12 December 2023 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Architecture , Sustainability , Environment
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Amager Bakke (lit. ‘Amager Hill’), also known as
Amager Slope or
Copenhill , is a
combined heat and power waste-to-energy plant (new resource handling centre) and recreational facility in
Amager ,
Copenhagen ,
Denmark , located prominently within view of the city’s downtown.
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2 November 2023 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks , Environment
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The Gulf Islands is a group of
islands in the
Salish Sea between
Vancouver Island and the
mainland coast of
British Columbia . The name “Gulf Islands” comes from “
Gulf of Georgia “, the original term used by
George Vancouver in his mapping of the southern part of the archipelago and which before the
San Juan Island dispute also was taken to include what have since been called the
San Juan Islands . While geopolitically divided, the San Juan Islands and Gulf Islands geologically form part of the larger Gulf Archipelago.
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27 October 2023 | Author/Destination: Caribbean / Karibik | Rubric: General , Environment
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Desecheo (
Spanish : Isla Desecheo) is a small uninhabited
island of the
archipelago of
Puerto Rico located in the northeast of the
Mona Passage ; 13 mi (21 km) from
Rincón on the west coast (
Punta Higüero ) of the main island of Puerto Rico and 31 mi (50 km) northeast of
Mona Island . It has a land area of 0.589 sq mi (377 acres; 153 ha; 1.53 km²). Politically, the island is administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as the
Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge , but part of
Barrio Sabanetas of
Mayaguez .
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26 October 2023 | Author/Destination: Caribbean / Karibik | Rubric: General , Environment
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Mona (
Spanish : Isla de Mona) is the third-largest island of the
Puerto Rican archipelago , after the main island of Puerto Rico and
Vieques . It is the largest of three islands in the
Mona Passage , a strait between the
Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, the others being
Monito Island and
Desecheo Island . It measures about 7 miles by 4 miles (11 km by 7 km), and lies 41 mi (66 km) west of Puerto Rico, of which it is administratively a part. It is one of two islands that make up the
Isla de Mona e Islote Monito barrio in the municipality of
Mayagüez .
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19 October 2023 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Environment
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Caprarola is a town and
comune in the
province of Viterbo , in the
Lazio region of
central Italy . The village is situated in a range of
volcanic hills known as the
Cimini Mounts.
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26 September 2023 | Author/Destination: South America / Südamerika | Rubric: General , Environment , UNESCO World Heritage
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Los Glaciares National Park (
Spanish : Parque Nacional Los Glaciares) is a
federal protected area in
Santa Cruz Province ,
Argentina . The park covers an area of 726,927 ha (7,269.27 km²; 2,806.68 sq mi), making it the largest national park in the country. Established on 11 May 1937, it hosts a representative sample of
Magellanic subpolar forest and west
Patagonian steppe biodiversity in good state of conservation. In 1981, it was declared a
World Heritage Site by
UNESCO .
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9 July 2023 | Author/Destination: Asia / Asien | Rubric: General , Environment , UNESCO World Heritage
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The Chocolate Hills (
Cebuano : Mga Bungtod sa Tsokolate,
Tagalog : Mga Tsokolateng Burol) are a geological formation in the
Bohol province of the
Philippines . There are at least 1,260 hills, but there may be as many as 1,776 hills spread over an area of more than 50 square kilometers (20 sq mi). They are covered in green grass that turns brown during the dry season, hence the name.
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20 May 2023 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , Environment
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The Gulf Stream, together with its northern extension the
North Atlantic Drift , is a warm and swift
Atlantic ocean current that originates in the
Gulf of Mexico and flows through the Straits of
Florida and up the eastern coastline of the
United States then veers east near 36 latitude (North Carolina) and moves toward Northwest Europe as the
North Atlantic Current . The process of
western intensification causes the Gulf Stream to be a northwards accelerating current off the east coast of North America. At about
40°0′N 30°0′W , it splits in two, with the northern stream, the North Atlantic Drift, crossing to Northern Europe and the southern stream, the
Canary Current , recirculating off West Africa.
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25 February 2023 | Author/Destination: Caribbean / Karibik | Rubric: General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks , Environment
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Saba is a
Caribbean island and the smallest
special municipality (officially “
public body “) of the
Netherlands . It consists largely of the active volcano
Mount Scenery , which at 887 metres (2,910 ft) is the highest point of the entire
Kingdom of the Netherlands . The island lies in the northern
Leeward Islands portion of the
West Indies , southeast of the
Virgin Islands . Together with
Bonaire and
Sint Eustatius it forms the
BES islands .
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