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1 dzień temu · Svalbard (/ ˈ s v ɑː l b ɑːr (d)/ SVAHL-bar(d), Urban East Norwegian: [ˈsvɑ̂ːɫbɑr]), previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.North of mainland Europe, it lies about midway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole.The islands of the group range from 74° to 81° north latitude, and from 10° to 35° east longitude.
1 godzinę temu · In a 2004 online poll involving more than 50,000 people from 73 countries, the tiger was voted the world's favourite animal with 21% of the vote, narrowly beating the dog. Similarly, a 2018 study found the tiger to be the most popular wild animal based on surveys, as well as appearances on websites of major zoos and posters of some animated movies.
1 dzień temu · Tristan da Cunha (/ ˌ t r ɪ s t ən d ə ˈ k uː n (j) ə /), colloquially Tristan, is a remote group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.It is the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world, lying approximately 2,787 kilometres (1,732 mi) from Cape Town in South Africa, 2,437 kilometres (1,514 mi) from Saint Helena, 3,949 kilometres (2,454 mi) from Mar del Plata in ...
1 dzień temu · Etymology. In the Bible, Golan is mentioned as a city of refuge located in Bashan: Deuteronomy 4:43, Joshua 20:8, 1 Chronicles 6:71. Nineteenth-century authors interpreted the word Golan as meaning "something surrounded, hence a district".. The Greek name for the region is Gaulanîtis (Γαυλανῖτις). In the Mishnah the name is Gablān similar to Aramaic language names for the region ...
1 dzień temu · The layout of the Punic city-state Carthage, before its fall in 146 BC. Carthage was an ancient city in Northern Africa, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia.Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classical world.It became the capital city of the civilisation of Ancient Carthage and ...
1 dzień temu · India, officially the Republic of India (ISO: Bhārat Gaṇarājya), is a country in South Asia.It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country as of June 2023; and from the time of its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land ...
