Zavodovski Island is an uninhabited volcanic island in the Traversay Islands group of the South Sandwich Islands. It lies 350 kilometres (217 mi) southeast of South Georgia Island. It is […]
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Quba Mosque
The Quba Mosque (Quba’ Masjid or Masjid al-Quba Arabic: مسجد قباء) in the outlying environs of Medina in Saudi Arabia is the oldest mosque in the world. Its first stones […]
London Hilton Hotel
The London Hilton on Park Lane is a hotel situated on Park Lane overlooking Hyde Park in the exclusive Mayfair district of London. It is 101 metres (331 ft) tall […]
Süleymaniye Mosque
The Süleymaniye Mosque (Turkish: Süleymaniye Camii Turkish pronunciation: [sylejˈmaːnije]) is an Ottoman imperial mosque located on the Third Hill of Istanbul Turkey. It is the largest mosque in the city […]
Cradle of Humankind
The Cradle of Humankind is a World Heritage Site first named by UNESCO in 1999 about 50 kilometres northwest of Johannesburg South Africa in the Gauteng province. This site currently […]
Manapouri Hydroelectric Power Station
Manapouri Power Station is an underground hydroelectric power station on the western arm of Lake Manapouri in Fiordland National Park in the South Island of New Zealand. At 850 MW […]
Cabannes (crater)
Cabannes is a lunar impact crater that lies in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. The rim has been worn by subsequent impacts with a smaller […]
Yellow Line (Washington Metro)
The Yellow Line of the Washington Metro consists of 17 rapid transit stations from Huntington or Franconia Springfield in Virginia to either Mount Vernon Square (where most peak hours trains […]
Green Line (Washington Metro)
The Green Line is one of five heavy rail subway lines that constitute the Washington Metro rapid transit system in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. The Green Line consists of […]
Red Line (Washington Metro)
The Red Line of the Washington Metro rail rapid transit system serves 27 stations in Montgomery County Maryland and the District of Columbia United States. It is a primary line […]