Lands {land} include canyons, capes, continents, hills, mountains, mountain ranges, and valleys.
{Plymouth Rock} Pilgrim landing site is in southeast Massachusetts.
{Point Barrow} Point is Alaska's northernmost tip.
{Hells Canyon} Canyon is on Oregon-Idaho border.
{King's Canyon} Canyon is in east central California.
{Cape Canaveral} Cape is in east Florida.
{Cape Cod} Cape is in southeast Massachusetts.
{Cape Horn} Cape is in south Argentina.
{Cape of Good Hope} Cape is in south South Africa.
{Cape Trafalgar} Cape is in southwest Spain.
{Barbary Coast} Ancient region went across North Africa from Atlantic to Egypt and included Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli.
{Cote d'Azur} Coast is in southeast France.
{Dalmatian Coast} Coast is in west Bosnia.
{Gold Coast} Coast is in west Africa.
{Riviera} Coast is in southeast France and northwest Italy.
{Slave Coast} Coast is in west Africa.
{Africa} Continent is between Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
{Americas} Continents are in Western Hemisphere.
{Antarctica} Continent is around South Pole. Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) circles it. Drake Passage separates it from South America, from which it broke off 41,000,000 years ago. Ice sheets formed 34,000,000 years ago.
{Asia} Indian, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans and Europe at Ural Mountains border continent.
{Australasia} Continent is Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, and Melanesia.
{Australia, continent} Continent is south of southeast Asia.
{Central America} Continent is south North America.
{Europe} Continent is between Asia and Atlantic Ocean.
{Middle East} Middle East or Mid East or Mideast continent is countries between Libya and Afghanistan in southwest Asia.
{Near East} Continent is in southeast Europe, north Africa, and southwest Asia.
{North America} Continent is in north Western Hemisphere.
{Polynesia} Islands are in central and south Pacific Ocean.
{South America} Continent is between South Atlantic and South Pacific Oceans.
{Arabian Desert} Desert is in east Egypt.
{Bonneville Salt Flats} Level area is in Great Salt Lake Desert in Utah.
{Gobi Desert} Desert is in east-central Asia, in Mongolia.
{Great Salt Desert} Desert is in northwest Utah.
{Kalahari Desert} Desert is in south Botswana and Namibia.
{Mojave Desert} Desert is in southeast California.
{Painted Desert} Desert is in northwest Arizona.
{Sahara Desert} Desert is in north Africa.
{Salt Desert} Desert is in northeast Iran.
{Takla Makan Desert} Desert is north of Kunlun Mountains and southeast of Tien Shan Mountains in China.
{Thar Desert} Desert is in Pakistan and India.
{Ardennes Forest} Forest is in northeast France and southeast Belgium.
{Argonne Forest} Forest is in northeast France.
{Black Forest} Forest is in southwest Germany. It is also Schwarzwald.
{Sherwood Forest} Forest is in central England.
{Acropolis} Hill in Athens has Greek-temple ruins.
{Alhambra} Hill in Granada, Spain, has Moorish palace.
{Bunker Hill} Hill is in Boston.
{Calvary} Hill is near Jerusalem. It is also Golgotha.
{Capitoline Hill} Hill is in Rome.
{Diamond Head} Hill is in Honolulu, Hawaii.
{Golgotha, hill} Hill is near Jerusalem. Hill is also Calvary.
{Mount of Olives, hill} Ridge is east of Jerusalem.
{Mount Zion} Hill is near Jerusalem.
{Palatine Hill} Hill is in Rome.
{Quirinal Hill} Hill is in Rome.
Islands {island} are land surrounded by water.
{Ascension Island} United-Kingdom island is 7 degrees south of equator in middle South Atlantic Ocean.
{Saint Helena Island} United-Kingdom island is 15 degrees south of equator in middle South Atlantic Ocean.
{Tristan de Cunha Island} United-Kingdom island is 37 degrees south of equator in middle South Atlantic Ocean.
{Canary Islands} Spain islands are west of Morocco.
{Madeira Islands} Portugal islands are west of Morocco.
{Mayotte Islands} France islands are east of Malawi.
{Prince Edward Islands} South-Africa islands are south of South Africa at 45th parallel.
{Zanzibar} Tanzania island is east of Tanzania.
{Americas islands} Americas islands are in Central, North, and South America.
{Cayman Islands} United-Kingdom island is in west West Indies, east of Mexico.
{Hispaniola} Island is southeast of Florida.
{Leeward Islands} Islands are in West Indies.
{Martinique} Dominica island is in Lesser Antilles in Caribbean Sea.
{Netherlands Antilles} Netherlands Antilles contains Leeward Islands in north and Windward Islands in south. Leeward Islands are Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten. Windward Islands are Bonaire and Curacao.
