Geological Formation
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Adrar Plateau, Mauritania
Latitude
21.11716
Longitude
-11.40183
Diameter
About 40 km
The Richat Structure, also known as the Eye of the Sahara, is a large circular geological formation on Mauritania's Adrar Plateau.
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Lake
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Middle Island, Recherche Archipelago, Western Australia
Latitude
-34.0951
Longitude
123.202904
Type
Pink salt lake
Lake Hillier is a salt lake on Middle Island in Western Australia's Recherche Archipelago, known for its distinctive pink appearance.
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Crater
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Karakum Desert, Turkmenistan
Latitude
40.25258
Longitude
58.43933
Known As
Door to Hell
Darvaza Gas Crater is a burning natural-gas crater in the Karakum Desert of Turkmenistan, commonly known as the Door to Hell.
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Geological Formation
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Bohol, Philippines
Latitude
9.916667
Longitude
124.166667
Feature
Large field of conical hills
The Chocolate Hills are a large geological formation of distinctive conical hills across central Bohol in the Philippines.
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Geological Formation
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Pamukkale, Denizli Province, Türkiye
Latitude
37.923611
Longitude
29.120833
Type
Travertine terraces
The Pamukkale Travertines are white mineral terraces formed by geothermal waters in Denizli Province, Türkiye.
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Salt Flat
Potosí Department, Bolivia
Latitude
-20.333333
Longitude
-67.7
Feature
World's largest salt flat
Salar de Uyuni is a vast salt flat in southwestern Bolivia and the largest salt flat in the world.
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Hot Spring
Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States
Latitude
44.52505
Longitude
-110.8382
Type
Geothermal hot spring
Grand Prismatic Spring is a large geothermal hot spring in the Midway Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park.
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Sinkhole
Lighthouse Reef, Belize
Latitude
17.315986
Longitude
-87.534697
Type
Marine sinkhole
The Great Blue Hole is a large circular marine sinkhole within Lighthouse Reef off the coast of Belize.
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Beach
Big Major Cay, Exuma, Bahamas
Latitude
24.18352
Longitude
-76.45659
Known For
Swimming pigs
Pig Beach is the famous swimming-pig beach on Big Major Cay in the Exuma Cays of the Bahamas.
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Geological Formation
County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Latitude
55.240833
Longitude
-6.511667
Formation
About 40,000 basalt columns
Giant's Causeway is a distinctive basalt-column geological formation on the coast of County Antrim in Northern Ireland.
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Island
Socotra Governorate, Yemen
Latitude
12.4581
Longitude
53.8502
Known For
Exceptional endemic biodiversity
Socotra Island is the main island of Yemen's Socotra Archipelago, known for its isolated geography and unusually high level of endemic biodiversity.
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Island
Rapa Nui, Chile, southeastern Pacific Ocean
Latitude
-27.1276
Longitude
-109.3634
Alternate Name
Rapa Nui
Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, is a remote Chilean island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean.
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Beach
Harbour Island, Bahamas
Latitude
25.50547
Longitude
-76.63161
Known For
Pink-tinted sand
Pink Sands Beach is a distinctive Atlantic-facing beach on Harbour Island in the Bahamas, known for the pink tint of its sand.
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