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{"id":"ancient-abu-mena","title":"Abu Mena","category":"ancient","lat":30.8411,"lng":29.6635,"fact":"Abu Mena was a town, monastery complex and Christian pilgrimage centre in Late Antique Egypt, about 50 km (31 mi) southwest of Alexandria, near New Borg El Arab city. Its remains were designated a World Heritage Site in 1979 for the site's importance in early Christianity.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Mena","story_label":"Wikipedia: Abu Mena","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.726,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Religious_Complex_at_Abu_Mena_%28XIII%29.jpg/960px-Religious_Complex_at_Abu_Mena_%28XIII%29.jpg"},
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{"id":"ancient-sardis","title":"Sardis","category":"ancient","lat":38.4883,"lng":28.0403,"fact":"Sardis ( SAR-diss) or Sardes was an ancient city best known as the capital of the Lydian Empire. After the fall of the Lydian Empire, it became the capital of the Persian satrapy of Lydia and later a major center of Hellenistic and Byzantine culture.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardis","story_label":"Wikipedia: Sardis","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.717,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/The_Bath-Gymnasium_complex_at_Sardis%2C_late_2nd_-_early_3rd_century_AD%2C_Sardis%2C_Turkey_%2817098680002%29.jpg/960px-The_Bath-Gymnasium_complex_at_Sardis%2C_late_2nd_-_early_3rd_century_AD%2C_Sardis%2C_Turkey_%2817098680002%29.jpg"},
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{"id":"ancient-amarna","title":"Amarna","category":"ancient","lat":27.6617,"lng":30.9056,"fact":"Amarna is an extensive ancient Egyptian archaeological site containing the ruins of Akhetaten, the capital city during the late Eighteenth Dynasty.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarna","story_label":"Wikipedia: Amarna","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.711,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Small_aten_temple.jpg"},
{"id":"ancient-acacus-mountains","title":"Acacus Mountains","category":"ancient","lat":24.8334,"lng":10.3333,"fact":"The Acacus Mountains or Tadrart Akakus form a mountain range in the desert of the Ghat District in western Libya, part of the Sahara. They are situated east of the city of Ghat, Libya, and stretch north from the border with Algeria, about 100 kilometres (62 mi).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacus_Mountains","story_label":"Wikipedia: Acacus Mountains","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.705,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Tadrart_Acacus_1.jpg/960px-Tadrart_Acacus_1.jpg"},
{"id":"ancient-djemila","title":"Djémila","category":"ancient","lat":36.3206,"lng":5.7367,"fact":"Djémila, formerly Cuicul, is a small mountain village in Algeria, near the northern coast east of Algiers, where some of the best preserved Roman ruins in North Africa are found. It is in the region bordering the Constantinois and Petite Kabylie (Basse Kabylie).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dj%C3%A9mila","story_label":"Wikipedia: Djémila","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.705,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Roman_Ruins_of_Djemila_in_S%C3%A9tif%2C_Algeria.jpg/960px-Roman_Ruins_of_Djemila_in_S%C3%A9tif%2C_Algeria.jpg"},
{"id":"ancient-mehrgarh","title":"Mehrgarh","category":"ancient","lat":29.2125,"lng":67.6708,"fact":"Mehrgarh is a Neolithic archaeological site situated on the Kacchi Plain of Balochistan in Pakistan. It is located near the Bolan Pass, to the west of the Indus River and between the modern-day Pakistani cities of Quetta, Kalat and Sibi.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehrgarh","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mehrgarh","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.705,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Mehrgarh_ruins.jpg/960px-Mehrgarh_ruins.jpg"},
{"id":"ancient-tomb-of-askia","title":"Tomb of Askia","category":"ancient","lat":16.2897,"lng":-0.0444,"fact":"The Tomb of Askia, in Gao, Mali, is believed to be the burial place of Askia Muhammad I, one of the Songhai Empire's most prolific emperors. It was built at the end of the fifteenth century and is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Askia","story_label":"Wikipedia: Tomb of Askia","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.705,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Askia.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-abu-simbel","title":"Abu Simbel","category":"ancient","lat":22.3369,"lng":31.6256,"fact":"Abu Simbel is a historic site comprising two massive rock-cut temples in the village of Abu Simbel, Aswan Governorate, Upper Egypt, near the border with Sudan.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Simbel","story_label":"Wikipedia: Abu Simbel","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Ramsis%2C_Aswan_Governorate%2C_Egypt_-_panoramio.jpg/960px-Ramsis%2C_Aswan_Governorate%2C_Egypt_-_panoramio.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-antequera-dolmens-site","title":"Antequera Dolmens Site","category":"ancient","lat":37.025,"lng":-4.5444,"fact":"The Antequera Dolmens Site is a cultural heritage ensemble comprising three cultural monuments (the Dolmen of Menga, Dolmen of Viera and Tholos of El Romeral) and 2 natural mountain features in and near the city of Antequera in Andalusia, Spain.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antequera_Dolmens_Site","story_label":"Wikipedia: Antequera Dolmens Site","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7},
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{"id":"wp-avebury","title":"Avebury","category":"ancient","lat":51.4286,"lng":-1.8542,"fact":"Avebury is a Neolithic henge monument containing three stone circles, around the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, in south-west England. One of the best-known prehistoric sites in Britain, it contains the largest megalithic stone circle in the world.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avebury","story_label":"Wikipedia: Avebury","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Wiltshire-Avebury.jpg/960px-Wiltshire-Avebury.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-babylon","title":"Babylon","category":"ancient","lat":32.5425,"lng":44.4211,"fact":"Babylon ( BAB-il-on) was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about 85 kilometres (53 miles) south of modern-day Baghdad.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon","story_label":"Wikipedia: Babylon","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Ishtar_Gate.jpg/960px-Ishtar_Gate.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-bandelier-national-monument","title":"Bandelier National Monument","category":"ancient","lat":35.7789,"lng":-106.3211,"fact":"Bandelier National Monument is a 33,677-acre (136 km2) United States National Monument near Los Alamos in Sandoval and Los Alamos counties, New Mexico. The monument preserves the homes and territory of the Ancestral Puebloans of a later era in the Southwest.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandelier_National_Monument","story_label":"Wikipedia: Bandelier National Monument","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Bandelier_Kiva.jpg/960px-Bandelier_Kiva.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-borobudur","title":"Borobudur","category":"ancient","lat":-7.608,"lng":110.204,"fact":"Borobudur, also transcribed Barabudur, is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang Regency, near the town of Muntilan, northwest of the city of Yogyakarta, in Central Java, Indonesia.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borobudur","story_label":"Wikipedia: Borobudur","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Pradaksina.jpg/960px-Pradaksina.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-buddhas-of-bamiyan","title":"Buddhas of Bamiyan","category":"ancient","lat":34.832,"lng":67.8267,"fact":"The Buddhas of Bamiyan were two monumental Buddhist reliefs in the Bamiyan Valley of Afghanistan, carved possibly around the 6th-century.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhas_of_Bamiyan","story_label":"Wikipedia: Buddhas of Bamiyan","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Buddha_of_Bamiyan.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-butrint","title":"Butrint","category":"ancient","lat":39.7456,"lng":20.0206,"fact":"Butrint was an ancient Greek polis and later Roman city and the seat of an early Christian bishopric in Epirus. Originally a settlement of the Greek tribe of the Chaonians, it later became part of the state of Epirus and later a Roman colonia and a Byzantine bishopric.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butrint","story_label":"Wikipedia: Butrint","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Amphitheatre_of_Butrint_2009.jpg/960px-Amphitheatre_of_Butrint_2009.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-cahokia","title":"Cahokia","category":"ancient","lat":38.6539,"lng":-90.0644,"fact":"The Cahokia Mounds (also simply known as Cahokia) (11 MS 2) is the site of a Native American city directly across the Mississippi River from present-day St. Louis. The state archaeology park lies in south-western Illinois between East St. Louis and Collinsville.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahokia","story_label":"Wikipedia: Cahokia","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Monks_Mound_-_Summer_2024.jpg/960px-Monks_Mound_-_Summer_2024.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-callanish-stones","title":"Callanish Stones","category":"ancient","lat":58.1975,"lng":-6.7451,"fact":"The Calanais Stones are a prehistoric stone circle and stone alignment on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The monument was built during the Neolithic period, around c. 2750 BC.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callanish_Stones","story_label":"Wikipedia: Callanish Stones","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Callanish_at_sunset_-_geograph.org.uk_-_820680.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-canyon-de-chelly-national-monument","title":"Canyon de Chelly National Monument","category":"ancient","lat":36.1553,"lng":-109.509,"fact":"Canyon de Chelly National Monument was established on April 1, 1931, as a unit of the National Park Service. Located in northeastern Arizona, it is within the boundaries of the Navajo Nation and lies in the Four Corners region.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canyon_de_Chelly_National_Monument","story_label":"Wikipedia: Canyon de Chelly National Monument","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Canyon_de_Chelly%2C_Navajo.jpg/960px-Canyon_de_Chelly%2C_Navajo.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-caracol","title":"Caracol","category":"ancient","lat":16.7639,"lng":-89.1175,"fact":"Caracol is a large ancient Maya archaeological site, located in what is now the Cayo District of Belize. It is situated approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of Xunantunich, and the town of San Ignacio, and 15 km (9.3 mi) from the Macal River.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caracol","story_label":"Wikipedia: Caracol","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Panorama_atop_Caracol.png/960px-Panorama_atop_Caracol.png"},
{"id":"wp-caral","title":"Caral","category":"ancient","lat":-10.8936,"lng":-77.5203,"fact":"The Sacred City of Caral-Supe, or simply Caral, is an archaeological site in Peru where the remains of the main city of the Caral civilization are found.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caral","story_label":"Wikipedia: Caral","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Mayor_Pyramid_and_circular_enclosure._Caral%2C_Peru.jpg/960px-Mayor_Pyramid_and_circular_enclosure._Caral%2C_Peru.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-carnac-stones","title":"Carnac stones","category":"ancient","lat":47.5972,"lng":-3.0639,"fact":"The Carnac stones are an exceptionally dense collection of megalithic sites near the south coast of Brittany in northwestern France, consisting of stone alignments (rows), dolmens (stone tombs), tumuli (burial mounds), and single menhirs.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnac_stones","story_label":"Wikipedia: Carnac stones","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/4748.1099_Menhire%2C_bis_zu_4_Meter_hoch%2C_von_OstnachWest_in_1167_Meter_Langen_Alignements_%28Granit-Steinreihen%29_in_einem_Halbkreis_endend_Le_M%C3%A9nec%2C_Carnac%2C_Departement_Morbihan%2C_Bretagne_Steffen_Heilfort.jpg/960px-thumbnail.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-carthage","title":"Carthage","category":"ancient","lat":36.8528,"lng":10.3233,"fact":"Carthage was an ancient city in northern Africa founded by the legendary Phoenician queen Dido on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carthage","story_label":"Wikipedia: Carthage","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Montage_ville_de_Carthage.png/960px-Montage_ville_de_Carthage.png"},
{"id":"wp-casa-grande-ruins-national-monument","title":"Casa Grande Ruins National Monument","category":"ancient","lat":32.997,"lng":-111.5321,"fact":"Casa Grande Ruins National Monument is a United States national monument preserving a group of Classic Period (1150–1450 CE) Hohokam structures in Coolidge, Arizona, northeast of Casa Grande.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_Grande_Ruins_National_Monument","story_label":"Wikipedia: Casa Grande Ruins National Monument","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/CasaGrandeRuin.jpg/960px-CasaGrandeRuin.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-catalhoyuk","title":"Çatalhöyük","category":"ancient","lat":37.6667,"lng":32.8281,"fact":"Çatalhöyük is a tell (a mounded accretion resulting from long-term human settlement) of a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city settlement in southern Anatolia…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87atalh%C3%B6y%C3%BCk","story_label":"Wikipedia: Çatalhöyük","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/%C3%87atalh%C3%B6y%C3%BCk%2C_7400_BC%2C_Konya%2C_Turkey_-_UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site%2C_08.jpg/960px-%C3%87atalh%C3%B6y%C3%BCk%2C_7400_BC%2C_Konya%2C_Turkey_-_UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site%2C_08.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-chaco-culture-national-historical-park","title":"Chaco Culture National Historical Park","category":"ancient","lat":36.06,"lng":-107.96,"fact":"Chaco Culture National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park in the American Southwest hosting a large concentration of pre-Columbian indigenous ruins of pueblos.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaco_Culture_National_Historical_Park","story_label":"Wikipedia: Chaco Culture National Historical Park","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Chaco_Culture_NHP_%288023723138%29.jpg/960px-Chaco_Culture_NHP_%288023723138%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-chan-chan","title":"Chan Chan","category":"ancient","lat":-8.1058,"lng":-79.0744,"fact":"Chan Chan, sometimes called Chimor itself, was the capital city of the Chimor kingdom. It was the largest city of the pre-Columbian era in South America. It is now an archeological site in the department of La Libertad five kilometers (3.1 mi) west of Trujillo, Peru.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Chan","story_label":"Wikipedia: Chan Chan","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Chan_chan_view1.jpg/960px-Chan_chan_view1.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-chichen-itza","title":"Chichen Itza","category":"ancient","lat":20.6831,"lng":-88.5686,"fact":"Chichen Itza was a large pre-Columbian city built by the Maya people of the Terminal Classic period. The archeological site is located in Tinúm Municipality, Yucatán, Mexico.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichen_Itza","story_label":"Wikipedia: Chichen Itza","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Chichen_Itza_3.jpg/960px-Chichen_Itza_3.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-cliff-palace","title":"Cliff Palace","category":"ancient","lat":37.1667,"lng":-108.4728,"fact":"Cliff Palace is the largest cliff dwelling in North America. The structure built by the Ancestral Puebloans is located in Mesa Verde National Park in their former homeland region.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Palace","story_label":"Wikipedia: Cliff Palace","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Cliff_Palace-Colorado-Mesa_Verde_NP.jpg/960px-Cliff_Palace-Colorado-Mesa_Verde_NP.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-colosseum","title":"Colosseum","category":"ancient","lat":41.8903,"lng":12.4922,"fact":"The Colosseum is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built, and is the largest standing amphitheatre in the world.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colosseum","story_label":"Wikipedia: Colosseum","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Colosseo_2020.jpg/960px-Colosseo_2020.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-copan","title":"Copán","category":"ancient","lat":14.8375,"lng":-89.1425,"fact":"Copán is an archaeological site of the Maya civilization in the Copán Department of western Honduras, not far from the border with Guatemala. It is one of the most important sites of the Maya civilization, which was not excavated until the 19th century.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cop%C3%A1n","story_label":"Wikipedia: Copán","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Copan_sculpture.jpg/960px-Copan_sculpture.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-delos","title":"Delos","category":"ancient","lat":37.3933,"lng":25.2711,"fact":"Delos or Dilos, is a small Greek island near Mykonos, close to the centre of the Cyclades archipelago. Though only 3.43 km2 (1.32 sq mi) in area, it is one of the most important mythological, historical, and archaeological sites in Greece.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delos","story_label":"Wikipedia: Delos","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Delos_general.jpg/960px-Delos_general.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-delphi","title":"Delphi","category":"ancient","lat":38.4823,"lng":22.5013,"fact":"Delphi, in legend previously called Pytho (Πυθώ), was an ancient sacred precinct in central Greece. It was the seat of Pythia, the major oracle who was consulted about important decisions throughout the ancient classical world.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi","story_label":"Wikipedia: Delphi","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Delphi%2C_Greece_-_panoramio.jpg/960px-Delphi%2C_Greece_-_panoramio.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-derinkuyu-underground-city","title":"Derinkuyu underground city","category":"ancient","lat":38.3735,"lng":34.7351,"fact":"Derinkuyu, also known as Malakopi, is an ancient multi-level underground city near the modern town of Derinkuyu in Nevşehir Province, Turkey, extending to a depth of approximately 85 metres (280 ft).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derinkuyu_underground_city","story_label":"Wikipedia: Derinkuyu underground city","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Derinkuyu_Underground_City_9910_Nevit.jpg/960px-Derinkuyu_Underground_City_9910_Nevit.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-dholavira","title":"Dholavira","category":"ancient","lat":23.8886,"lng":70.2136,"fact":"Dholavira is an archaeological site at Khadirbet in Bhachau Taluka of Kutch District, in the state of Gujarat, western India, which is named after a modern-day village 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) south of it. This village is 165 km (103 mi) from Radhanpur.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dholavira","story_label":"Wikipedia: Dholavira","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/DHOLAVIRA_SITE_%2824%29.jpg/960px-DHOLAVIRA_SITE_%2824%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-diocletian-s-palace","title":"Diocletian's Palace","category":"ancient","lat":43.5083,"lng":16.44,"fact":"Diocletian's Palace is an ancient Roman palace and fortress complex in Split, Croatia. It was built at the end of the third century AD by the Roman Emperor Diocletian as his retirement residence.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocletian's_Palace","story_label":"Wikipedia: Diocletian's Palace","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Croatia-01239_-_The_Peristil_%289551533404%29.jpg/960px-Croatia-01239_-_The_Peristil_%289551533404%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-dougga","title":"Dougga","category":"ancient","lat":36.4222,"lng":9.2183,"fact":"Dougga or Thugga or TBGG was a Berber, Punic and Roman settlement near present-day Téboursouk in northern Tunisia. The current archaeological site covers 75 hectares (190 acres).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dougga","story_label":"Wikipedia: Dougga","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Dougga%2C_Beja.jpg/960px-Dougga%2C_Beja.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-ellora-caves","title":"Ellora Caves","category":"ancient","lat":20.0268,"lng":75.1771,"fact":"The Ellora Caves are a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Aurangabad, India. It is one of the largest rock-cut cave complexes in the world, with artwork dating from AD 600–1000, including Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain caves.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellora_Caves","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ellora Caves","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7},
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{"id":"wp-etowah-indian-mounds","title":"Etowah Indian Mounds","category":"ancient","lat":34.1251,"lng":-84.8077,"fact":"Etowah Indian Mounds (9BR1) are a 54-acre (220,000 m2) archaeological site in Bartow County, Georgia, south of Cartersville. Built and occupied in three phases, from 1000–1550 CE, the prehistoric site is located on the north shore of the Etowah River.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etowah_Indian_Mounds","story_label":"Wikipedia: Etowah Indian Mounds","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Etowah_Aerial_HRoe_2016.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-hampi","title":"Hampi","category":"ancient","lat":15.3344,"lng":76.4622,"fact":"Hampi or Hampe, also referred to as the Group of Monuments at Hampi, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the town of Hampi in Vijayanagara district, east-central Karnataka, India.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampi","story_label":"Wikipedia: Hampi","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Wide_angle_of_Galigopuram_of_Virupaksha_Temple%2C_Hampi_%2804%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/960px-Wide_angle_of_Galigopuram_of_Virupaksha_Temple%2C_Hampi_%2804%29_%28cropped%29.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-head-smashed-in-buffalo-jump","title":"Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump","category":"ancient","lat":49.7494,"lng":-113.625,"fact":"Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump (Blackfoot: Estipah-skikikini-kots) is a museum of Blackfoot culture 18 kilometres (11 mi) west of Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head-Smashed-In_Buffalo_Jump","story_label":"Wikipedia: Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Head-Smashed-In_Buffalo_Jump-27527-2.jpg/960px-Head-Smashed-In_Buffalo_Jump-27527-2.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-herculaneum","title":"Herculaneum","category":"ancient","lat":40.806,"lng":14.3482,"fact":"Herculaneum is an ancient Roman town located in the modern-day comune of Ercolano, Campania, Italy. Herculaneum was buried under a massive pyroclastic flow in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herculaneum","story_label":"Wikipedia: Herculaneum","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Antigua_ciudad_de_Herculano%2C_Italia%2C_2023-03-27%2C_DD_135-138_PAN.jpg/960px-Antigua_ciudad_de_Herculano%2C_Italia%2C_2023-03-27%2C_DD_135-138_PAN.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-hierapolis","title":"Hierapolis","category":"ancient","lat":37.925,"lng":29.1258,"fact":"Hierapolis was a Hellenistic Greek city in Phrygia, in southwestern Anatolia, Turkey. It was founded in the 3rd century BC, on the site of a Phrygian cult center of the Anatolian mother goddess Cybele, It was famous for its hot springs, its high quality wool fabrics and dyes…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierapolis","story_label":"Wikipedia: Hierapolis","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Hierapolis_01.jpg/960px-Hierapolis_01.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-hopewell-culture-national-historical-park","title":"Hopewell Culture National Historical Park","category":"ancient","lat":39.3758,"lng":-83.0064,"fact":"Hopewell Culture National Historical Park is a United States national historical park with earthworks and burial mounds from the Hopewell culture, indigenous peoples who flourished from about 200 BC to 500 AD.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopewell_Culture_National_Historical_Park","story_label":"Wikipedia: Hopewell Culture National Historical Park","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Hopewell_Culture_National_Historical_Park.jpg/960px-Hopewell_Culture_National_Historical_Park.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-jerash","title":"Jerash","category":"ancient","lat":32.2806,"lng":35.8972,"fact":"Jerash or Jarash is a city in northern Jordan. The city is the administrative center of the Jerash Governorate, and has a population of 50,745 as of 2015. It is located 30.0 miles (48.3 kms) north of the capital city Amman.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerash","story_label":"Wikipedia: Jerash","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Oval_Plaza_%28Forum_Romanum%2C_Gerasa_-_Jerash%2C_Jordan%29_-_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A9%2C_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%B4.jpg/960px-Oval_Plaza_%28Forum_Romanum%2C_Gerasa_-_Jerash%2C_Jordan%29_-_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A9%2C_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%B4.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-knossos","title":"Knossos","category":"ancient","lat":35.2981,"lng":25.1631,"fact":"Knossos is an archaeological site and ancient urban centre in Crete, Greece. It is located within the southern periphery of Heraklion, about 5 km (3.1 mi) south of the city's historic centre.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knossos","story_label":"Wikipedia: Knossos","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Crete_integrated_map-en.svg/960px-Crete_integrated_map-en.svg.png"},
{"id":"wp-konark-sun-temple","title":"Konark Sun Temple","category":"ancient","lat":19.8875,"lng":86.0947,"fact":"Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century CE Hindu Sun temple at Konark about 35 kilometres (22 mi) northeast from Puri city on the coastline in Puri district, Odisha, India. The temple is attributed to king Narasingha Deva I of the Eastern Ganga dynasty about 1250 CE.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konark_Sun_Temple","story_label":"Wikipedia: Konark Sun Temple","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Konarka_Temple.jpg/960px-Konarka_Temple.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-kuelap","title":"Kuélap","category":"ancient","lat":-6.4263,"lng":-77.9271,"fact":"Kuélap or Cuélap is a walled settlement located in the mountains near the towns of María and Tingo, in the southern part of the region of Amazonas, Peru. It was built by the Chachapoyas culture in the 6th century AD on a ridge overlooking the Utcubamba Valley.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku%C3%A9lap","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kuélap","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Kuelap_-_Ao%C3%BBt_2007_-_05.jpg/960px-Kuelap_-_Ao%C3%BBt_2007_-_05.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-mausoleum-of-qin-shi-huang","title":"Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang","category":"ancient","lat":34.3817,"lng":109.2539,"fact":"The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is a tomb complex constructed for Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the Chinese Qin dynasty. It is located in modern-day Lintong District in Xi'an, Shaanxi.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mausoleum_of_Qin_Shi_Huang","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Tomb_of_the_First_Emperor_Qin_Shi_Huang_Di%2C_Xi%27an%2C_China_-_panoramio.jpg/960px-Tomb_of_the_First_Emperor_Qin_Shi_Huang_Di%2C_Xi%27an%2C_China_-_panoramio.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-nazca-lines","title":"Nazca lines","category":"ancient","lat":-14.6975,"lng":-75.135,"fact":"The Nazca lines are a group of geoglyphs made in the soil of the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. They were created between 500 BC and 500 AD by people making depressions or shallow incisions in the desert floor, removing pebbles and leaving different-colored dirt exposed.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazca_lines","story_label":"Wikipedia: Nazca lines","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/L%C3%ADneas_de_Nazca%2C_Nazca%2C_Per%C3%BA%2C_2015-07-29%2C_DD_49.JPG/960px-L%C3%ADneas_de_Nazca%2C_Nazca%2C_Per%C3%BA%2C_2015-07-29%2C_DD_49.JPG"},
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{"id":"battle-battle-of-stalingrad","title":"Battle of Stalingrad","category":"battle","lat":48.715,"lng":44.5325,"fact":"Fought 23 August 1942. The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its Axis allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in southern Russia.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Stalingrad","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.822,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_76%2C2-%D0%BC%D0%BC_%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%A1-3_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%B2_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5._%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%8F%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8C_1942_%D0%B3.jpg/960px-%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_76%2C2-%D0%BC%D0%BC_%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%A1-3_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%B2_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5._%D0%9D%D0%BE%D1%8F%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8C_1942_%D0%B3.jpg","year":1942},
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{"id":"battle-attack-on-pearl-harbor","title":"Attack on Pearl Harbor","category":"battle","lat":21.365,"lng":-157.95,"fact":"The Empire of Japan launched a surprise military attack on the US Pacific Fleet at its naval base at Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. At the time, the US was a neutral country in World War II.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor","story_label":"Wikipedia: Attack on Pearl Harbor","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.786,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor_Japanese_planes_view.jpg/960px-Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor_Japanese_planes_view.jpg","year":1941},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-thermopylae","title":"Battle of Thermopylae","category":"battle","lat":38.7958,"lng":22.5369,"fact":"Fought 479 BCE. The Battle of Thermopylae was fought in 480 BC at Thermopylae between the Achaemenid Persian Empire under Xerxes and an alliance of Greek city-states led by Sparta under Leonidas I. Lasting over the course of three days…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Thermopylae","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.776,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/L%C3%A9onidas_aux_Thermopyles_-_Jacques-Louis_David_-_Mus%C3%A9e_du_Louvre_Peintures_INV_3690_%3B_L_3711.jpg/960px-L%C3%A9onidas_aux_Thermopyles_-_Jacques-Louis_David_-_Mus%C3%A9e_du_Louvre_Peintures_INV_3690_%3B_L_3711.jpg","year":-479},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-badr","title":"Battle of Badr","category":"battle","lat":23.7333,"lng":38.7667,"fact":"The Battle of Badr or sometimes called The Raid of Badr, also referred to as The Day of the Criterion in the Qur'an and by Muslims, was fought on 13 March 624 CE (17 Ramadan, 2 AH), near the present-day city of Badr, Medina Province in Saudi Arabia.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Badr","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Badr","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.772,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Siyer-i_Nebi_-_Imam_Ali_und_Hamza_bei_dem_vorgezogenen_Einzelkampf_in_Badr_gegen_die_G%C3%B6tzendiener.jpg","year":624},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-hastings","title":"Battle of Hastings","category":"battle","lat":50.9119,"lng":0.4875,"fact":"The Battle of Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of William, Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman Conquest of England.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hastings","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Hastings","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.772,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Bayeux_Tapestry_scene57_Harold_death.jpg/960px-Bayeux_Tapestry_scene57_Harold_death.jpg","year":1066},
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{"id":"battle-battle-of-marathon","title":"Battle of Marathon","category":"battle","lat":38.1181,"lng":23.9783,"fact":"Fought 489 BCE. The Battle of Marathon took place in 490 BC during the first Persian invasion of Greece. It was fought between the citizens of Athens, aided by Plataea, against a Persian force commanded by Datis and Artaphernes.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Marathon","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Marathon","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.761,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Scene_of_the_Battle_of_Marathon.jpg/960px-Scene_of_the_Battle_of_Marathon.jpg","year":-489},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-austerlitz","title":"Battle of Austerlitz","category":"battle","lat":49.1281,"lng":16.7625,"fact":"The Battle of Austerlitz was fought on Monday 2 December 1805, near Austerlitz, being the decisive engagement of the War of the Third Coalition. The Grande Armée under the command of Emperor Napoleon I defeated a combined Russo-Austrian army.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Austerlitz","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Austerlitz","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.759,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/La_bataille_d%27Austerlitz._2_decembre_1805_%28Fran%C3%A7ois_G%C3%A9rard%29.jpg/960px-La_bataille_d%27Austerlitz._2_decembre_1805_%28Fran%C3%A7ois_G%C3%A9rard%29.jpg","year":1805},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-berlin","title":"Battle of Berlin","category":"battle","lat":52.5186,"lng":13.3761,"fact":"Fought 16 April 1945. The Battle of Berlin, designated as the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, and also known as the Fall of Berlin, was one of the last major offensives of the European theatre of World War II.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Berlin","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Berlin","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.757,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Raising_a_flag_over_the_Reichstag_-_Restoration.jpg/960px-Raising_a_flag_over_the_Reichstag_-_Restoration.jpg","year":1945},
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{"id":"battle-siege-of-leningrad","title":"Siege of Leningrad","category":"battle","lat":59.9303,"lng":30.3192,"fact":"The Siege of Leningrad was a military blockade undertaken by the Axis powers against the city of Leningrad (present-day Saint Petersburg) in the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front of World War II from 1941 to 1944.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Leningrad","story_label":"Wikipedia: Siege of Leningrad","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.754,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Anti_aircraft_Leningrad_1941.JPG/960px-Anti_aircraft_Leningrad_1941.JPG","year":1941},
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{"id":"battle-battle-of-lepanto","title":"Battle of Lepanto","category":"battle","lat":38.2,"lng":21.3,"fact":"The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement that took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of Catholic states arranged by Pope Pius V and led by the navies of the Spanish Empire and the Republic of Venice…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lepanto","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Lepanto","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.752,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Laureys_a_Castro_-_The_Battle_of_Lepanto.jpeg/960px-Laureys_a_Castro_-_The_Battle_of_Lepanto.jpeg","year":1571,"day":"05-15"},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-verdun","title":"Battle of Verdun","category":"battle","lat":49.2081,"lng":5.4219,"fact":"The Battle of Verdun was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. The battle was the longest of the First World War and took place on the hills north of Verdun.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Verdun","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Verdun","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.749,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Battle_of_Verdun_map.png/960px-Battle_of_Verdun_map.png","year":1916,"day":"02-25"},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-the-somme","title":"Battle of the Somme","category":"battle","lat":50.0156,"lng":2.6975,"fact":"Fought 1 July 1916. The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme offensive, was a battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and the French Republic against the German Empire.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Somme","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of the Somme","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.747,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Going_over_the_top_01.jpg/960px-Going_over_the_top_01.jpg","year":1916},
