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Pitch Lake holds the largest natural deposit of asphalt in the world and refills itself as it is dug out.
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Trinidad and Tobago · The Americas
External reference (site language): Trinidad and Tobago ↗
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Feral pigs on Big Major Cay swim out to meet boats, a habit that turned into an unlikely tourist attraction.
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Exuma, Bahamas · The Americas
External reference (site language): Tourism in the Bahamas ↗
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Puerto Rico has three bioluminescent bays, more than anywhere else, with Mosquito Bay the brightest recorded.
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Puerto Rico · The Americas
External reference (site language): Fajardo, Puerto Rico ↗
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Saba's airstrip is around 400 metres with cliffs at both ends, flown only by small aircraft and specially certified pilots.
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Saba · The Americas
External reference (site language): Saba (island) ↗
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Geographically Greenland sits on the North American plate although politically it is tied to Denmark.
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Greenland · The Americas
External reference (site language): Greenland shark ↗
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The Pan-American Highway runs from Alaska to Argentina except for about 100 kilometres of roadless jungle in the Darien.
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Darien Gap · The Americas
External reference (site language): Darién Gap ↗
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The Andes run about 7,000 kilometres along South America's spine through seven countries.
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Andes · The Americas
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All 360-plus hummingbird species are native exclusively to the Americas, with the greatest diversity in Ecuador and Colombia.
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Americas · The Americas
External reference (site language): Shield of the Americas ↗
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Before horses arrived, llamas were the sole large pack animal in the Andes, which shaped how the Inca built roads.
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Andes · The Americas
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Quebec maintains a global strategic maple syrup reserve to stabilise prices between good and bad harvests.
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Quebec, Canada · The Americas
External reference (site language): Quebec ↗
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Together the five Great Lakes contain about 21 percent of the world's surface fresh water.
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Great Lakes · The Americas
External reference (site language): Great Lakes ↗
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In 1969 engineers diverted the American Falls to study rock erosion, leaving the cliff temporarily dry.
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Niagara Falls · The Americas
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Antarctica receives so little precipitation that it qualifies as the largest desert on Earth.
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Antarctica · The Poles
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Research stations use the time zone of their supply country, so neighbours can be hours apart.
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Antarctica · The Poles
External reference (site language): Time in Antarctica ↗
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Around 70 percent of the world's fresh water is locked in the Antarctic ice sheet, up to four kilometres thick.
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Antarctica · The Poles
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Australia measures about 4,000 kilometres east to west, wider than the Moon's 3,475-kilometre diameter.
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Australia · Oceania & the Pacific
External reference (site language): Australia ↗
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Visiting a different Australian beach every day would take about 27 years to see them all.
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Australia · Oceania & the Pacific
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Stretching over 2,300 kilometres, the reef is the largest structure built by living organisms.
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Queensland, Australia · Oceania & the Pacific
External reference (site language): Monuments of Australia ↗
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The visible rock is the tip of a formation that continues several kilometres below the desert surface.
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Uluru, Australia · Oceania & the Pacific
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Lake Hillier stays bubblegum pink even in a bottle, thanks to salt-loving microorganisms.
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Lake Hillier, Australia · Oceania & the Pacific
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Air measured at Cape Grim after crossing the Southern Ocean is among the cleanest on Earth.
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Tasmania, Australia · Oceania & the Pacific
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The Dingo Fence stretches further than the distance from Berlin to Kabul, built to protect sheep country.
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Dingo Fence, Australia · Oceania & the Pacific
External reference (site language): Dingo Fence ↗
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Once service alleys, Melbourne's laneways now hold legal street art walls, tiny bars and coffee counters.
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Melbourne, Australia · Oceania & the Pacific
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Just over one million self-cleaning Swedish tiles cover the shells, in two subtly different finishes.
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Sydney, Australia · Oceania & the Pacific
External reference (site language): Sydney Opera House ↗
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