Geography

Mauna Loa (/ˌmɔːnə ˈloʊ.ə/ or /ˌmaʊnə ˈloʊ.ə/; Hawaiian: ˈmɐwnə ˈlowə; English: Long Mountain) is the world’s largest active volcano. It is the classic shield volcano,…

Mauna Kea (/ˌmɔːnə ˈkeɪ.ə/ or /ˌmaʊnə ˈkeɪ.ə/, Hawaiian: ˈmɐwnə ˈkɛjə) is a dormant volcano located on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. It is the tallest…

Nishi-no-Shima (Japanese: 西之島, “western island”), a volcanic island in the Ogasawara Arc about 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo, Japan, erupted above sea level in November…

Mount Agung (Indonesian: Gunung Agung; “Great Mountain”), also known as Dutch Piek Van Bali (“Peak of Bali”), is an active volcano on the Indonesian island of…

Mount Rinjani (Indonesian: Gunung Rinjani) is an active volcano that occupies the bulk of Lombok’s island. Rinjani is Indonesia’s second-highest volcano, behind Mount Kerinci in…

Mount Tambora, also known as Tamboro or Gunung Tambora in Indonesian, is an active stratovolcano located in West Nusa Tanagra, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia, on one…

Sumbawa is all volcanic ridges, terraced rice fields, arid stretches, and sheltered bays, all intricately deformed and spilling into the sea. It’s an Indonesian island…

Krishna’s Butterball (also known as Vaan Irai Kal and Krishna’s Gigantic Butterball) is a 20-foot-high, 5-meter-wide rock that rests on a slick hillside with a…

Lombok is an Indonesian island located in the West Nusa Tenggara province (Nusa Tenggara Barat provinsi). It is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, located…

Oak Island is one of the 300-plus islands that make up Mahone Bay, which is located on the south side of Nova Scotia’s Atlantic coast.…

Mount Thielsen, sometimes known as Big Cowhorn (Klamath: hisc’akwaleeʔas), is a stunning horn-shaped peak located just north of Crater Lake in the Southern Oregon Cascades.…

Point Nemo is officially recognized as “the oceanic pole of inaccessibility,” or, to put it another way, the farthest point in the ocean from land.…