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1 | ![]() | Sint Eustatius ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 83 Lat/Lng : 17.4891 / -62.9752 | Sint Eustatius ,Mangold, Max. Duden – Das Aussprachewörterbuch. In: Der Duden in zwölf Bänden, Band 6. 7. Auflage. Berlin: Dudenverlag; Mannheim : Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2015, Seite 786. also known affectionately to the locals as Statia ,Tuchman, Barbara W (...) |
2 | ![]() | Montserrat ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 330 Lat/Lng : 16.7425 / -62.1872 | Montserrat is a Caribbean island in the Leeward Islands, which is part of the chain known as the Lesser Antilles, in the West Indies. It is a British Overseas Territory (BOT). Montserrat measures approximately in length and in width, with approximately of coastline (...) |
3 | ![]() | Madurodam ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 4 Lat/Lng : 52.0995 / 4.2975 | Madurodam is a miniature park and tourist attraction in the Scheveningen district of The Hague in the Netherlands. It is home to a range of 1:25 scale model replicas of famous Dutch landmarks, historical cities and large developments (...) |
4 | ![]() | Anguilla ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 43 Lat/Lng : 18.2272 / -63.049 | Anguilla is a British overseas territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin (...) |
5 | ![]() | Netherlands ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 25 Lat/Lng : 52.35 / 5.7667 | The Netherlands is a country located mainly in Northwestern Europe. Together with three island territories in the Caribbean (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba), it forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (...) |
6 | ![]() | Manaus ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 26 Lat/Lng : -3.1349 / -60.0255 | Manaus , previously known as Manaós before 1939 and formerly Barra do Rio Negro, is the capital city of the state of Amazonas in the North Region of Brazil. It is situated near the confluence of the Negro and Solimões rivers (...) |
7 | ![]() | Savoy Hotel ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 28 Lat/Lng : 51.5097 / -0.12 | The Savoy Hotel is a luxury hotel located in the Strand in the City of Westminster in central London, England. Built by the impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte with profits from his Gilbert and Sullivan opera productions, it opened on 6 August 1889 (...) |
8 | Caribbean ![]() FeatureType : waterbody Lat/Lng : 14.5256 / -75.8183 | The Caribbean is a region of North America that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean) and the surrounding coasts (...) | |
9 | 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 (...) | |
10 | Gregor MacGregor ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1 Lat/Lng : 30.7047 / -81.4545 | General Gregor MacGregor (24 December 1786 – 4 December 1845) was a Scottish soldier, adventurer and confidence trickster who attempted from 1821 to 1837 to draw British and French investors and settlers to "Poyais", a fictional Central American territory that he claimed to rule as "Cazique" (...) | |
11 | Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 5.4528 / -55.1878 | Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport , also known as Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport, and locally referred to simply as JAP, is an airport located in the town of Zanderij and hub for airline carrier Surinam Airways, south of Paramaribo (...) | |
12 | 1968 in aviation ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 32.9667 / 32.8 | This is a list of aviation-related events from 1968: (...) | |
13 | TSMS Lakonia ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 35.25 / -15.25 | The TSMS Lakonia was a Greek-owned cruise ship which caught fire and sank north of Madeira on 22 December 1963, with the loss of 128 lives. The vessel was built in the Netherlands as the MS Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and sailed regularly between Amsterdam and the East Indies (...) | |
14 | West Itchenor ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 50.7998 / -0.8737 | West Itchenor is a village and civil parish, on the Manhood Peninsula, in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It lies north of the B2179 Chichester to West Wittering road 4.5 miles (7.3 km) southwest of Chichester. The village lies on the shores of Chichester Harbour (...) | |
15 | MV Dunedin Star ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : -18.13 / 11.55 | MV Dunedin Star was a UK refrigerated cargo liner. She was built by Cammell Laird and Co in 1935–36 as one of Blue Star Line's -class ships, designed to ship frozen meat from Australia and New Zealand to the United Kingdom (...) | |
16 | HMS Arethusa (1781) ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 30.8167 / -55.8333 | HMS Arethusa was a 38-gun Minerva-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy built at Bristol in 1781. She served in three wars and made a number of notable captures before she was broken up in 1815. (...) | |
17 | ARA Punta Médanos (B-18) ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : -34.6667 / -48.8167 | ARA Punta Médanos (B-18) was an auxiliary ship of the Argentine Navy, a tanker built at the Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard, Wallsend, in 1950. While in naval service she made several commercial trips supplementing the YPF tanker fleet, and supported the high seas fleet; in this capacity (...) | |