loreen's win at the 2012 contest in Baku, Azerbaijan with the song "Euphoria". It was the fifth time that Sweden had hosted the contest, the last time being in 2000 (...) | |
| 32 | Eurovision Song Contest 2011 ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 36 Lat/Lng : 52.5006 / 13.3989 | The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the 56th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Düsseldorf, Germany, following Lena's win at the 2010 contest in Oslo, Norway with the song "Satellite" (...) | |
| 33 | Eurovision Song Contest 2010 ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 61 Lat/Lng : 59.9333 / 10.7564 | The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the 55th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Oslo, Norway, following Alexander Rybak's win at the 2009 contest in Moscow, Russia with the song "Fairytale" (...) | |
| 34 | April 27 ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : -0.7167 / -156.2167 | ==Events== *33 BC – Lucius Marcius Philippus, step-brother to the future emperor Augustus, celebrates a triumph for his victories while serving as governor in one of the provinces of Hispania. * 395 – Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto (...) | |
| 35 | Eurovision Song Contest 2014 ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 55.6667 / 12.5667 | The Eurovision Song Contest 2014 was the 59th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, following Emmelie de Forest's win at the contest in Malmö, Sweden with the song "Only Teardrops" (...) | |
| 36 | Eurovision Song Contest 2015 ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 353 Lat/Lng : 47.0667 / 15.4333 | The Eurovision Song Contest 2015 was the 60th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Vienna, Austria, following Conchita Wurst's win at the 2014 contest in Copenhagen, Denmark with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix" (...) | |
| 37 | Eurovision Song Contest 2017 ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 59 Lat/Lng : 48.4647 / 35.0462 | The Eurovision Song Contest 2017 was the 62nd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Kiev, Ukraine, following Jamala's win at the in Stockholm, Sweden with the song "1944". This was the second time the contest took place in Kiev, after , as well as the fourth Eurovision (...) | |
| 38 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 81 Lat/Lng : 53.6121 / 12.7002 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (abbreviated MV) also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, is a state of Germany.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Mecklenburg-West%20Pomeraniabritannica.com/place/Mecklenburg-West-Pomerania Of the country's 16 states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in (...) | |
| 39 | Białystok ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 147 Lat/Lng : 53.1353 / 23.1456 | Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. Located in the Białystok Uplands of the Podlaskie Plain on the banks of the Biała River, Białystok ranks second in terms of population density, tenth in population, and thirteenth in area, of the (...) | |
| 40 | Eurovision Song Contest 2009 ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 145 Lat/Lng : 55.7667 / 37.6667 | The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Moscow, Russia, following Dima Bilan's win at the 2008 contest in Belgrade, Serbia with the song "Believe" – marking the first time that the country had won the contest (...) | |
| 41 | Gothenburg ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1 Lat/Lng : 57.7061 / 11.9536 | Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg;) is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and part of Västra Götaland County. It is situated by Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has a population of approximately 570,000 in the city center and about 1 million (...) | |
| 42 | Eurovision Song Contest 2018 ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 27 Lat/Lng : 38.7685 / -9.094 | The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the 63rd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place for the first time in Portugal following the country's first victory at the 2017 contest in Kiev, Ukraine with the song "Amar pelos dois", performed by Salvador Sobral (...) | |
| 43 | Eurovision Song Contest 2016 ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 59.3294 / 18.0686 | The Eurovision Song Contest 2016 was the 61st edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Stockholm, Sweden, following Måns Zelmerlöw's win at the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria with the song "Heroes". This was the third time the contest had taken place in Stockholm, after and (...) | |
| 44 | Battle of Tsushima ![]() FeatureType : event Lat/Lng : 34.5663 / 130.1509 | The Battle of Tsushima (Tsusimskoye srazheniye), also known as the Battle of Tsushima Strait and the Naval Battle of the Sea of Japan (Japanese: 日本海海戦, Nihonkai-Kaisen) in Japan, was a major naval battle fought between Russia and Japan during the Russo-Japanese War (...) | |
| 45 | University of Delaware ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 43 Lat/Lng : 39.6791 / -75.7522 | The University of Delaware (colloquially UD, UDel, or U of D) is a public research university located in Newark, Delaware. University of Delaware is the largest university in Delaware. UD currently offers more than 135 undergraduate degrees (...) | |
