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Notable Islands

Bora Bora – French Polynesia Bali – Indonesia Maldives – Indian Ocean Santorini – Greece Fiji Islands – South Pacific Tahiti – French Polynesia Seychelles – Indian Ocean Ibiza – Spain Galapagos Islands – Ecuador Capri – Italy Easter Island – Chile Sardinia – Italy Mauritius – Indian Ocean Corsica – France Hawaii – United …

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Oceans

Pacific Ocean: Deepest Point: Mariana Trench (Challenger Deep) – 10,925 meters (35,843 feet) Atlantic Ocean: Deepest Point: Puerto Rico Trench – 8,376 meters (27,480 feet) Indian Ocean: Deepest Point: Java Trench (Sunda Trench) – 7,725 meters (25,344 feet) Southern Ocean (sometimes considered as part of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans): Deepest Point: South Sandwich …

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Old and New names of Places

Constantinople – Istanbul (Turkey) Persia – Iran Ceylon – Sri Lanka Rhodesia – Zimbabwe Burma – Myanmar Czechoslovakia – Czech Republic and Slovakia Gold Coast – Ghana Dutch East Indies – Indonesia East Pakistan – Bangladesh Siam – Thailand Tanganyika – Tanzania British Honduras – Belize French West Africa – Various independent countries in West …

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Notable Mountains

Mount Everest (Sagarmatha) – 8,848 meters (29,029 feet) – Nepal/Tibet K2 (Mount Godwin-Austen) – 8,611 meters (28,251 feet) – Pakistan/China Kangchenjunga – 8,586 meters (28,169 feet) – Nepal/India Lhotse – 8,516 meters (27,940 feet) – Nepal/Tibet Makalu – 8,485 meters (27,838 feet) – Nepal/Tibet Cho Oyu – 8,188 meters (26,864 feet) – Nepal/Tibet Dhaulagiri – …

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Landlocked Countries

Afghanistan Andorra Armenia Austria Belarus Bhutan Bolivia Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Central African Republic Chad Czech Republic Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) Ethiopia Hungary Kazakhstan Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Laos Lesotho Liechtenstein Luxembourg North Macedonia Malawi Mali Moldova Mongolia Nepal Niger Paraguay Rwanda San Marino Serbia Slovakia South Sudan Switzerland Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uganda Uzbekistan Vatican City Zambia Zimbabwe Double …

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Notable Deserts

Sahara Desert: Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara Arabian Desert: Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Yemen Gobi Desert: Mongolia, China Kalahari Desert: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa Patagonian Desert: Argentina, Chile Great Victoria Desert: Australia Syrian Desert: Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia Mojave Desert: United …

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Notable Plains in the World

Great Plains (United States and Canada): The Great Plains stretch across the central portion of North America, covering parts of the United States and Canada. It is characterized by vast grasslands, rolling hills, and fertile agricultural land. Indo-Gangetic Plain (India and Bangladesh): The Indo-Gangetic Plain is a fertile alluvial plain in South Asia, covering major …

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Notable Border Lines

Canada-United States Border: Length – 8,891 kilometers (5,525 miles) Russia-Kazakhstan Border: Length – 7,644 kilometers (4,750 miles) China-Russia Border: Length – 4,209 kilometers (2,615 miles) Russia-Mongolia Border: Length – 3,452 kilometers (2,144 miles) Argentina-Chile Border: Length – 5,308 kilometers (3,293 miles) China-Kazakhstan Border: Length – 1,782 kilometers (1,107 miles) Bolivia-Chile Border: Length – 861 kilometers …

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Mountain Passes

Khardung La Pass (India) – Connects Leh and Nubra Valley Stelvio Pass (Italy) – Connects Bormio and Prato allo Stelvio Furka Pass (Switzerland) – Connects Gletsch and Realp Great St. Bernard Pass (Switzerland/Italy) – Connects Martigny and Aosta Sani Pass (South Africa/Lesotho) – Connects Underberg and Mokhotlong Trollstigen (Norway) – Connects Ã…ndalsnes and Valldal Grossglockner …

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Notable Plateaus

Tibetan Plateau: Also known as the “Roof of the World,” the Tibetan Plateau is the highest and largest plateau on Earth, covering an area of about 2.5 million square kilometers (970,000 square miles) in Tibet, China. It has an average elevation of over 4,500 meters (14,800 feet) and is surrounded by some of the world’s …

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