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{"id":"battle-battle-of-cannae","title":"Battle of Cannae","category":"battle","lat":41.3064,"lng":16.1325,"fact":"Fought 215 BCE. The Battle of Cannae was a key engagement of the Second Punic War between the Roman Republic and Carthage, fought on 2 August 216 BC near the ancient village of Cannae in Apulia, southeast Italy.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cannae","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Cannae","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.739,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/The_Death_of_Paulus_Aemilius_at_the_Battle_of_Cannae_%28Yale_University_Art_Gallery_scan%29.jpg/960px-The_Death_of_Paulus_Aemilius_at_the_Battle_of_Cannae_%28Yale_University_Art_Gallery_scan%29.jpg","year":-215},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-midway","title":"Battle of Midway","category":"battle","lat":30,"lng":-178,"fact":"The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place on 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Midway","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.739,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/USS_Yorktown_%28CV-5%29_is_hit_by_a_torpedo_on_4_June_1942.jpg/960px-USS_Yorktown_%28CV-5%29_is_hit_by_a_torpedo_on_4_June_1942.jpg","year":1942},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-mohacs","title":"Battle of Mohács","category":"battle","lat":45.9414,"lng":18.6472,"fact":"The Battle of Mohács took place on 29 August 1526 near Mohács, in the Kingdom of Hungary. It was fought between the forces of Hungary, led by King Louis II, and the invading Ottoman Empire, commanded by Suleiman the Magnificent and his grand vizier, Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Moh%C3%A1cs","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Mohács","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.739,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/A_moh%C3%A1csi_csata_%28Des_T%C3%BCrckischen_Keysers_Solymon_schlacht_-_So_mit_dem_K%C3%BCnig_von_Hungern_gethan%2C_Bamberg%2C_1526%29.jpg/960px-A_moh%C3%A1csi_csata_%28Des_T%C3%BCrckischen_Keysers_Solymon_schlacht_-_So_mit_dem_K%C3%BCnig_von_Hungern_gethan%2C_Bamberg%2C_1526%29.jpg","year":1526},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-salamis","title":"Battle of Salamis","category":"battle","lat":37.9514,"lng":23.5667,"fact":"Fought 479 BCE. The Battle of Salamis was a naval battle fought in 480 BC, between an alliance of Greek city-states under Themistocles, and the Achaemenid Empire under King Xerxes. It resulted in a victory for the outnumbered Greeks.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Salamis","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Salamis","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.739,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Battle_of_salamis.png","year":-479},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-actium","title":"Battle of Actium","category":"battle","lat":38.925,"lng":20.725,"fact":"Fought 30 BCE. The Battle of Actium was a naval battle fought between Octavian's maritime fleet, led by Marcus Agrippa, and the combined fleets of Mark Antony and Cleopatra.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Actium","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Actium","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.737,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Medinaceli_Actium_reliefs_06.jpg/960px-Medinaceli_Actium_reliefs_06.jpg","year":-30},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-iwo-jima","title":"Battle of Iwo Jima","category":"battle","lat":24.78,"lng":141.32,"fact":"The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC), United States Navy (USN), and United States Army (USA) landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Iwo Jima","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.734,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima%2C_larger_-_edit1.jpg/960px-Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima%2C_larger_-_edit1.jpg","year":1945},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-leipzig","title":"Battle of Leipzig","category":"battle","lat":51.3122,"lng":12.4133,"fact":"The Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of the Nations, was fought from 16 to 19 October 1813 at Leipzig, Saxony.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leipzig","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Leipzig","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.734,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/MoshkovVI_SrazhLeypcigomGRM.jpg/960px-MoshkovVI_SrazhLeypcigomGRM.jpg","year":1813},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-moscow","title":"Battle of Moscow","category":"battle","lat":55.7522,"lng":37.6322,"fact":"The Battle of Moscow was a military campaign that consisted of two periods of strategically significant fighting on a 600 km (370 mi) sector of the Eastern Front during World War II, between October 1941 and January 1942.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Moscow","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Moscow","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.734,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/RIAN_archive_887721_Defense_of_Moscow.jpg/960px-RIAN_archive_887721_Defense_of_Moscow.jpg","year":1941},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-the-teutoburg-forest","title":"Battle of the Teutoburg Forest","category":"battle","lat":52.4075,"lng":8.1258,"fact":"The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, also called the Varian Disaster by Roman historians, was a major battle fought between an alliance of Germanic peoples and the Roman Empire between 8 and 11 September 9 CE, possibly near modern Kalkriese.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Teutoburg_Forest","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of the Teutoburg Forest","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.734,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Epitaph_des_Marcus_Caelius.JPG/960px-Epitaph_des_Marcus_Caelius.JPG","year":9},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-vienna","title":"Battle of Vienna","category":"battle","lat":48.235,"lng":16.335,"fact":"The Battle of Vienna took place at Kahlenberg Mountain near Vienna on 12 September 1683 after the city had been besieged by the Ottoman Empire for two months.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vienna","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Vienna","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.734,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Anonym_Entsatz_Wien_1683.jpg/960px-Anonym_Entsatz_Wien_1683.jpg","year":1683},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-borodino","title":"Battle of Borodino","category":"battle","lat":55.5167,"lng":35.8167,"fact":"The Battle of Borodino or the Battle of the Moskva took place on the outskirts of Moscow near the village of Borodino on 7 September 1812, during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. The Grande Armée fought against the Imperial Russian Army.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Borodino","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Borodino","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.731,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Battle_of_Borodino.jpg/960px-Battle_of_Borodino.jpg","year":1812},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-gaugamela","title":"Battle of Gaugamela","category":"battle","lat":36.36,"lng":43.25,"fact":"Fought 330 BCE. The Battle of Gaugamela, also called the Battle of Arbela, took place in 331 BC between the forces of the Army of Macedon under Alexander the Great and the Persian Army under King Darius III.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gaugamela","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Gaugamela","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.731,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Pietro_da_Cortona_-_Battle_of_Alexander_versus_Darius_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/960px-Pietro_da_Cortona_-_Battle_of_Alexander_versus_Darius_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg","year":-330},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-manzikert","title":"Battle of Manzikert","category":"battle","lat":39.1,"lng":42.59,"fact":"The Battle of Manzikert or Malazgirt was fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Empire on 26 August 1071 near Manzikert, Iberia.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Manzikert","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Manzikert","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.731,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Battle_of_Manzikert_%281071%29.webp","year":1071},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-uhud","title":"Battle of Uhud","category":"battle","lat":24.5033,"lng":39.6117,"fact":"The Battle of Uhud was fought between the early Muslims and the Quraysh during the Muslim–Quraysh wars in a valley north of Medina near Mount Uhud on Saturday, 23 March 625 AD (7 Shawwal, 3 AH).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Uhud","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Uhud","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.731,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/The_Prophet_Muhammad_and_the_Muslim_Army_at_the_Battle_of_Uhud%2C_from_the_Siyer-i_Nebi%2C_1595.jpg/960px-The_Prophet_Muhammad_and_the_Muslim_Army_at_the_Battle_of_Uhud%2C_from_the_Siyer-i_Nebi%2C_1595.jpg","year":625},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-agincourt","title":"Battle of Agincourt","category":"battle","lat":50.4633,"lng":2.1414,"fact":"Fought 3 November 1415. The Battle of Agincourt was an English victory in the Hundred Years' War (1337–1453). It took place on 25 October 1415 (Saint Crispin's Day) near Azincourt, in northern France.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Agincourt","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Agincourt","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.726,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Schlacht_von_Azincourt.jpg/960px-Schlacht_von_Azincourt.jpg","year":1415},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-hattin","title":"Battle of Hattin","category":"battle","lat":32.7983,"lng":35.4596,"fact":"The Battle of Hattin took place on 4 July 1187, between the Crusader states of the Levant and the forces of the Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt, led by Sultan Saladin. It is also known as the Battle of the Horns of Hattin, due to the shape of the nearby extinct volcano of that name.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hattin","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Hattin","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.726,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Saladin_Guy.jpg/960px-Saladin_Guy.jpg","year":1187},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-karbala","title":"Battle of Karbala","category":"battle","lat":32.6153,"lng":44.0314,"fact":"The Battle of Karbala was fought on 10 October 680 (10 Muharram in the year 61 AH of the Islamic calendar) between the forces of the second Umayyad caliph Yazid I (r. 680–683), and the small caravan of Husayn ibn Ali…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Karbala","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Karbala","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.726,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Brooklyn_Museum_-_Battle_of_Karbala_-_Abbas_Al-Musavi_-_cropped.jpg/960px-Brooklyn_Museum_-_Battle_of_Karbala_-_Abbas_Al-Musavi_-_cropped.jpg","year":680},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-poltava","title":"Battle of Poltava","category":"battle","lat":49.6314,"lng":34.5528,"fact":"The Battle of Poltava fought on 8 July 1709, was the decisive and largest battle of the Great Northern War. A Russian army under the command of Tsar Peter I defeated a Swedish army commanded by Carl Gustaf Rehnskiöld.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Poltava","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Poltava","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.726,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Marten%27s_Poltava.jpg/960px-Marten%27s_Poltava.jpg","year":1709},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-kosovo","title":"Battle of Kosovo","category":"battle","lat":42.63,"lng":21.12,"fact":"The Battle of Kosovo took place on 15 June 1389 between an army led by the Serbian Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović and an invading army of the Ottoman Empire under the command of Sultan Murad I. It was one of the largest battles of the Late Middle Ages.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kosovo","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Kosovo","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.723,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Battle_of_Kosovo%2C_Adam_Stefanovi%C4%87%2C_1870.jpg/960px-Battle_of_Kosovo%2C_Adam_Stefanovi%C4%87%2C_1870.jpg","year":1389},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-the-yarmuk","title":"Battle of the Yarmuk","category":"battle","lat":32.8142,"lng":35.9547,"fact":"Fought 636 CE. The Battle of the Yarmuk was a major battle between the Byzantine Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate near the Yarmouk River in Byzantine Syria that marked a crucial point in the Muslim conquest of Syria.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Yarmuk","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of the Yarmuk","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.723,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Hayton_BNF886_9v.jpg/960px-Hayton_BNF886_9v.jpg","year":636},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-dien-bien-phu","title":"Battle of Dien Bien Phu","category":"battle","lat":21.3869,"lng":103.0156,"fact":"Fought 13 March 1954. The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ was a defeat of the French Union forces by the Viet Minh forces in the First Indochina War. It took place between 13 March and 7 May 1954.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dien_Bien_Phu","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Dien Bien Phu","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.717,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Victory_in_Battle_of_Dien_Bien_Phu.jpg/960px-Victory_in_Battle_of_Dien_Bien_Phu.jpg","year":1954},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-the-catalaunian-plains","title":"Battle of the Catalaunian Plains","category":"battle","lat":49,"lng":4.5,"fact":"The Battle of the Catalaunian Plains (or Fields), also called the Battle of the Campus Mauriacus, Battle of Châlons, Battle of Troyes or the Battle of Maurica, took place on 20 June 451 AD, between a coalition…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Catalaunian_Plains","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of the Catalaunian Plains","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.717,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Thur%C3%B3czy_kr%C3%B3nika_-_Attila_kir%C3%A1ly_csat%C3%A1ja_a_catalaunumi_s%C3%ADkon.jpg/960px-Thur%C3%B3czy_kr%C3%B3nika_-_Attila_kir%C3%A1ly_csat%C3%A1ja_a_catalaunumi_s%C3%ADkon.jpg","year":451},
{"id":"battle-first-battle-of-the-marne","title":"First Battle of the Marne","category":"battle","lat":49.0167,"lng":3.3833,"fact":"The First Battle of the Marne or known in France as the Miracle on the Marne was a battle of the First World War fought from 5 to 12 September 1914.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_the_Marne","story_label":"Wikipedia: First Battle of the Marne","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.717,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/German_soldiers_Battle_of_Marne_WWI.jpg","year":1914},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-gettysburg","title":"Battle of Gettysburg","category":"battle","lat":39.8114,"lng":-77.2258,"fact":"The Battle of Gettysburg (locally ) was fought in the American Civil War between the Union and Confederate armies in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Gettysburg","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.714,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Thure_de_Thulstrup_-_L._Prang_and_Co._-_Battle_of_Gettysburg_-_Restoration_by_Adam_Cuerden_%28cropped%29.jpg/960px-Thure_de_Thulstrup_-_L._Prang_and_Co._-_Battle_of_Gettysburg_-_Restoration_by_Adam_Cuerden_%28cropped%29.jpg","year":1863},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-okinawa","title":"Battle of Okinawa","category":"battle","lat":26.5,"lng":128,"fact":"Fought 1945. The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by the United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Okinawa","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Okinawa","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.714,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Ww2_158.jpg/960px-Ww2_158.jpg","year":1945},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-plassey","title":"Battle of Plassey","category":"battle","lat":23.8,"lng":88.25,"fact":"The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the British East India Company, under the leadership of Robert Clive, over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies on 23 June 1757.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Plassey","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Plassey","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.714,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Lord_Clive_meeting_with_Mir_Jafar_after_the_Battle_of_Plassey.jpg/960px-Lord_Clive_meeting_with_Mir_Jafar_after_the_Battle_of_Plassey.jpg","year":1757},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-jutland","title":"Battle of Jutland","category":"battle","lat":56.7,"lng":5.9,"fact":"Fought 31 May 1916. The Battle of Jutland was a naval battle between Britain's Royal Navy Grand Fleet, under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet, under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer, during the First World War.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jutland","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Jutland","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.711,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Map_of_the_Battle_of_Jutland%2C_1916.svg/960px-Map_of_the_Battle_of_Jutland%2C_1916.svg.png","year":1916},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-zama","title":"Battle of Zama","category":"battle","lat":36.2989,"lng":9.4492,"fact":"Fought 201 BCE. The Battle of Zama was fought in 202 BC in what is now Tunisia between a Roman army commanded by Scipio Africanus and a Carthaginian army commanded by Hannibal.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Zama","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Zama","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.711,"year":-201},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-kadesh","title":"Battle of Kadesh","category":"battle","lat":34.5555,"lng":36.498,"fact":"Fought 1,273 BCE. The Battle of Kadesh was a major military conflict in the early 13th century BC, between the attacking Ramesses II of the Egyptian Empire and defending Muwatalli II of the Hittite Empire.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kadesh","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Kadesh","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.708,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Egypt_Abou_Simbel6.jpg/960px-Egypt_Abou_Simbel6.jpg","year":-1273},
{"id":"battle-dunkirk-evacuation","title":"Dunkirk evacuation","category":"battle","lat":51.0575,"lng":2.3575,"fact":"In the Dunkirk evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, or just Dunkirk, more than 338,000 Allied soldiers were evacuated during the Second World War from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk in northern France between 26 May and 4 June 1940.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation","story_label":"Wikipedia: Dunkirk evacuation","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.708,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Dunkirk_26-29_May_1940_NYP68075.jpg/960px-Dunkirk_26-29_May_1940_NYP68075.jpg","year":1940},
{"id":"battle-siege-of-baghdad","title":"Siege of Baghdad","category":"battle","lat":33.3475,"lng":44.335,"fact":"The Siege of Baghdad, also known as the Sack of Baghdad, took place in early 1258. A large army commanded by Hulegu, a prince of the Mongol Empire, attacked the historic capital of the Abbasid Caliphate after a series of provocations from its ruler, caliph al-Musta'sim.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Baghdad","story_label":"Wikipedia: Siege of Baghdad","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.708,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Bagdad1258.jpg/960px-Bagdad1258.jpg","year":1258,"day":"02-10"},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-ankara","title":"Battle of Ankara","category":"battle","lat":40.15,"lng":32.95,"fact":"The Battle of Ankara or Angora was fought on 28 July 1402, at the Çubuk plain near Ankara, between the forces of Timur and the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I. The battle was a major victory for Timur, leading to the Ottoman Interregnum.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ankara","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Ankara","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.705,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Timur_reviews_his_troops_in_the_plain_of_Sivas_in_the_battle_of_Ankara_in_mid-summer_1402._Zafarnama_of_1436%2C_facing_folios_356r_%28left%29%2C_355v_%28right%29.jpg/960px-Timur_reviews_his_troops_in_the_plain_of_Sivas_in_the_battle_of_Ankara_in_mid-summer_1402._Zafarnama_of_1436%2C_facing_folios_356r_%28left%29%2C_355v_%28right%29.jpg","year":1402},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-stamford-bridge","title":"Battle of Stamford Bridge","category":"battle","lat":53.9925,"lng":-0.9125,"fact":"The Battle of Stamford Bridge took place at the village of Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire, in England, on 25 September 1066…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stamford_Bridge","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Stamford Bridge","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.705,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Battle_of_Stamford_Bridge%2C_full.png/960px-Battle_of_Stamford_Bridge%2C_full.png","year":1066},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-issus","title":"Battle of Issus","category":"battle","lat":36.8379,"lng":36.2111,"fact":"Fought 332 BCE. The Battle of Issus (also Issos) occurred in southern Anatolia, on 5 November 333 BC between the Hellenic League led by Alexander the Great and the Achaemenid Empire, led by Darius III.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Issus","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Issus","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.702,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Battle_of_Issus_mosaic_-_Museo_Archeologico_Nazionale_-_Naples_2013-05-16_16-25-06_BW.jpg/960px-Battle_of_Issus_mosaic_-_Museo_Archeologico_Nazionale_-_Naples_2013-05-16_16-25-06_BW.jpg","year":-332},
{"id":"battle-great-siege-of-malta","title":"Great Siege of Malta","category":"battle","lat":35.8919,"lng":14.5183,"fact":"The Great Siege of Malta (Maltese: L-Assedju l-Kbir) occurred in 1565 when the Ottoman Empire attempted to conquer the island of Malta, then held by the Knights Hospitaller. The siege lasted nearly four months, from 18 May to 8 September 1565.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Siege_of_Malta","story_label":"Wikipedia: Great Siege of Malta","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.702,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Dimostrazione_di_tutte_le_batterie.png/960px-Dimostrazione_di_tutte_le_batterie.png","year":1565},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-kulikovo","title":"Battle of Kulikovo","category":"battle","lat":53.6525,"lng":38.6535,"fact":"Fought 16 September 1380. The Battle of Kulikovo was fought between the forces of Mamai, a powerful Mongol military commander of the Golden Horde, and Russian forces led by Grand Prince Dmitry of Moscow.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kulikovo","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Kulikovo","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.699,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Dmitry_Donskoy_in_the_Battle_of_Kulikovo.jpg/960px-Dmitry_Donskoy_in_the_Battle_of_Kulikovo.jpg","year":1380},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-plataea","title":"Battle of Plataea","category":"battle","lat":38.24,"lng":23.318,"fact":"Fought 478 BCE. The Battle of Plataea was the final land battle during the second Persian invasion of Greece.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Plataea","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Plataea","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.696,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Scene_of_the_Battle_of_Plataea.jpg/960px-Scene_of_the_Battle_of_Plataea.jpg","year":-478},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-poitiers","title":"Battle of Poitiers","category":"battle","lat":46.5222,"lng":0.4033,"fact":"The Battle of Poitiers was fought on 19 September 1356, during the Hundred Years' War, between a French army commanded by King John II and an Anglo-Gascon force under Edward, the Black Prince.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Poitiers","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Poitiers","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.696,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Battle_poitiers.jpg/960px-Battle_poitiers.jpg","year":1356},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-the-alamo","title":"Battle of the Alamo","category":"battle","lat":29.4256,"lng":-98.4861,"fact":"The Battle of the Alamo was a pivotal event and military engagement in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar (now San Antonio).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Alamo","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of the Alamo","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.696,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/1854_Alamo.jpg","year":1836},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-adrianople","title":"Battle of Adrianople","category":"battle","lat":41.8,"lng":26.6,"fact":"Fought 378 CE. The Battle of Adrianople, also known as Battle of Hadrianopolis, was fought between the Eastern Roman army led by the Roman emperor Valens and Gothic rebels, led by Fritigern.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Adrianople","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Adrianople","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.692,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Battle_of_Adrianople_378_en.svg/960px-Battle_of_Adrianople_378_en.svg.png","year":378},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-bannockburn","title":"Battle of Bannockburn","category":"battle","lat":56.0933,"lng":-3.9378,"fact":"The Battle of Bannockburn was fought on 23–24 June 1314, between the army of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, and the army of King Edward II of England, during the First War of Scottish Independence.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bannockburn","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Bannockburn","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.692,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Battle_of_Bannockburn.jpg","year":1314},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-chaeronea-338-bc","title":"Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)","category":"battle","lat":38.495,"lng":22.8475,"fact":"Fought 337 BCE. The Battle of Chaeronea was fought in 338 BC, near the city of Chaeronea in Boeotia, between Macedonia under Philip II and an alliance of Greek city-states led by Athens and Thebes.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chaeronea_(338_BC)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.692,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Battle_of_Chaeronea%2C_338_BC_en.svg/960px-Battle_of_Chaeronea%2C_338_BC_en.svg.png","year":-337},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-crecy","title":"Battle of Crécy","category":"battle","lat":50.2564,"lng":1.8878,"fact":"The Battle of Crécy took place on 26 August 1346 in northern France between a French army commanded by King Philip VI and an English army led by King Edward III.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cr%C3%A9cy","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Crécy","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.692,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Battle_of_crecy_froissart.jpg/960px-Battle_of_crecy_froissart.jpg","year":1346},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-tannenberg","title":"Battle of Tannenberg","category":"battle","lat":53.75,"lng":20.5,"fact":"The Battle of Tannenberg, also known as the Second Battle of Tannenberg, was fought between Russia and Germany between 26 and 30 August 1914…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tannenberg","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Tannenberg","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.692,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Russian_prisoners_tannenberg.jpg","year":1914},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-white-mountain","title":"Battle of White Mountain","category":"battle","lat":50.0783,"lng":14.3194,"fact":"The Battle of White Mountain was fought on 8 November 1620 outside Prague in the early stages of the Thirty Years' War.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_White_Mountain","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of White Mountain","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.692,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/The_Battle_of_White_Mountain_%28by_Peter_Snayers%29.jpg/960px-The_Battle_of_White_Mountain_%28by_Peter_Snayers%29.jpg","year":1620},
{"id":"battle-black-january","title":"Black January","category":"battle","lat":40.3729,"lng":49.8521,"fact":"Black January, also known as Black Saturday or the January Massacre, was a violent crackdown on anti-Soviet and anti-Armenian sentiments, Azerbaijani nationalism, and irredentism in Baku on 19 and 20 January 1990…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_January","story_label":"Wikipedia: Black January","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.692,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/20_yanvar_abid%C9%99si.jpg/960px-20_yanvar_abid%C9%99si.jpg","year":1990},
{"id":"battle-siege-of-mariupol","title":"Siege of Mariupol","category":"battle","lat":47.0975,"lng":37.61,"fact":"The siege of Mariupol began on 24 February 2022, as part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and lasted until 20 May.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Mariupol","story_label":"Wikipedia: Siege of Mariupol","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.692,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Aerial_view_of_the_downtown_of_mariupol_during_the_siege.jpg/960px-Aerial_view_of_the_downtown_of_mariupol_during_the_siege.jpg","year":2022},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-ain-jalut","title":"Battle of Ain Jalut","category":"battle","lat":32.55,"lng":35.357,"fact":"The Battle of Ain Jalut, also spelled Ayn Jalut, was fought between the Bahri Mamluks of Egypt and the Ilkhanate on 3 September 1260 near the spring of Ain Jalut in southeastern Galilee in the Jezreel Valley.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ain_Jalut","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Ain Jalut","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.689,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Campaign_of_the_Battle_of_Ain_Jalut_1260.svg/960px-Campaign_of_the_Battle_of_Ain_Jalut_1260.svg.png","year":1260},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-alesia","title":"Battle of Alesia","category":"battle","lat":47.5372,"lng":4.5003,"fact":"Fought 51 BCE. The Battle of Alesia or Siege of Alesia (September 52 BC) was the climactic military engagement of the Gallic Wars, fought around the Gallic oppidum (fortified settlement) of Alesia in modern France, a major centre of the Mandubii tribe.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Alesia","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Alesia","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.689,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Alise-Sainte-Reine_-_Contrevallation.jpg/960px-Alise-Sainte-Reine_-_Contrevallation.jpg","year":-51},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-the-hydaspes","title":"Battle of the Hydaspes","category":"battle","lat":32.8278,"lng":73.6389,"fact":"Fought 325 BCE. The Battle of the Hydaspes also known as Battle of Jhelum, or First Battle of Jhelum, was fought between the Macedonian Empire under Alexander the Great and the Pauravas under Porus in May of 326 BC.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Hydaspes","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of the Hydaspes","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.689,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Alexander_the_Great_%28356-23_BC%29_and_Porus_%28oil_on_canvas%29.jpg/960px-Alexander_the_Great_%28356-23_BC%29_and_Porus_%28oil_on_canvas%29.jpg","year":-325},
{"id":"battle-marco-polo-bridge-incident","title":"Marco Polo Bridge incident","category":"battle","lat":39.8492,"lng":116.2131,"fact":"The Marco Polo Bridge incident, also known as the Lugou Bridge incident or the July 7 incident, was a three-day battle that began on 7 July 1937 in the district of Beijing between the 29th Army of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China and the Imperial…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Polo_Bridge_incident","story_label":"Wikipedia: Marco Polo Bridge incident","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.689,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Marco_Polo_Bridge_air_view.PNG/960px-Marco_Polo_Bridge_air_view.PNG","year":1937},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-carrhae","title":"Battle of Carrhae","category":"battle","lat":36.8667,"lng":39.0333,"fact":"Fought 52 BCE. The Battle of Carrhae was fought in 53 BC between the Roman Republic and the Parthian Empire near the ancient town of Carrhae (present-day Harran, Turkey).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Carrhae","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Carrhae","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.685,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Battle_of_Carrhae_%28Caesar%CB%90_A_History_Of_The_Art_Of_War_Among_The_Romans_Down_To_The_End%2C_vol._II%2C_1892%29.jpg","year":-52},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-jena-auerstedt","title":"Battle of Jena–Auerstedt","category":"battle","lat":50.95,"lng":11.575,"fact":"The Battle of Jena–Auerstedt was fought on Tuesday 14 October 1806, near Jena and Auerstedt, being the decisive engagement of the War of the Fourth Coalition. The Grande Armée under the command of Emperor Napoleon I defeated a combined Prussian and Saxon army.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Jena%E2%80%93Auerstedt","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Jena–Auerstedt","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.685,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Iena.jpg/960px-Iena.jpg","year":1806},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-monte-cassino","title":"Battle of Monte Cassino","category":"battle","lat":41.49,"lng":13.8139,"fact":"Fought 17 January 1944. The Battle of Monte Cassino, also known as the Battle for Rome, was a series of four military assaults by the Allies against Axis forces in Italy during the Italian Campaign of World War II.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Monte_Cassino","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Monte Cassino","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.685,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Cassino008.jpg/960px-Cassino008.jpg","year":1944},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-sedan","title":"Battle of Sedan","category":"battle","lat":49.6986,"lng":4.9456,"fact":"The Battle of Sedan, also known as the First Battle of Sedan, was fought during the Franco-Prussian War from 1 to 2 September 1870.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sedan","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Sedan","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.685,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Nap_sedan_von_Wilhelm_Camphausen.jpg/960px-Nap_sedan_von_Wilhelm_Camphausen.jpg","year":1870},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-the-coral-sea","title":"Battle of the Coral Sea","category":"battle","lat":-16.2667,"lng":162.3333,"fact":"The Battle of the Coral Sea, from 4 to 8 May 1942, was a major naval battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and naval and air forces of the United States and Australia.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of the Coral Sea","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.685,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Large_explosion_aboard_USS_Lexington_%28CV-2%29%2C_8_May_1942_%2880-G-16651%29.jpg/960px-Large_explosion_aboard_USS_Lexington_%28CV-2%29%2C_8_May_1942_%2880-G-16651%29.jpg","year":1942},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-the-little-bighorn","title":"Battle of the Little Bighorn","category":"battle","lat":45.565,"lng":-107.4289,"fact":"The 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn, commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand and known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Little_Bighorn","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of the Little Bighorn","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.685,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Charles_Marion_Russell_-_The_Custer_Fight_%281903%29.jpg/960px-Charles_Marion_Russell_-_The_Custer_Fight_%281903%29.jpg","year":1876},