| 46 | Second Polish Republic ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 114 Lat/Lng : 52.2167 / 21.0 | The Second Polish Republic, commonly known as interwar Poland, refers to the country of Poland in the period between the First and Second World Wars (1918–1939). Officially known as the Republic of Poland , the Polish state was re-established in 1918, in the aftermath of World War I (...) | |
| 47 | Tallaght ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 92 Lat/Lng : 53.2886 / -6.3572 | Tallaght is the largest town, and county town, of South Dublin, and the largest suburb of the city of Dublin, Ireland. The village area, dating from at least the 1st century, held one of the earliest settlements known in the southern part of the island, and one of medieval Ireland's more important (...) | |
| 48 | University of Tartu ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 49 Lat/Lng : 58.3811 / 26.7203 | The University of Tartu (UT;) is a classical university in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia.As stipulated by the § 2 (1) of the University of Tartu Act. The University of Tartu is the only classical university in the country University of Tartu and also the (...) | |
| 49 | Tallinn French School ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 35 Lat/Lng : 59.431 / 24.7417 | Tallinn French School or Tallinn French Lyceum , is a co-educational comprehensive secondary school in Tallinn, Estonia. It consists of basic school (from 7 to 16) and secondary school (16–19) levels. Its students show some of the highest results in the national exams at the end of secondary (...) | |
| 50 | 2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 21 Lat/Lng : -36.8404 / 174.7399 | The 2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 70th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 45 countries participated in four levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2007 competition (...) | |
| 51 | 2014 IIHF World U18 Championships ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 61.0667 / 28.1833 | The 2014 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 16th IIHF World U18 Championship, and was hosted by Lappeenranta and Imatra, Finland. The tournament began on 17 April 2014, with the gold medal game played on 27 April 2014. (...) | |
| 52 | Eurovision Song Contest 2003 ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 56.9667 / 23.75 | The Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the 48th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Riga, Latvia, following Marie N's win at the 2002 contest in Tallinn, Estonia with the song "I Wanna" (...) | |
| 53 | Group of Seven ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 18.4588 / -66.2677 | The Group of Seven (G7) is a group consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. These countries, with the seven largest advanced economies in the world, represent 58% of the global net wealth ($317 trillion) (...) | |
| 54 | Ironman Triathlon ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 25 Lat/Lng : -31.45 / 152.9167 | An Ironman Triathlon is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC), consisting of a swim, a bicycle ride and a marathon run, raced in that order and without a break (...) | |
| 55 | Institut d'études politiques de Lyon ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 174 Lat/Lng : 45.7469 / 4.8358 | The Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Lyon (or Lyon Institute of Political Studies) also known as Sciences Po Lyon, is a grande école located in Lyon, France. It is one of nine Institutes of Political Studies in France, and was established in 1948 by Charles de Gaulle’s provisional government (...) | |
| 56 | Eurovision Song Contest 2005 ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 194 Lat/Lng : 50.45 / 30.5167 | The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Kiev, Ukraine, following Ruslana's win at the 2004 Contest in Istanbul, Turkey with the song "Wild Dances" (...) | |
| 57 | Occupation of the Baltic states ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 104 Lat/Lng : 54.6886 / 25.2706 | The occupation of the Baltic states involved the military occupation of the three Baltic states—Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania—by the Soviet Union under the auspices of the 1939 Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact in June 1940 (...) | |
| 58 | Eurovision Song Contest 2008 ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 93 Lat/Lng : 44.8206 / 20.4622 | The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Belgrade, Serbia, following Marija Šerifović's win at the 2007 Contest in Helsinki, Finland with the song "Molitva" (...) | |
| 59 | European Youth Parliament ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 72 Lat/Lng : 48.4 / 2.7 | The European Youth Parliament is a politically unbound non-profit organisation, which encourages European youth to actively engage in citizenship and cultural understanding. It involves 50,000 youngsters from all around Europe in its events and has around 5,000 active members in the different (...) | |
| 60 | International E-road network ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 71.1667 / 25.8 | The international E-road network is a numbering system for roads in Europe developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The network is numbered from E 1 up and its roads cross national borders (...) | |
