Geography

The Moeraki Boulders are a group of large spherical “stones” on Koekohe Beach near Moeraki on New Zealand’s Otago coast between Moeraki and Hampden. They…

“Teotihuacan” /teɪˌoʊtiːwəˈkɑːn/ (Spanish: Teotihuacán) (Spanish pronunciation: teotiwa’kan), is an ancient Mesoamerican city located 30 miles (50 km) northeast of modern-day Mexico City. It was massive,…

“Lake Hillier” is a saline lake on the edge of Middle Island, the largest of the islands and islets that make up the Recherche Archipelago…

“Kawah Ijen” Volcano is a group of composite volcanoes located on the border between Banyuwangi Regency and Bondowoso Regency of East Java, Indonesia. It is…

“Loch Ness” (/ˌlɒx ˈnɛs/; Scottish Gaelic: Loch Nis [l̪ˠɔx ˈniʃ]) is one of Scotland’s best-known attractions; it is large, with a depth of 788 feet…

“Fairy Circles” (arid grass formation) are circular patches of land barren of plants, varying between 2 and 15 meters (7 and 49 ft) in diameter,…

The Great Blue Hole, also known as the Belize Blue Hole is a giant marine sinkhole off the coast of Belize. It lies near the…

The Door to Hell or Gates of Hell, actually known as the Darvaza Gas Crater (Turkmen: Garagum ýalkymy), is a natural gas field that collapsed…

The Richat Structure, also called Guelb er Richât (Arabic قلب الريشات Qalb ar-Rīšāt), the “Eye of Africa”, or “Eye of the Sahara” is a prominent…

“Uluru” (/ˌuːləˈruː/, Pitjantjatjara: Uluṟu /ˈʊ.lʊ.ɻʊ/), also known as “Ayers Rock” (/ˌɛərz -/, like airs) and officially gazetted as Uluru / Ayers Rock, is a giant…

The “Yonaguni Monument” (Japanese: 与那国島海底地形 Hepburn: Yonaguni-jima Kaitei Chikei, lit. “Yonaguni Island Submarine Topography”), is an underwater rock structure that was discovered in the mid-1980s…

Stone Balls (or the stone spheres) of Costa Rica are an assortment of over three hundred petrospheres in Costa Rica, located on the Diquís Delta…