5 March 2026 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General
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Treasure Island is a city in
Pinellas County ,
Florida , United States. It is situated on the
Gulf of Mexico . As of the
2020 census , the city population was 6,584. Treasure Island is located on a
barrier island off the Gulf Coast of Florida and borders the cities of
Saint Petersburg ,
St. Pete Beach , and
Madeira Beach . The city lies approximately 15 kilometers south of
Clearwater and about 35 kilometers southwest of
Tampa . The nearest airport is
St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport , located approximately 20 kilometers to the northeast.
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27 September 2025 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General
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Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge – Endangered Florida manatee
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Crystal River is a city in
Citrus County ,
Florida ,
United States . The population was 3,396 in the 2020 census, up from 3,108 at the 2010 census. It is part of the
Homosassa Springs, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . The city was incorporated in 1903 and is the self-professed “Home of the
Manatee “.
Crystal River Preserve State Park is located nearby, and
Crystal River Archaeological State Park is located in the city’s northwest side.
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26 July 2025 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General
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Destin is a city located in
Okaloosa County ,
Florida ,
United States . It is a principal city of the
Crestview–Fort Walton Beach–Destin, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . The population was 13,931 at the 2020 census, up from 12,305 at the 2010 census.
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6 March 2025 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General
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The Gulf of Mexico (
Spanish : Golfo de México) is an
oceanic basin and a
marginal sea of the
Atlantic Ocean , mostly surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the
Gulf Coast of the United States ; on the southwest and south by the
Mexican states of
Tamaulipas ,
Veracruz ,
Tabasco ,
Campeche ,
Yucatán , and
Quintana Roo ; and on the southeast by
Cuba . The coastal areas along the
Southern U.S. states of
Texas ,
Louisiana ,
Mississippi ,
Alabama , and
Florida , which border the Gulf on the north, are occasionally referred to as the “
Third Coast ” of the United States (in addition to its Atlantic and Pacific coasts), but more often as “the Gulf Coast”.
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27 February 2023 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General
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Anna Maria Island is a
barrier island on the coast of
Manatee County, Florida , in the United States. It is bounded on the west by the
Gulf of Mexico , on the south by Longboat Pass (which separates it from
Longboat Key ), on the east by Anna Maria Sound, and on the north by
Tampa Bay . Anna Maria Island is approximately 7 miles (11 km) long north to south.
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18 April 2022 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General
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Port Arthur is a city in
Jefferson County within the
Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area of the
U.S. state of
Texas . A small, uninhabited portion extends into
Orange County ; it is 90 mi (140 km) east of
Houston . The largest oil refinery in the United States, the
Motiva Refinery , is located in Port Arthur. Port Arthur is vulnerable to
hurricanes and extensive damage to the city has been caused several times. Port Arthur’s
Museum of the Gulf Coast is recognized as the area’s definitive collection of items and displays for figures from Port Arthur and the surrounding communities.
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24 February 2022 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General
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The Big Bend region of
Florida is an informal region of the state. Different definitions of the region include counties stretching across northern Florida from the
Apalachicola River to the
St. Johns River . The Big Bend Coast, however, is the marshy coast without
barrier islands that extends along the
Gulf of Mexico coast of Florida from the
Ocklockonee River (
Wakulla County ) to
Anclote Key (
Pasco County ).
Visit Florida , the state’s official tourism marketing corporation, uses varying definitions of the region, including just four counties,
Jefferson ,
Taylor ,
Dixie and
Levy counties, in one definition, and 12 counties, including Levy, Dixie,
Gilchrist ,
Lafayette ,
Suwannee ,
Columbia ,
Hamilton ,
Baker ,
Union ,
Bradford ,
Clay , and
Putnam counties, in another. The
Big Bend Scenic Byway is a marked route through
Franklin ,
Leon , and
Wakulla counties.
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23 February 2022 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , Bon appétit
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Florida’s Forgotten Coast is a registered trademark coined in the early 1990s by the Apalachicola Bay Chamber of Commerce. The name is most commonly used to refer to a relatively quiet, undeveloped and largely uninhabited section of coastline stretching from
Mexico Beach on the
Gulf of Mexico to
St. Marks on
Apalachee Bay in the
U.S. state of
Florida . The nearest major cities are
Tallahassee , about 90 miles (145 km) northeast of Apalachicola, and
Panama City , home of
Tyndall Air Force Base , about 60 miles (95 km) to the northwest.
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11 January 2020 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , Bon voyage , Theme Weeks , UNESCO World Heritage
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Mexico, officially the United Mexican States (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos), is a
country in the southern portion of
North America . It is
bordered to the north by the
United States ; to the south and west by the
Pacific Ocean ; to the southeast by
Guatemala ,
Belize , and the
Caribbean Sea ; and to the east by the
Gulf of Mexico . Mexico has approximately 129 million inhabitants, making it the world’s
13th-largest country by area,
10th-most populous country , and
most populous Spanish-speaking nation . It is a
federation comprising 31
states and
Mexico City , its
capital city and
largest metropolis . Other
major urban areas include
Guadalajara ,
Monterrey ,
Puebla ,
Toluca ,
Tijuana ,
Ciudad Juárez , and
León .
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