Jebel Jais is a mountain of the North-Western Hajar range. The summit has an elevation of 1,934 m (6,345 ft). The summit is located on the Omani side, but a…
Taghit (Arabic: ﺗﺎﻏﻴﺖ) is a town oasis watered by the underground Oued Zousfana, which runs along beside the dunes of the Grand Erg Occidental. The town was the site of…
Acacus Mountains or Tadrart Akakus (Arabic: تدرارت أكاكوس / ALA-LC: Tadrārt Akākūs) form a mountain range in the desert close to Ghat city. The area has a particularly rich array…
Grand Canyon National Park is the United States' 15th oldest national park. Named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979, the park is located in Arizona. The park's central feature…
Grand Teton National Park is an American national park in northwestern Wyoming. At approximately 310,000 acres (480 sq mi; 130,000 ha; 1,300 km2), the park includes the major peaks of…
Gray Creek Pass / high mountain pass at an elevation of 2.072m from Kimberley to Crawford Bay. 90km of gravel. Extremely rough, narrow and steep with grades up to 16%.…
The Leshan Giant Buddha was built during the Tang Dynasty. It is carved out of a cliff face that lies at the confluence of the Minjiang, Dadu and Qingyi rivers…
Fjaðrárgljúfur (pronounced [ˈfjaːðraurˌkljuːvʏr̥] is a canyon in south east Iceland. The Fjaðrá river flows through it. The canyon has steep walls and winding water. It is up to 100 m…
Serra do Rio do Rastro, literally Mountain Range of the River of the Track, is a mountain range located in the southeast of the state of Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil.…
Isla Incahuasi or Inkawasi or Inka Wasi is a hilly and rocky outcrop of land and former island in Bolivia situated in the middle of Salar de Uyuni, the world's…
Abra del Acay in La Poma Department, Salta Province, Argentina is the highest point in Argentina's National Route 40. It's altitude is 4,972m, even though an old sign informs visitors…
The Haast Pass (Māori: Tiori Pātea), a mountain pass in the Southern Alps of the South Island of New Zealand, takes its name from Julius von Haast, a 19th-century explorer.…