| 61 | Saulkrasti ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 57.2636 / 24.4181 | Saulkrasti (pronunciation;) (in translation from Latvian - Sun shores) is a town in Latvia, which lies on the east coast of Gulf of Riga. It stretches across 17 km from Lilaste river to Zvejniekciems village including. The town itself spans across , and includes of field and forest territory (...) | |
| 62 | 1980 Summer Olympics ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 140 Lat/Lng : 57.24 / 43.58 | The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad , was an international multi-sport event held in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russia.. sports-reference.com The 1980 Games were the first Olympic Games to be staged in Eastern Europe, and remain the only Summer (...) | |
| 63 | 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1433 Lat/Lng : 45.4011 / 6.5656 | The 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Kazan, Russia. The championships began on April 13, 2008, and finished on April 24, 2008. Games were played at TatNeft Arena and Arena Kazan in Kazan. Canada defeated Russia 8–0 in the final to claim the gold medal, while the United States defeated (...) | |
| 64 | 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 25 Lat/Lng : 59.4333 / 24.7306 | The 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the 61st edition of UEFA's European Under-19 Championship (the eleventh since the age competition change to an Under-19 level) and took place in Estonia from 3 to 15 July. Spain are the title holders (...) | |
| 65 | 44th G7 summit ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 50 Lat/Lng : 47.6206 / -70.1456 | The 44th G7 summit was held on 8–9 June 2018, in La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada. This was the sixth time since 1981 that Canada has hosted the meetings. In March 2014, the Group of Seven (G7) — comprising leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States — (...) | |
| 66 | Ground-effect vehicle ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : -21 Lat/Lng : 42.8819 / 47.6567 | A ground-effect vehicle (GEV) is a vehicle that is designed to attain sustained flight over a level surface (usually over the sea) by making use of ground effect, the aerodynamic interaction between the wings and the surface (...) | |
| 67 | Eugene Schuyler ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 522 Lat/Lng : 42.4973 / 24.1912 | Eugene Schuyler (Ithaca, New York, February 26, 1840 – Venice, Italy, July 16, 1890) was a nineteenth-century American scholar, writer, explorer and diplomat. Schuyler was one of the first three Americans to earn a Ph.D (...) | |
| 68 | Ararat ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 822 Lat/Lng : 39.8317 / 44.7049 | Ararat or in Western Armenian Ararad may refer to: (...) | |
| 69 | The Master and Margarita ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 160 Lat/Lng : 55.767 / 37.5941 | The Master and Margarita is a novel by Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov, written in the Soviet Union between 1928 and 1940 during Stalin's regime. A censored version was published in Moscow magazine in 1966–1967, after the writer's death (...) | |
| 70 | Kalev (confectioner) ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 53 Lat/Lng : 59.3606 / 24.8882 | AS Kalev (2006–2012 Kalev Chocolate Factory AS) is an Estonian confectionery company. The company can trace its origins back two hundred years, the business that preceded the Maiasmokk cafe was founded in 1806, and is now owned by Kalev (...) | |
| 71 | Republic of Ireland at the UEFA European Championship ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 54.3506 / 18.6528 | The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA (...) | |
| 72 | Pavlovsk Palace ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 41 Lat/Lng : 59.6858 / 30.4533 | Pavlovsk Palace is an 18th-century Russian Imperial residence built by the order of Catherine the Great for her son, Grand Duke Paul, in Pavlovsk, within Saint Petersburg. After his death, it became the home of his widow, Maria Feodorovna (...) | |
| 73 | NATO Integrated Air Defense System ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 150 Lat/Lng : 45.6167 / 16.0667 | NATO's NATO Integrated Air Defense System (short: NATINADS) is a command and control compound (structure or system) of the alliance's air defence forces, subordinated to the NATO command authorities, already in peace time as well as in crisis and war. (...) | |
| 74 | Grey Owl ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 560 Lat/Lng : 54.1469 / -106.4678 | Grey Owl was the name British-born Archibald Belaney (September 18, 1888 – April 13, 1938) chose for himself when he took on a fraudulent First Nations identity as an adult. While he achieved fame as a conservationist during his life, after his death the revelation of his non-Native origins and (...) | |
| 75 | Marryatville High School ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 91 Lat/Lng : -34.9289 / 138.6456 | Marryatville High School is a public state school in Adelaide, South Australia. It was formed in 1976 during the Don Dunstan era of South Australia from the amalgamation of the Norwood Boys' Technical High School and the Kensington & Norwood Girls High School (...) | |
