The tallest mountain nobody has ever summitted, as Bhutanese law prohibits anyone from climbing a mountain over 6,000 metres (20,000 ft) high.Ī skyscraper in Japan that has a highway offramp passing through its fifth, sixth and seventh floors.Īn ongoing replica construction of a town in Austria. Two islands in the Bering Strait separated by 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) and 21 hours' time difference. The tallest mountain in Australia is not on the mainland, but on a barren, uninhabited island more than 3,800 kilometres (2,400 mi) away.Īn area of Antarctica that a) contains the world's second-most-saline body of water and b) has not experienced rainfall for over two million years. One of the shortest-lived states in history, it was independent for only seven hours (07:00 to 14:00 on 19 September 1967). The former site of the world's only natural nuclear fission reactors.Ī rock on the Moroccan coast connected to the mainland by an 80-metre-wide (260 ft) tombolo. The site is currently occupied by a weather buoy. One of 3 known exploding lakes, the others being Lake Monoun and Lake Kivu.Ī non-existent trans-African mountain range that appeared on Western maps of the 19th century.Īnother non-existent African mountain range, this time serving as the source of the Nile.Ī fictional island in the Gulf of Guinea, at 0°N 0☎, or where the prime meridian and equator meet. It's not bitter, it's just really, really salty.Ī lake in northwestern Cameroon that exploded in 1986, killing 1,746 people. What happens when a tyrannical king decides he wants to hunt game in a swamp.Ī small lake in Ethiopia that was created in 2005 after an earthquake.
An American trekked there and claimed it in 2014 as the Kingdom of North Sudan so he could make his daughter a princess. One of the few places on Earth not claimed by any country.
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