The World Islands which is sometimes mistakenly referred to as the Palm World or Globe Islands, are a collection of man-made islands shaped into the continents of the world, located off the coast of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. It will consist of 300 small private artificial islands divided into four categories - private homes, estate homes, dream resorts, and community islands. The only means of transportation between the islands will be by marine or air transport. Each island of The World will range from 250 to 900 thousand square feet (23.2 to 83.6 thousand square meters) in size, with 50 to 100 metres (164 to 328 feet) of water between each island. Each island will be sold to selected private developers and are expected to have pricing beginning at US$ 6.85 million. Individuals who own on an island in The World Islands include Formula 1 World Champion Michael Schumacher.
Banaue Rice Terraces are 2000-year old terraces that were carved into the mountains of Ifugao in the Philippines by ancestors of the Batad indigenous people. It is commonly thought that the terraces were built with minimal equipment, largely by hand. The terraces are located approximately 1500 meters (5000 feet) above sea level and cover 10,360 square kilometers (about 4000 square miles) of mountainside. They are fed by an ancient irrigation system from the rainforests above the terraces.
Rock of Gibraltar sometimes called the Pillar of Hercules, is located in Gibraltar, off the southwestern tip of Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. It is 426 meters (1,396 feet) high. This Rock is owned by the United Kingdom, and borders Spain. The ownership of Gibraltar was transferred to the United Kingdom of Great Britain by the Treaty of Utrecht after a war between Britain and Spain. Found on the rock is a population of barbary monkeys. These and the mines at the top of the rock attract tourists.
Franz Josef Glacier located in Westland National Park on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. Together with the Fox Glacier 20 km to the south, it is unique in the fact that it descends from the Southern Alps to just 200 metres above sea level amidst the greenery and lushness of a temperate rainforest. The area surrounding the two glaciers is designated a World Heritage Site. The river emerging from the glacier terminal of Franz Josef is known as the Waiho.
Carlsbad Cavern national Park located in the Guadeloupe Mountains of New Mexico. The story of the creation of Carlsbad Cavern begins 250 million years ago with the creation of a 400 mile long reef in an Inland Sea that covered this region. The park entrance is located on US Highway 62/180 approximately 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Carlsbad, New Mexico. Carlsbad Cavern is a home for about 1 million Mexican Free tail bats.
Stone Forest is located in Shilin County, 85 kilometres southeast of Kunming. Covering a few hundred square kilometres, stone peaks rise abruptly from the ground in numerous layers like bamboo shoots, forests and pagodas. Researches by Chinese and overseas geologists have proved that the Stone Forest is over 270 million years old. The area used to be an ocean. During the Long Geological Period from the late Permian Period 230million years ago to 2 million years ago , the ocean subsided and giant rocks appeared. During this time the rocks were gradually worn away by water, forming the strange rock forms seem today.
B15- Antarctica Iceberg was the world's largest recorded iceberg, with an area of over 11,000 km² it was larger than the island of Jamaica. It calved from the Ross Ice Shelf in March 2000, breaking up into several pieces in 2002 and 2003. Nearly 75 per cent of the emperor penguins previously counted at Cape Crozier on Ross Island are no longer around. The title of world's largest iceberg now passes to C19A, near a French Antarctic base, which at 5659sq km is about the size of Brunei.
Magnetic Hill is one of Canada's most visited natural wonders. It owes its fascination to the fact that a driver can put a car in neutral, release the brake and feel that it is being drawn uphill as though by some ghostly hand.
Silbury Hill is the largest human-built mound in Europe. It has been estimated that it would have taken a team of 500 men about 15 years to complete Silbury Hill. There are no clear idea of the purpose for which Silbury Hill was built. It was assumed by many early investigators that the hill is a massive burial mound, a monument to the colossal ego of some long-dead Neolithic chieftain. Silbury Hill was built in three distinct phases. The first was a mound some 20 feet (5.5 m) high, which was then capped with a covering of chalk rubble. This layer was then built up with a final covering of chalk excavated from the 25 foot deep (7m) ditch which surrounds the base of the hill.
Fairy Chimneys is a conical rock formation, typically found in the Cappadocia region of Turkey. Millions of years ago two volcanoes - Erciyes and Hasan were active and covered an area of 20000 square kilometers with lava. After volcanoes became extinct water and wind destroyed much of the softer rock (tufa), but upper layer of harder rock (basalt) was less affected by erosion, so it formed "caps" on top of the rocks. In Cappadocia, houses have been carved from these formations, and they make it a popular tourist destination.More related:
