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Ball's Pyramid is an erosional remnant of a shield volcano and caldera that formed about 7 million years ago. It lies 20 kilometres southeast of Lord Howe Island in the Pacific Ocean. It is 562 metres high, while measuring only 1,100 metres in length and 300 metres across, making it the tallest volcanic stack in the world. Ball Pyramid is part of the Lord Howe Island Marine Park in Australia. Source
Annecy is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhone-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It lies on the northern tip of Lake Annecy, 35 kilometres south of Geneva. After the Bourbon Restoration in 1815, it was returned to the Kingdom of Sardinia. Francis of Sales was born at the nearby castle of Sales in 1567. He was bishop of Annecy from 1602 to 1622. Source
Water sky is
a phenomenon that is closely related to ice blink. It forms in regions with
large areas of ice and low lying clouds and so is limited mostly to the extreme
northern and southern sections of earth, in Antarctica and in the Arctic. The
dark clouds over open water have long been used by polar explorers and
scientists to navigate in sea ice. For example, Arctic explorer Fridtjof Nansen
and his assistant Hjalmar Johansen. Source
Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean
Sea and an autonomous region of Italy.
The nearest land masses as the island of
Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia, the Balearic Islands, and Provence.
The region has its capital in its largest city, Cagliari, and is divided into
eight provinces. Source
Geiranger is
a small tourist village in Sunnmore region of More og Romsdal county in the
western part of Norway. It lies in Stranda Municipality at the head of the Geirangerfjorden,
which is a branch of the large Storfjorden. The nearest city is Alesund. Geiranger
is home to some of the most spectacular scenery in the world, and has been
named the best travel destination in Scandinavia by Lonely Planet. Source
Durdle Door is a natural limestone arch on the Jurassic
Coast near Lulworth in Dorset, England. It is
privately owned by the Welds, a family who owns 12,000 acres in Dorset in the name of the Lulworth Estate. It is open to the
public. The name Durdle is derived from the Old English 'thirl' meaning bore or
drill. The limestone and chalk are in closer proximity at Durdle Door than at Swanage. Source