| 76 | Kampfgeschwader 77 ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 277 Lat/Lng : 50.1217 / 14.5453 | Kampfgeschwader 77 (KG 77) was a Luftwaffe bomber wing during World War II. Its units participated on all of the major fronts in the European Theatre until its dissolution in 1944. It operated all three of the major German bomber types; the Dornier Do 17, Heinkel He 111 and the Junkers Ju 88. (...) | |
| 77 | Institut Français ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 38 Lat/Lng : 48.8544 / 2.2937 | The Institut Français (French capitalization, Institut français; "French institute") is a French public industrial and commercial organization (EPIC). Started in 1907 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for promoting French, francophone as well as local cultures around the world, in 2011 it replaced (...) | |
| 78 | Type 37 torpedo boat ![]() FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 59.3833 / 23.8333 | The Type 37 torpedo boat was a class of nine torpedo boats built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. Completed in 1941–1942, one boat helped to escort a commerce raider passing through the English Channel into the Atlantic Ocean in late 1941, but their first major action was in (...) | |
| 79 | Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 153 Lat/Lng : 43.0458 / -2.1895 | Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (Grupo CAF, literally "Construction & Other Railway Services") is a Spanish publicly-listed company which manufactures railway vehicles and equipment. It is based in Beasain, Basque Autonomous Community (...) | |
| 80 | HMS Vanquisher (D54) ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 50.6 / -9.4 | HMS Vanquisher (D54) was a V-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in World War I and World War II. (...) | |
| 81 | Mykolas Romeris University ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 171 Lat/Lng : 54.7347 / 25.2542 | Mykolas Romeris University is one of Lithuania's largest universities, bearing the name of the Lithuanian legal scholar, judge and father of Lithuania's Constitutional Law Mykolas Römeris. Established after restoration of independence of the Republic of Lithuania in 1990, it became a state (...) | |
| 82 | Allied Command Transformation ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 87 Lat/Lng : 50.4994 / 3.9839 | Allied Command Transformation (ACT) is a military command of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), formed in 2003 after restructuring. It was intended to lead military transformation of alliance forces and capabilities, using new concepts such as the NATO Response Force and new doctrines in (...) | |
| 83 | Portsmouth Cathedral ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 50.7904 / -1.1043 | The Cathedral Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, commonly known as Portsmouth Cathedral, is an English cathedral church. It is the cathedral of the Church of England Diocese of Portsmouth and is located in the centre of Old Portsmouth. It is the seat of the Bishop of Portsmouth (...) | |
| 84 | Hugo Treffner Gymnasium ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 45 Lat/Lng : 58.3824 / 26.7209 | Hugo Treffner Gymnasium (; abbreviated as HTG) is a secondary school in Tartu, Estonia with special emphasis on science education. Founded by Hugo Treffner, it was the only large secondary school in 19th century Estonia with dominantly Estonian students and no age restrictions (...) | |
| 85 | Çukurova University ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 134 Lat/Lng : 37.0572 / 35.3558 | Çukurova University has sixteen faculties, three colleges, seven vocational colleges, three institutes and twenty six research and application centers. The university campus is located 10 kilometers away from Adana city center, by the Seyhan Dam Lake (...) | |
| 86 | Admiral Hipper-class cruiser ![]() FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 8.7527 / 167.6831 | The Admiral Hipper class was a group of five heavy cruisers built by Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine beginning in the mid-1930s. The class comprised , the lead ship, , , , and . Only the first three ships of the class saw action with the German Navy during World War II (...) | |
| 87 | Savonlinna Opera Festival ![]() FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 61.8639 / 28.9011 | Savonlinna Opera Festival is held annually in the city of Savonlinna in Finland. The Festival takes place at the medieval Olavinlinna (St. Olaf's Castle), built in 1475. The castle is located amid spectacular lake scenery. (...) | |
| 88 | Kronan (ship) ![]() FeatureType : landmark Lat/Lng : 56.4494 / 16.6722 | Kronan, also called Stora Kronan,The names mean "the crown" and "the great crown" respectively. For information on modern standardization of the naming, see Anders Franzén in Johansson (1985), p. 9; Lundgren (1997), p. 8 (...) | |
| 89 | Revel ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 407 Lat/Lng : 45.3843 / 5.0397 | Revel may refer to: (...) | |
| 90 | Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 32 Lat/Lng : 59.4232 / 24.7676 | NATO CCD COE, officially the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (or NATO küberkaitsekoostöö keskus) is one of NATO Centres of Excellence, located in Tallinn, Estonia. The Centre was established on 14 May 2008, it received full accreditation by NATO and attained the status of (...) | |
