History of Kolmanskop City, Namibia Kolmanskop (Afrikaans for “Coleman’s head,” German: Kolmannskuppe) is a ghost town in southern Africa’s Namib Desert, in the center of a region known as “the…
Kiritimati Island Kiritimati Island, often known as Christmas Island, is a coral atoll in the northern Line Islands in the Pacific Ocean. With a circumference of roughly…
Mount Fuji, Japan Mount Fuji (富士山, Fujisan, Japanese: ɸɯꜜ(d)ʑisaɴ), Japanese Fuji-san, also called Fujiyama or Fuji no Yama, located on the island of Honshū, is the highest mountain…
Mount Hakkōda, Japan The mountains are together classified as one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains and are commonly referred to as Mount Hakkōda (八甲田山, Hakkōda-san) or simply…
Jarvis Island, South Pacific Ocean Jarvis Island (/ˈdʒɑːrvɪs/; formerly known as Bunker Island or Bunker’s Shoal), also known as Bunker Island, Volunteer Island, Jervis Island, or Brook Island, is a…
Howland Island, United States Howland Island (/ˈhaʊlənd/), previously Worth Island, is a coral atoll in the United States’ unorganized territory. It’s an uninhabited coral island in the central Pacific…
Mount Cleveland, Alaska, United States Mount Cleveland, also known as the Cleveland Volcano, is one of the most active volcanoes in the Aleutian Island arc’s core region. It’s a fairly…
Gran Sasso d’Italia, Italy Gran Sasso d’Italia (Italian: ɡran ˈsasso diˈtaːlja; lit. ’Great Rock of Italy‘), is a mountain range in the Abruzzi geographic region of central Italy that stretches…
Ojos del Salado, Argentina–Chile Along the Chile-Argentina border, the world’s tallest active volcano, Nevados Ojos del Salado, rises to 6,893 meters (22,615 feet). At roughly 7,000 meters (23,000 feet),…
Tamu Massif Volcano The majority of the world’s greatest features are so easily visible that they have been known and recognized for centuries; Tamu Massif is a submerged…
Shield Volcano (Structure, Formation) Shield volcanoes are the largest in terms of volume, and their diameter can range from tens to hundreds of kilometers. It is generated by the…
Submarine Volcano Under an average of 8,500 feet (2,600 meters) of water, the most productive volcanic systems on Earth are hidden. Underwater vents or fissures in the…