{"id":"battle-battles-of-khalkhin-gol","title":"Battles of Khalkhin Gol","category":"battle","lat":47.7303,"lng":118.59,"fact":"The Battles of Khalkhin Gol, known in Japan as the Nomonhan Incident after Nomonhan Burd Obo, were the decisive engagements of the undeclared Soviet–Japanese border conflicts which involved the Soviet Union, Mongolia, Japan, and Manchukuo in 1939.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Khalkhin_Gol","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battles of Khalkhin Gol","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.685,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Japanese_soldiers_creeping_in_front_of_wrecked_Soviet_tanks.jpg/960px-Japanese_soldiers_creeping_in_front_of_wrecked_Soviet_tanks.jpg","year":1939},
{"id":"battle-siege-of-jerusalem-1099","title":"Siege of Jerusalem (1099)","category":"battle","lat":31.7833,"lng":35.2167,"fact":"Fought 13 June 1099. The siege of Jerusalem marked the successful end of the First Crusade, whose objective was the recovery of the city of Jerusalem and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre from Islamic control.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(1099)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Siege of Jerusalem (1099)","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.685,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Taking_of_Jerusalem_by_the_Crusaders%2C_15th_July_1099.jpg/960px-Taking_of_Jerusalem_by_the_Crusaders%2C_15th_July_1099.jpg","year":1099},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-nicopolis","title":"Battle of Nicopolis","category":"battle","lat":43.7058,"lng":24.8958,"fact":"The Battle of Nicopolis took place on 25 September 1396 and resulted in the rout of an allied Crusader army, assisted by the Venetian navy, at the hands of an Ottoman force…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nicopolis","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Nicopolis","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.682,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/NikopolisSchlacht.jpg/960px-NikopolisSchlacht.jpg","year":1396},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-the-granicus","title":"Battle of the Granicus","category":"battle","lat":40.2281,"lng":27.2422,"fact":"Fought 333 BCE. The Battle of the Granicus in May 334 BC was the first of three major battles fought between Alexander the Great of Macedon and the Persian Achaemenid Empire.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Granicus","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of the Granicus","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.682,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Charles_Le_Brun%2C_Le_Passage_du_Granique%2C_1665.png/960px-Charles_Le_Brun%2C_Le_Passage_du_Granique%2C_1665.png","year":-333},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-varna","title":"Battle of Varna","category":"battle","lat":43.2167,"lng":27.8833,"fact":"The Battle of Varna took place on 10 November 1444 near Varna in what is today eastern Bulgaria.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Varna","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Varna","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.682,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Battle_of_Varna_1444.PNG/960px-Battle_of_Varna_1444.PNG","year":1444},
{"id":"battle-liberation-of-paris","title":"Liberation of Paris","category":"battle","lat":48.8735,"lng":2.2964,"fact":"The Liberation of Paris was a battle that took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the German garrison surrendered the French capital on 25 August 1944.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_of_Paris","story_label":"Wikipedia: Liberation of Paris","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.682,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Crowds_of_French_patriots_line_the_Champs_Elysees-edit2.jpg/960px-Crowds_of_French_patriots_line_the_Champs_Elysees-edit2.jpg","year":1944},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-caporetto","title":"Battle of Caporetto","category":"battle","lat":46.2144,"lng":13.6425,"fact":"The Battle of Caporetto took place on the Isonzo front of World War I. The battle was fought between the Kingdom of Italy and the Central Powers and took place from 24 October to 19 November 1917, near the town of Kobarid…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Caporetto","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Caporetto","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.678,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Battle_of_Caporetto.jpg/960px-Battle_of_Caporetto.jpg","year":1917},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-las-navas-de-tolosa","title":"Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa","category":"battle","lat":38.343,"lng":-3.549,"fact":"The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, known in Islamic history as the Battle of Al-Uqab, took place on 16 July 1212 and was an important turning point in the Reconquista and the history of medieval Spain.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Las_Navas_de_Tolosa","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.678,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Batalla_de_las_Navas_de_Tolosa%2C_por_Francisco_van_Halen.jpg/960px-Batalla_de_las_Navas_de_Tolosa%2C_por_Francisco_van_Halen.jpg","year":1212},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-marengo","title":"Battle of Marengo","category":"battle","lat":44.8833,"lng":8.6833,"fact":"The Battle of Marengo was fought on 14 June 1800 between French forces under the First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte and Austrian forces near the city of Alessandria, in Piedmont, Italy.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Marengo","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Marengo","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.678,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Lejeune_-_Bataille_de_Marengo.jpg/960px-Lejeune_-_Bataille_de_Marengo.jpg","year":1800},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-passchendaele","title":"Battle of Passchendaele","category":"battle","lat":50.9003,"lng":3.0211,"fact":"Fought 31 July 1917. The Third Battle of Ypres, also known as the Battle of Passchendaele, was a campaign of the First World War, fought by the Allies against the German Empire.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Passchendaele","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Passchendaele","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.678,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Chateauwood.jpg/960px-Chateauwood.jpg","year":1917},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-sekigahara","title":"Battle of Sekigahara","category":"battle","lat":35.3705,"lng":136.4616,"fact":"The Battle of Sekigahara was an important battle in Japan which occurred on October 21, 1600 in what is now Gifu Prefecture, Japan, at the end of the Sengoku period.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sekigahara","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Sekigahara","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.678,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Sekigaharascreen.jpg/960px-Sekigaharascreen.jpg","year":1600},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-talas","title":"Battle of Talas","category":"battle","lat":42.525,"lng":72.2333,"fact":"The Battle of Talas was an armed confrontation between the Abbasid Caliphate along with the Tibetan Empire against the Tang dynasty and its allies in 751.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Talas","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Talas","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.678,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Battle_of_Talas.png/960px-Battle_of_Talas.png","year":751},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-the-nile","title":"Battle of the Nile","category":"battle","lat":31.3333,"lng":30.1167,"fact":"The Battle of the Nile was fought between the Royal Navy and the French Navy at Aboukir Bay in Egypt between 1 and 3 August 1798.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Nile","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of the Nile","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.678,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/The_Battle_of_the_Nile.jpg/960px-The_Battle_of_the_Nile.jpg","year":1798},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-warsaw-1920","title":"Battle of Warsaw (1920)","category":"battle","lat":52.3,"lng":20.8167,"fact":"The Battle of Warsaw, also known as the Miracle on the Vistula, was a series of battles that resulted in a decisive Polish victory and complete disintegration of the Red Army in August 1920 during the Polish–Soviet War.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Warsaw_(1920)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Warsaw (1920)","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.678,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Battle_of_Warsaw_1920.png","year":1920},
{"id":"battle-battle-on-the-ice","title":"Battle on the Ice","category":"battle","lat":58.2333,"lng":27.5,"fact":"The Battle on the Ice, also known as the Battle of Lake Peipus, took place on 5 April 1242.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_on_the_Ice","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle on the Ice","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.678,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Facial_Chronicle_-_b.06%2C_page_085_-_Battle_of_the_Ice.jpg/960px-Facial_Chronicle_-_b.06%2C_page_085_-_Battle_of_the_Ice.jpg","year":1242},
{"id":"battle-first-battle-of-panipat","title":"First Battle of Panipat","category":"battle","lat":29.4017,"lng":76.9728,"fact":"The First Battle of Panipat, on 21 April 1526 was fought between the invading forces of Babur against Ibrahim Khan Lodi, the Sultan of Delhi, in North India. Babur's forces, employing gunpowder firearms and cannons, defeated Ibrahim.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Panipat","story_label":"Wikipedia: First Battle of Panipat","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.678,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/The_battle_of_Panipat_and_the_death_of_Sultan_Ibr%C4%81h%C4%ABm%2C_the_last_of_the_L%C5%8Dd%C4%AB_Sultans_of_Delhi.jpg","year":1526},
{"id":"battle-second-battle-of-el-alamein","title":"Second Battle of El Alamein","category":"battle","lat":30.8414,"lng":28.9431,"fact":"The Second Battle of El Alamein (23 October – 4 November 1942) was a battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein","story_label":"Wikipedia: Second Battle of El Alamein","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.678,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/El_Alamein_1942_-_British_infantry.jpg/960px-El_Alamein_1942_-_British_infantry.jpg","year":1942},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-leyte-gulf","title":"Battle of Leyte Gulf","category":"battle","lat":10.37,"lng":125.355,"fact":"The Battle of Leyte Gulf (23–26 October 1944) was the largest naval battle of World War II and by some criteria the largest naval battle in history, with over 200,000 naval personnel involved.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Leyte Gulf","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.675,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/USS_Princeton_%28CVL-23%29_burning_on_24_October_1944_%2880-G-287970%29.jpg/960px-USS_Princeton_%28CVL-23%29_burning_on_24_October_1944_%2880-G-287970%29.jpg","year":1944},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-pharsalus","title":"Battle of Pharsalus","category":"battle","lat":39.3,"lng":22.3833,"fact":"Fought 47 BCE. The Battle of Pharsalus was the decisive battle of Caesar's Civil War fought on 9 August 48 BC near Pharsalus in Central Greece. Julius Caesar and his allies formed up opposite the army of the Roman Republic under the command of Pompey.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pharsalus","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Pharsalus","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.675,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Battle_of_Pharsalus%2C_48_BC.png","year":-47},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-adwa","title":"Battle of Adwa","category":"battle","lat":14.0189,"lng":38.9733,"fact":"Fought 1 March 1896. The Battle of Adwa was the climactic battle of the First Italo-Ethiopian War. It was fought on 1 March 1896, near the town of Adwa between the Ethiopian Empire under Emperor Menelik II and an Italian colonial force led by General Oreste Baratieri.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Adwa","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Adwa","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.671,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Adoua_1.jpg/960px-Adoua_1.jpg","year":1896},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-crete","title":"Battle of Crete","category":"battle","lat":35.5,"lng":24.0611,"fact":"Fought 20 May 1941. The Battle of Crete, codenamed Operation Mercury, was a major Axis airborne and amphibious operation during World War II to capture the island of Crete.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Crete","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Crete","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.671,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Bundesarchiv_Bild_141-0864%2C_Kreta%2C_Landung_von_Fallschirmj%C3%A4gern.jpg","year":1941},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-sagrajas","title":"Battle of Sagrajas","category":"battle","lat":38.9231,"lng":-6.9014,"fact":"The Battle of Sagrajas (23 October 1086), also called Zalaca or Zallaqah, was a conflict fought in 1086 between the Almoravid army, led by their king, Yusuf ibn Tashfin, and the forces of King Alfonso VI of Castile.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sagrajas","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Sagrajas","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.671,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Batalha_de_Zalaka_-_Hist%C3%B3ria_de_Portugal%2C_popular_e_ilustrada.png/960px-Batalha_de_Zalaka_-_Hist%C3%B3ria_de_Portugal%2C_popular_e_ilustrada.png","year":1086},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-the-milvian-bridge","title":"Battle of the Milvian Bridge","category":"battle","lat":41.9356,"lng":12.4669,"fact":"The Battle of the Milvian Bridge took place between the Roman Emperors Constantine I and Maxentius on 28 October AD 312. It takes its name from the Milvian Bridge, an important route over the Tiber.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Milvian_Bridge","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of the Milvian Bridge","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.671,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Battle_of_the_Milvian_Bridge_by_Giulio_Romano%2C_1520-24.jpg/960px-Battle_of_the_Milvian_Bridge_by_Giulio_Romano%2C_1520-24.jpg","year":312},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-the-pyramids","title":"Battle of the Pyramids","category":"battle","lat":30.0833,"lng":31.2,"fact":"The Battle of the Pyramids, also known as the Battle of Embabeh (bataille d'Embabech), was fought on 21 July 1798 during the French invasion of Egypt and Syria.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Pyramids","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of the Pyramids","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.671,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Francois-Louis-Joseph_Watteau_001.jpg/960px-Francois-Louis-Joseph_Watteau_001.jpg","year":1798},
{"id":"battle-fall-of-singapore","title":"Fall of Singapore","category":"battle","lat":1.3525,"lng":103.7689,"fact":"Singapore was captured from the British by the Empire of Japan in February 1942 during the Second World War. The Fall or Battle of Singapore took place in the South–East Asian theatre of the Pacific War, with fighting lasting from 8 to 15 February 1942.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Singapore","story_label":"Wikipedia: Fall of Singapore","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.671,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Surrender_Singapore.jpg/960px-Surrender_Singapore.jpg","year":1942},
{"id":"battle-siege-of-yorktown","title":"Siege of Yorktown","category":"battle","lat":37.2308,"lng":-76.5025,"fact":"The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown and the surrender at Yorktown, took place in 1781 and was the final major land engagement of the American Revolutionary War.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Yorktown","story_label":"Wikipedia: Siege of Yorktown","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.671,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Surrender_of_Lord_Cornwallis.jpg/960px-Surrender_of_Lord_Cornwallis.jpg","year":1781},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-chaldiran","title":"Battle of Chaldiran","category":"battle","lat":39.0889,"lng":44.327,"fact":"The Battle of Chaldiran took place on 23 August 1514 and ended with a decisive victory for the Ottoman Empire over the Safavid Empire. As a result, the Ottomans annexed Eastern Anatolia and Upper Mesopotamia from Safavid Iran.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chaldiran","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Chaldiran","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.667,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/A_painting_in_Chehel_Sotoun1.jpg/960px-A_painting_in_Chehel_Sotoun1.jpg","year":1514},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-covadonga","title":"Battle of Covadonga","category":"battle","lat":43.2734,"lng":-4.9807,"fact":"Fought 718 CE. The Battle of Covadonga took place in 722 between the army of Pelagius of Asturias and the army of Umayyad Caliphate commanders Alqama and Munuza. Fought near Covadonga, in the Picos de Europa, the outcome was victory for the Christian forces of Pelagius.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Covadonga","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Covadonga","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.667,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Invasionisl%C3%A1micaespa%C3%B1a.svg/960px-Invasionisl%C3%A1micaespa%C3%B1a.svg.png","year":718},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-guadalete","title":"Battle of Guadalete","category":"battle","lat":36.6,"lng":-6.2167,"fact":"The Battle of Guadalete was the first major battle of the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, fought in July 711 at an unidentified location in what is now southern Spain between the Visigoths under their king, Roderic, and the invading forces of the Umayyad Caliphate…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Guadalete","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Guadalete","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.667,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/The_battle_of_Guadelete.jpg/960px-The_battle_of_Guadelete.jpg","year":711},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-lake-trasimene","title":"Battle of Lake Trasimene","category":"battle","lat":43.1975,"lng":12.085,"fact":"Fought 216 BCE. The Battle of Lake Trasimene was fought when a Carthaginian force under Hannibal ambushed a Roman army commanded by Gaius Flaminius on 21 June 217 BC, during the Second Punic War.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lake_Trasimene","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Lake Trasimene","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.667,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Sylvestre_Ducar_decapite_Flaminius_%28Trasimene%29.jpg","year":-216,"day":"06-21"},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-mu-tah","title":"Battle of Mu'tah","category":"battle","lat":31.0333,"lng":35.6972,"fact":"The Battle of Mu'tah took place in September 629 (1 Jumada al-Awwal 8 AH), between the forces of Muhammad and the army of the Byzantine Empire and their Ghassanid vassals.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mu'tah","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Mu'tah","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.667,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Battle_of_Mu%27tah_-_Strategic_Map_%28629_AD%29.svg/960px-Battle_of_Mu%27tah_-_Strategic_Map_%28629_AD%29.svg.png","year":629},
{"id":"battle-dieppe-raid","title":"Dieppe Raid","category":"battle","lat":49.9333,"lng":1.0833,"fact":"Operation Jubilee or the Dieppe Raid (19 August 1942) was an Allied amphibious attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe in northern France, during the Second World War.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieppe_Raid","story_label":"Wikipedia: Dieppe Raid","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.667,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-362-2211-04%2C_Dieppe%2C_Landungsversuch%2C_englischer_Sp%C3%A4hpanzer.jpg","year":1942},
{"id":"battle-siege-of-belgrade-1456","title":"Siege of Belgrade (1456)","category":"battle","lat":44.8167,"lng":20.4667,"fact":"Fought 13 July 1456. The siege of Belgrade, or the siege of Nándorfehérvár was a military blockade of Belgrade that occurred 4–22 July 1456 in the aftermath of the fall of Constantinople in 1453 marking the Ottomans' attempts to expand further into Europe.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Belgrade_(1456)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Siege of Belgrade (1456)","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.667,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Siege_of_Belgrade_%281456%29%2C_Ottoman_miniature.jpg","year":1456},
{"id":"battle-battle-of-al-qadisiyyah","title":"Battle of al-Qadisiyyah","category":"battle","lat":31.5833,"lng":44.5,"fact":"The Battle of al-Qadisiyyah took place between the armies of the Rashidun Caliphate and the Sasanian Empire in November 636.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_al-Qadisiyyah","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of al-Qadisiyyah","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.663,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Depiction_of_the_Battle_of_al-Q%C4%81disiyyah_from_a_manuscript_of_the_Persian_epic_Sh%C4%81h-n%C4%81meh._Source-_British_Library_%28MS._I.O.Islamic_3265_%281614%29_f._602r%29.jpg","year":636},
{"id":"quake-2004-indian-ocean-earthquake-and-tsunami","title":"2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami","category":"earthquake","lat":3.295,"lng":95.982,"fact":"Death toll: 227,898. On 26 December 2004, at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+7), a Mw 9.2–9.3 earthquake struck with its epicenter off the west coast of Aceh, in northern Sumatra, Indonesia.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":1,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/US_Navy_050102-N-9593M-040_A_village_near_the_coast_of_Sumatra_lays_in_ruin_after_the_Tsunami_that_struck_South_East_Asia.jpg/960px-US_Navy_050102-N-9593M-040_A_village_near_the_coast_of_Sumatra_lays_in_ruin_after_the_Tsunami_that_struck_South_East_Asia.jpg","year":2004},
{"id":"quake-2010-chile-earthquake","title":"2010 Chile earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":-35.909,"lng":-72.733,"fact":"Death toll: 520. On 27 February 2010 at 03:34 UTC−03:00, a Mww 8.8 megathrust earthquake struck off the coast of the Maule Region of central Chile.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Chile_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2010 Chile earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.958,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/2010_Chile_earthquake_-_Building_destroyed_in_Concepci%C3%B3n.jpg/960px-2010_Chile_earthquake_-_Building_destroyed_in_Concepci%C3%B3n.jpg","year":2010},
{"id":"quake-1960-valdivia-earthquake","title":"1960 Valdivia earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":-38.143,"lng":-73.407,"fact":"Magnitude 9.5. On 22 May 1960, an earthquake and tsunami occurred in Chile, devastating the city of Valdivia.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_Valdivia_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1960 Valdivia earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.949,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Valdivia_after_earthquake%2C_1960.jpg/960px-Valdivia_after_earthquake%2C_1960.jpg","year":1960},
{"id":"quake-april-2015-nepal-earthquake","title":"April 2015 Nepal earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":28.165,"lng":84.725,"fact":"Magnitude 7.8; 8,964 dead. The April 2015 Nepal earthquake killed 8,962 people and injured 21,952 across the countries of Nepal, India, China and Bangladesh.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_2015_Nepal_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: April 2015 Nepal earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.879,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/2015_Nepal_depremi_%287%29.jpg/960px-2015_Nepal_depremi_%287%29.jpg","year":2015},
{"id":"quake-2025-myanmar-earthquake","title":"2025 Myanmar earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":22.013,"lng":95.922,"fact":"Death toll: 5,000. On 28 March 2025, at 12:50:52 MMT (06:20:52 UTC), a moment magnitude (Mw) 7.7–7.9 earthquake struck the Sagaing Region of Myanmar, with an epicenter close to Mandalay, the country's second-largest city.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Myanmar_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2025 Myanmar earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.874,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Sein_Pan_fire-affected_area.jpg/960px-Sein_Pan_fire-affected_area.jpg","year":2025},
{"id":"quake-1964-alaska-earthquake","title":"1964 Alaska earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":61.02,"lng":-147.65,"fact":"Magnitude 9.2; 139 dead. The 1964 Alaska earthquake, also known as the Great Alaska earthquake and Good Friday earthquake, occurred at 5:36 PM AKST on Good Friday, March 27, 1964.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Alaska_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1964 Alaska earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.873,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/AlaskaQuake-FourthAve.jpg/960px-AlaskaQuake-FourthAve.jpg","year":1964},
{"id":"quake-2012-indian-ocean-earthquakes","title":"2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes","category":"earthquake","lat":2.348,"lng":93.072,"fact":"The 2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes were magnitude 8.6 and 8.2 Mw undersea earthquakes that struck near the Indonesian province of Aceh on 11 April at 15:38 local time.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Indian_Ocean_earthquakes","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2012 Indian Ocean earthquakes","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.863,"year":2012},
{"id":"quake-1556-shaanxi-earthquake","title":"1556 Shaanxi earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":34.5,"lng":109.7,"fact":"Magnitude 8; 100,000 dead. One of the deadliest earthquakes in history occurred in the early morning of 23 January 1556 in Huaxian, Shaanxi, during the Ming dynasty.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1556_Shaanxi_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1556 Shaanxi earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.843,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Shaanxi_1556_earthquake_map_of_provinces.png","year":1556},
{"id":"quake-2008-sichuan-earthquake","title":"2008 Sichuan earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":31.021,"lng":103.367,"fact":"Death toll: 69,195. An earthquake occurred in the province of Sichuan, China at 14:28:01 China Standard Time on May 12, 2008.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Sichuan_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2008 Sichuan earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.825,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/2008%EB%85%84_%EC%A4%91%EC%95%99119%EA%B5%AC%EC%A1%B0%EB%8B%A8_%EC%A4%91%EA%B5%AD_%EC%93%B0%EC%B4%A8%EC%84%B1_%EB%8C%80%EC%A7%80%EC%A7%84_%EA%B5%AD%EC%A0%9C_%EC%B6%9C%EB%8F%99%28%E5%9B%9B%E5%B7%9D%E7%9C%81_%E5%A4%A7%E5%9C%B0%E9%9C%87%2C_%EC%82%AC%EC%B2%9C%EC%84%B1_%EB%8C%80%EC%A7%80%EC%A7%84%29_SSL27231.JPG/960px-2008%EB%85%84_%EC%A4%91%EC%95%99119%EA%B5%AC%EC%A1%B0%EB%8B%A8_%EC%A4%91%EA%B5%AD_%EC%93%B0%EC%B4%A8%EC%84%B1_%EB%8C%80%EC%A7%80%EC%A7%84_%EA%B5%AD%EC%A0%9C_%EC%B6%9C%EB%8F%99%28%E5%9B%9B%E5%B7%9D%E7%9C%81_%E5%A4%A7%E5%9C%B0%E9%9C%87%2C_%EC%82%AC%EC%B2%9C%EC%84%B1_%EB%8C%80%EC%A7%80%EC%A7%84%29_SSL27231.JPG","year":2008},
{"id":"quake-365-crete-earthquake","title":"365 Crete earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":35,"lng":23,"fact":"Magnitude 8.6. The 365 Crete earthquake occurred at about sunrise on 21 July 365 in the Eastern Mediterranean, with an assumed epicentre near Crete. Geologists today estimate the undersea earthquake to have been a moment magnitude 8.5 or higher.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/365_Crete_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 365 Crete earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.821,"year":365},
{"id":"quake-2005-kashmir-earthquake","title":"2005 Kashmir earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":34.4931,"lng":73.6289,"fact":"Death toll: 73,338. On 8 October 2005, at 08:50:39 PKT, a Mw 7.6 earthquake struck the Azad Kashmir region in northern Pakistan. Its epicenter was located in the tehsil of Patikka, near the city of Muzaffarabad.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Kashmir_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2005 Kashmir earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.816,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/US_Navy_051021-F-9085B-053_Pakistani_soldiers_unload_disaster_relief_supplies_from_a_U.S._Navy_MH-53_Sea_Dragon_helicopter_at_Balakot%2C_Pakistan.jpg/960px-US_Navy_051021-F-9085B-053_Pakistani_soldiers_unload_disaster_relief_supplies_from_a_U.S._Navy_MH-53_Sea_Dragon_helicopter_at_Balakot%2C_Pakistan.jpg","year":2005},
{"id":"quake-1906-san-francisco-earthquake","title":"1906 San Francisco earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":37.75,"lng":-122.55,"fact":"Death toll: 3,000. A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck the coast of Northern California at 05:12 am Pacific Standard Time on Wednesday, April 18, 1906.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_San_Francisco_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1906 San Francisco earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.812,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Post-and-Grant-Avenue-Look.jpg/960px-Post-and-Grant-Avenue-Look.jpg","year":1906},
{"id":"quake-2024-noto-earthquake","title":"2024 Noto earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":37.498,"lng":137.242,"fact":"Death toll: 228. On 1 January 2024, at 16:10:09 JST (07:10:09 UTC), a MJMA7.6 (Mw7.5) earthquake struck 6 km (3.7 mi) north-northeast of Suzu, located on the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Noto_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2024 Noto earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.791,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/R6_noto_earthquake_wajima_burned-out-asaichi-area_2024-02-17_10.jpg/960px-R6_noto_earthquake_wajima_burned-out-asaichi-area_2024-02-17_10.jpg","year":2024},
{"id":"quake-2010-haiti-earthquake","title":"2010 Haiti earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":18.4514,"lng":-72.4452,"fact":"Magnitude 7.2; 230,000 dead. A catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake struck Haiti at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Haiti_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2010 Haiti earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.776,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Ruins_of_Haiti_National_Palace_-_Port_au_Prince_2012.jpg/960px-Ruins_of_Haiti_National_Palace_-_Port_au_Prince_2012.jpg","year":2010},
{"id":"quake-1999-izmit-earthquake","title":"1999 İzmit earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":40.702,"lng":29.987,"fact":"Magnitude 7.5; 17,118 dead. An earthquake of moment magnitude 7.6 struck Kocaeli Province, Turkey, on 17 August 1999. According to official figures, at least 18,373 people died and 48,901 people were injured during the earthquake, and 5,840 people were missing.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_%C4%B0zmit_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1999 İzmit earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.762,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Izmit_eart6.jpg","year":1999},
{"id":"quake-1908-messina-earthquake","title":"1908 Messina earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":38.15,"lng":15.683,"fact":"Magnitude 7.5. A devastating earthquake occurred on 28 December 1908 in Sicily and Calabria, southern Italy, with a moment magnitude of 7.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908_Messina_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1908 Messina earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.753,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Underwood_%26_Underwood_%C2%A9_1906_No._10495_-_Messina_-_The_once_beautiful_Water-front_after_the_earthquake_dett.jpg","year":1908},
{"id":"quake-2007-peru-earthquake","title":"2007 Peru earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":-13.353,"lng":-76.51,"fact":"Death toll: 519. The 2007 Peru earthquake, which measured 8.0 on the moment magnitude scale, hit the central coast of Peru on August 15 at 23:40:57 UTC (18:40:57 local time) and lasted two minutes.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Peru_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2007 Peru earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.753,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/40_-_Tremblement_de_terre_-_Ao%C3%BBt_2007.JPG/960px-40_-_Tremblement_de_terre_-_Ao%C3%BBt_2007.JPG","year":2007},
{"id":"quake-2016-ecuador-earthquake","title":"2016 Ecuador earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":0.371,"lng":-79.94,"fact":"Death toll: 673. The 2016 Ecuador earthquake occurred on April 16 at 18:58:37 ECT with a moment magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Ecuador_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2016 Ecuador earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.748,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/PRESIDENTE_DE_ECUADOR_RAFAEL_CORREA_AGRADECE_ENORME_GESTO_DE_SOLIDARIDAD_DE_GOBIERNO_Y_PUEBLO_PERUANO_%2826688728105%29.jpg/960px-PRESIDENTE_DE_ECUADOR_RAFAEL_CORREA_AGRADECE_ENORME_GESTO_DE_SOLIDARIDAD_DE_GOBIERNO_Y_PUEBLO_PERUANO_%2826688728105%29.jpg","year":2016},
{"id":"quake-2017-chiapas-earthquake","title":"2017 Chiapas earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":14.899,"lng":-94.027,"fact":"Magnitude 8.2. The 2017 Chiapas earthquake struck at 23:49 CDT on 7 September (local time; 04:49 on the 8th UTC) in the Gulf of Tehuantepec off the southern coast of Mexico near the state of Chiapas, approximately 87 kilometres (54 mi) southwest of Pijijiapan…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Chiapas_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2017 Chiapas earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.748,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/2017_Intensity_of_the_earthquake_in_Mexico_%28Chiapas%29.jpg","year":2017},
{"id":"quake-1668-shandong-earthquake","title":"1668 Shandong earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":35.3,"lng":118.6,"fact":"Magnitude 8.5; 43,000 dead. A major earthquake occurred during the rule of the Qing dynasty in Shandong Province on July 25, 1668. It had an estimated magnitude of Ms 8.5, making it the largest historical earthquake in East China, and one of the largest to occur on land.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1668_Shandong_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1668 Shandong earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.746,"year":1668},
{"id":"quake-1700-cascadia-earthquake","title":"1700 Cascadia earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":45,"lng":-125,"fact":"The 1700 Cascadia earthquake occurred along the Cascadia subduction zone on January 26, 1700, with an estimated moment magnitude of 8.7–9.2.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1700_Cascadia_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1700 Cascadia earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.746,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Cascadia_subduction_zone_USGS.png","year":1700},