| 91 | Poly Implant Prothèse ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 26 Lat/Lng : 43.1134 / 5.8502 | Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP) was a French company founded in 1991 that produced silicone gel breast implants. The company was preemptively liquidated in 2010 following the revelation that they had been illegally manufacturing and selling breast implants made from cheaper industrial-grade silicone (...) | |
| 92 | Rouen Business School ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 146 Lat/Lng : 49.4633 / 1.0645 | The Rouen Business School was a leading French business school. Rouen Business School's quality is recognized by its "triple-crown" accreditations (AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS) and its Financial Times ranking 13th position best European Master in Management (...) | |
| 93 | Google Maps pin ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 55.8617 / 9.8464 | The Google Maps pin is the inverted-drop-shaped icon that marks locations in Google Maps. The pin is protected under a U.S. design patent as "teardrop-shaped marker icon including a shadow".http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/50/209/D06/1.pdfhttp://pimg-fpiw.uspto.gov/fdd/13/214/D06/0 (...) | |
| 94 | HMS Viscount (D92) ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 54.5833 / -18.3 | HMS Viscount was a V-class destroyer (Thornycroft V and W class) of the British Royal Navy that saw service in the final months of World War I and in World War II. (...) | |
| 95 | Polish Navy ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 75 Lat/Lng : 54.5 / 18.55 | The Polish Navy ("War Navy") is a military branch of the Polish Armed Forces responsible for naval operations. The Polish Navy consists of 48 ships and about 12,000 commissioned and enlisted personnel. The traditional ship prefix in the Polish Navy is ORP (Okręt Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, "Warship (...) | |
| 96 | Instituto Camões ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 67 Lat/Lng : 38.7248 / -9.149 | The Instituto Camões (Camões Institute) is an institution created in 1992 for the worldwide promotion of the Portuguese language and culture. The Instituto Camões has administrative and patrimonial autonomy, that, under the supervision of the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs, assures the (...) | |
| 97 | Kampfgeschwader 1 ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 2 Lat/Lng : 54.1991 / 15.6878 | Kampfgeschwader 1 (KG 1) (Battle Wing 1) was a German medium bomber wing that operated in the Luftwaffe during World War II. KG 1 was created in 1939 as the Luftwaffe reorganised and expanded to meet Adolf Hitler's rearmament demands (...) | |
| 98 | Vao ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 90 Lat/Lng : 58.9392 / 25.9822 | Vao may refer to: *Vao language, Oceanic language spoken in Vanuatu *Vao (island), island of Vanuatu *Vao, Ivory Coast, village in Sassandra-Marahoué District, Ivory Coast *Vao, New Caledonia, settlement on the Isle of Pines, New Caledonia, France *Vao, Lääne-Viru County, village in Väike-Maarja (...) | |
| 99 | École supérieure d'Informatique, réseaux et systèmes d'information ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 97 Lat/Lng : 49.0412 / 2.0291 | Ecole supérieure d'Informatique, réseaux et systèmes d'information (acronym ITIN) was a public higher education apprenticeship school in Cergy-Pontoise, France. The school was created in Cergy, France, in 1988 under the signature of René Monory, French Minister of Education (...) | |
| 100 | HMS Venetia (D53) ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 51.55 / 1.0167 | HMS Venetia (D53) was a V-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in World War I and World War II. (...) | |
| 101 | Ravel (disambiguation) ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 341 Lat/Lng : 45.7793 / 3.3956 | Maurice Ravel was a Basque French composer and pianist of Impressionist music. Ravel may also refer to: (...) | |
| 102 | Balassi Institute ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 153 Lat/Lng : 47.4842 / 19.0384 | The Balassi Institute is a worldwide non-profit cultural organization funded by the ministry of education and culture of Hungary. The institute spreads and promotes Hungarian language and culture abroad. The Institute plays a key role in developing and attaining Hungary’s objectives in the area of (...) | |
| 103 | Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 127 Lat/Lng : 50.0855 / 8.2421 | The ' (Association for the German Language), or , is Germany's most important government-sponsored language society. Its headquarters are in Wiesbaden Re-founded shortly after the Second World War in 1947, the is politically independent and the declared successor of the ' , the General Association (...) | |
| 104 | ArcelorMittal Bremen ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 53.124 / 8.689 | ArcelorMittal Bremen is a steelworks on the banks of the River Weser in Bremen, Germany. An ironworks was established on the site in 1911 as Norddeutsche Hütte - much of the works was destroyed or dismantled during and immediately after the end of the Second World War (...) | |
| 105 | ESET Technical School of Engineering ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 43 Lat/Lng : 39.55 / -0.4 | The ESET Technical School of Engineering (acronym by which the Escuela Superior de Enseñanzas Técnicas - (E.S.E.T.) in Spanish) is the school of engineering of the CEU Cardinal Herrera University, located in Alfara del Patriarca (Valencia), Spain (...) | |