{San Salvador Island} Island is in Bahamas.
{West Indies} Islands are in Caribbean Sea.
{Windward Islands} Islands are in West Indies.
{Acadia} Island is in southeast Canada. It was early name for Nova Scotia.
{Alcatraz Island} Island is in San Francisco Bay and has former prison.
{Aleutian Islands} Islands are southwest of Alaska.
{Bermuda} United-Kingdom island is east of Georgia. Capital is Hamilton. It formed over Bermuda hotspot, which first caused Central-North-American rift system in Dakotas and Mississippi-Valley rift system from Missouri to Louisiana and then moved east. Great Meteor hotspot is north of Bermuda hotspot and first caused St.-Lawrence rift system in Canada and upstate New York and then caused New-England sea mounts.
{Coney Island} Island is resort area in south Brooklyn.
{Ellis Island} Island is southwest of New York City.
{Florida Keys} Islands are in south Florida.
{Greenland} Denmark island is northeast of Canada and west of Iceland. Other name is Kataalit Nunaat.
{Guadelupe Island} Island is west of Baja California.
{Key Largo} Island is in south Florida.
{Long Island} Island is in southeast New York.
{Manhattan, island} Island is in New York City.
{Martha's Vineyard} Island is in southeast Massachusetts.
{Nantucket} Island is in east Massachusetts.
{Newfoundland Island} Island is east of Nova Scotia.
{Queen Charlotte Islands} Islands are west of British Columbia.
{Staten Island} Island is in southwest New York City.
{Vancouver Island} Island is west of Vancouver city.
{Devil's Island} Island is in north French Guyana and is former penal colony.
{Falkland Islands} United-Kingdom islands are east of Argentina south tip.
{Galapagos Island} Ecuador islands are far west of Ecuador.
{South Georgia Islands} United-Kingdom islands are east of Falkland Islands.
{Tierra del Fuego} Island is in south Argentina.
{Andaman Islands} Islands are west of Burma.
{Bali} Island is east of Java.
{Borneo} Island is north of Australia.
{Corregidor} Island is in north Philippines.
{East Indies} Islands contain India, Indochina, and Malay Archipelago or just Malay Archipelago.
{Formosa} Island is southeast of China. New name is Taiwan.
{Hainan} Island is south of China and east of Vietnam.
{Hokkaido} Island is in north Japan.
{Honshu} Island is in central Japan.
{Java} Island is in west Indonesia.
{Krakatoa} Volcano was between Sumatra and Java.
{Kuril} Islands are north of Japan and south of Kamchatka Peninsula.
{Kyushu} Island is in central Japan.
{Laccadive Islands} Islands are west of Malabar.
{Maldive Islands} Islands are south of Malabar.
{Moluccas} Islands are in Indonesia. Old name was Spice Islands.
{New Guinea} Island is north of Australia.
{Nicobar Islands} Islands are south of Burma.
{Okinawa} Island is in south Japan.
{Ryukyu} Islands are south of Japan.
{Shikoku} Island is in central Japan.
{Spice Islands} Islands are in Indonesia. New name is Moluccas.
{Sumatra} Island is in central Indonesia.
{Taiwan} Island is southeast of China. Old name was Formosa. Country is Republic of China.
{Auckland} Islands are south of New Zealand.
{Tasmania} Island is off southeast Australia.
{Aegina} Island is in southeast Greece.
{Azores} Portugal island is west of Portugal.
{British Isles} Islands contain Britain, Ireland, and smaller islands in United Kingdom and Ireland.
{Capri} Island is west of Naples, Italy.
{Corsica} Italy island is southeast of France.
{Crete} Island is in east Mediterranean Sea. Greece controls north. Turkey controls south.
{Cyclades Islands} Islands are north of Crete.
{Delos} Greece island is in south Aegean Sea, east of Attica. Paros, Naxos, Melos, and Thera islands are in Aegean Sea.
{Elba} Italy island is east of Corsica.
{Euboea} Greece island is east of Thebes and contains Chalcis.
{Gibraltar, island} Spain island is at west entrance to Mediterranean Sea.
{Hebrides Islands} Scotland islands are west of Scotland.
{Lesbos} Island is in east Greece, south of Hellespont, and contains Mytilene.
{Lido} Italy island is south of Venice.
{Majorca} Island is in southeast Spain.
{Malta} Italy island is south of Sicily.
{Mont-Saint-Michel} Island is in northwest France.
{Orkney Islands} Islands are in north Scotland.
{Pillars of Hercules, island} Spain islands are at west end of Mediterranean and are Rock of Gibraltar and Jebel Musa.
{Rialto} Island is in Venice, Italy.
{Sardinia} Italy island is off west Italy.
{Sicily} Island is in southwest Italy. Sicilia contains Messina, Catania, and Syracuse.