{"id":"quake-october-2015-hindu-kush-earthquake","title":"October 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":36.441,"lng":70.717,"fact":"The October 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake was a magnitude 7.5 earthquake that struck South Asia on 26 October 2015, at 13:39 AFT (14:09 PKT; 14:39 IST; 09:09 UTC) with the epicenter 45 km north of Kuran wa Munjan, Afghanistan, at a depth of 231.0 km. By 5 November…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2015_Hindu_Kush_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: October 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.738,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Shakemap_us10003re5_highres.jpg/960px-Shakemap_us10003re5_highres.jpg","year":2015},
{"id":"quake-1985-mexico-city-earthquake","title":"1985 Mexico City earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":18.19,"lng":-102.53,"fact":"The 1985 Mexico City earthquake struck in the early morning of 19 September at 07:17:50 (CST) with a moment magnitude of 8.0 and a maximal Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The event caused serious damage to the Greater Mexico City area and the deaths of at least 5,000 people.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Mexico_City_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1985 Mexico City earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.727,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/1985_Mexico_Earthquake_-_Collapsed_General_Hospital.jpg/960px-1985_Mexico_Earthquake_-_Collapsed_General_Hospital.jpg","year":1985},
{"id":"quake-2026-mindanao-earthquake","title":"2026 Mindanao earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":5.57,"lng":124.98,"fact":"On June 8, 2026, at 07:37:40 PhST (23:37:40 UTC on June 7), a Mw 7.8 earthquake struck offshore southern Mindanao in the Philippines.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Mindanao_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2026 Mindanao earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.722,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Highway_in_Glan%2C_Sarangani_after_the_08_June_2026_M7.8_earthquake.jpg/960px-Highway_in_Glan%2C_Sarangani_after_the_08_June_2026_M7.8_earthquake.jpg","year":2026},
{"id":"quake-2023-al-haouz-earthquake","title":"2023 Al Haouz earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":31.1101,"lng":-8.44,"fact":"Magnitude 6.8; 2,945 dead. On 8 September 2023 at 23:11 DST (22:11 UTC), an earthquake with a moment magnitude of 6.9 and maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent) struck Morocco's Al Haouz Province.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Al_Haouz_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2023 Al Haouz earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Amerzeggan_%E2%B4%B0%E2%B5%8E%E2%B5%94%E2%B5%A3%E2%B4%B3%E2%B4%B3%E2%B4%B0%E2%B5%8F_viyaedje_distr%C3%BBt_hosmint_tere_Hawse.jpg/960px-Amerzeggan_%E2%B4%B0%E2%B5%8E%E2%B5%94%E2%B5%A3%E2%B4%B3%E2%B4%B3%E2%B4%B0%E2%B5%8F_viyaedje_distr%C3%BBt_hosmint_tere_Hawse.jpg","year":2023},
{"id":"quake-1755-lisbon-earthquake","title":"1755 Lisbon earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":36,"lng":-11,"fact":"The 1755 Lisbon earthquake, also known as the Great Lisbon earthquake, hit the Iberian Peninsula and Northwest Africa on the morning of Saturday, 1 November, Feast of All Saints, at around 09:40 local time.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1755_Lisbon_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1755 Lisbon earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.717,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/1755_Lisbon_Earthquake_Location.png","year":1755},
{"id":"quake-2015-illapel-earthquake","title":"2015 Illapel earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":-31.637,"lng":-71.741,"fact":"The 2015 Illapel earthquake occurred 46 km (29 mi) offshore from Illapel (Coquimbo region, Chile) on 16 September 2015 at 19:54:32 Chile Standard Time (22:54:32 UTC), with a moment magnitude of 8.3–8.4.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Illapel_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2015 Illapel earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.71,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Shakemap_us20003k7a.jpg","year":2015},
{"id":"quake-1139-ganja-earthquake","title":"1139 Ganja earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":40.3,"lng":46.3,"fact":"The 1139 Ganja earthquake was one of the worst seismic events in history. It affected the Seljuk Empire and the Kingdom of Georgia, in modern-day Azerbaijan and Georgia. The earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 7.7 MLH, 7.5 Ms and 7.0–7.3 Mw.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1139_Ganja_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1139 Ganja earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.699,"year":1139},
{"id":"quake-1976-tangshan-earthquake","title":"1976 Tangshan earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":39.664,"lng":118.401,"fact":"Magnitude 7.4; 242,769 dead. A Mw 7.6 earthquake hit the region around Tangshan, Hebei, China, at 03:42:55 on 28 July (19:42:55, 27 July UTC) 1976. The maximum intensity of the earthquake was XI (Extreme) on the Mercalli scale.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Tangshan_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1976 Tangshan earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.696,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Tangshan_earthquake.jpg","year":1976},
{"id":"quake-1939-erzincan-earthquake","title":"1939 Erzincan earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":39.77,"lng":39.53,"fact":"Death toll: 32,700. An earthquake struck Turkey's eastern Erzincan Province at 1:57:23 a.m. on 27 December 1939 local time with a moment magnitude (Mw) of 7.8 and maximum Mercalli intensity of XII (Extreme).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_Erzincan_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1939 Erzincan earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.684,"year":1939},
{"id":"quake-1970-ancash-earthquake","title":"1970 Ancash earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":-9.47,"lng":-78.31,"fact":"Magnitude 7.9. The 1970 Ancash earthquake occurred on 31 May off the coast of Peru in the Pacific Ocean at 15:23:29 local time. Combined with a resultant landslide, it is the most catastrophic natural disaster in the history of Peru.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_Ancash_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1970 Ancash earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.684,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Statue_of_Christ_at_Cemetery_Hill_overlooking_old_Yungay.jpg/960px-Statue_of_Christ_at_Cemetery_Hill_overlooking_old_Yungay.jpg","year":1970},
{"id":"quake-2013-saravan-earthquake","title":"2013 Saravan earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":28.033,"lng":61.996,"fact":"The 2013 Saravan earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 7.7 at 15:14 pm IRDT (UTC+4:30) on 16 April.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Saravan_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2013 Saravan earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.684,"year":2013},
{"id":"quake-1995-hanshin-earthquake","title":"1995 Hanshin earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":34.5983,"lng":135.0347,"fact":"Magnitude 6.9; 5,502 dead. The Kobe earthquake, also known as the Great Hanshin Earthquake, occurred on January 17, 1995, at 05:46:53 JST in the southern part of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, including the region of Hanshin.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Hanshin_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1995 Hanshin earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.678,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Hanshin_Expressway_Nada_b059.jpg/960px-Hanshin_Expressway_Nada_b059.jpg","year":1995},
{"id":"quake-august-2016-central-italy-earthquake","title":"August 2016 Central Italy earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":42.71,"lng":13.24,"fact":"Death toll: 299. An earthquake, measuring 6.2 ± 0.016 on the moment magnitude scale, hit Central Italy on 24 August 2016 at 03:36:32 CEST (01:36 UTC).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2016_Central_Italy_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: August 2016 Central Italy earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.678,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Terremoto_centro_Italia_2016_-_Amatrice_%2828700804943%29.jpg/960px-Terremoto_centro_Italia_2016_-_Amatrice_%2828700804943%29.jpg","year":2016},
{"id":"quake-2009-samoa-earthquake-and-tsunami","title":"2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami","category":"earthquake","lat":-15.509,"lng":-172.034,"fact":"Magnitude 8.1; 189 dead. The 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami took place on 29 September 2009 in the southern Pacific Ocean adjacent to the Tonga–Kermadec subduction zone.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Samoa_earthquake_and_tsunami","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.677,"year":2009},
{"id":"quake-2013-balochistan-earthquakes","title":"2013 Balochistan earthquakes","category":"earthquake","lat":27,"lng":65.514,"fact":"Magnitude 7.7. The 2013 Balochistan earthquakes were the deadliest to affect Pakistan since 2005. The mainshock, occurring on 24 September, had a moment magnitude of 7.8 and maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Balochistan_earthquakes","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2013 Balochistan earthquakes","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.669,"year":2013},
{"id":"quake-1988-armenian-earthquake","title":"1988 Armenian earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":40.9833,"lng":44.1833,"fact":"Death toll: 38,000. An earthquake occurred in northern Armenia on 7 December, 1988, at 11:41 local time with a surface-wave magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum MSK intensity of X (Devastating).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Armenian_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1988 Armenian earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.667,"year":1988},
{"id":"quake-2024-hualien-earthquake","title":"2024 Hualien earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":23.77,"lng":121.666,"fact":"On 3 April 2024, at 07:58:11 NST (23:58:11 UTC on 2 April), a Mw 7.4 earthquake struck 15 km (9.3 mi) south of Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan. At least 19 people were killed and over 1,100 were injured in the earthquake.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Hualien_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2024 Hualien earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.667,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Rescue_workers_near_the_semi-collapsed_ten-story_Uranus_Building_on_Xuanyuan_Road_after_the_2024_Hualien_earthquake.jpg/960px-Rescue_workers_near_the_semi-collapsed_ten-story_Uranus_Building_on_Xuanyuan_Road_after_the_2024_Hualien_earthquake.jpg","year":2024},
{"id":"quake-1509-constantinople-earthquake","title":"1509 Constantinople earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":40.8,"lng":28.1,"fact":"Magnitude 7.7; 5,000 dead. The 1509 Constantinople earthquake, or historically Kıyamet-i Suğra ('Minor Judgment Day'), occurred in the Sea of Marmara on 10 September 1509 at about 22:00. The earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 7.2 ± 0.3 on the surface-wave magnitude scale.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1509_Constantinople_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1509 Constantinople earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.653,"year":1509},
{"id":"quake-1958-lituya-bay-earthquake-and-megatsunami","title":"1958 Lituya Bay earthquake and megatsunami","category":"earthquake","lat":58.6425,"lng":-137.565,"fact":"The 1958 Lituya Bay earthquake occurred on July 9, 1958, at 22:15:58 PST (July 10 at 06:15:58 UTC) with a moment magnitude of 7.8 to 8.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Lituya_Bay_earthquake_and_megatsunami","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1958 Lituya Bay earthquake and megatsunami","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.653,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/1958_Lituya_Bay_earthquake_and_megatsunami.jpg","year":1958},
{"id":"quake-2010-mentawai-earthquake-and-tsunami","title":"2010 Mentawai earthquake and tsunami","category":"earthquake","lat":-3.464,"lng":100.084,"fact":"The 2010 Mentawai earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 7.8 on 25 October off the western coast of Sumatra at 21:42 local time (14:42 UTC). The earthquake occurred on the same subduction zone that produced the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Mentawai_earthquake_and_tsunami","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2010 Mentawai earthquake and tsunami","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.653,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Shakemap_October_2010_Indonesia.jpg","year":2010},
{"id":"quake-2016-kaikoura-earthquake","title":"2016 Kaikōura earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":-42.69,"lng":173.02,"fact":"The 2016 Kaikōura earthquake was a Mw 7.8 earthquake in the South Island of New Zealand that occurred two minutes after midnight on 14 November 2016 NZDT (11:02 on 13 November UTC).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Kaik%C5%8Dura_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2016 Kaikōura earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.653,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Side_view_of_the_tearing_down_of_61_Molesworth_Street.jpg/960px-Side_view_of_the_tearing_down_of_61_Molesworth_Street.jpg","year":2016},
{"id":"quake-2009-l-aquila-earthquake","title":"2009 L'Aquila earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":42.334,"lng":13.334,"fact":"Magnitude 6.2; 309 dead. An earthquake occurred in the region of Abruzzo, in southern Italy, at 03:32 CEST (01:32 UTC) on 6 April 2009.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_L'Aquila_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2009 L'Aquila earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.651,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/L%27Aquila_eathquake_prefettura.jpg/960px-L%27Aquila_eathquake_prefettura.jpg","year":2009},
{"id":"quake-2011-christchurch-earthquake","title":"2011 Christchurch earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":-43.5834,"lng":172.701,"fact":"Magnitude 6.1; 185 dead. A major earthquake occurred in Christchurch on Tuesday 22 February 2011 at 12:51 p.m. local time (23:51 UTC, 21 February).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Christchurch_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2011 Christchurch earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.651,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/ChristchurchBasilicaPostEarthquake_gobeirne.jpg/960px-ChristchurchBasilicaPostEarthquake_gobeirne.jpg","year":2011},
{"id":"quake-2020-aegean-sea-earthquake","title":"2020 Aegean Sea earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":37.897,"lng":26.795,"fact":"Death toll: 116. An earthquake with a moment magnitude of 7.0 occurred on 30 October 2020 about 14 km (8.7 mi) northeast of the Greek island of Samos.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Aegean_Sea_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2020 Aegean Sea earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.651,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Building_destroyed_due_to_earthquake.jpg/960px-Building_destroyed_due_to_earthquake.jpg","year":2020},
{"id":"quake-2025-tibet-earthquake","title":"2025 Tibet earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":28.639,"lng":87.361,"fact":"Death toll: 126. On 7 January 2025 at 09:05 CST (UTC+8), an earthquake measuring Mw 7.1 struck Tingri County, located in the Shigatse prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region of Southwestern China.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Tibet_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2025 Tibet earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.651,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/2025_Tibet_earthquake_aftermath.png/960px-2025_Tibet_earthquake_aftermath.png","year":2025},
{"id":"quake-2011-van-earthquakes","title":"2011 Van earthquakes","category":"earthquake","lat":38.628,"lng":43.486,"fact":"Magnitude 7.1. The 2011 Van earthquakes occurred in eastern Turkey near the city of Van. The first earthquake happened on 23 October at 13:41 local time. The shock had a Mww magnitude of 7.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Van_earthquakes","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2011 Van earthquakes","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.646,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Anatolian_Plate_Vectoral.svg/960px-Anatolian_Plate_Vectoral.svg.png","year":2011},
{"id":"quake-2026-flores-earthquake","title":"2026 Flores earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":-8.3099,"lng":121.3514,"fact":"Magnitude 7.7. On 15 August 2026, at 05:58 WITA (UTC+8), a Mw 7.8 earthquake struck off the coast of the island of Flores in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The earthquake was caused by movement on the Flores back-arc thrust fault located north of the island.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Flores_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2026 Flores earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.645,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Building_Destroyed_in_the_Flores_earthquake_2026_%28cropped%29.jpg/960px-Building_Destroyed_in_the_Flores_earthquake_2026_%28cropped%29.jpg","year":2026},
{"id":"quake-2021-haiti-earthquake","title":"2021 Haiti earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":18.408,"lng":-73.475,"fact":"Death toll: 2,207. At 08:29:09 EDT on 14 August 2021, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the Tiburon Peninsula of southern Haiti. It had a 10-kilometre-deep (6.2 mi) hypocenter near Petit-Trou-de-Nippes, approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) west of the capital, Port-au-Prince.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Haiti_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2021 Haiti earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.642,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Haiti_Earthquake_10.jpg/960px-Haiti_Earthquake_10.jpg","year":2021},
{"id":"quake-2016-kumamoto-earthquakes","title":"2016 Kumamoto earthquakes","category":"earthquake","lat":32.849,"lng":130.635,"fact":"Death toll: 267. The 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes were a series of earthquakes, including a magnitude 7.0 mainshock which struck at 01:25 JST on April 16, 2016 (16:25 UTC on April 15) beneath Kumamoto City of Kumamoto Prefecture in Kyushu Region, Japan…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Kumamoto_earthquakes","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.637,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Destroyed_house_by_2016_Kumamoto_earthquake.jpg/960px-Destroyed_house_by_2016_Kumamoto_earthquake.jpg","year":2016},
{"id":"quake-2020-zagreb-earthquake","title":"2020 Zagreb earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":45.897,"lng":15.966,"fact":"Magnitude 5.4. At approximately 6:24 AM CET on the morning of 22 March 2020, an earthquake of magnitude 5.3 Mw, 5.5 ML, hit Zagreb, Croatia, with an epicenter 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north of the city centre.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Zagreb_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2020 Zagreb earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.637,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/2020_Zagreb_earthquake.jpg","year":2020},
{"id":"quake-2006-pangandaran-earthquake-and-tsunami","title":"2006 Pangandaran earthquake and tsunami","category":"earthquake","lat":-9.295,"lng":107.347,"fact":"Magnitude 7.7; 668 dead. An earthquake occurred on July 17, 2006, at 15:19:27 local time along a subduction zone off the coast of west and central Java, a large and densely populated island in the Indonesian archipelago.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Pangandaran_earthquake_and_tsunami","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2006 Pangandaran earthquake and tsunami","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.636,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Pangandaran_-_view_National_Park.JPG/960px-Pangandaran_-_view_National_Park.JPG","year":2006},
{"id":"quake-856-damghan-earthquake","title":"856 Damghan earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":36.2,"lng":54.3,"fact":"Magnitude 7.9; 45,096 dead. The Damghan earthquake or the Qumis earthquake occurred on 22 December 856 (242 AH) in Khorasan province, Abbasid Caliphate. The earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 7.9, and a maximum intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/856_Damghan_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 856 Damghan earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.636,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/856_Damghan_setting.png/960px-856_Damghan_setting.png","year":856},
{"id":"quake-1963-skopje-earthquake","title":"1963 Skopje earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":42,"lng":21.4333,"fact":"Magnitude 6.1; 1,000 dead. The 1963 Skopje earthquake occurred in present-day North Macedonia (at the time, it was called the Socialist Republic of Macedonia).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963_Skopje_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1963 Skopje earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.633,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Osnovnoto_Njegos%2C_po_zemjotresot.jpg/960px-Osnovnoto_Njegos%2C_po_zemjotresot.jpg","year":1963},
{"id":"quake-2017-iran-iraq-earthquake","title":"2017 Iran–Iraq earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":34.911,"lng":45.959,"fact":"Magnitude 7.3; 474 dead. On 12 November 2017 at 18:18 UTC (21:48 Iran Standard Time, 21:18 Arabia Standard Time), an earthquake with a moment magnitude of 7.4 occurred on the Iran–Iraq border, with the Iraqi Kurdish city of Halabja, and the Kurdish dominated places of Ezgeleh…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2017 Iran–Iraq earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.633,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/2017_Kermanshah_earthquake_by_Farzad_Menati_-_Sarpol-e_Zahab_%2802%29.jpg","year":2017},
{"id":"quake-2018-sulawesi-earthquake-and-tsunami","title":"2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami","category":"earthquake","lat":-0.18,"lng":119.85,"fact":"Death toll: 4,402. On 28 September 2018, a shallow, large earthquake struck in the neck of the Minahasa Peninsula, Indonesia, with its epicentre located in the mountainous Donggala Regency, Central Sulawesi.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Sulawesi_earthquake_and_tsunami","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.633,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Petobo_portrait_after_Sulawesi_earthquake_3.jpg","year":2018},
{"id":"quake-2020-elazig-earthquake","title":"2020 Elazığ earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":38.39,"lng":39.081,"fact":"Magnitude 6.7. The 2020 Elazığ earthquake occurred at 20:55 local time (17:55 UTC) on 24 January in Turkey. The magnitude of the earthquake was determined to be 6.7 Mw.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Elaz%C4%B1%C4%9F_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2020 Elazığ earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.628,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Elaz%C4%B1%C4%9F_Depremi_kurtarma_%C3%A7al%C4%B1%C5%9Fmalar%C4%B1_%283%29_01.jpg/960px-Elaz%C4%B1%C4%9F_Depremi_kurtarma_%C3%A7al%C4%B1%C5%9Fmalar%C4%B1_%283%29_01.jpg","year":2020},
{"id":"quake-2020-petrinja-earthquake","title":"2020 Petrinja earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":45.422,"lng":16.255,"fact":"At 12:19 PM CET (11:19 UTC) on 29 December 2020, an earthquake of magnitude 6.4 Mw (6.2 ML) hit central Croatia, with an epicenter located roughly 3 km (1.9 mi) west-southwest of Petrinja.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Petrinja_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2020 Petrinja earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.628,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/2020-12-29_Petrinja%2C_Croatia_M6.4_earthquake_shakemap_%28USGS%29.jpg","year":2020},
{"id":"quake-115-antioch-earthquake","title":"115 Antioch earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":36.1,"lng":36.1,"fact":"Magnitude 7.5; 260,000 dead. An earthquake occurred in Antioch on 13 December 115 AD. It had an estimated magnitude of 7.5 on the surface-wave magnitude scale and an estimated maximum intensity of XI (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/115_Antioch_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 115 Antioch earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.626,"year":115},
{"id":"quake-2025-kunar-earthquake","title":"2025 Kunar earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":34.519,"lng":70.734,"fact":"Death toll: 2,200. On 31 August 2025, at 23:47 AFT (19:17 UTC), an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 on the moment magnitude scale (Mw) struck eastern Afghanistan, near the border with Pakistan. The epicenter of the quake was located in Nurgal District, Kunar Province.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Kunar_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2025 Kunar earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.623,"year":2025},
{"id":"quake-2026-colombia-earthquake","title":"2026 Colombia earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":4.844,"lng":-76.242,"fact":"Death toll: 294. On 10 August 2026, a Mw 7.4–7.5 earthquake struck the department of Chocó in Colombia, killing at least 335 people, injuring more than 4,600 others, leaving 111 confirmed missing and causing extensive damage across the country.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Colombia_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2026 Colombia earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.623,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Pereira_after_the_earthquake_-_WCK_%28cropped%29.jpg/960px-Pereira_after_the_earthquake_-_WCK_%28cropped%29.jpg","year":2026},
{"id":"quake-1668-north-anatolia-earthquake","title":"1668 North Anatolia earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":38.4,"lng":27.1,"fact":"Magnitude 7.9; 8,000 dead. Northern Anatolia was struck by a large earthquake on 17 August 1668 in the late morning. It had an estimated magnitude in the range 7.8–8.0 Ms and the maximum felt intensity was IX on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1668_North_Anatolia_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1668 North Anatolia earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.616,"year":1668},
{"id":"quake-2016-southern-taiwan-earthquake","title":"2016 southern Taiwan earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":22.92,"lng":120.54,"fact":"Death toll: 117. At 03:57 local time on 6 February 2016, an earthquake with a moment magnitude of 6.4 struck 28 km (17 mi) northeast of Pingtung City in southern Taiwan, in the Meinong District of Kaohsiung. The earthquake struck at a depth of around 23 km (14 mi).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_southern_Taiwan_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2016 southern Taiwan earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.613,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/2016_Kaohsiung_earthquake_shakemap.png","year":2016},
{"id":"quake-2017-puebla-earthquake","title":"2017 Puebla earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":18.3297,"lng":-98.6712,"fact":"Death toll: 369. The 2017 Puebla earthquake, also known as 19S, struck at 13:14 CDT (18:14 UTC) on 19 September 2017 with an estimated magnitude of 7.1 Mw and strong shaking for about 20 seconds. Its epicenter was about 55 km (34 mi) south of the city of Puebla, Mexico.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Puebla_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2017 Puebla earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.613,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/2017_Puebla_earthquake_montage.png/960px-2017_Puebla_earthquake_montage.png","year":2017},
{"id":"quake-june-2022-afghanistan-earthquake","title":"June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":33.092,"lng":69.514,"fact":"Death toll: 1,543. A 4.0-kilometre (2.5 mi) deep earthquake measuring a magnitude (Mw) of 6.2 struck southeastern Afghanistan on 22 June 2022 at 01:24:36 AFT (on 21 June 2022 at 20:54:36 UTC). The earthquake had a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2022_Afghanistan_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: June 2022 Afghanistan earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.613,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/AfghanistanQuake.png","year":2022},
{"id":"quake-2019-albania-earthquake","title":"2019 Albania earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":41.511,"lng":19.515,"fact":"On 26 November 2019 at 03:54 CET (UTC+1), northwestern Albania was struck by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake with an epicentre 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) west-southwest of Mamurras.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Albania_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2019 Albania earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.607,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Terremoto_in_Albania_%2849137246301%29.jpg/960px-Terremoto_in_Albania_%2849137246301%29.jpg","year":2019},
{"id":"quake-1960-agadir-earthquake","title":"1960 Agadir earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":30.351,"lng":-9.69,"fact":"Magnitude 5.8; 12,000 dead. The 1960 Agadir earthquake occurred on 29 February at 23:40:18 Western European Time near the city of Agadir, located in western Morocco on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_Agadir_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1960 Agadir earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.602,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/AgadirEarthquakeBuilding1.jpg/960px-AgadirEarthquakeBuilding1.jpg","year":1960},
{"id":"quake-2006-yogyakarta-earthquake","title":"2006 Yogyakarta earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":-7.962,"lng":110.458,"fact":"The 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake occurred at 05:53 local time on 27 May with a moment magnitude of 6.4 and a maximum MSK intensity of VIII (Damaging) in the Yogyakarta region of Java, Indonesia.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Yogyakarta_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.602,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/JogjaEarthquake27Mei2006-2.jpg/960px-JogjaEarthquake27Mei2006-2.jpg","year":2006},
{"id":"quake-2010-yushu-earthquake","title":"2010 Yushu earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":33.271,"lng":96.629,"fact":"The 2010 Yushu earthquake struck on April 14 and registered a magnitude of 6.9 Mw (USGS, EMSC) or 7.1 Ms (CEA, CENC). It originated in Yushu, Qinghai, China, at 7:49 am local time (23:49 April 13 UTC).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Yushu_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2010 Yushu earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.602,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Yushuquake-Gruschke1.jpg","year":2010},
{"id":"quake-2011-lorca-earthquake","title":"2011 Lorca earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":37.697,"lng":-1.556,"fact":"The 2011 Lorca earthquake was a moderate 5.1 Mw earthquake that occurred 18:47 CEST (16:47 UTC) on 11 May 2011, near the town of Lorca, causing significant localized damage in the Region of Murcia, Spain, and panic among locals, and displacing many from their homes.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Lorca_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2011 Lorca earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.602,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Lorca_earthquake.jpg/960px-Lorca_earthquake.jpg","year":2011,"day":"05-11"},
{"id":"quake-2022-west-java-earthquake","title":"2022 West Java earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":-6.853,"lng":107.095,"fact":"Death toll: 310. On 21 November 2022, at 13:21 WIB (UTC+07:00), a Mww 5.6 earthquake struck near Cianjur in West Java, Indonesia. The strike-slip earthquake occurred with a focal depth of 11 km (6.8 mi). Between 335 and 635 people died, 7,729 were injured and five remain missing.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_West_Java_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2022 West Java earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.602,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Cianjur_earthquake_homes_destroyed.jpg","year":2022},
{"id":"quake-1948-ashgabat-earthquake","title":"1948 Ashgabat earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":37.95,"lng":58.32,"fact":"The 1948 Ashgabat earthquake was on 6 October with a surface-wave magnitude of 7.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), in Turkmenistan near Ashgabat. Due to censorship by the Soviet government, the event was not widely reported in the Soviet media.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Ashgabat_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1948 Ashgabat earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.596,"year":1948},
{"id":"quake-1989-loma-prieta-earthquake","title":"1989 Loma Prieta earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":37.04,"lng":-121.877,"fact":"Magnitude 6.7. On October 17, 1989, at 5:04 p.m. PDT, the Loma Prieta earthquake occurred on the Central Coast of California.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Loma_Prieta_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.596,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Cypress_structure.jpeg/960px-Cypress_structure.jpeg","year":1989},
{"id":"quake-2001-gujarat-earthquake","title":"2001 Gujarat earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":23.6,"lng":69.8,"fact":"Magnitude 6.9; 20,023 dead. An earthquake struck India and Pakistan on 26 January 2001 at 08:46 am IST. The epicentre was about 9 km south-southwest of the village of Chobari in Bhachau Taluka of Kutch district in Gujarat, India.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Gujarat_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2001 Gujarat earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.596,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Gujarat_Earthquake_Relief_by_RSS_Volunteers.jpg","year":2001},
{"id":"quake-1797-riobamba-earthquake","title":"1797 Riobamba earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":-1.6,"lng":-78.6,"fact":"Magnitude 8.3; 6,000 dead. The 1797 Riobamba earthquake occurred at 12:30 UTC on 4 February. It devastated the city of Riobamba and many other cities in the Interandean valley, causing between 6,000 and 40,000 casualties.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1797_Riobamba_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1797 Riobamba earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.595,"year":1797},
{"id":"quake-1995-neftegorsk-earthquake","title":"1995 Neftegorsk earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":52.629,"lng":142.827,"fact":"Magnitude 7.6; 2,400 dead. The 1995 Neftegorsk earthquake occurred on 28 May at 01:03 local time in northern Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Neftegorsk_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1995 Neftegorsk earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.595,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Neftegorsk_earthquake_01.jpg/960px-Neftegorsk_earthquake_01.jpg","year":1995},
{"id":"quake-2020-caribbean-earthquake","title":"2020 Caribbean earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":19.419,"lng":-78.756,"fact":"At 02:10 PM local time (UTC-5) on 28 January 2020, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 Mw struck the north side of the Cayman Trough, north of Jamaica and west of the southern tip of Cuba, with the epicenter being 80 miles (130 km) east-southeast of Cayman Brac…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Caribbean_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2020 Caribbean earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.595,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/2020-01-28_Lucea%2C_Jamaica_M7.7_earthquake_shakemap_%28USGS%29.jpg","year":2020},
{"id":"quake-1999-jiji-earthquake","title":"1999 Jiji earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":23.772,"lng":120.982,"fact":"Death toll: 2,416. The Chi-Chi earthquake, was a 7.3 ML or 7.7 Mw earthquake which occurred in Jiji (Chi-Chi), Nantou County, Taiwan on September 21, 1999, at 01:47:12 local time. 2,415 people were killed, 11,305 injured, and NT$300 billion worth of damage was done.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Jiji_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1999 Jiji earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.59,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/990921%EC%A4%91%EC%95%99119%EA%B5%AC%EC%A1%B0%EB%B3%B8%EB%B6%80_%EB%8C%80%EB%A7%8C_921_%EB%8C%80%EC%A7%80%EC%A7%84_%EC%B6%9C%EB%8F%991.jpg/960px-990921%EC%A4%91%EC%95%99119%EA%B5%AC%EC%A1%B0%EB%B3%B8%EB%B6%80_%EB%8C%80%EB%A7%8C_921_%EB%8C%80%EC%A7%80%EC%A7%84_%EC%B6%9C%EB%8F%991.jpg","year":1999},
