23 August 2025 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General
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The Aleutian Islands—also called the Aleut Islands, or, before
1867 , the Catherine
Archipelago —are a chain of 14 main, larger
volcanic islands and 55 smaller ones. Most of the Aleutian Islands belong to the
U.S. state of
Alaska , with the archipelago encompassing the
Aleutians West Census Area and the
Aleutians East Borough . The
Commander Islands , located further to the west, belong to the Russian
federal subject of
Kamchatka Krai , of the
Russian Far East .
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6 February 2025 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General
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Tijuana is the most populous city in the state of
Baja California , located on the northwestern
Pacific Coast of Mexico . Tijuana is the municipal seat of the
Tijuana Municipality and the hub of the Tijuana metropolitan area. It is just south of California and it has a close proximity to the
Mexico–United States border which is part of the
San Diego–Tijuana metro area.
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5 February 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General
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Papeete (
Tahitian : Pape?ete; old name: Vai?ete) is the
capital city of
French Polynesia , an
overseas collectivity of the
French Republic in the
Pacific Ocean . The
commune of Papeete is located on the island of
Tahiti , in the
administrative subdivision of the
Windward Islands , of which Papeete is the administrative capital. Both the
President of French Polynesia and
French High Commissioner reside in Papeete.
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3 January 2025 | Author/Destination: South America / Südamerika | Category: General
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Viña del Mar ( meaning “Vineyard of the Sea”) is a
city and
commune on
central Chile ‘s Pacific coast. Often referred to as
La Ciudad Jardín (“The Garden City”), Viña del Mar is located within the
Valparaíso Region , and it is
Chile’s fourth largest city with a population of 324,836 (according to the 2008 census). Viña del Mar is also part of the
Greater Valparaíso area, the country’s second largest metropolitan area (pop. 935,602, 2017 census), after the Metropolitan area of
Santiago . The Greater Valparaíso Area is home to five municipalities:
Valparaíso , Viña del Mar,
Concon ,
Quilpue and
Villa Alemana .
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28 December 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General
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Kaua?i, anglicized as Kauai, is one of the main
Hawaiian Islands . It has an area of 562.3 square miles (1,456.4 km²), making it the fourth-largest of the islands and the
21st-largest island in the United States . Kaua?i lies 73 miles (117 km) northwest of
O?ahu , across the
Kaua?i Channel . The island’s
2020 population was 73,298. Styling itself the “Garden Isle”, Kaua?i is the site of
Waimea Canyon State Park and
Na Pali Coast State Park . It forms the bulk of
Kauai County , which also includes the small nearby islands of
Ka?ula ,
Lehua , and
Ni?ihau .
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27 December 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General
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Lanai (
Hawaiian : L?na?i) is the sixth-largest of the
Hawaiian Islands and the smallest publicly accessible inhabited island in the chain. It is colloquially known as the
Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide
pineapple plantation . The island’s only settlement of note is the small town of
Lanai City . The island is 98% owned by
Larry Ellison , cofounder and chairman of
Oracle Corporation ; the remaining 2% is owned by the state of Hawaii or individual homeowners.
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26 December 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General
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Hawaii (
Hawaiian : Hawai’i) is the
largest island in the United States , located in the eponymous
state of
Hawaii . It is the southeasternmost of the
Hawaiian Islands , a chain of
volcanic islands in the
North Pacific Ocean . With an area of 4,028 square miles (10,430 km²), it has 63% of the Hawaiian
archipelago ‘s combined landmass. However, it has only 13% of the archipelago’s population. The island of Hawai?i is the third largest island in
Polynesia , behind the
north and
south islands of New Zealand.
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25 December 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General
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Maui is the second largest island in the
Hawaiian archipelago , at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km²). It is the
17th-largest in the United States. Maui is one of
Maui County ‘s five islands, along with
Moloka?i ,
L?na?i ,
Kaho?olawe , and
Molokini .
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24 December 2024 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General
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Molokai (
Hawaiian : Moloka?i) is the fifth most populated of the eight major islands that make up the
Hawaiian Islands archipelago in the middle of the
Pacific Ocean . It is 38 by 10 miles (61 by 16 km) at its greatest length and width with a usable land area of 260 sq mi (673.40 km²), making it the fifth-largest in size of the main Hawaiian Islands and the
27th largest island in the United States . It lies southeast of
O?ahu across the 25 mi (40 km) wide
Ka?iwi Channel and north of
L?na?i , separated from it by the
Kalohi Channel .
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