{Bora Bora} Island is in South Pacific Ocean.
{Caroline Islands} Islands are in west Pacific Ocean, southeast of Philippines, in Palau and Micronesia.
{Christmas Island} Islands are in central Pacific Ocean, at equator.
{Cook Islands} New-Zealand islands are in west Pacific Ocean between Samoa and French Polynesia.
{Easter Island} Peru island is in southeast Pacific Ocean.
{Gilbert Island} Island is in South Pacific Ocean.
{Guadalcanal} Island is in west Pacific Ocean.
{Guam} USA island is in west Pacific Ocean.
{Hawaiian Islands} USA islands are in central North Pacific Ocean. Old name was Sandwich Islands. Islands are Hawaii, Kahoolawe and Maui, Lanai, Molokai, Oahu with Honolulu, and Kauai, from east to west. Hawaii is biggest and has Mauna Loa volcano.
{Iwo Jima} Island is in west Pacific Ocean.
{Mariana Islands} Islands are in South Pacific Ocean.
{Marshall Islands, Polynesia} Islands are in South Pacific Ocean, east of Micronesia.
{Melanesia} Islands are in west Pacific Ocean in Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Tuvalu, northeast of Australia.
{Midway Island} Islands are in central North Pacific Ocean and are atolls.
{New Caledonia, island} France islands are in South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia.
{New Hebrides} Island is in South Pacific Ocean.
{Oahu} Island is in central North Pacific Ocean and is most populated island in Hawaii.
{Oceania} Islands are in central and south Pacific Ocean.
{Pitcairn Island} United-Kingdom island is in South Pacific Ocean, east of French Polynesia.
{Samoa, island} Islands are in west-central South Pacific Ocean, north of Tonga and south of Kiribati.
{Sandwich Islands} Islands are in central North Pacific Ocean. New name is Hawaiian Islands.
{Society Islands} Islands are in South Pacific Ocean.
{Solomon Islands, Polynesia} Islands are in South Pacific Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea.
{Tahiti, island} Island is in South Pacific Ocean.
{Tuamoto} Island is in South Pacific Ocean.
{Wake Island} Island is in south North Pacific Ocean.
{Corinth Isthmus} Isthmus is in central Greece.
{Panama Isthmus} Isthmus connects North America and South America.
Mountain ranges {mountain range} are mountain series.
{Atlas Mountains} Range is in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.
{Hoggar Mountains} Range is in south-central Sahara Desert.
{Tassili Mountains} Range is in central Sahara Desert.
{Tibesti Mountains} Range is in east Sahara Desert.
{Americas mountains} Ranges are in North and South America.
{Adirondack Mountains} Range is in northeast New York.
{Alaska Mountains} Range is in south-central Alaska.
{Allegheny Mountains} Range is in west Pennsylvania.
{Appalachian Mountains} Range is in east USA.
{Blue Ridge Mountains} Range is in west Virginia and is Appalachian-Mountain east mountain range.
{Catskills} Range is in southeast New York.
{Great Smoky Mountains} Range is on Tennessee-North Carolina border.
{Ozarks} Range is in north Arkansas, south Missouri, and northeast Oklahoma.
{Rocky Mountains} Range is in west North America, from north Alaska to central north Mexico.
{Sierra Nevada} Range is in east California. It is High Sierras.
{Andes Mountains} Range is on South-America west coast.
{Sugar Loaf Mountains} Range is in southeast Brazil, near Rio de Janeiro.
{Altai Mountains} Range is in central Asia.
{Himalayas} Range is in south Asia, north and northeast of India. They divide China from India.
{Hindu Kush} Range is in north India to Afghanistan.
{Karakorum Mountains} Range is in Kashmir.
{Kashmir Mountains} Range is in north India.
{Kunlun Mountains} Range is in south Asia, northeast of Himalayas, south of Takla Makan Desert.
{Tien Shan Mountains} Range is in south Asia, north of Kunlun Mountains, northwest of Takla Makan Desert, and northeast of Pamir Mountains.
{Alps} Range is in Switzerland and Italy.
{Apennines} Range is north to south Italy.
{Auvergne Mountains} Range is in south-central France.
{Carpathian Mountains} Range is in east-central Europe.
{Caucasian Mountains} Range is in southwest Russia.
{Dolomites} Range is in northeast Italy.
{Highlands} Range is in north Scotland.
{Maritime Alps} Range is in southeast France and northwest Italy.
{Olympia Mountains} Range is in northeast Greece.
{Pyrenees} Range is on Spain and France border.
{Ural Mountains} Range is in Russia between Europe and Asia.
Mountains {mountain} are peaks higher than hills.
{Mount Kilimanjaro} Mountain is in northeast Tanganyika.