{"id":"quake-2012-northern-italy-earthquakes","title":"2012 Northern Italy earthquakes","category":"earthquake","lat":44.8,"lng":11.192,"fact":"In May 2012, two major earthquakes struck Northern Italy, causing 27 deaths and widespread damage. The events are known in Italy as the 2012 Emilia earthquakes, because they mainly affected the Emilia region.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Northern_Italy_earthquakes","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2012 Northern Italy earthquakes","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.59,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/2012_Modena_intensity.jpg","year":2012},
{"id":"quake-1138-aleppo-earthquake","title":"1138 Aleppo earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":36.2167,"lng":37.1667,"fact":"Magnitude 7.1. The earthquake that struck Aleppo and the rest of northern Syria on 11 October 1138 was among the deadliest earthquakes in history. The earthquake, preceded by a smaller one on 10 October, caused damage and chaos to many places in the area around Aleppo.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1138_Aleppo_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1138 Aleppo earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.584,"year":1138,"day":"10-11"},
{"id":"quake-2010-canterbury-earthquake","title":"2010 Canterbury earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":-43.522,"lng":171.83,"fact":"The 2010 Canterbury earthquake struck the South Island of New Zealand with a moment magnitude of 7.1 at 4:35 am local time on 4 September, and had a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Canterbury_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2010 Canterbury earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.584,"year":2010},
{"id":"quake-2026-kumamoto-earthquake","title":"2026 Kumamoto earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":32.6,"lng":130.7,"fact":"On 28 July 2026 at approximately 16:27:15 JST (07:27:15 UTC), an earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture in southern Japan with a magnitude of Mww 6.8 (MJMA 7.1) at a depth of 10 km (6.2 mi), later revised to 16 km (9.9 mi).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Kumamoto_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2026 Kumamoto earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.584,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/20260730_JGSDF_Officers_in_AEON_Mall_Kumamoto_after_Earthquake.jpg","year":2026},
{"id":"quake-2006-kuril-islands-earthquake","title":"2006 Kuril Islands earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":46.607,"lng":153.23,"fact":"The 2006 Kuril Islands earthquake occurred on November 15 at 8:14:16 pm JST with a moment magnitude (Mw) of 8.3 and shaking that reached a maximum Mercalli intensity of IV (Light) and a maximum Shindo intensity of JMA 2.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Kuril_Islands_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2006 Kuril Islands earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.582,"year":2006},
{"id":"quake-2013-solomon-islands-earthquake","title":"2013 Solomon Islands earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":-10.7377,"lng":165.138,"fact":"The 2013 Solomon Islands earthquake struck Temotu Province within Solomon Islands on 6 February with a moment magnitude of 8.0 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Solomon_Islands_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2013 Solomon Islands earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.582,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Venga_Village_%2810680804884%29.jpg/960px-Venga_Village_%2810680804884%29.jpg","year":2013},
{"id":"quake-2019-peru-earthquake","title":"2019 Peru earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":-5.796,"lng":-75.298,"fact":"An earthquake measuring Mw 8.0 struck Peru and the surrounding areas on 26 May 2019 at 02:41 local time. It had a maximum perceived intensity of VII (Very strong) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale in the towns of Yurimaguas and Lagunas.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Peru_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2019 Peru earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.582,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Terremoto_de_Loreto_2019.jpg","year":2019},
{"id":"quake-1977-vrancea-earthquake","title":"1977 Vrancea earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":45.77,"lng":26.76,"fact":"Death toll: 1,578. The 1977 Vrancea earthquake occurred on 4 March 1977, at 21:22 local time, and was felt throughout the Balkans.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Vrancea_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1977 Vrancea earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.577,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/M_7.5_-_2_km_N_of_Spulber%2C_Romania_1977.jpg","year":1977},
{"id":"quake-2003-bam-earthquake","title":"2003 Bam earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":29,"lng":58.55,"fact":"Magnitude 6.6; 37,000 dead. An earthquake struck the Kerman province of southeastern Iran at 01:56 UTC (5:26 am Iran Standard Time) on December 26, 2003. The Mw 6.6 (Ms 6.8–7.0) strike-slip shock had a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Bam_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2003 Bam earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.577,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/%D8%B2%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%84%D9%87_%D8%A8%D9%85%D8%8C_%DB%B1%DB%B3%DB%B8%DB%B2_%2802%29.jpg/960px-%D8%B2%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%84%D9%87_%D8%A8%D9%85%D8%8C_%DB%B1%DB%B3%DB%B8%DB%B2_%2802%29.jpg","year":2003},
{"id":"quake-2010-pichilemu-earthquakes","title":"2010 Pichilemu earthquakes","category":"earthquake","lat":-34.92,"lng":-71.95,"fact":"The 2010 Pichilemu earthquakes, also known as the Libertador O'Higgins earthquakes, were a pair of intraplate earthquakes measuring 6.9 and 7.0 Mw that struck Chile's O'Higgins Region on 11 March 2010 about 16 minutes apart.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Pichilemu_earthquakes","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2010 Pichilemu earthquakes","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.577,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Structural_damage_after_Pichilemu_earthquake%2C_as_seen_in_April_2011.jpg/960px-Structural_damage_after_Pichilemu_earthquake%2C_as_seen_in_April_2011.jpg","year":2010},
{"id":"quake-2007-chuetsu-offshore-earthquake","title":"2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":37.535,"lng":138.446,"fact":"A magnitude 6.6 earthquake occurred 10:13 local time (01:13 UTC) on July 16, 2007, at a previously unknown offshore fault in the northwest Niigata Prefecture of Japan.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Ch%C5%ABetsu_offshore_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.571,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Japan_quake_July_16.2007.jpg","year":2007},
{"id":"quake-2011-shan-earthquake","title":"2011 Shan earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":20.705,"lng":99.949,"fact":"The 2011 Shan earthquake occurred on 24 March in Shan State, Myanmar. The earthquake measured Mw 6.8 and had an epicenter northwest of the border between Myanmar, Thailand and Laos.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Shan_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2011 Shan earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.571,"year":2011},
{"id":"quake-2023-nepal-earthquake","title":"2023 Nepal earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":28.888,"lng":82.195,"fact":"Death toll: 154. A moment magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Jajarkot, Karnali Province, Nepal, at 23:47 NPT (18:02 UTC) on 3 November 2023, killing 153 people and injuring at least 375.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Nepal_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2023 Nepal earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.571,"year":2023},
{"id":"quake-1979-tumaco-earthquake","title":"1979 Tumaco earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":1.598,"lng":-79.358,"fact":"Magnitude 8.1. An earthquake occurred at 02:59 local time on 12 December 1979, with the epicenter just offshore from the border between Ecuador and Colombia, near the port city of Tumaco.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Tumaco_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1979 Tumaco earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.569,"year":1979},
{"id":"quake-2020-oaxaca-earthquake","title":"2020 Oaxaca earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":16.7833,"lng":-96.1167,"fact":"Magnitude 7.5. An earthquake struck the Mexican state of Oaxaca at 10:29 local time on June 23, 2020, with a magnitude of 7.4 Mw. The epicenter was 19 miles (31 km) from San Miguel del Puerto and 7.5 miles (12.1 km) south-southwest of Santa María Zapotitlán.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Oaxaca_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2020 Oaxaca earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.569,"year":2020},
{"id":"quake-january-2001-el-salvador-earthquake","title":"January 2001 El Salvador earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":13.04,"lng":-88.66,"fact":"On 13 January 2001, at 11:33 CTZ (17:33 UTC), a Mw 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Usulután Department, El Salvador, at a depth of 60 km (37 mi).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_2001_El_Salvador_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: January 2001 El Salvador earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.569,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/January_2001_El_Salvador_earthquake_shakemap.jpg","year":2001},
{"id":"quake-2022-papua-new-guinea-earthquake","title":"2022 Papua New Guinea earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":-6.256,"lng":146.469,"fact":"On 11 September 2022, an earthquake of moment magnitude 7.6–7.7 struck Papua New Guinea, in the northern part of Morobe Province. The normal faulting earthquake occurred with a hypocenter depth of 116.0 km (72.1 mi) beneath the Finisterre Range.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Papua_New_Guinea_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2022 Papua New Guinea earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.564,"year":2022},
{"id":"quake-1920-haiyuan-earthquake","title":"1920 Haiyuan earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":36.5,"lng":105.7,"fact":"Death toll: 273,400. The 1920 Haiyuan earthquake occurred in Haiyuan County, Ningxia Province, Republic of China at 19:05:53 (UTC+8) on 16 December 1920. It was also called the 1920 Gansu earthquake because Ningxia was a part of Gansu Province when the earthquake occurred.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920_Haiyuan_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1920 Haiyuan earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.557,"year":1920},
{"id":"quake-2013-lushan-earthquake","title":"2013 Lushan earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":30.2839,"lng":102.9561,"fact":"Magnitude 6.6; 193 dead. The Lushan earthquake or Ya'an earthquake occurred at 08:02 Beijing Time (00:02 UTC) on April 20, 2013.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Lushan_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2013 Lushan earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.557,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/2013_April_20%2C_Ya%27an_China_Earthquake_ShakeMap.jpg","year":2013},
{"id":"quake-2023-jishishan-earthquake","title":"2023 Jishishan earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":35.743,"lng":102.827,"fact":"Death toll: 151. On 18 December 2023 at around 23:59:30 CST, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9–6.2 struck Jishishan County, in Gansu Province, China.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Jishishan_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2023 Jishishan earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.557,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/2023_Jishishan_Earthquake_aftermath_CNS_screenshot.jpg/960px-2023_Jishishan_Earthquake_aftermath_CNS_screenshot.jpg","year":2023},
{"id":"quake-1303-crete-earthquake","title":"1303 Crete earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":35,"lng":27,"fact":"The 1303 Crete earthquake occurred at about dawn on 8 August. It had an estimated magnitude of about 8, a maximum intensity of IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale, and triggered a major tsunami that caused severe damage and loss of life on Crete and at Alexandria.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1303_Crete_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1303 Crete earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.555,"year":1303},
{"id":"quake-1935-quetta-earthquake","title":"1935 Quetta earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":29.5,"lng":66.8,"fact":"Magnitude 7.7. An earthquake occurred on 31 May 1935 between 2:30 am and 3:40 am at Quetta, Baluchistan Agency (now part of Pakistan), close to the border with southern Afghanistan.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1935_Quetta_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1935 Quetta earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.555,"year":1935},
{"id":"quake-2007-bengkulu-earthquakes","title":"2007 Bengkulu earthquakes","category":"earthquake","lat":-4.52,"lng":101.374,"fact":"Magnitude 7.9. The 2007 Bengkulu earthquakes were a series of megathrust earthquakes that struck the Sunda Trench off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, with three of magnitude 7 or greater. A series of tsunami bulletins was issued for the area.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Bengkulu_earthquakes","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2007 Bengkulu earthquakes","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.555,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Sumatra_2007_earthquakes_map.gif","year":2007},
{"id":"quake-2018-gulf-of-alaska-earthquake","title":"2018 Gulf of Alaska earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":56.046,"lng":-149.073,"fact":"Magnitude 7.9. On January 23, 2018, at 00:31 AKST, an earthquake occurred in the Gulf of Alaska near Kodiak Island. The earthquake, measured at 7.9 on the Mw scale, was approximately 280 kilometers (170 mi) southeast of Kodiak and happened at a depth of 25 kilometers (16 mi).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Gulf_of_Alaska_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2018 Gulf of Alaska earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.555,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/2018_Alaska_earthquake_intensity.jpg","year":2018},
{"id":"quake-2014-ludian-earthquake","title":"2014 Ludian earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":27.1,"lng":103.3,"fact":"Magnitude 6.5; 617 dead. The 2014 Ludian earthquake struck Ludian County, Yunnan, China, with a moment magnitude of 6.2 on 3 August. The earthquake killed at least 615 people, injuring at least 2,400 others. At least 114 people remained missing.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Ludian_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2014 Ludian earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.549,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Zhoujiaping_after_Ludian_earthquake.jpg","year":2014},
{"id":"quake-2021-west-sulawesi-earthquake","title":"2021 West Sulawesi earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":-3.005,"lng":118.924,"fact":"A moment magnitude (Mw) 6.2 earthquake struck Majene Regency in West Sulawesi, Indonesia, on 15 January 2021, at 02:28 WITA (18:28 UTC). The reverse faulting shock initiated at 18.0 km (11.2 mi) depth with an epicenter inland, located 32 km (20 mi) south of Mamuju.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_West_Sulawesi_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2021 West Sulawesi earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.549,"year":2021},
{"id":"quake-1934-nepal-india-earthquake","title":"1934 Nepal–India earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":27.55,"lng":87.09,"fact":"Death toll: 10,600. The 1934 Nepal–India earthquake or 1934 Bihar–Nepal earthquake was one of the worst earthquakes in India's history. The towns of Munger and Muzaffarpur were completely destroyed.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934_Nepal%E2%80%93India_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1934 Nepal–India earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.542,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Old_Darbhanga_Raj_Palace-Damaged_by_earthquake.jpg/960px-Old_Darbhanga_Raj_Palace-Damaged_by_earthquake.jpg","year":1934},
{"id":"quake-1994-northridge-earthquake","title":"1994 Northridge earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":34.207,"lng":-118.535,"fact":"Magnitude 6.7. The 1994 Northridge earthquake affected Greater Los Angeles, California, United States, on January 17, 1994, at 04:30:55 PST. The epicenter of the moment magnitude 6.7 (Mw) blind thrust earthquake was beneath the San Fernando Valley.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Northridge_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1994 Northridge earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.542,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/FEMA_-_1681_-_Photograph_by_FEMA_News_Photo_taken_on_01-17-1994_in_California.jpg/960px-FEMA_-_1681_-_Photograph_by_FEMA_News_Photo_taken_on_01-17-1994_in_California.jpg","year":1994},
{"id":"quake-2018-hualien-earthquake","title":"2018 Hualien earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":24.174,"lng":121.653,"fact":"At 23:50 (UTC+8) on 6 February 2018, an earthquake of magnitude 6.4 on the moment magnitude scale hit Taiwan.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Hualien_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2018 Hualien earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.542,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/%E5%9C%8B%E8%BB%8D%E9%A6%B3%E6%8F%B4%E8%8A%B1%E8%93%AE%E9%9C%87%E7%81%BD_11.jpg/960px-%E5%9C%8B%E8%BB%8D%E9%A6%B3%E6%8F%B4%E8%8A%B1%E8%93%AE%E9%9C%87%E7%81%BD_11.jpg","year":2018},
{"id":"quake-2018-osaka-earthquake","title":"2018 Osaka earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":34.834,"lng":135.606,"fact":"Magnitude 5.3. On 18 June 2018, around 7:58:35 a.m. Japan Standard Time, an earthquake measuring 5.6 Mw on the moment magnitude scale (preliminary 5.5 Mw) struck in northern Osaka Prefecture, Japan.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Osaka_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 2018 Osaka earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.542,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Ibaraki_break_temple.jpg/960px-Ibaraki_break_temple.jpg","year":2018},
{"id":"quake-1905-kangra-earthquake","title":"1905 Kangra earthquake","category":"earthquake","lat":33,"lng":76,"fact":"Magnitude 7.8. The 1905 Kangra earthquake occurred in the Kangra Valley and the Kangra district of the Himachal Pradesh, in India on 4 April 1905. The earthquake measured 7.8 on the surface-wave magnitude scale and killed more than 20,000 people.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1905_Kangra_earthquake","story_label":"Wikipedia: 1905 Kangra earthquake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.54,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Photograph_of_the_ruins_of_Bajreshwari_Mata_Temple%2C_Kangra_taken_in_the_aftermath_of_the_1905_Kangra_earthquake.jpg","year":1905},
{"id":"pbdb-triceratops-wyoming-the-united-states","title":"Triceratops · Wyoming, the United States","category":"fossil","lat":43.1394,"lng":-104.7072,"fact":"Triceratops fossils were dug up in Wyoming, the United States — late Maastrichtian, about 69 million years ago (64 recorded finds). Triceratops is a genus of chasmosaurine ceratopsian dinosaur that lived during the late Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous period…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triceratops","story_label":"Wikipedia: Triceratops","source":"pbdb","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Paleobiology Database · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.896,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/LA-Triceratops_mount-2.jpg/960px-LA-Triceratops_mount-2.jpg"},
{"id":"pbdb-velociraptor-omnogov-mongolia","title":"Velociraptor · Omnogov, Mongolia","category":"fossil","lat":44.0942,"lng":102.9092,"fact":"Velociraptor fossils were dug up in Omnogov, Mongolia — late Campanian, about 78 million years ago (13 recorded finds). Velociraptor is a genus of small dromaeosaurid dinosaurs that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous epoch, about 75 million to 71 million years ago (Mya).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velociraptor","story_label":"Wikipedia: Velociraptor","source":"pbdb","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Paleobiology Database · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.892,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Velociraptor_skeleton_white_background.jpg/960px-Velociraptor_skeleton_white_background.jpg"},
{"id":"pbdb-stegosaurus-wyoming-the-united-states","title":"Stegosaurus · Wyoming, the United States","category":"fossil","lat":42.0358,"lng":-106.39,"fact":"Stegosaurus fossils were dug up in Wyoming, the United States — Kimmeridgian, about 149 million years ago (40 recorded finds). Stegosaurus is a genus of extinct herbivorous four-legged armored dinosaurs from the Late Jurassic…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stegosaurus","story_label":"Wikipedia: Stegosaurus","source":"pbdb","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Paleobiology Database · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.888,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Journal.pone.0138352.g001A.jpg/960px-Journal.pone.0138352.g001A.jpg"},
{"id":"pbdb-brachiosaurus-colorado-the-united-states","title":"Brachiosaurus · Colorado, the United States","category":"fossil","lat":38.6381,"lng":-108.1944,"fact":"Brachiosaurus fossils were dug up in Colorado, the United States — Kimmeridgian, about 149 million years ago (8 recorded finds). Brachiosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Jurassic, about 155.6 to 145.5 million years ago.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachiosaurus","story_label":"Wikipedia: Brachiosaurus","source":"pbdb","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Paleobiology Database · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.884,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Brachiosaurus_mount.jpg/960px-Brachiosaurus_mount.jpg"},
{"id":"pbdb-diplodocus-wyoming-the-united-states","title":"Diplodocus · Wyoming, the United States","category":"fossil","lat":42.5207,"lng":-106.7407,"fact":"Diplodocus fossils were dug up in Wyoming, the United States — late Kimmeridgian, about 148 million years ago (39 recorded finds). Diplodocus is an extinct genus of diplodocid sauropod dinosaurs known from the Late Jurassic of North America and Europe.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplodocus","story_label":"Wikipedia: Diplodocus","source":"pbdb","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Paleobiology Database · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.88,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/CM_Diplodocus.jpg/960px-CM_Diplodocus.jpg"},
{"id":"pbdb-spinosaurus-draa-tafilalet-morocco","title":"Spinosaurus · Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco","category":"fossil","lat":30.9,"lng":-3.9833,"fact":"Spinosaurus fossils were dug up in Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco — late Albian, about 100 million years ago (21 recorded finds). Spinosaurus is a genus of large spinosaurid theropod dinosaurs that lived in what is now North Africa during the Cenomanian age of the Late Cretaceous…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinosaurus","story_label":"Wikipedia: Spinosaurus","source":"pbdb","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Paleobiology Database · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.868,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/FSAC-KK-11888.jpg/960px-FSAC-KK-11888.jpg"},
{"id":"pbdb-giganotosaurus-neuquen-argentina","title":"Giganotosaurus · Neuquén, Argentina","category":"fossil","lat":-39.2065,"lng":-68.7167,"fact":"Giganotosaurus fossils were dug up in Neuquén, Argentina — early Albian, about 112 million years ago (3 recorded finds). Giganotosaurus is a genus of large theropod dinosaur that lived in what is now Argentina, during the Albian age of the Early Cretaceous period…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giganotosaurus","story_label":"Wikipedia: Giganotosaurus","source":"pbdb","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Paleobiology Database · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.864,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Giganotosaurus_at_Fernbank.jpg/960px-Giganotosaurus_at_Fernbank.jpg"},
{"id":"pbdb-argentinosaurus-neuquen-argentina","title":"Argentinosaurus · Neuquén, Argentina","category":"fossil","lat":-38.9167,"lng":-69.06,"fact":"Argentinosaurus fossils were dug up in Neuquén, Argentina — middle Albian, about 108 million years ago. Argentinosaurus (meaning \"lizard from Argentina\") is a genus of giant sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period in what is now Argentina.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentinosaurus","story_label":"Wikipedia: Argentinosaurus","source":"pbdb","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Paleobiology Database · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.86,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Argentinosaurus_skeleton%2C_PLoS_ONE.png/960px-Argentinosaurus_skeleton%2C_PLoS_ONE.png"},
{"id":"pbdb-ankylosaurus-wyoming-the-united-states","title":"Ankylosaurus · Wyoming, the United States","category":"fossil","lat":41.9399,"lng":-106.8763,"fact":"Ankylosaurus fossils were dug up in Wyoming, the United States — Lancian, about 69 million years ago (8 recorded finds). Ankylosaurus is a genus of armored dinosaur. Its fossils have been found in geological formations dating to the very end of the Cretaceous Period…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankylosaurus","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ankylosaurus","source":"pbdb","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Paleobiology Database · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.856,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Ankylosaur_head_-_cast_-_Custer_County_Montana_-_Museum_of_the_Rockies_-_2013-07-08.jpg/960px-Ankylosaur_head_-_cast_-_Custer_County_Montana_-_Museum_of_the_Rockies_-_2013-07-08.jpg"},
{"id":"pbdb-iguanodon-england-the-united-kingdom","title":"Iguanodon · England, the United Kingdom","category":"fossil","lat":51.0667,"lng":-0.5258,"fact":"Iguanodon fossils were dug up in England, the United Kingdom — late Berriasian, about 136 million years ago (70 recorded finds). Iguanodon, named in 1825, is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur. While many species found worldwide have been classified in the genus Iguanodon…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguanodon","story_label":"Wikipedia: Iguanodon","source":"pbdb","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Paleobiology Database · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.852,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Iguanodon_de_Bernissart_IRSNB_01.JPG/960px-Iguanodon_de_Bernissart_IRSNB_01.JPG"},
{"id":"pbdb-megalosaurus-england-the-united-kingdom","title":"Megalosaurus · England, the United Kingdom","category":"fossil","lat":51.7007,"lng":-1.3239,"fact":"Megalosaurus fossils were dug up in England, the United Kingdom — middle Oxfordian, about 158 million years ago (34 recorded finds). Megalosaurus is an extinct genus of large carnivorous theropod dinosaurs that lived during the Middle Jurassic…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalosaurus","story_label":"Wikipedia: Megalosaurus","source":"pbdb","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Paleobiology Database · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.848,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Megalosaurus_display.JPG/960px-Megalosaurus_display.JPG"},
{"id":"pbdb-ichthyosaurus-england-the-united-kingdom","title":"Ichthyosaurus · England, the United Kingdom","category":"fossil","lat":51.8158,"lng":-2.413,"fact":"Ichthyosaurus fossils were dug up in England, the United Kingdom — Rhaetian, about 204 million years ago (51 recorded finds). Ichthyosaurus is an extinct genus of ichthyosaurs from the Early Jurassic (Hettangian - Pliensbachian) of Europe (Belgium, England, Germany and Portugal).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthyosaurus","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ichthyosaurus","source":"pbdb","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Paleobiology Database · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.84,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Ichthyosaurus_communis_in_London.jpg/960px-Ichthyosaurus_communis_in_London.jpg"},
{"id":"pbdb-plesiosaurus-england-the-united-kingdom","title":"Plesiosaurus · England, the United Kingdom","category":"fossil","lat":51.3983,"lng":-2.3964,"fact":"Plesiosaurus fossils were dug up in England, the United Kingdom — Hettangian, about 193 million years ago (30 recorded finds). Plesiosaurus is a genus of extinct, large marine sauropterygian reptile that lived during the Early Jurassic.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plesiosaurus","story_label":"Wikipedia: Plesiosaurus","source":"pbdb","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Paleobiology Database · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.836,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Plesiosaurus_dolichodeirus_NHM.jpg/960px-Plesiosaurus_dolichodeirus_NHM.jpg"},
{"id":"pbdb-mosasaurus-new-jersey-the-united-states","title":"Mosasaurus · New Jersey, the United States","category":"fossil","lat":40.1167,"lng":-74.55,"fact":"Mosasaurus fossils were dug up in New Jersey, the United States — late Maastrichtian, about 69 million years ago (29 recorded finds). Mosasaurus is the type genus (defining example) of the Mosasauridae, an extinct group of aquatic squamate reptiles.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosasaurus","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mosasaurus","source":"pbdb","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Paleobiology Database · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.832,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Mosasaurus_hoffmannii_-_skeleton.jpg/960px-Mosasaurus_hoffmannii_-_skeleton.jpg"},
{"id":"pbdb-pteranodon-kansas-the-united-states","title":"Pteranodon · Kansas, the United States","category":"fossil","lat":38.9167,"lng":-100.6667,"fact":"Pteranodon fossils were dug up in Kansas, the United States — late Santonian, about 85 million years ago (25 recorded finds). Pteranodon is a genus of pterosaur that included some of the largest known flying reptiles, with P. longiceps having a wingspan of over 6 m (20 ft).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteranodon","story_label":"Wikipedia: Pteranodon","source":"pbdb","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Paleobiology Database · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.828,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Pteranodon_amnh_martyniuk.jpg/960px-Pteranodon_amnh_martyniuk.jpg"},
{"id":"pbdb-quetzalcoatlus-texas-the-united-states","title":"Quetzalcoatlus · Texas, the United States","category":"fossil","lat":29.3964,"lng":-103.2039,"fact":"Quetzalcoatlus fossils were dug up in Texas, the United States — late Maastrichtian, about 69 million years ago (8 recorded finds). Quetzalcoatlus is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur that lived during the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous in North America.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzalcoatlus","story_label":"Wikipedia: Quetzalcoatlus","source":"pbdb","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Paleobiology Database · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.824,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Quetzalcoatlus_northropi.jpg/960px-Quetzalcoatlus_northropi.jpg"},
{"id":"pbdb-dunkleosteus-michigan-the-united-states","title":"Dunkleosteus · Michigan, the United States","category":"fossil","lat":45.0708,"lng":-83.4125,"fact":"Dunkleosteus fossils were dug up in Michigan, the United States — Givetian, about 385 million years ago (3 recorded finds). Dunkleosteus is an extinct genus of large arthrodire (\"jointed-neck\") fish that existed during the Late Devonian period, about 382–358 million years ago.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkleosteus","story_label":"Wikipedia: Dunkleosteus","source":"pbdb","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Paleobiology Database · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.82,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Dunkleosteus_terrelli_%28fossil_fish%29_%28Cleveland_Shale_Member%2C_Ohio_Shale%2C_Upper_Devonian%3B_Rocky_River_Valley%2C_Cleveland%2C_Ohio%2C_USA%29_21_%2834001200911%29.jpg/960px-Dunkleosteus_terrelli_%28fossil_fish%29_%28Cleveland_Shale_Member%2C_Ohio_Shale%2C_Upper_Devonian%3B_Rocky_River_Valley%2C_Cleveland%2C_Ohio%2C_USA%29_21_%2834001200911%29.jpg"},
{"id":"pbdb-tiktaalik-nunavut-canada","title":"Tiktaalik · Nunavut, Canada","category":"fossil","lat":77.9,"lng":-86.16,"fact":"Tiktaalik fossils were dug up in Nunavut, Canada — Frasnian, about 377 million years ago (2 recorded finds). Tiktaalik is a monospecific genus of extinct sarcopterygian (lobe-finned fish) from the late Devonian Period, about 375 Mya (million years ago)…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiktaalik","story_label":"Wikipedia: Tiktaalik","source":"pbdb","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Paleobiology Database · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.816,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Tiktaalik_Chicago.JPG/960px-Tiktaalik_Chicago.JPG"},
{"id":"pbdb-anomalocaris-pennsylvania-the-united-states","title":"Anomalocaris · Pennsylvania, the United States","category":"fossil","lat":40.0665,"lng":-76.3658,"fact":"Anomalocaris fossils were dug up in Pennsylvania, the United States — Dyeran, about 513 million years ago (7 recorded finds). Anomalocaris is an extinct genus of radiodont, an order of early-diverging stem-group marine arthropods.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomalocaris","story_label":"Wikipedia: Anomalocaris","source":"pbdb","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Paleobiology Database · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.812,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Anomalocaris_canadensis_%28TMP_2023.003.0003%29%2C_Royal_Tyrrell_Museum%2C_Drumheller%2C_Alberta%2C_2025-07-13.jpg/960px-Anomalocaris_canadensis_%28TMP_2023.003.0003%29%2C_Royal_Tyrrell_Museum%2C_Drumheller%2C_Alberta%2C_2025-07-13.jpg"},
{"id":"pbdb-mammoth-michigan-the-united-states","title":"Mammoth · Michigan, the United States","category":"fossil","lat":42.7628,"lng":-84.7461,"fact":"Mammoth fossils were dug up in Michigan, the United States — late Pleistocene, about 70 thousand years ago (49 recorded finds). A mammoth is a member of the extinct elephantid genus Mammuthus. They lived from the late Miocene epoch (from around 6.2 million years ago) into the…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammoth","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mammoth","source":"pbdb","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Paleobiology Database · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.808,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Mammuthus_columbi_Page.jpg/960px-Mammuthus_columbi_Page.jpg"},
{"id":"pbdb-smilodon-florida-the-united-states","title":"Smilodon · Florida, the United States","category":"fossil","lat":28.8,"lng":-82.2,"fact":"Sabre-toothed cat (Smilodon) fossils were dug up in Florida, the United States — Irvingtonian, about 805 thousand years ago (18 recorded finds). Smilodon is a genus of extinct felids. It is one of the best-known saber-toothed predators and prehistoric mammals.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smilodon","story_label":"Wikipedia: Smilodon","source":"pbdb","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Paleobiology Database · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.804,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Smilodon_populator_fossil%2C_Tellus_Science_Museum_1.jpg/960px-Smilodon_populator_fossil%2C_Tellus_Science_Museum_1.jpg"},
{"id":"pbdb-megatherium-buenos-aires-argentina","title":"Megatherium · Buenos Aires, Argentina","category":"fossil","lat":-36.7767,"lng":-59.8697,"fact":"Giant ground sloth (Megatherium) fossils were dug up in Buenos Aires, Argentina — Lujanian, about 206 thousand years ago (16 recorded finds). Megatherium is an extinct genus of large ground sloths endemic to South America that lived from the Pliocene through the end of the Late…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megatherium","story_label":"Wikipedia: Megatherium","source":"pbdb","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Paleobiology Database · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.8,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Megatherium_americanum_Skeleton_NHM.JPG/960px-Megatherium_americanum_Skeleton_NHM.JPG"},
