Mount Fuji (富士山 Fujisan IPA: [ɸɯꜜdʑisaɴ] ) located on Honshu Island is the highest mountain in Japan at 3776.24 m (12389 ft). An active stratovolcano that last erupted in 1707–08 […]
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Carpathian Mountains
The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains forming an arc roughly 1500 km (932 mi) long across Central and Eastern Europe making them the second-longest mountain range […]
Aeolian Islands
The Aeolian Islands (Italian: Isole Eolie pronounced [ˈiːzole eˈɔːlje] Sicilian: Ìsuli Eoli Greek: Αιολίδες Νήσοι) are a volcanic archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Sicily named after the demigod […]
Hindu Kush
The Hindu Kush (Pashto/Persian: ھندوکُش Hindi: हिंदुकुश) (Urdu: حندو کش) also known as Pāriyātra Parvata (Sanskrit: पारियात्र पर्वत) or Paropamisadae (Greek: Παροπαμισάδαι) is an 800 km (500 mi) long mountain […]
Moulin Rouge
Moulin Rouge (French pronunciation: [mu.lɛ̃ ʁuʒ] French for Red Mill) is a cabaret in Paris France.The house was co-founded in 1889 by Charles Zidler and Joseph Oller who also owned […]
North American Aerospace Defense Command
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD /ˈnɔræd/) is a combined organization of the United States and Canada that provides aerospace warning air sovereignty and defense for North America. Headquarters for […]
Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia (from the Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία Holy Wisdom; Latin: Sancta Sophia or Sancta Sapientia; Turkish: Ayasofya) is a former Greek Orthodox patriarchal basilica (church) later an imperial mosque and […]
San Juan Mountains
The San Juan Mountains are a high and rugged mountain range in the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Colorado and is the largest mountain range in Colorado by area. The area […]
Cathedral of Saint John the Divine
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine officially the Cathedral Church of Saint John: The Great Divine in the City and Diocese of New York is the cathedral of the […]
McLean Hospital
McLean Hospital (/məkˈleɪn/; also known as Somerville Asylum or Charlestown Asylum) is a psychiatric hospital in Belmont Massachusetts.It is noted for its clinical staff expertise and ground-breaking neuroscience research.