Throgs Neck Lighthouse in the Bronx New York USA was a wooden lighthouse that was replaced by an iron skeletal tower that is still there. The lighthouse protects ships in […]
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Taylor Glacier
The Taylor Glacier is an Antarctic glacier about 54 kilometres (34 mi) long flowing from the plateau of Victoria Land into the western end of Taylor Valley north of the […]
Sands Point Light
The Sands Point Lighthouse is located in Nassau County of Long Island New York along its northern coast in the Town of North Hempstead. The fourth lighthouse to be established […]
Nizami Mausoleum
The Nizami Mausoleum (Azerbaijani: Nizami məqbərəsi) built in honor of the 12th-century poet Nizami Ganjavi stands just outside the city of Ganja Azerbaijan. The mausoleum was originally built in 1947 […]
Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport (Latin: Dioecesis Davenportensis) is a diocese of the Catholic Church for the southeastern quarter of the U.S. state of Iowa. There are 11438 square […]
Japanese Friendship Garden (Kelley Park)
The Japanese Friendship Garden is a walled section of Kelley Park in San Jose California USA. Dedicated in October 1965 it is patterned after Japan’s famous Korakuen Garden in Okayama […]
Stoney (lunar crater)
Stoney is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southern part of the Moon’s far side. It lies to the southeast of the crater Baldet and to the […]
Simpelius (crater)
Simpelius is an impact crater that lies in the southern part of the Moon. It lies to the north-northwest of the somewhat larger crater Schomberger and east-southeast of the prominent […]
Petrov (crater)
Petrov is an impact crater along the southeastern limb of the Moon. The crater is difficult to observe in this location and visibility of this feature is affected by libration. […]
Nearch (crater)
Nearch is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southeastern part of the Moon to the southeast of the crater Hommel. North of Nearch is Vlacq and to […]