{"id":"pbdb-glyptodon-buenos-aires-argentina","title":"Glyptodon · Buenos Aires, Argentina","category":"fossil","lat":-37.3,"lng":-60.2,"fact":"Glyptodon fossils were dug up in Buenos Aires, Argentina — late Pleistocene, about 65 thousand years ago (96 recorded finds). Glyptodon is a genus of glyptodont, an extinct group of large, herbivorous armadillos that lived from the Pliocene, around 3.2 million years ago…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyptodon","story_label":"Wikipedia: Glyptodon","source":"pbdb","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Paleobiology Database · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.796,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Glyptodon-1.jpg/960px-Glyptodon-1.jpg"},
{"id":"pbdb-megalodon-california-the-united-states","title":"Megalodon · California, the United States","category":"fossil","lat":34.3642,"lng":-118.5058,"fact":"Megalodon fossils were dug up in California, the United States — Tortonian, about 8.5 million years ago (32 recorded finds). Otodus megalodon, commonly known as megalodon, is an extinct species of giant mackerel shark that lived approximately 23 to 3.58 million years ago (Mya)…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalodon","story_label":"Wikipedia: Megalodon","source":"pbdb","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Paleobiology Database · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.788,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Megalodon_jaw%2C_Tellus_Science_Museum.jpg/960px-Megalodon_jaw%2C_Tellus_Science_Museum.jpg"},
{"id":"pbdb-dimetrodon-texas-the-united-states","title":"Dimetrodon · Texas, the United States","category":"fossil","lat":33.7333,"lng":-99.0917,"fact":"Dimetrodon fossils were dug up in Texas, the United States — Artinskian, about 282 million years ago (70 recorded finds). Dimetrodon is an extinct genus of sphenacodontid synapsid that lived during the Cisuralian to early Guadalupian epoch of the Permian period…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimetrodon","story_label":"Wikipedia: Dimetrodon","source":"pbdb","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Paleobiology Database · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.784,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Dimetrodon_incisivum_01.jpg/960px-Dimetrodon_incisivum_01.jpg"},
{"id":"pbdb-titanoboa-guajira-colombia","title":"Titanoboa · Guajira, Colombia","category":"fossil","lat":11.1458,"lng":-72.5486,"fact":"Titanoboa fossils were dug up in Guajira, Colombia — middle Paleocene, about 59 million years ago. Titanoboa is a genus of extinct giant boid snake (being the biological family of all boas and anacondas) that lived during the middle and late Paleocene epoch.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanoboa","story_label":"Wikipedia: Titanoboa","source":"pbdb","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Paleobiology Database · CC BY 4.0 · Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Titanoboa_paratype_precloacal_vertebra_UF-IGM_2_edited_with_scale_bar.jpg/960px-Titanoboa_paratype_precloacal_vertebra_UF-IGM_2_edited_with_scale_bar.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-agate-fossil-beds-national-monument","title":"Agate Fossil Beds National Monument","category":"fossil","lat":42.4217,"lng":-103.7539,"fact":"Agate Fossil Beds National Monument is a U.S. National Monument near Harrison, Nebraska. The main features of the monument are a valley of the Niobrara River and the fossils found on Carnegie Hill and University Hill. The area largely consists of grass-covered plains.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agate_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument","story_label":"Wikipedia: Agate Fossil Beds National Monument","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Agathe_National_Monument10.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-aramis-ethiopia","title":"Aramis, Ethiopia","category":"fossil","lat":10.5,"lng":40.5,"fact":"Aramis is a village and archaeological site in north-eastern Ethiopia, where remains of Australopithecus and Ardipithecus (Ardipithecus ramidus) have been found.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramis,_Ethiopia","story_label":"Wikipedia: Aramis, Ethiopia","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78},
{"id":"wp-ashfall-fossil-beds","title":"Ashfall Fossil Beds","category":"fossil","lat":42.425,"lng":-98.1586,"fact":"The Ashfall Fossil Beds of Antelope County in northeastern Nebraska are rare fossil sites of the type called lagerstätten that, due to extraordinary local conditions, capture an ecological \"snapshot\" in time of a range of well-preserved fossilized organisms.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashfall_Fossil_Beds","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ashfall Fossil Beds","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/USA_ne_creighton_ashfallshp2.jpg/960px-USA_ne_creighton_ashfallshp2.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-atapuerca-mountains","title":"Atapuerca Mountains","category":"fossil","lat":42.3667,"lng":-3.5222,"fact":"The Atapuerca Mountains is a karstic hill formation near the village of Atapuerca in the province of Burgos (autonomous community of Castile and Leon), northern Spain.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atapuerca_Mountains","story_label":"Wikipedia: Atapuerca Mountains","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78},
{"id":"wp-awash-river","title":"Awash River","category":"fossil","lat":9.0967,"lng":38.1669,"fact":"The Awash River is a major river of Ethiopia. Its course is entirely contained within the boundaries of Ethiopia and empties into a chain of interconnected lakes that begins with Lake Gargori and ends with Lake Abbe (or Abhe Bad) on the border with Djibouti…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awash_River","story_label":"Wikipedia: Awash River","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Awash_river.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-bahariya-oasis","title":"Bahariya Oasis","category":"fossil","lat":28.3515,"lng":28.8624,"fact":"Bahariya Oasis is a depression and a naturally rich oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt. It is approximately 370 km away from Cairo. The roughly oval valley extends from northeast to southwest, has a length of 94 km, a maximum width of 42 km and covers an area of about 2000 km2.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahariya_Oasis","story_label":"Wikipedia: Bahariya Oasis","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Bahariya-oasis.jpg/960px-Bahariya-oasis.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-bernissart","title":"Bernissart","category":"fossil","lat":50.4833,"lng":3.65,"fact":"Bernissart is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. On January 1, 2024, Bernissart had a total population of 11,878. The total area is 43.81 km2, which gives a population density of 271 inhabitants per km2.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernissart","story_label":"Wikipedia: Bernissart","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Bernissart_E1.JPG/960px-Bernissart_E1.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-bhimbetka-rock-shelters","title":"Bhimbetka rock shelters","category":"fossil","lat":22.9384,"lng":77.6131,"fact":"The Bhimbetka rock shelters are an archaeological site in central India that spans the Paleolithic and Mesolithic periods, as well as the historic period. It exhibits the earliest traces of human life in India and evidence of the Stone Age starting at the site in Acheulean times.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhimbetka_rock_shelters","story_label":"Wikipedia: Bhimbetka rock shelters","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Rock_Shelter_8%2C_Bhimbetka_02.jpg/960px-Rock_Shelter_8%2C_Bhimbetka_02.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-blackwater-draw","title":"Blackwater Draw","category":"fossil","lat":34.2779,"lng":-103.3246,"fact":"Blackwater Draw is an intermittent stream channel about 140 km (87 mi) long, with headwaters in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, about 18 km (11 mi) southwest of Clovis, New Mexico, and flows southeastward across the Llano Estacado toward the city of Lubbock, Texas…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater_Draw","story_label":"Wikipedia: Blackwater Draw","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78},
{"id":"wp-blombos-cave","title":"Blombos Cave","category":"fossil","lat":-34.4144,"lng":21.2225,"fact":"Blombos Cave is an archaeological site located in Blombos Private Nature Reserve, about 300 km east of Cape Town on the Southern Cape coastline, South Africa.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blombos_Cave","story_label":"Wikipedia: Blombos Cave","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Blombos.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-border-cave","title":"Border Cave","category":"fossil","lat":-27.0249,"lng":31.9889,"fact":"Border Cave is an archaeological site located in the western Lebombo Mountains in Kwazulu-Natal. The rock shelter has one of the longest archaeological records in southern Africa, which spans from the Middle Stone Age to the Iron Age.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Cave","story_label":"Wikipedia: Border Cave","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Border_Cave00.jpg/960px-Border_Cave00.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-burgess-shale","title":"Burgess Shale","category":"fossil","lat":51.4333,"lng":-116.4667,"fact":"The Burgess Shale is a fossil-bearing deposit exposed in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. It is famous for the exceptional preservation of the soft parts of its fossils.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgess_Shale","story_label":"Wikipedia: Burgess Shale","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Ottoia_tricuspida_ROM_63057.jpg/960px-Ottoia_tricuspida_ROM_63057.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-cave-of-altamira","title":"Cave of Altamira","category":"fossil","lat":43.3825,"lng":-4.1203,"fact":"The Cave of Altamira is a cave complex, located near the historic town of Santillana del Mar in Cantabria, Spain. It is renowned for prehistoric cave art featuring charcoal drawings and polychrome paintings of contemporary local fauna and human hands.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_Altamira","story_label":"Wikipedia: Cave of Altamira","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/9_Bisonte_Magdaleniense_pol%C3%ADcromo.jpg/960px-9_Bisonte_Magdaleniense_pol%C3%ADcromo.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-cave-of-niaux","title":"Cave of Niaux","category":"fossil","lat":42.8208,"lng":1.5936,"fact":"The Cave of Niaux is located in the Niaux commune, Ariège département in southwestern France as part of a wider geological system that includes the Sabart Cave and Lombrives Cave in the hill of Cap de la Lesse de Bialac.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_Niaux","story_label":"Wikipedia: Cave of Niaux","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Niaux%2C_bisons.JPG/960px-Niaux%2C_bisons.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-cave-of-swimmers","title":"Cave of Swimmers","category":"fossil","lat":23.5947,"lng":25.2335,"fact":"The Cave of Swimmers is a rock shelter with ancient rock art in the mountainous Gilf Kebir plateau of the Libyan Desert section of the Sahara Desert. It is located in the New Valley Governorate of southwest Egypt, near the border with Libya.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_Swimmers","story_label":"Wikipedia: Cave of Swimmers","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/WadiSuraSwimmers.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-caves-in-the-maros-pangkep-karst","title":"Caves in the Maros-Pangkep karst","category":"fossil","lat":-5.0031,"lng":119.6944,"fact":"The caves in the Maros-Pangkep karst or Leang-Leang Caves (from the Makassarese word for \"many caves\") are located in Maros Regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, roughly one hour north of Makassar city.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caves_in_the_Maros-Pangkep_karst","story_label":"Wikipedia: Caves in the Maros-Pangkep karst","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Hands_in_Pettakere_Cave.jpg/960px-Hands_in_Pettakere_Cave.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-cerro-ballena","title":"Cerro Ballena","category":"fossil","lat":-27.0424,"lng":-70.7953,"fact":"Cerro Ballena (meaning \"Whale Hill\") is a fossiliferous locality of the Bahía Inglesa Formation, located in the Atacama Desert along the Pan-American Highway a few kilometers north of the port of Caldera, Chile.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerro_Ballena","story_label":"Wikipedia: Cerro Ballena","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Adult_and_juvenile_fossil_rorqual_skeletons_from_Cerro_Ballena_-_Proc_R_Soc_B_281_20133316_4_c.jpg/960px-Adult_and_juvenile_fossil_rorqual_skeletons_from_Cerro_Ballena_-_Proc_R_Soc_B_281_20133316_4_c.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-chauvet-cave","title":"Chauvet Cave","category":"fossil","lat":44.3875,"lng":4.4142,"fact":"The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave in the Ardèche department of southeastern France is a cave that contains some of the best-preserved figurative cave paintings in the world, as well as other evidence of Upper Paleolithic life.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauvet_Cave","story_label":"Wikipedia: Chauvet Cave","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Paintings_from_the_Chauvet_cave_%28museum_replica%29.jpg/960px-Paintings_from_the_Chauvet_cave_%28museum_replica%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-como-bluff","title":"Como Bluff","category":"fossil","lat":41.9161,"lng":-106.0642,"fact":"Como Bluff is a long ridge extending east–west, located between the towns of Rock River and Medicine Bow, Wyoming. The ridge is an anticline, formed as a result of compressional geological folding.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Como_Bluff","story_label":"Wikipedia: Como Bluff","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Como_Bluff.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-cosquer-cave","title":"Cosquer Cave","category":"fossil","lat":43.2028,"lng":5.4492,"fact":"Cosquer Cave is located in the Calanque de Morgiou in Marseille, France, near Cap Morgiou. The entrance to the cave is located 37 m (121 ft) underwater, due to the Holocene sea level rise, and contains various prehistoric rock art engravings.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosquer_Cave","story_label":"Wikipedia: Cosquer Cave","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Panneau_des_chevaux_-_Cosquer_M%C3%A9diterran%C3%A9e.jpg/960px-Panneau_des_chevaux_-_Cosquer_M%C3%A9diterran%C3%A9e.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-creswell-crags","title":"Creswell Crags","category":"fossil","lat":53.2636,"lng":-1.1939,"fact":"Creswell Crags is an enclosed limestone gorge on the border between Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, England, near the villages of Creswell and Whitwell.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creswell_Crags","story_label":"Wikipedia: Creswell Crags","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Pin_Hole_Cave%2C_Creswell_Crags_%283%29.jpg/960px-Pin_Hole_Cave%2C_Creswell_Crags_%283%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-crystal-palace-dinosaurs","title":"Crystal Palace Dinosaurs","category":"fossil","lat":51.4175,"lng":-0.0672,"fact":"The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs are a series of sculptures of dinosaurs and other extinct animals in Crystal Palace Park, South London. They were commissioned in 1852 to accompany the Crystal Palace Exhibition building after its relocation from the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Palace_Dinosaurs","story_label":"Wikipedia: Crystal Palace Dinosaurs","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Mantellodon_in_Crystal_Palace_Park.jpg/960px-Mantellodon_in_Crystal_Palace_Park.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-cueva-de-las-manos","title":"Cueva de las Manos","category":"fossil","lat":-47.1558,"lng":-70.6572,"fact":"Cueva de las Manos is a cave and complex of rock art sites in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina, 163 km (101 mi) south of the town of Perito Moreno. It is named for the hundreds of paintings of hands stenciled, in multiple collages, on the rock walls.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cueva_de_las_Manos","story_label":"Wikipedia: Cueva de las Manos","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/SantaCruz-CuevaManos-P2210651b.jpg/960px-SantaCruz-CuevaManos-P2210651b.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-denisova-cave","title":"Denisova Cave","category":"fossil","lat":51.3975,"lng":84.6761,"fact":"Denisova Cave is a cave in the Bashelaksky Range of the Altai Mountains in Siberia, Russia. It is widely known for having provided items of great paleoarchaeological and paleontological interest.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denisova_Cave","story_label":"Wikipedia: Denisova Cave","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/%D0%98%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%8C_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%89%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0._01.jpg/960px-%D0%98%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%8C_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%89%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0._01.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-diepkloof-rock-shelter","title":"Diepkloof Rock Shelter","category":"fossil","lat":-32.3867,"lng":18.4528,"fact":"Diepkloof Rock Shelter is a rock shelter in Western Cape, South Africa in which has been found some of the earliest evidence of the human use of symbols, in the form of patterns engraved upon ostrich eggshell water containers. These date around 60,000 years ago.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diepkloof_Rock_Shelter","story_label":"Wikipedia: Diepkloof Rock Shelter","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Diepkloof-general-view.JPG/960px-Diepkloof-general-view.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-dinosaur-national-monument","title":"Dinosaur National Monument","category":"fossil","lat":40.5,"lng":-108.95,"fact":"Dinosaur National Monument is an American national monument located on the southeast flank of the Uinta Mountains on the border between Colorado and Utah at the confluence of the Green and Yampa rivers.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_National_Monument","story_label":"Wikipedia: Dinosaur National Monument","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Dinosaur_National_Monument_Camarasaurus.jpg/960px-Dinosaur_National_Monument_Camarasaurus.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-dinosaur-provincial-park","title":"Dinosaur Provincial Park","category":"fossil","lat":50.7617,"lng":-111.485,"fact":"Dinosaur Provincial Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site situated 220 kilometres (137 mi) east of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; or 48 kilometres (30 mi) northeast of Brooks.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Provincial_Park","story_label":"Wikipedia: Dinosaur Provincial Park","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Rock_formations_in_Dinosaur_Provincial_Park_near_an_Albertan_river_-_July_2014.jpg/960px-Rock_formations_in_Dinosaur_Provincial_Park_near_an_Albertan_river_-_July_2014.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-dinosaur-ridge","title":"Dinosaur Ridge","category":"fossil","lat":39.6757,"lng":-105.1934,"fact":"Dinosaur Ridge is a segment of the Dakota Hogback in the Morrison Fossil Area National Natural Landmark located in Jefferson County, Colorado, near the town of Morrison and just west of Denver.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Ridge","story_label":"Wikipedia: Dinosaur Ridge","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Dinosaur_Ridge_tracks.JPG/960px-Dinosaur_Ridge_tracks.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-dmanisi","title":"Dmanisi","category":"fossil","lat":41.3317,"lng":44.2036,"fact":"Dmanisi is a town and archaeological site in the Kvemo Kartli region of Georgia approximately 93 km southwest of the nation's capital Tbilisi in the river valley of Mashavera.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmanisi","story_label":"Wikipedia: Dmanisi","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Cesko_Dmanisi.jpg/960px-Cesko_Dmanisi.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-doggerland","title":"Doggerland","category":"fossil","lat":52,"lng":3,"fact":"Doggerland was a large area of land in Northern Europe, now submerged beneath the southern North Sea. This region was repeatedly exposed at various times during the Pleistocene epoch due to the lowering of sea levels during glacial periods.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggerland","story_label":"Wikipedia: Doggerland","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Doggerland.png/960px-Doggerland.png"},
{"id":"wp-ediacara-hills","title":"Ediacara Hills","category":"fossil","lat":-30.8167,"lng":138.1333,"fact":"Ediacara Hills, also known as Ediacaran Hills, are a range of low hills in the northern part of the Flinders Ranges of South Australia, around 650 kilometres (400 mi) north of the state capital of Adelaide. They are within the Nilpena Ediacara National Park.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ediacara_Hills","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ediacara Hills","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Spriggina%2C_Ediacaran_metazoan%2C_Vendian%2C_Ediacara_Hills%2C_south_Australia_-_Houston_Museum_of_Natural_Science_-_DSC01385.JPG/960px-Spriggina%2C_Ediacaran_metazoan%2C_Vendian%2C_Ediacara_Hills%2C_south_Australia_-_Houston_Museum_of_Natural_Science_-_DSC01385.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-flaming-cliffs","title":"Flaming Cliffs","category":"fossil","lat":44.1385,"lng":103.7278,"fact":"The Flaming Cliffs site, with the alternative Mongolian name of Mongolian: Улаан Эрэг (red cliffs), is a region of the Gobi Desert in the Ömnögovi Province of Mongolia, in which important fossil finds have been made.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaming_Cliffs","story_label":"Wikipedia: Flaming Cliffs","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Flaming_cliffs_5.jpg/960px-Flaming_cliffs_5.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-florissant-formation","title":"Florissant Formation","category":"fossil","lat":38.914,"lng":-105.287,"fact":"The Florissant Formation is a sedimentary geologic formation outcropping around Florissant, Teller County, Colorado. The formation is noted for the abundant and exceptionally preserved insect and plant fossils that are found in the mudstones and shales.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florissant_Formation","story_label":"Wikipedia: Florissant Formation","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Florissant_Formation.jpg/960px-Florissant_Formation.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-font-de-gaume","title":"Font-de-Gaume","category":"fossil","lat":44.9369,"lng":1.0267,"fact":"Font-de-Gaume is a cave near Les Eyzies in the Dordogne department of south-west France. The cave contains prehistoric polychrome cave paintings and engravings dating to the Magdalenian period. Discovered in 1901, more than 200 images have been identified in Font-de-Gaume.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Font-de-Gaume","story_label":"Wikipedia: Font-de-Gaume","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Font_de_gaume_2007_ago_P8170279.JPG/960px-Font_de_gaume_2007_ago_P8170279.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-fossil-butte-national-monument","title":"Fossil Butte National Monument","category":"fossil","lat":41.8644,"lng":-110.7758,"fact":"Fossil Butte National Monument is a United States National Monument managed by the National Park Service, located 15 miles (24 km) west of Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_Butte_National_Monument","story_label":"Wikipedia: Fossil Butte National Monument","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Fossil_Butte_National_Monument_entrance_sign.jpg/960px-Fossil_Butte_National_Monument_entrance_sign.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-fossil-grove","title":"Fossil Grove","category":"fossil","lat":55.8767,"lng":-4.3382,"fact":"The Fossil Grove is a group of plant fossils located within Victoria Park, Glasgow, Scotland.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_Grove","story_label":"Wikipedia: Fossil Grove","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Fossil_Tree_Stumps_at_Fossil_Grove_Glasgow_1977.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-ghost-ranch","title":"Ghost Ranch","category":"fossil","lat":36.3298,"lng":-106.474,"fact":"Ghost Ranch is a 21,000-acre (85 km2) retreat and education center in Rio Arriba County in north central New Mexico, United States. It is about 65 miles northwest of Santa Fe and 14 miles from Abiquiu, the nearest community.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Ranch","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ghost Ranch","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Ghost_Ranch_redrock_cliffs.jpg/960px-Ghost_Ranch_redrock_cliffs.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-gilf-kebir","title":"Gilf Kebir","category":"fossil","lat":23.4414,"lng":25.8397,"fact":"Gilf Kebir (جلف كبير) (var. Gilf al-Kebir, Jilf al Kabir, Gilf Kebir Plateau) is a plateau in the New Valley Governorate of the remote southwest corner of Egypt, and southeast Libya. Its name translates as \"the Great Barrier\".","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilf_Kebir","story_label":"Wikipedia: Gilf Kebir","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/GilfKebir1.jpg/960px-GilfKebir1.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-gough-s-cave","title":"Gough's Cave","category":"fossil","lat":51.2814,"lng":-2.7642,"fact":"Gough's Cave ( GOF) is located in Cheddar Gorge on the Mendip Hills, in Cheddar, Somerset, England. The cave is 115 m (377 ft) deep and is 3.405 km (2.12 mi) long, and contains a variety of large chambers and rock formations.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gough's_Cave","story_label":"Wikipedia: Gough's Cave","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Goughscave.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-hadar-ethiopia","title":"Hadar, Ethiopia","category":"fossil","lat":11.167,"lng":40.633,"fact":"Hadar or Hadar Formation is a paleontological fossil site located in Mille district, Administrative Zone 1 of the Afar Region, Ethiopia, 15 km upstream (west) of the A1 road's bridge across the Awash River (Adayitu kebele).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadar,_Ethiopia","story_label":"Wikipedia: Hadar, Ethiopia","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78},
{"id":"wp-hell-creek-formation","title":"Hell Creek Formation","category":"fossil","lat":46.9,"lng":-101.5,"fact":"The Hell Creek Formation is an intensively studied division of mostly Upper Cretaceous and some lower Paleocene rocks in North America, named for exposures studied along Hell Creek, near Jordan, Montana.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_Creek_Formation","story_label":"Wikipedia: Hell Creek Formation","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Hell_Creek.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-holzmaden","title":"Holzmaden","category":"fossil","lat":48.6336,"lng":9.5172,"fact":"Holzmaden is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany that lies between Stuttgart and Ulm. Holzmaden is 4 km south-east from Kirchheim unter Teck and 19 km south-east of Esslingen am Neckar. The A 8 runs south from Holzmaden.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holzmaden","story_label":"Wikipedia: Holzmaden","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Holzmaden_in_ES.svg/960px-Holzmaden_in_ES.svg.png"},
{"id":"wp-ileret","title":"Ileret","category":"fossil","lat":4.3116,"lng":36.2271,"fact":"Ileret is a village in Marsabit County, Kenya. It is located in Northern Kenya, on the eastern shore of Lake Turkana, north of Sibiloi National Park and near the Ethiopian border.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ileret","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ileret","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78},
{"id":"wp-ischigualasto-provincial-park","title":"Ischigualasto Provincial Park","category":"fossil","lat":-30.0667,"lng":-68,"fact":"Ischigualasto Provincial Park, also called Valle de la Luna (\"Valley of the Moon\" or \"Moon Valley\"), due to its moon-like appearance, is a provincial protected area in the north-east of San Juan Province, north-western Argentina…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ischigualasto_Provincial_Park","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ischigualasto Provincial Park","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Ischigualasto_provincial_park.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-jebel-irhoud","title":"Jebel Irhoud","category":"fossil","lat":31.855,"lng":-8.8725,"fact":"Jebel Irhoud or Adrar n Ighoud, is an archaeological site in Morocco located just north of the town of Tlet Ighoud in Youssoufia Province, approximately 50 km (30 mi) south-east of the city of Safi.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jebel_Irhoud","story_label":"Wikipedia: Jebel Irhoud","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Hublin_at_Jebel_Irhoud.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-joggins","title":"Joggins","category":"fossil","lat":45.6919,"lng":-64.4436,"fact":"Joggins is a rural community located in western Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada. On July 7, 2008, a 15-km length of the coast constituting the Joggins Fossil Cliffs was officially inscribed on the World Heritage List.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joggins","story_label":"Wikipedia: Joggins","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Joggins-fossil-cliffs.jpg/960px-Joggins-fossil-cliffs.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-john-day-fossil-beds-national-monument","title":"John Day Fossil Beds National Monument","category":"fossil","lat":44.5558,"lng":-119.6453,"fact":"John Day Fossil Beds National Monument is a U.S. national monument in Wheeler and Grant counties in east-central Oregon.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Day_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument","story_label":"Wikipedia: John Day Fossil Beds National Monument","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Sheep_Rock_near_sunset.jpg/960px-Sheep_Rock_near_sunset.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-jurassic-coast","title":"Jurassic Coast","category":"fossil","lat":50.7056,"lng":-2.99,"fact":"The Jurassic Coast, also known as the Dorset and East Devon Coast, is a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Coast","story_label":"Wikipedia: Jurassic Coast","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Gad_cliff_dorset.jpg/960px-Gad_cliff_dorset.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-jurassic-national-monument","title":"Jurassic National Monument","category":"fossil","lat":39.3228,"lng":-110.6895,"fact":"Jurassic National Monument, at the site of the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, well known for containing the densest concentration of Jurassic dinosaur fossils ever found, is a paleontological site located near Cleveland, Utah, in the San Rafael Swell…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_National_Monument","story_label":"Wikipedia: Jurassic National Monument","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Cleveland_Lloyd_Dinosaur_Quarry_entrance.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-kabwe-mine","title":"Kabwe mine","category":"fossil","lat":-14.46,"lng":28.435,"fact":"The Kabwe mine or Broken Hill mine is a former lead smelting and mining site near Kabwe, Zambia, that operated from 1906 to 1994. At its peak, between 1925 and 1974, it was owned by Anglo American plc and was Africa's largest lead producer.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabwe_mine","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kabwe mine","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78},
{"id":"wp-kalambo-falls","title":"Kalambo Falls","category":"fossil","lat":-8.5974,"lng":31.2396,"fact":"The Kalambo Falls on the Kalambo River is a 235-metre (772 ft) single-drop waterfall on the border of Zambia and Rukwa Region, Tanzania at the southeast end of Lake Tanganyika. The falls are some of the tallest uninterrupted falls in Africa.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalambo_Falls","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kalambo Falls","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Kalambo_Falls.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-kariandusi-prehistoric-site","title":"Kariandusi prehistoric site","category":"fossil","lat":-0.7,"lng":36.5,"fact":"Kariandusi prehistoric site is an archaeological site in Kenya. Located on the southeastern edge of the Great Rift Valley and on Lake Elmenteita, Kariandusi is an African Early Stone Age site dating to approximately 1 million years ago.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kariandusi_prehistoric_site","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kariandusi prehistoric site","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78},
{"id":"wp-kents-cavern","title":"Kents Cavern","category":"fossil","lat":50.4682,"lng":-3.503,"fact":"Kents Cavern is a cave system in Torquay, Devon, England. It is notable both for its archaeological and geological features (as a karst feature in the Devonian limestone).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kents_Cavern","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kents Cavern","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Kents_Cavern_%287036%29.jpg/960px-Kents_Cavern_%287036%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-klasies-river-caves","title":"Klasies River Caves","category":"fossil","lat":-34.1081,"lng":24.3901,"fact":"The Klasies River Caves are a series of caves located east of the Klasies River Mouth on the Tsitsikamma coast in the Humansdorp district of Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klasies_River_Caves","story_label":"Wikipedia: Klasies River Caves","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78},
{"id":"wp-koobi-fora","title":"Koobi Fora","category":"fossil","lat":3.9478,"lng":36.1872,"fact":"Koobi Fora refers primarily to a region around Koobi Fora Ridge, located on the eastern shore of Lake Turkana in the territory of the nomadic Gabbra people.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koobi_Fora","story_label":"Wikipedia: Koobi Fora","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/National_Museums_of_Kenya_Koobi_Fora_Hq.jpg/960px-National_Museums_of_Kenya_Koobi_Fora_Hq.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-la-brea-tar-pits","title":"La Brea Tar Pits","category":"fossil","lat":34.0628,"lng":-118.356,"fact":"The La Brea Tar Pits constitute an active paleontological research site located in urban Los Angeles, California, United States.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Brea_Tar_Pits","story_label":"Wikipedia: La Brea Tar Pits","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/La_Brea_Tar_Pits_logo.svg/960px-La_Brea_Tar_Pits_logo.svg.png"},