{Vinson Massif} Mountain is highest mountain in Antarctica.
{Mount Aconcagua} Mountain is in central Argentina, near Chilean border, and is highest mountain in Western Hemisphere.
{Mauna Loa} Volcano is on Hawaii Island.
{Denali} Mountain is in central Alaska and is highest mountain in USA. Old name was Mt. McKinley.
{Mount Diablo} Mountain is in central California.
{Mount Haleakala} Dormant volcano is on Hawaii Island.
{Mount McKinley} Mountain is in central Alaska and is highest mountain in USA. New name is Denali (high one).
{Mount Rainier} Mountain is in west-central Washington.
{Mount Rushmore} Mountain is in west South Dakota and has sculptures of four Presidents: Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, and Teddy Roosevelt.
{Mount Whitney} Mountain is in southeast-central California and is highest mountain in continental USA.
{Pikes Peak} Mountain is in east-central Colorado.
{K2} Mountain is in Karakorum Mountains, India, and is second highest mountain on Earth.
{Mount Everest} Mountain is on Nepal and Tibet border, in Himalayas, and is Earth's highest mountain.
{Mount Fujiyama} {Mt. Fuji} Mountain is in south-central Japan.
{Mount Ararat} Mountain is in east Turkey. Assyrian Urartu (Ararat) kingdom was there [-1100 to -700].
{Mount Carmel} Mountain is in northwest Palestine.
{Mount Gilead} Mountain is in west Jordan.
{Mount Horeb} Mountain is in Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. It is also Mt. Sinai.
{Mount Sinai} Mountain is in Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. It is also Mt. Horeb.
{Matterhorn} Mountain is on Switzerland and Italy border.
{Mont Blanc} Mountain is in southeast France.
{Mount Elbrus} Mountain is in Caucasian Range, Russia, and is Europe's highest mountain.
{Mount Etna} Volcano is in northeast Sicily. It is active and caused enormous avalanche and undersea mudslide [-6000], making huge tsunami.
{Mount Kazbek} Mountain is in southwest Russia.
{Mount Parnassus} Mountain is in central Greece.
{Mount Vesuvius} Volcano is near Naples, Italy.
{Donner Pass} Pass is in Sierra Nevada Mountains, California.
{Khyber Pass} Pass is on Afghanistan and Pakistan border.
{Thermopylae} Former pass is in east Greece.
{Arabian Peninsula} Peninsula is in southwest Asia and contains Saudi Arabia.
{Asia Minor} Peninsula is in southwest Turkey.
{Baja} Peninsula is in northwest Mexico, south of California.
{Balkan Peninsula} Peninsula is in southeast Europe and contains Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, and European Turkey. It is also the Balkans.
{Bataan Peninsula} Peninsula is in west Philippines.
{Crimea} Peninsula is in north Black Sea.
{Hispania} Peninsula is also Iberian Peninsula.
{Iberia} Peninsula is in southwest Europe and contains Spain and Portugal.
{Indochina Peninsula} Peninsula is in southeast Asia and contains Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and Malaysia.
{Jutland} Peninsula is in north Europe and contains Denmark.
{Labrador Peninsula} Peninsula is in east Canada.
{Malay Peninsula} Peninsula is in southeast Asia and contains Thailand and Malaysia.
{Peloponnesus} Peninsula is in southwest Greece and connects to Greece by Isthmus of Corinth.
{Sinai Peninsula} Peninsula is in northwest Egypt.
{Yucatan} Peninsula is in southeast Mexico.
{Chaco Plain} Plains are in central South America.
{Great Plains} Plains are in west-central USA and south-central Canada.
{Marathon Plain} Plain is northeast of Athens.
{Olympia Plain} Plain is in south Greece.
{Pampas} Plains are in central and north Argentina.
{Runnymede} Plain is in south England, on Thames River south bank.
{Salisbury Plain} Plain is in southwest England.
{Anahuac Plateau} Plateau is in central Mexico.
{Deccan Plateau} Deccan Plateau of west-central India has a region {Deccan Traps} with deep lava [-680000000 to -60000000]. The Western Ghats, near Mumbai, had 30 eruptions [-66000000] over 30,000 years.
{Iran Plateau} Plateau is in west-central Iran.
{Khorat Plateau} Plateau is in central Asia.
{Massif Central} Plateau is in central France.
{Ustyurt Plateau} Plateau is east of Caspian Sea.
{Great Barrier Reef} Coral reefs are in northeast Australia.
{Kingman Reef} Reefs are in central Pacific Ocean.
{Grand Banks} Shoals are off southeast Newfoundland.
{Outer Banks} Shoals are off east North Carolina.
{Death Valley} Arid valley is in east California and south Nevada.
{Squaw Valley} Valley is in east California.
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