{"id":"wp-laas-geel","title":"Laas Geel","category":"fossil","lat":9.7809,"lng":44.4436,"fact":"Laas Geel, also spelled Laas Gaal, are cave formations on the rural outskirts of Hargeisa, Somaliland, situated in the Maroodi Jeex region of the country.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laas_Geel","story_label":"Wikipedia: Laas Geel","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Laas_Geel.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-lake-mungo","title":"Lake Mungo","category":"fossil","lat":-33.75,"lng":143.0833,"fact":"Lake Mungo is a dry lake located in New South Wales, Australia. It is about 760 km (470 mi) due west of Sydney and 90 km (56 mi) north-east of Mildura.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Mungo","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lake Mungo","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/LakeMungo.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-lake-turkana","title":"Lake Turkana","category":"fossil","lat":3.5833,"lng":36.1167,"fact":"Lake Turkana is a saline lake in the Kenyan Rift Valley, predominantly in northern Kenya; the far northern end crosses into Ethiopia. It is the world's largest permanent desert lake and the world's largest alkaline lake.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Turkana","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lake Turkana","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Lake_turkana.jpg/960px-Lake_turkana.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-lark-quarry-dinosaur-trackways","title":"Lark Quarry Dinosaur Trackways","category":"fossil","lat":-23.0161,"lng":142.4114,"fact":"Dinosaur Stampede National Monument at Lark Quarry Conservation Park in Queensland, Australia is considered to be the site of the world's only known record of a dinosaur stampede…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lark_Quarry_Dinosaur_Trackways","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lark Quarry Dinosaur Trackways","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/DinosaurTrackLarkQuarry.jpg/960px-DinosaurTrackLarkQuarry.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-liang-bua","title":"Liang Bua","category":"fossil","lat":-8.5342,"lng":120.4603,"fact":"Liang Bua is a limestone cave on the island of Flores, Indonesia, slightly north of the town of Ruteng in Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liang_Bua","story_label":"Wikipedia: Liang Bua","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Homo_floresiensis_cave.jpg/960px-Homo_floresiensis_cave.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-lomekwi","title":"Lomekwi","category":"fossil","lat":3.8742,"lng":35.7508,"fact":"Lomekwi is an archaeological site located on the west bank of Lake Turkana in Kenya. It is an important milestone in the history of human archaeology.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lomekwi","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lomekwi","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Lake_turkana_satellite.jpg/960px-Lake_turkana_satellite.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-magura-cave","title":"Magura Cave","category":"fossil","lat":43.7278,"lng":22.5828,"fact":"The Magura Cave is located in north-western Bulgaria close to the village of Rabisha, 25 km (16 mi) from the town of Belogradchik in Vidin Province.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magura_Cave","story_label":"Wikipedia: Magura Cave","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Magura_-_drawings.jpg/960px-Magura_-_drawings.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-makapansgat","title":"Makapansgat","category":"fossil","lat":-24.1586,"lng":29.1769,"fact":"Makapansgat (or Makapan Valley World Heritage Site) is an archaeological location within the Makapansgat and Zwartkrans Valleys, northeast of Mokopane in Limpopo province, South Africa.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makapansgat","story_label":"Wikipedia: Makapansgat","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Potgietersrus%2C_South_Africa_-_panoramio_%283%29.jpg/960px-Potgietersrus%2C_South_Africa_-_panoramio_%283%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-maotianshan-shales","title":"Maotianshan Shales","category":"fossil","lat":28.1,"lng":154.3,"fact":"The Maotianshan Shales are a series of Early Cambrian sedimentary deposits in the Chiungchussu Formation or Heilinpu Formation, famous for their Konservat Lagerstätten, deposits known for the exceptional preservation of fossilized organisms or traces.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maotianshan_Shales","story_label":"Wikipedia: Maotianshan Shales","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Maotianshan_shale_outcrop.JPG/960px-Maotianshan_shale_outcrop.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-mazon-creek-fossil-beds","title":"Mazon Creek fossil beds","category":"fossil","lat":41.321,"lng":-88.346,"fact":"The Mazon Creek fossil beds are a konservat-lagerstätte found near Morris, in Grundy County, Illinois. The fossils are preserved in ironstone concretions, formed approximately 309 million years ago in the mid-Pennsylvanian epoch of the Carboniferous period.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazon_Creek_fossil_beds","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mazon Creek fossil beds","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78},
{"id":"wp-messel-pit","title":"Messel Pit","category":"fossil","lat":49.9175,"lng":8.7567,"fact":"The Messel Pit is a fossil preservation site in Hesse, central Germany, dated to the Eocene epoch (about 47 Ma). The fossil-bearing rock unit is a geologic formation named the Messel Formation; its geographic range is restricted to the Messel pit.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messel_Pit","story_label":"Wikipedia: Messel Pit","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/20060827_Oelschiefer_Eozaen_Grube-Messel_Germany.jpg/960px-20060827_Oelschiefer_Eozaen_Grube-Messel_Germany.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-middle-awash","title":"Middle Awash","category":"fossil","lat":10.2833,"lng":40.5,"fact":"The Middle Awash is a paleoanthropological research area in the northwest corner of Gabi Rasu in the Afar Region along the Awash River in Ethiopia's Afar Depression.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Awash","story_label":"Wikipedia: Middle Awash","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Resti_di_australopithecus_garhi%2C_da_bouri_in_afar%2C_2%2C5_milioni_di_anni_fa.jpg/960px-Resti_di_australopithecus_garhi%2C_da_bouri_in_afar%2C_2%2C5_milioni_di_anni_fa.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-miguasha-national-park","title":"Miguasha National Park","category":"fossil","lat":48.1106,"lng":-66.3694,"fact":"Miguasha Provincial Park is a protected area near Carleton-sur-Mer on the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec in Canada.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguasha_National_Park","story_label":"Wikipedia: Miguasha National Park","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Miguasha_panorama_1.jpg/960px-Miguasha_panorama_1.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-monte-verde","title":"Monte Verde","category":"fossil","lat":-41.5047,"lng":-73.2044,"fact":"Monte Verde is a Paleolithic archaeological site in the Llanquihue Province in southern Chile, located near Puerto Montt, Los Lagos Region.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Verde","story_label":"Wikipedia: Monte Verde","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Monte_Verde_2012.jpg/960px-Monte_Verde_2012.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-naracoorte-caves-national-park","title":"Naracoorte Caves National Park","category":"fossil","lat":-37.0361,"lng":140.7976,"fact":"Naracoorte Caves National Park is a national park near Naracoorte in the Limestone Coast tourism region in the south-east of South Australia (Australia).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naracoorte_Caves_National_Park","story_label":"Wikipedia: Naracoorte Caves National Park","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Thylacoleo_skeleton_in_Naracoorte_Caves.jpg/960px-Thylacoleo_skeleton_in_Naracoorte_Caves.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-olduvai-gorge","title":"Olduvai Gorge","category":"fossil","lat":-2.9936,"lng":35.3511,"fact":"The Olduvai Gorge or Oldupai Gorge is a paleoanthropological site in northern Tanzania. Many sites exposed by the gorge have proven invaluable in furthering understanding of early human evolution.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olduvai_Gorge","story_label":"Wikipedia: Olduvai Gorge","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Oldupai-3.jpg/960px-Oldupai-3.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-olorgesailie","title":"Olorgesailie","category":"fossil","lat":-1.5779,"lng":36.4462,"fact":"Olorgesailie is a geological formation in East Africa, on the floor of the Eastern Rift Valley in southern Kenya, 67 kilometres (42 mi) southwest of Nairobi along the road to Lake Magadi. It contains a group of Lower Paleolithic archaeological sites.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olorgesailie","story_label":"Wikipedia: Olorgesailie","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/OlorgesailieLandscape1993.jpg/960px-OlorgesailieLandscape1993.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-omo-kibish-formation","title":"Omo Kibish Formation","category":"fossil","lat":4.8004,"lng":35.9671,"fact":"The Omo Kibish Formation or simply Kibish Formation is a geological formation in the Lower Omo Valley of southwestern Ethiopia. It is named after the nearby Omo River and is subdivided into four members known as Members I-IV.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omo_Kibish_Formation","story_label":"Wikipedia: Omo Kibish Formation","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Kibish_formation_area_of_archaeology_dig.jpg/960px-Kibish_formation_area_of_archaeology_dig.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-petrified-forest-national-park","title":"Petrified Forest National Park","category":"fossil","lat":35.0881,"lng":-109.8064,"fact":"Petrified Forest National Park is a national park of the United States in Navajo and Apache counties in northeastern Arizona.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrified_Forest_National_Park","story_label":"Wikipedia: Petrified Forest National Park","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Jasper_Forest_at_Petrified_Forest_NP_in_AZ_12.jpg/960px-Jasper_Forest_at_Petrified_Forest_NP_in_AZ_12.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-pinnacle-point","title":"Pinnacle Point","category":"fossil","lat":-34.2078,"lng":22.0894,"fact":"Pinnacle Point is a small promontory immediately south of Mossel Bay, a town on the southern coast of South Africa.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinnacle_Point","story_label":"Wikipedia: Pinnacle Point","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78},
{"id":"wp-red-lady-of-paviland","title":"Red Lady of Paviland","category":"fossil","lat":51.5501,"lng":-4.2552,"fact":"The Red \"Lady\" of Paviland is an Upper Paleolithic partial male skeleton dyed in red ochre and buried in Wales approximately 34,000 years Before Present (approximately 32,000 BCE).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Lady_of_Paviland","story_label":"Wikipedia: Red Lady of Paviland","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Red_Lady_of_Paviland_from_feet.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-rhynie-chert","title":"Rhynie chert","category":"fossil","lat":57.3367,"lng":-2.8414,"fact":"The Rhynie chert is a Lower Devonian sedimentary deposit exhibiting extraordinary fossil detail or completeness. It is exposed near the village of Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; a second unit, the Windyfield chert, is located some 700 m away.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhynie_chert","story_label":"Wikipedia: Rhynie chert","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Rhynie_chert.jpg/960px-Rhynie_chert.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-riversleigh-world-heritage-area","title":"Riversleigh World Heritage Area","category":"fossil","lat":-19.0333,"lng":138.6333,"fact":"Riversleigh World Heritage Area is Australia's most famous fossil location, recognised for the series of well preserved fossils deposited from the Late Oligocene to more recent geological periods.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riversleigh_World_Heritage_Area","story_label":"Wikipedia: Riversleigh World Heritage Area","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Riversleigh.jpg/960px-Riversleigh.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-royal-tyrrell-museum-of-palaeontology","title":"Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology","category":"fossil","lat":51.4792,"lng":-112.79,"fact":"The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology (RTMP; often referred to as the Royal Tyrrell Museum) is a palaeontology museum and research facility in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Tyrrell_Museum_of_Palaeontology","story_label":"Wikipedia: Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Royal_Tyrrell_Museum_from_the_staircase.jpg/960px-Royal_Tyrrell_Museum_from_the_staircase.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-shulgan-tash-cave","title":"Shulgan-Tash Cave","category":"fossil","lat":53.0444,"lng":57.0639,"fact":"Shulgan-Tash Cave, also known as Kapova Cave, is a limestone karst cave in the Burzyansky District of Bashkortostan, Russia. It is located in the southern Ural Mountains, on the Belaya River in the Shulgan-Tash Nature Reserve, approximately 200 km (120 mi) south-east of Ufa.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shulgan-Tash_Cave","story_label":"Wikipedia: Shulgan-Tash Cave","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/%D0%92%D1%8B%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%B8%D0%B7_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9.jpg/960px-%D0%92%D1%8B%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%B8%D0%B7_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-sibudu-cave","title":"Sibudu Cave","category":"fossil","lat":-29.5226,"lng":31.0859,"fact":"Sibudu Cave is a rock shelter in a sandstone cliff in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is an important Middle Stone Age site occupied, with some gaps, from 77,000 years ago to 38,000 years ago.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibudu_Cave","story_label":"Wikipedia: Sibudu Cave","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Sibudu_cave_KZN_02.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-solnhofen-limestone","title":"Solnhofen Limestone","category":"fossil","lat":48.9,"lng":11,"fact":"The Solnhofen Limestone or Solnhofen Plattenkalk, formally known as the Altmühltal Formation, is a Jurassic Konservat-Lagerstätte that preserves a rare assemblage of fossilized organisms, including highly detailed imprints of soft bodied organisms such as sea jellies.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solnhofen_Limestone","story_label":"Wikipedia: Solnhofen Limestone","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.78,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Solnhofen_-_cantera_de_calizas_tableadas.jpg/960px-Solnhofen_-_cantera_de_calizas_tableadas.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-broad-peak","title":"Broad Peak","category":"geography","lat":35.8106,"lng":76.5681,"fact":"Broad Peak is the 12th highest mountain in the world at 8,051 metres (26,414 ft) elevation above sea level. It is one of the eight-thousanders, and is located in the Karakoram range spanning Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, and Xinjiang, China.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad_Peak","story_label":"Wikipedia: Broad Peak","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":1,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/7_15_BroadPeak.jpg/960px-7_15_BroadPeak.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-shishapangma","title":"Shishapangma","category":"geography","lat":28.3522,"lng":85.7797,"fact":"Shishapangma, or Shishasbangma or Xixiabangma, is the 14th-highest mountain in the world, at 8,027 metres (26,335 ft) above sea level. The lowest 8,000 metre peak, it is located entirely within Tibet.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shishapangma","story_label":"Wikipedia: Shishapangma","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":1,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/8%2C013m_Shishapangma_Tibet_China_%E8%A5%BF%E8%97%8F_%E5%B8%8C%E5%A4%8F%E9%82%A6%E9%A9%AC%E5%B3%B0_-_panoramio.jpg/960px-8%2C013m_Shishapangma_Tibet_China_%E8%A5%BF%E8%97%8F_%E5%B8%8C%E5%A4%8F%E9%82%A6%E9%A9%AC%E5%B3%B0_-_panoramio.jpg","day":"05-02","year":1964},
{"id":"geo-sahara","title":"Sahara","category":"geography","lat":23.0797,"lng":12.6122,"fact":"The Sahara is a desert spanning North Africa. With an area of 9,200,000 square kilometres (3,600,000 sq mi), it is the largest hot desert in the world and the third-largest desert overall, smaller only than the deserts of Antarctica and the northern Arctic.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahara","story_label":"Wikipedia: Sahara","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.95,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Sahara_real_color.jpg/960px-Sahara_real_color.jpg"},
{"id":"geo-caspian-sea","title":"Caspian Sea","category":"geography","lat":42,"lng":50.5,"fact":"The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, also described as the world's largest lake and usually referred to as a full-fledged sea.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea","story_label":"Wikipedia: Caspian Sea","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.935,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Caspian_Sea_from_orbit.jpg/960px-Caspian_Sea_from_orbit.jpg","day":"09-12","year":1723},
{"id":"peak-mount-bazarduzu","title":"Mount Bazardüzü","category":"geography","lat":41.2205,"lng":47.8583,"fact":"Highest point of Azerbaijan: 2,706 m above sea level. Mount Bazardüzü is a mountain peak in the Greater Caucasus range on the border between Azerbaijan and Russia (Dagestan).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Bazard%C3%BCz%C3%BC","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Bazardüzü","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.9,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Bazarduzu_detail.JPG/960px-Bazarduzu_detail.JPG"},
{"id":"peak-teide","title":"Teide","category":"geography","lat":28.2726,"lng":-16.6436,"fact":"Highest point of Spain: 3,715 m above sea level. Teide or Mount Teide is an active stratovolcano on the Spanish island of Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands. Its summit (at 3,715 m (12,188 ft)) is the highest point in Spain and the highest of any island in the Atlantic Ocean.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teide","story_label":"Wikipedia: Teide","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.897,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Roque_Cinchado_und_Teide.jpg/960px-Roque_Cinchado_und_Teide.jpg"},
{"id":"geo-lake-victoria","title":"Lake Victoria","category":"geography","lat":-1,"lng":33,"fact":"Lake, 68,100 km², 83 m deep. Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. With a surface area of approximately 59,947 km2 (23,146 sq mi), Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake by area, the world's largest tropical lake…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Victoria","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lake Victoria","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.893,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/ISS042-E-263206_-_View_of_Earth.jpg/960px-ISS042-E-263206_-_View_of_Earth.jpg"},
{"id":"geo-lake-tanganyika","title":"Lake Tanganyika","category":"geography","lat":-6.1,"lng":29.5,"fact":"Lake Tanganyika is an African Great Lake. It is the world's second-largest freshwater lake by volume and the second deepest, in both cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia. It is the world's longest freshwater lake. It is also the 6th largest lake by area.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Tanganyika","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lake Tanganyika","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.88,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/STS51G-034-0012_Lake_Tanganyika_June1985.jpg/960px-STS51G-034-0012_Lake_Tanganyika_June1985.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-gangkhar-puensum","title":"Gangkhar Puensum","category":"geography","lat":28.0469,"lng":90.455,"fact":"Highest point of Bhutan. Gangkhar Puensum is the highest mountain in Bhutan and the highest unclimbed mountain in the world, with an elevation of 7,570 metres (24,836 ft) and a prominence of 2,995 metres (9,826 ft).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangkhar_Puensum","story_label":"Wikipedia: Gangkhar Puensum","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.851,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Gangkhar_puensum_summit.JPG/960px-Gangkhar_puensum_summit.JPG"},
{"id":"peak-khan-tengri","title":"Khan Tengri","category":"geography","lat":42.2108,"lng":80.175,"fact":"Highest point of Kazakhstan: 7,010 m above sea level. Khan Tengri is a mountain of the Tian Shan mountain range in Central Asia. It is on the China—Kyrgyzstan—Kazakhstan tripoint, east of lake Issyk Kul in Kyrgyzstan.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Tengri","story_label":"Wikipedia: Khan Tengri","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.851,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Vue_globale_du_versant_N_du_khan_Tengri.jpg/960px-Vue_globale_du_versant_N_du_khan_Tengri.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-mount-paektu","title":"Mount Paektu","category":"geography","lat":41.9928,"lng":128.0772,"fact":"Highest point of North Korea: 2,744 m above sea level. Mount Paektu or Mount Baekdu is an active stratovolcano on the Chinese–North Korean border. In China, it is known as Changbai Mountain.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Paektu","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Paektu","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.843,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Laika_ac_Mt._Paekdu_%287998657081%29.jpg/960px-Laika_ac_Mt._Paekdu_%287998657081%29.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-nanda-devi","title":"Nanda Devi","category":"geography","lat":30.3739,"lng":79.9708,"fact":"7,816 m above sea level. Nanda Devi is the second-highest mountain in India, after Kangchenjunga, and the highest located entirely within the country as Kangchenjunga is on the border of India and Nepal.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanda_Devi","story_label":"Wikipedia: Nanda Devi","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.84,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Mt._Nanda_Devi.jpg/960px-Mt._Nanda_Devi.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-terich-mir","title":"Terich Mir","category":"geography","lat":36.2458,"lng":71.8439,"fact":"Terich Mir, 7,708 meters (25,289 ft), is the highest mountain of the Hindu Kush range, the 33rd highest peak in the world and the highest mountain outside of the Himalayas–Karakoram range. It is located in the Chitral District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terich_Mir","story_label":"Wikipedia: Terich Mir","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.837,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Tirich_Mir_%28The_Kingdom_Of_Djinns_And_Fairies%29.jpg/960px-Tirich_Mir_%28The_Kingdom_Of_Djinns_And_Fairies%29.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-noshaq","title":"Noshaq","category":"geography","lat":36.4317,"lng":71.8283,"fact":"Highest point of Afghanistan. Noshaq,also called Noshakh or Nowshakh, is a 7,492 m (24,580 ft) high peak in the Hindu Kush mountain range lying on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noshaq","story_label":"Wikipedia: Noshaq","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.831,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Noszak.jpg"},
{"id":"geo-lake-superior","title":"Lake Superior","category":"geography","lat":47.5288,"lng":-87.76,"fact":"Lake, 82,350 km², 406 m deep. Lake Superior is a lake in central North America. The northernmost, westernmost, and highest of the Great Lakes, Lake Superior straddles the Canada–United States border with the Canadian province of Ontario to the north and east and the U.S. states…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Superior","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lake Superior","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.828,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Lake_Superior%2C_ISS.jpg/960px-Lake_Superior%2C_ISS.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-ismoil-somoni-peak","title":"Ismoil Somoni Peak","category":"geography","lat":38.9427,"lng":72.0153,"fact":"Highest point of Tajikistan: 7,495 m above sea level. Ismoil Somoni Peak is the highest mountain in Tajikistan, as well as the former Russian Empire and Soviet Union before Tajikistan's independence. The mountain is named after Ismail Samani, a ruler of the Samanid Empire.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismoil_Somoni_Peak","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ismoil Somoni Peak","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.825,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Pik_Kommunizma.jpg/960px-Pik_Kommunizma.jpg"},
{"id":"geo-lake-ontario","title":"Lake Ontario","category":"geography","lat":43.7289,"lng":-78.1064,"fact":"Lake, 18,529 km², 244 m deep. Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the north, west, and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south and east by the U.S. state of New York.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Ontario","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lake Ontario","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.822,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/ISS-36_Lake_Ontario_%28horizontal%29.jpg/960px-ISS-36_Lake_Ontario_%28horizontal%29.jpg"},
{"id":"geo-wake-island","title":"Wake Island","category":"geography","lat":19.3,"lng":166.6333,"fact":"Wake Island, also known as Wake Atoll (Chamorro: Islan Wake), is a coral atoll which is an unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the Pacific Ocean.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_Island","story_label":"Wikipedia: Wake Island","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.822,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Wake_Island_NASA_photo_map.jpg/960px-Wake_Island_NASA_photo_map.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-mount-aragats","title":"Mount Aragats","category":"geography","lat":40.5231,"lng":44.1953,"fact":"Highest point of Armenia: 4,090 m above sea level. Mount Aragats is an isolated four-peaked volcano massif in Armenia. Its northern summit, at 4,090 m (13,420 ft) above sea level, is the highest point of the Lesser Caucasus and Armenia.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Aragats","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Aragats","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.822,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Mount_Aragats_2020-05-11.jpg/960px-Mount_Aragats_2020-05-11.jpg"},
{"id":"geo-lake-michigan","title":"Lake Michigan","category":"geography","lat":44.0079,"lng":-86.7565,"fact":"Lake, 57,750 km², 281 m deep. Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume (1,180 cu mi; 4,900 km3) and depth (923 ft; 281 m) after Lake Superior and the third-largest by surface area…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Michigan","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lake Michigan","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.82,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Lake_Michigan_in_true_color.jpg/960px-Lake_Michigan_in_true_color.jpg","day":"07-20","year":1738},
{"id":"geo-lake-malawi","title":"Lake Malawi","category":"geography","lat":-12.1833,"lng":34.3667,"fact":"Lake Malawi, also known as Lake Nyasa in Tanzania and Lago Niassa in Mozambique, is an African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the East African Rift system, located between Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Malawi","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lake Malawi","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.819,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Lake_Malawi_seen_from_orbit.jpg/960px-Lake_Malawi_seen_from_orbit.jpg"},
{"id":"geo-lake-chad","title":"Lake Chad","category":"geography","lat":13.0979,"lng":14.5338,"fact":"Lake Chad is an endorheic freshwater lake located at the junction of four countries: Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon, in western and central Africa respectively, with a catchment area in excess of 1,000,000 km2 (390,000 sq mi).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Chad","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lake Chad","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.817,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Lake_Chad_%28MODIS_2018-06-07%29.jpg/960px-Lake_Chad_%28MODIS_2018-06-07%29.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-mount-hermon","title":"Mount Hermon","category":"geography","lat":33.4,"lng":35.85,"fact":"Highest point of Syria: 2,814 m above sea level. Mount Hermon is a mountain cluster constituting the southern end of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hermon","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Hermon","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.814,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Hermonsnow.jpg/960px-Hermonsnow.jpg"},
{"id":"geo-lake-erie","title":"Lake Erie","category":"geography","lat":42.25,"lng":-80.9997,"fact":"Lake, 25,744 km², 65 m deep. Lake Erie ( EER-ee) is the fourth-largest lake by surface area of the five Great Lakes in North America and the eleventh-largest globally.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Erie","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lake Erie","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.812,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/A1.23188.1851.LakeErie.143.250m.jpg/960px-A1.23188.1851.LakeErie.143.250m.jpg"},
{"id":"geo-lake-huron","title":"Lake Huron","category":"geography","lat":44.5926,"lng":-82.7563,"fact":"Lake Huron is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is shared on the north and east by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south and west by the U.S. state of Michigan.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Huron","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lake Huron","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.809,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Lake_Huron_in_winter.jpg/960px-Lake_Huron_in_winter.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-grossglockner","title":"Grossglockner","category":"geography","lat":47.0745,"lng":12.6939,"fact":"Highest point of Austria. The Großglockner, or just Glockner, is, at 3,798 metres above the Adriatic (12,461 ft), the highest mountain in Austria and highest mountain in the Alps east of the Brenner Pass.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grossglockner","story_label":"Wikipedia: Grossglockner","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.809,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Gro%C3%9Fglockner_from_behind_the_glass_panorama_tower.JPG/960px-Gro%C3%9Fglockner_from_behind_the_glass_panorama_tower.JPG"},
{"id":"geo-lake-ladoga","title":"Lake Ladoga","category":"geography","lat":60.8428,"lng":31.4597,"fact":"Lake Ladoga is a freshwater lake located in the Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia, in the vicinity of Saint Petersburg.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Ladoga","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lake Ladoga","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.805,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Sortavalan_saaristoa.jpg/960px-Sortavalan_saaristoa.jpg"},
{"id":"geo-lake-balaton","title":"Lake Balaton","category":"geography","lat":46.85,"lng":17.72,"fact":"Lake, 592 km², 13 m deep. Lake Balaton is a freshwater rift lake in the Transdanubian region of Hungary. It is the largest lake in Central Europe, and one of the region's foremost tourist destinations.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Balaton","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lake Balaton","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.803,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Balaton_Hungary_Landscape.jpg/960px-Balaton_Hungary_Landscape.jpg"},
{"id":"geo-negev","title":"Negev","category":"geography","lat":30.5,"lng":34.9167,"fact":"The Negev or Naqab is the name for a desert and semidesert area in southern Israel. Today, it forms the bulk of the Southern District of Israel, whose largest city and administrative capital is Beersheba (pop. 223,587), in the north of the Negev.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negev","story_label":"Wikipedia: Negev","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.803,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/NahalHavarimNov212022_03.jpg/960px-NahalHavarimNov212022_03.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-hoverla","title":"Hoverla","category":"geography","lat":48.1603,"lng":24.5,"fact":"Highest point of Ukraine. Mount Hoverla, at 2,061 metres (6,762 ft), is the highest mountain in Ukraine and part of the Ukrainian Carpathians. The mountain is located in the Eastern Beskids, in the Chornohora region.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoverla","story_label":"Wikipedia: Hoverla","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.797,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9.jpg/960px-%D0%97%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-lenin-peak","title":"Lenin Peak","category":"geography","lat":39.3437,"lng":72.8779,"fact":"7,134 m above sea level. Lenin Peak or Ibn Sina (Avicenna) Peak is a mountain in the Trans-Alay Range of the Pamir Mountains, in the Gorno-Badakhshan and Osh regions on the Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan border.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenin_Peak","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lenin Peak","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.795,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Lenin_peak_from_Sary-mogol.jpg/960px-Lenin_peak_from_Sary-mogol.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-snezka","title":"Sněžka","category":"geography","lat":50.7361,"lng":15.7403,"fact":"Highest point of Czech Republic: 1,603 m above sea level. Sněžka or Śnieżka is a mountain on the border between the Czech Republic and Poland, the most prominent point of the Silesian Ridge in the Giant Mountains.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sn%C4%9B%C5%BEka","story_label":"Wikipedia: Sněžka","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.794,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/%C5%9Anie%C5%BCka_z_zachodu.jpg/960px-%C5%9Anie%C5%BCka_z_zachodu.jpg"},
{"id":"geo-karakum-desert","title":"Karakum Desert","category":"geography","lat":39,"lng":60,"fact":"The Karakum Desert, also spelt Qaraqum and Garagum, is the 12th largest desert in the world, located in Central Asia. The name refers to the shale-rich sand beneath the surface. It occupies about 70 percent, or roughly 350,000 km2 (140,000 sq mi), of Turkmenistan.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakum_Desert","story_label":"Wikipedia: Karakum Desert","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.792,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Karakum_Desert%2C_Turkmenistan.jpg/960px-Karakum_Desert%2C_Turkmenistan.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-mount-kailash","title":"Mount Kailash","category":"geography","lat":31.0669,"lng":81.3128,"fact":"6,638 m above sea level. Mount Kailash is a mountain in Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It lies in the Gangdise Shan mountain range of the Transhimalaya, in the western part of the Tibetan Plateau.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kailash","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Kailash","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.792,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Kailash_north.JPG/960px-Kailash_north.JPG"},
{"id":"geo-lake-balkhash","title":"Lake Balkhash","category":"geography","lat":46.5408,"lng":74.8789,"fact":"Lake Balkhash, also known as Lake Balqash, is a lake in southeastern Kazakhstan. It is one of the largest lakes in Asia and the 15th largest in the world. It is located in the eastern part of Central Asia and sits in the Balkhash-Alakol Basin, an endorheic (closed) basin.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Balkhash","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lake Balkhash","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.788,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/STS039-085-00E_Lake_Balkhash%2C_Kazakhstan_April_1991.jpg/960px-STS039-085-00E_Lake_Balkhash%2C_Kazakhstan_April_1991.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-kebnekaise","title":"Kebnekaise","category":"geography","lat":67.8833,"lng":18.55,"fact":"Highest point of Sweden: 2,135 m above sea level. Kebnekaise is the highest mountain in Sweden. The Kebnekaise massif, which is part of the Scandinavian mountain range, has two main peaks.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebnekaise","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kebnekaise","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.788,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Kebnekaise_viewed_from_Tarfala_valley_-_narrower_crop.jpg/960px-Kebnekaise_viewed_from_Tarfala_valley_-_narrower_crop.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-mount-apo","title":"Mount Apo","category":"geography","lat":6.9875,"lng":125.2708,"fact":"Highest point of Philippines. Mount Apo is the highest mountain peak in the Philippines, with an elevation of 2,954 meters (9,692 ft) above sea level. A large solfataric, dormant stratovolcano, it is part of the Apo-Talomo Mountain Range of Mindanao island.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Apo","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Apo","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.788,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Tuktok_ng_Pilipinas.jpg/960px-Tuktok_ng_Pilipinas.jpg"},
{"id":"geo-lake-albert-africa","title":"Lake Albert (Africa)","category":"geography","lat":1.6833,"lng":30.9167,"fact":"Lake Albert, originally known as Lake Mwitanzige by the Banyoro, Nam Ovoyo Bonyo by the Alur, and temporarily as Lake Mobutu Sese Seko, is a lake located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Albert_(Africa)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lake Albert (Africa)","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.786,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Lake_Albert_%28Uganda%29_%28NASA%29.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-musala","title":"Musala","category":"geography","lat":42.1792,"lng":23.5853,"fact":"Highest point of Bulgaria. Musala is the highest peak in the Rila Mountains, as well as in Bulgaria and the entire Balkan Peninsula, standing at 2,925.42 metres (9,597.8 ft).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musala","story_label":"Wikipedia: Musala","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.785,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Musala_IMG_1447.jpg/960px-Musala_IMG_1447.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-shkhara","title":"Shkhara","category":"geography","lat":42.9994,"lng":43.1117,"fact":"Highest point of Georgia: 5,193 m above sea level. Shkhara is a mountain peak and the highest point in Georgia. It is located on the Georgia–Russia border, in Russia's Kabardino-Balkaria region on the northern side, and the Svaneti region of Georgia in the south.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shkhara","story_label":"Wikipedia: Shkhara","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.782,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Mt_Shkhara_as_seen_from_Khalde_%28Photo_A._Muhranoff%2C_2011%29.jpg/960px-Mt_Shkhara_as_seen_from_Khalde_%28Photo_A._Muhranoff%2C_2011%29.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-monte-titano","title":"Monte Titano","category":"geography","lat":43.9283,"lng":12.4522,"fact":"Highest point of San Marino: 739 m above sea level. Monte Titano (\"Mount Titan\") or Monte Brugola is a mountain of the Apennines and the highest point in the country of San Marino.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Titano","story_label":"Wikipedia: Monte Titano","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.779,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/San_marino%2C_veduta_del_monte_titano_02.jpg/960px-San_marino%2C_veduta_del_monte_titano_02.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-muztagh-ata","title":"Muztagh Ata","category":"geography","lat":38.2783,"lng":75.1158,"fact":"Muztagh Ata (meaning 'Ice Mountain Father' in Turkic languages), formerly known as Mount Tagharma and Wi-tagh, is the second highest of the mountains which form the northern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, with an elevation of 7,546 m (24,757 ft).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muztagh_Ata","story_label":"Wikipedia: Muztagh Ata","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.779,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Muztagh_Ata_Xinjiang_China.jpg"},
{"id":"geo-lake-onega","title":"Lake Onega","category":"geography","lat":61.6906,"lng":35.6556,"fact":"Lake Onega is a lake in northwestern Russia, on the territory of the Republic of Karelia, Leningrad Oblast and Vologda Oblast. It belongs to the basin of the Baltic Sea, and is the second-largest lake in Europe after Lake Ladoga, slightly smaller than Lebanon.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Onega","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lake Onega","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.778,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/White_Sea_Canal_map.png/960px-White_Sea_Canal_map.png"},
{"id":"peak-galdhopiggen","title":"Galdhøpiggen","category":"geography","lat":61.6333,"lng":8.3,"fact":"Highest point of Norway: 2,469 m above sea level. Galdhøpiggen is the highest mountain in Norway, Scandinavia, and Northern Europe. The 2,469-metre-tall (8,100 ft) mountain is located in Lom Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galdh%C3%B8piggen","story_label":"Wikipedia: Galdhøpiggen","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.776,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Galdh%C3%B8piggenFromFannar%C3%A5ki.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-kongur-tagh","title":"Kongur Tagh","category":"geography","lat":38.5939,"lng":75.3133,"fact":"7,649 m above sea level. The Kongur Tagh (meaning 'Brown Mountain' in Turkic languages) is the highest peak in the Pamir Mountains, and also the highest mountain wholly within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongur_Tagh","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kongur Tagh","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.775,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Kongur_south.jpg"},
{"id":"geo-lake-kivu","title":"Lake Kivu","category":"geography","lat":-1.8531,"lng":29.1353,"fact":"Lake, 2,700 km², 485 m deep. Lake Kivu is one of the African Great Lakes. It lies on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, and is in the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Kivu","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lake Kivu","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.774,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/LakeKivu_satellite.jpg"},
{"id":"geo-lake-maggiore","title":"Lake Maggiore","category":"geography","lat":46.0981,"lng":8.7147,"fact":"Lake Maggiore or Verbano is a large lake on the south side of the Alps divided between the Italian regions of Piedmont and Lombardy to the south, and the Swiss canton of Ticino to the north.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Maggiore","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lake Maggiore","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.772,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/LagoMaggiore.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-rakaposhi","title":"Rakaposhi","category":"geography","lat":36.1425,"lng":74.4892,"fact":"7,788 m above sea level. Rakaposhi also known as Dumani is a mountain within the Karakoram range in Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan. It is situated in the middle of the Nagar and Bagrote valleys.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakaposhi","story_label":"Wikipedia: Rakaposhi","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.771,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Rakaposhi_%26_Autumn.jpg/960px-Rakaposhi_%26_Autumn.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-dufourspitze","title":"Dufourspitze","category":"geography","lat":45.9369,"lng":7.8668,"fact":"Highest point of Switzerland: 4,634 m above sea level. The Dufourspitze is the highest peak of Monte Rosa, an ice-covered mountain massif in the Alps.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dufourspitze","story_label":"Wikipedia: Dufourspitze","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.769,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Monte_Rosa_summit.jpg/960px-Monte_Rosa_summit.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-suur-munamagi","title":"Suur Munamägi","category":"geography","lat":57.714,"lng":27.06,"fact":"Highest point of Estonia: 317 m above sea level. Suur Munamägi is the highest peak in Estonia (and the Baltic states), reaching 318 metres (1,043 ft) above sea level.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suur_Munam%C3%A4gi","story_label":"Wikipedia: Suur Munamägi","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.769,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Suur_Munam%C3%A4gi_2014.jpg"},
{"id":"geo-death-valley","title":"Death Valley","category":"geography","lat":36.4569,"lng":-116.8653,"fact":"Death Valley is a desert valley in Eastern California, United States, in the northern Mojave Desert, bordering the Great Basin Desert. The World Meteorological Organization lists Death Valley as the site of the hottest surface temperature recorded on Earth.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Valley","story_label":"Wikipedia: Death Valley","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.768,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Death_Valley_from_space.JPG"},
{"id":"geo-loch-ness","title":"Loch Ness","category":"geography","lat":57.3,"lng":-4.45,"fact":"Lake, 56 km², 272 m deep. Loch Ness is a large freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands. It takes its name from the River Ness, which flows from the northern end.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Ness","story_label":"Wikipedia: Loch Ness","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.768,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/LochNessUrquhart.jpg/960px-LochNessUrquhart.jpg"},
{"id":"geo-vanern","title":"Vänern","category":"geography","lat":58.9167,"lng":13.5,"fact":"Vänern is the largest lake in Sweden, the largest lake in the European Union and the third-largest lake in Europe after Ladoga and Onega in Russia. It is located in the provinces of Västergötland, Dalsland, and Värmland in the southwest of the country.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4nern","story_label":"Wikipedia: Vänern","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.768,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/H%C3%A4llekis_industrier_sedda_fr_utsiktstornet_p%C3%A5_Kinnekulle_6116.jpg/960px-H%C3%A4llekis_industrier_sedda_fr_utsiktstornet_p%C3%A5_Kinnekulle_6116.jpg"},
{"id":"geo-lake-nicaragua","title":"Lake Nicaragua","category":"geography","lat":11.5742,"lng":-85.3563,"fact":"Lake Nicaragua or Cocibolca or Granada is a freshwater lake in Nicaragua. Of tectonic origin and with an area of 8,264 km2 (3,191 sq mi), it is the largest fresh water lake in Central America, the 19th largest lake in the world (by area) and the tenth largest in the Americas…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nicaragua","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lake Nicaragua","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.766,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Lake_Nicaragua.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-kamet","title":"Kamet","category":"geography","lat":30.92,"lng":79.5933,"fact":"7,756 m above sea level. Kamet is the second-highest mountain in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India, after Nanda Devi. It is the 29th-highest mountain in the world. It lies in the Chamoli District of Uttarakhand.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamet","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kamet","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.766,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Kamet_Closeup.jpg/960px-Kamet_Closeup.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-namcha-barwa","title":"Namcha Barwa","category":"geography","lat":29.6306,"lng":95.0553,"fact":"7,782 m above sea level. Namcha Barwa or Namchabarwa is a mountain peak lying in southeastern Tibet. The traditional definition of the Himalaya extending from the Indus River to the Brahmaputra would make it the eastern anchor of the entire mountain chain…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namcha_Barwa","story_label":"Wikipedia: Namcha Barwa","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.766,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Namcha_Barwa_from_the_west.jpg/960px-Namcha_Barwa_from_the_west.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-banaba","title":"Banaba","category":"geography","lat":-0.8594,"lng":169.5369,"fact":"Highest point of Kiribati: 81 m above sea level. Banaba is an island of Kiribati in the Pacific Ocean. A solitary raised coral island west of the Gilbert Island Chain, it is the westernmost point of Kiribati, lying 185 miles (298 km) east of Nauru…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banaba","story_label":"Wikipedia: Banaba","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.765,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/19_Map_of_Banaba%2C_Kiribati.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-nevado-sajama","title":"Nevado Sajama","category":"geography","lat":-18.1081,"lng":-68.8831,"fact":"Highest point of Bolivia: 6,542 m above sea level. Nevado Sajama is an extinct volcano and the highest peak in Bolivia. The mountain is located in Sajama Province, in Oruro Department.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevado_Sajama","story_label":"Wikipedia: Nevado Sajama","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.765,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Sajama_National_Park.jpg/960px-Sajama_National_Park.jpg"},
{"id":"geo-great-victoria-desert","title":"Great Victoria Desert","category":"geography","lat":-28.5,"lng":127.75,"fact":"The Great Victoria Desert is a sparsely populated desert ecoregion and interim Australian bioregion in Western Australia and South Australia.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Victoria_Desert","story_label":"Wikipedia: Great Victoria Desert","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.763,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Serpentine_Lakes.JPG/960px-Serpentine_Lakes.JPG"},
{"id":"geo-lake-tana","title":"Lake Tana","category":"geography","lat":12,"lng":37.25,"fact":"Lake Tana is the largest lake in Ethiopia and a source of the Blue Nile. Located in Amhara Region in the north-western Ethiopian Highlands, the lake is approximately 84 kilometres (52 miles) long and 66 kilometres (41 miles) wide, with a maximum depth of 15 metres (49 feet)…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Tana","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lake Tana","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.763,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Lake_tana.jpg"},
{"id":"geo-saimaa","title":"Saimaa","category":"geography","lat":61.25,"lng":28.25,"fact":"Saimaa is a lake located in the Finnish Lakeland area in southeastern Finland. With a surface area of approximately 4,279 square kilometres (1,652 sq mi), it is the largest lake in Finland, and the fourth-largest natural freshwater lake in Europe.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saimaa","story_label":"Wikipedia: Saimaa","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.763,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Lake_Saimaa_aerial.jpg/960px-Lake_Saimaa_aerial.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-mount-korab","title":"Mount Korab","category":"geography","lat":41.7903,"lng":20.5467,"fact":"Highest point of Albania: 2,764 m above sea level. Korab is the highest peak of the eponymous mountain range and the fourth-highest mountain located entirely in the Balkan Peninsula, standing at 2,764 metres (9,068 feet).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Korab","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Korab","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.762,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Velky_Korab_2011.jpg/960px-Velky_Korab_2011.jpg"},
{"id":"geo-lake-sevan","title":"Lake Sevan","category":"geography","lat":40.3106,"lng":45.3492,"fact":"Lake Sevan is the largest body of water in Armenia and the broader Caucasus region. It is one of the largest freshwater alpine lakes in Eurasia. The lake is situated in Gegharkunik Province, at an altitude of 1,900 m (6,234 ft) above sea level. It is fed by 28 rivers and streams.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Sevan","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lake Sevan","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.761,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Lake_Sevan_2022-08-14_Sentinel-2_L2A.jpg/960px-Lake_Sevan_2022-08-14_Sentinel-2_L2A.jpg"},
{"id":"geo-lake-edward","title":"Lake Edward","category":"geography","lat":-0.3333,"lng":29.6,"fact":"Lake, 2,150 km², 117 m deep. Lake Edward (locally Rwitanzigye or Rweru) is one of the smaller African Great Lakes. It is located in the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift, on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Edward","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lake Edward","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.759,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Lake_edward_sentinel-2.jpg/960px-Lake_edward_sentinel-2.jpg"},
{"id":"geo-lake-winnipeg","title":"Lake Winnipeg","category":"geography","lat":52.1167,"lng":-97.25,"fact":"Lake Winnipeg is a 24,514-square-kilometre (9,465-square-mile) lake in North America, in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Its southern end is about 55 kilometres (34 miles) north of the namesake city, Winnipeg.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Winnipeg","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lake Winnipeg","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.759,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Lake_Winnipeg_map.png/960px-Lake_Winnipeg_map.png"},
{"id":"peak-carrauntoohil","title":"Carrauntoohil","category":"geography","lat":51.9989,"lng":-9.7428,"fact":"Highest point of Ireland: 1,039 m above sea level. Carrauntoohil, Carrauntoohill or Carrantuohill is the highest mountain in Ireland at 1,038.6 metres (3,407 feet 6 inches).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrauntoohil","story_label":"Wikipedia: Carrauntoohil","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.758,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Carrauntoohil_2016.JPG"},
{"id":"geo-arabian-desert","title":"Arabian Desert","category":"geography","lat":18.2672,"lng":42.3681,"fact":"The Arabian Desert is a vast desert wilderness in West Asia that occupies almost the entire Arabian Peninsula with an area of 2,330,000 square kilometers (900,000 sq mi). It stretches from Yemen to the Persian Gulf and Oman to Jordan and Iraq.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_Desert","story_label":"Wikipedia: Arabian Desert","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.757,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Arabian_Desert_-_panoramio.jpg/960px-Arabian_Desert_-_panoramio.jpg"},
{"id":"geo-great-bear-lake","title":"Great Bear Lake","category":"geography","lat":66,"lng":-121,"fact":"Great Bear Lake in the boreal forest of Canada is the largest lake entirely in Canada, the fourth-largest in North America, and the eighth-largest in the world.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Bear_Lake","story_label":"Wikipedia: Great Bear Lake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.757,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Great_Bear_Lake_%28de%29.png/960px-Great_Bear_Lake_%28de%29.png"},
{"id":"peak-pico-bolivar","title":"Pico Bolívar","category":"geography","lat":8.5409,"lng":-71.0465,"fact":"Highest point of Venezuela. Pico Bolívar is the highest mountain in Venezuela, at 4,978 metres (16,332 ft). Located in Mérida State.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pico_Bol%C3%ADvar","story_label":"Wikipedia: Pico Bolívar","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.755,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/PicoBolivar2.jpg"},
{"id":"geo-kyzylkum-desert","title":"Kyzylkum Desert","category":"geography","lat":42.4411,"lng":63.4614,"fact":"The Kyzylkum Desert is the 15th largest desert in the world. Its name means 'Red Sand' in Turkic languages. It is located in Central Asia, in the land between the confluent rivers Amu Darya and Syr Darya, a region historically known as Transoxania.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyzylkum_Desert","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kyzylkum Desert","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.754,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Region_of_Kyzyl_Kum.png"},
{"id":"geo-lake-maracaibo","title":"Lake Maracaibo","category":"geography","lat":9.8158,"lng":-71.5567,"fact":"Lake Maracaibo is located in northwestern Venezuela, between the states of Zulia, Trujillo, and Mérida.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Maracaibo","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lake Maracaibo","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.752,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Satelites_image_of_Lake_Maracaibo.png"},
{"id":"geo-qinghai-lake","title":"Qinghai Lake","category":"geography","lat":37,"lng":100,"fact":"Lake, 4,400 km², 21 m deep. Qinghai Lake is the largest lake in China. Located in the Qinghai Province, to which it gave its name, Qinghai Lake is classified as an alkaline endorheic salt lake.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai_Lake","story_label":"Wikipedia: Qinghai Lake","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.752,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Qinghai_lake.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-fansipan","title":"Fansipan","category":"geography","lat":22.3033,"lng":103.7753,"fact":"Highest point of Vietnam: 3,143 m above sea level. Fansipan is a mountain in Vietnam. Its height was originally measured at 3,143 metres (10,312 ft) in 1909, but this value was later adjusted to 3,147.3 metres (10,326 ft).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fansipan","story_label":"Wikipedia: Fansipan","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.751,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Fansipan_Summit.jpg/960px-Fansipan_Summit.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-halti","title":"Halti","category":"geography","lat":69.3128,"lng":21.2856,"fact":"Highest point of Finland: 1,361 m above sea level. Halti is a fell at the border between Norway and Finland. The peak (elevation 1,365 m (4,478 ft)) of the fell, called Ráisduottarháldi, is in Norway, on the border Nordreisa Municipality and Gáivuotna Municipality (Kåfjord)…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halti","story_label":"Wikipedia: Halti","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.751,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Top_of_Halti_fjeld_-_Finland_-_07-09-2006.jpg/960px-Top_of_Halti_fjeld_-_Finland_-_07-09-2006.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-kekes","title":"Kékes","category":"geography","lat":47.8722,"lng":20.0128,"fact":"Highest point of Hungary. Kékes is Hungary's highest mountain, at 1,014 metres (3,327 ft) above sea level in the Mátra mountain range. It is Hungary's third most popular tourist attraction, after Lake Balaton and the Danube, and has a number of skiing pistes.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A9kes","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kékes","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.751,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/K%C3%A9kestet%C5%91%2C_t%C3%A9v%C3%A9torony_2.jpg"},
{"id":"peak-pico-do-fogo","title":"Pico do Fogo","category":"geography","lat":14.9493,"lng":-24.3404,"fact":"Highest point of Cape Verde: 2,829 m above sea level. Pico do Fogo is an active stratovolcano located on the island of Fogo, Cape Verde, rising to 2,829 metres (9,281 ft) above sea level. The main cone last erupted in 1680, causing mass emigration from the island.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pico_do_Fogo","story_label":"Wikipedia: Pico do Fogo","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.751,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Cape_Verde_Pico_do_Fogo_b.jpg/960px-Cape_Verde_Pico_do_Fogo_b.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-aldabra","title":"Aldabra","category":"geography","lat":-9.4167,"lng":46.35,"fact":"Aldabra, the world's second-largest coral atoll (the largest is Kiritimati), is located east of the continent of Africa.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldabra","story_label":"Wikipedia: Aldabra","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/An_Outpost_for_Evolution_at_Aldabra_Atoll.jpg/960px-An_Outpost_for_Evolution_at_Aldabra_Atoll.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-aletsch-glacier","title":"Aletsch Glacier","category":"geography","lat":46.4422,"lng":8.0772,"fact":"The Aletsch Glacier or Great Aletsch Glacier (Grosser Aletschgletscher) is the largest glacier in the Alps.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aletsch_Glacier","story_label":"Wikipedia: Aletsch Glacier","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Switzerland%2C_Bettmeralp_%2819505442736%29.jpg/960px-Switzerland%2C_Bettmeralp_%2819505442736%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-alpamayo","title":"Alpamayo","category":"geography","lat":-8.8792,"lng":-77.6537,"fact":"Alpamayo or Shuyturaju is one of the most conspicuous peaks in the Cordillera Blanca of the Peruvian Andes. Alpamayo Creek originates northwest of it. The Alpamayo lies next to the slightly higher Quitaraju.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpamayo","story_label":"Wikipedia: Alpamayo","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Alpamayo.jpg/960px-Alpamayo.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-antelope-canyon","title":"Antelope Canyon","category":"geography","lat":36.862,"lng":-111.3743,"fact":"Navajo Upper Antelope Canyon is a slot canyon in the American Southwest, on Navajo land east of Lechee, Arizona.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antelope_Canyon","story_label":"Wikipedia: Antelope Canyon","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/USA_Antelope-Canyon.jpg/960px-USA_Antelope-Canyon.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-aoraki-mount-cook","title":"Aoraki / Mount Cook","category":"geography","lat":-43.595,"lng":170.1419,"fact":"Aoraki / Mount Cook is the highest mountain in New Zealand. Its height, as of 2014, is listed as 3,724 metres (12,218 feet). It is situated in the Southern Alps, the mountain range that runs the length of the South Island.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aoraki_%2F_Mount_Cook","story_label":"Wikipedia: Aoraki / Mount Cook","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Mt_Cook_LC0247.jpg/960px-Mt_Cook_LC0247.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-avenue-of-the-baobabs","title":"Avenue of the Baobabs","category":"geography","lat":-20.25,"lng":44.4194,"fact":"The Avenue of the Baobabs, or Alley of the Baobabs, is a prominent group of Grandidier's baobabs (Adansonia grandidieri) lining the unpaved Road No.8 between Morondava and Belon'i Tsiribihina in the Menabe region of western Madagascar.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avenue_of_the_Baobabs","story_label":"Wikipedia: Avenue of the Baobabs","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Adansonia_grandidieri_Pat_Hooper.jpg/960px-Adansonia_grandidieri_Pat_Hooper.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-azure-window","title":"Azure Window","category":"geography","lat":36.0536,"lng":14.1884,"fact":"The Azure Window, also known as the Dwejra Window (Maltese: it-Tieqa tad-Dwejra), was a 28-metre-tall (92 ft) natural arch on the island of Gozo, located just off the shores of Malta.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azure_Window","story_label":"Wikipedia: Azure Window","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Malta_Gozo%2C_Azure_Window_%2810264176345%29.jpg/960px-Malta_Gozo%2C_Azure_Window_%2810264176345%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-ball-s-pyramid","title":"Ball's Pyramid","category":"geography","lat":-31.7542,"lng":159.2517,"fact":"Ball's Pyramid is an uninhabited islet in the Pacific Ocean located 20 kilometres (12 mi; 11 nmi) southeast of Lord Howe Island, between Australia and New Zealand. The steep rocky basalt outcrop is the eroded plug of a shield volcano and caldera that formed 6.4 million years ago.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball's_Pyramid","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ball's Pyramid","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Balls_Pyramid_near_Lord_Howe_Island.jpg/960px-Balls_Pyramid_near_Lord_Howe_Island.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-ban-gioc-detian-falls","title":"Ban Gioc–Detian Falls","category":"geography","lat":22.8564,"lng":106.722,"fact":"Bản Giốc – Detian Falls or Bản Giốc Falls is a collective name for two waterfalls on the Quây Sơn River that straddle the international border between China and Vietnam; more specifically located between the Karst hills of Daxin County, Guangxi and Trùng Khánh District…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ban_Gioc%E2%80%93Detian_Falls","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ban Gioc–Detian Falls","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Bangioc9tam.jpg/960px-Bangioc9tam.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-bastei","title":"Bastei","category":"geography","lat":50.9622,"lng":14.0714,"fact":"The Bastei is a rock formation rising 194 metres (636 ft) above the Elbe River in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains of Germany. Reaching a height of 305 metres (1,001 ft) above sea level, the jagged rocks of the Bastei were formed by water erosion over one million years ago.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastei","story_label":"Wikipedia: Bastei","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Rathen_und_Elbsandsteingebirge_asv2022-08_img04.jpg/960px-Rathen_und_Elbsandsteingebirge_asv2022-08_img04.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-bay-of-kotor","title":"Bay of Kotor","category":"geography","lat":42.45,"lng":18.67,"fact":"The Bay of Kotor, also known as the Gulf of Kotor or just as the Boka, is a winding bay of the Adriatic Sea in southwestern Montenegro and the region of Montenegro concentrated around the bay. It is also the southernmost part of the historical region of Dalmatia.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Kotor","story_label":"Wikipedia: Bay of Kotor","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Kotor_aerial_1.jpg/960px-Kotor_aerial_1.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-belogradchik-rocks","title":"Belogradchik Rocks","category":"geography","lat":43.6208,"lng":22.685,"fact":"The Belogradchik Rocks are a group of strangely shaped sandstone and conglomerate rock formations located on the western slopes of the Balkan Mountains (Stara Planina) near the town of Belogradchik in northwest Bulgaria.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belogradchik_Rocks","story_label":"Wikipedia: Belogradchik Rocks","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD_-_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BA_-_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8_-_%2812%29.jpg/960px-%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD_-_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BA_-_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8_-_%2812%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-benagil","title":"Benagil","category":"geography","lat":37.0875,"lng":-8.4258,"fact":"Benagil is a hamlet in Portugal, located in the civil parish of Lagoa and Carvoeiro, on the Atlantic coast of the municipality of Lagoa, in the Algarve region.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benagil","story_label":"Wikipedia: Benagil","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Praia_de_Benagil_-_Portugal_%F0%9F%87%B5%F0%9F%87%B9_%2853651979938%29.jpg/960px-Praia_de_Benagil_-_Portugal_%F0%9F%87%B5%F0%9F%87%B9_%2853651979938%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-blue-grotto-capri","title":"Blue Grotto (Capri)","category":"geography","lat":40.561,"lng":14.2057,"fact":"The Blue Grotto is a sea cave on the coast of the island of Capri, southern Italy. Sunlight shining through an underwater cavity is reflected back upward through the seawater below the cavern, giving the water a blue glow that illuminates the cavern.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Grotto_(Capri)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Blue Grotto (Capri)","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Grotta_azzurra.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-blue-grotto-malta","title":"Blue Grotto (Malta)","category":"geography","lat":35.8167,"lng":14.45,"fact":"The Blue Grotto refers to a number of sea caverns on the south east coast of Malta, a short distance from the fishing harbour limits of Wied iż-Żurrieq, Malta.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Grotto_(Malta)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Blue Grotto (Malta)","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Blue_Grotto_Malta.jpg/960px-Blue_Grotto_Malta.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-bonneville-salt-flats","title":"Bonneville Salt Flats","category":"geography","lat":40.8,"lng":-113.8,"fact":"The Bonneville Salt Flats are a densely packed salt pan in Tooele County in northwestern Utah, United States. A remnant of the Pleistocene Lake Bonneville, it is the largest of many salt flats west of the Great Salt Lake.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonneville_Salt_Flats","story_label":"Wikipedia: Bonneville Salt Flats","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Sunset_at_Salt_Flats.jpg/960px-Sunset_at_Salt_Flats.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-bora-bora","title":"Bora Bora","category":"geography","lat":-16.501,"lng":-151.74,"fact":"Bora Bora is a French island group in the Leeward Islands, comprising the western part of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of the French Republic in the South Pacific. Bora Bora has a total land area of 30.55 km2 (12 sq mi).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bora_Bora","story_label":"Wikipedia: Bora Bora","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Bora_Bora_ISS006.jpg/960px-Bora_Bora_ISS006.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-bryce-canyon-national-park","title":"Bryce Canyon National Park","category":"geography","lat":37.64,"lng":-112.17,"fact":"Bryce Canyon National Park is a national park of the United States located in southwestern Utah.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryce_Canyon_National_Park","story_label":"Wikipedia: Bryce Canyon National Park","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Inspiration_Point_Bryce_Canyon_November_2018_panorama.jpg/960px-Inspiration_Point_Bryce_Canyon_November_2018_panorama.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-bungle-bungle-range","title":"Bungle Bungle Range","category":"geography","lat":-17.4214,"lng":128.4449,"fact":"The Bungle Bungle Range is a major landform and the main feature of the Purnululu National Park, situated in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungle_Bungle_Range","story_label":"Wikipedia: Bungle Bungle Range","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Bungle_Bungles.jpg/960px-Bungle_Bungles.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-camargue","title":"Camargue","category":"geography","lat":43.5333,"lng":4.5,"fact":"The Camargue is a coastal region in southern France located south of the city of Arles, between the Mediterranean Sea and the two arms of the Rhône river delta. The eastern arm is called the Grand Rhône; the western is the Petit Rhône.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camargue","story_label":"Wikipedia: Camargue","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75},
{"id":"wp-cano-cristales","title":"Caño Cristales","category":"geography","lat":2.2642,"lng":-73.7944,"fact":"The Caño Cristales is a river located in the Serranía de la Macarena, an isolated mountain range in Meta Department, Colombia. It is a tributary of the Guayabero River, itself a part of the Orinoco basin. Caño Cristales was found in 1969 by a group of cattle farmers.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ca%C3%B1o_Cristales","story_label":"Wikipedia: Caño Cristales","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Ca%C3%B1o_Cristales_01.jpg/960px-Ca%C3%B1o_Cristales_01.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-cappadocia","title":"Cappadocia","category":"geography","lat":38.6183,"lng":34.8672,"fact":"Cappadocia is a historical region in Central Anatolia region, Turkey. It is largely in the provinces of Nevşehir, Kayseri, Aksaray, Kırşehir, Sivas and Niğde. Today, the touristic Cappadocia Region is located in Nevşehir province.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cappadocia","story_label":"Wikipedia: Cappadocia","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Cappadocia_balloon_trip%2C_Ortahisar_Castle_%2811893715185%29.jpg/960px-Cappadocia_balloon_trip%2C_Ortahisar_Castle_%2811893715185%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-carlsbad-caverns-national-park","title":"Carlsbad Caverns National Park","category":"geography","lat":32.1753,"lng":-104.4439,"fact":"Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a national park of the United States in the Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico. The primary attraction of the park is the show cave Carlsbad Cavern.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlsbad_Caverns_National_Park","story_label":"Wikipedia: Carlsbad Caverns National Park","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Carlsbad_Interior_Formations.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-cerro-rico","title":"Cerro Rico","category":"geography","lat":-19.6189,"lng":-65.7497,"fact":"Cerro Rico, also known as Cerro Potosí or Sumaq Urqu; is a mountain in the Andes near the Bolivian city of Potosí.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerro_Rico","story_label":"Wikipedia: Cerro Rico","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Cerro_ricco.jpg/960px-Cerro_ricco.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-cheddar-gorge","title":"Cheddar Gorge","category":"geography","lat":51.2824,"lng":-2.7655,"fact":"Cheddar Gorge is a limestone gorge in the Mendip Hills, near the village of Cheddar, Somerset, England. The gorge is the site of the Cheddar show caves, where Great Britain's oldest complete human skeleton, Cheddar Man, estimated to be 9,000 years old, was found in 1903.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheddar_Gorge","story_label":"Wikipedia: Cheddar Gorge","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Cheddar_Gorge%2C_Somerset%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg/960px-Cheddar_Gorge%2C_Somerset%2C_UK_-_Diliff.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-chocolate-hills","title":"Chocolate Hills","category":"geography","lat":9.9167,"lng":124.1667,"fact":"The Chocolate Hills are a geological formation in the Philippine province of Bohol. A minimum of 1,260 hills, and possibly over 1,776, spread over an area of more than 50 square kilometers (20 sq mi).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate_Hills","story_label":"Wikipedia: Chocolate Hills","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Chocolate_Hills_Bohol.JPG/960px-Chocolate_Hills_Bohol.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-cliffs-of-moher","title":"Cliffs of Moher","category":"geography","lat":52.9718,"lng":-9.4263,"fact":"The Cliffs of Moher are sea cliffs located at the southwestern edge of the Burren region in County Clare, Ireland. They run for about 14 kilometres (9 miles).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliffs_of_Moher","story_label":"Wikipedia: Cliffs of Moher","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Cliffs-Of-Moher-OBriens-From-South.JPG/960px-Cliffs-Of-Moher-OBriens-From-South.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-colca-canyon","title":"Colca Canyon","category":"geography","lat":-15.5972,"lng":-71.8792,"fact":"The Colca Canyon is a canyon of the Colca River in southern Peru, located about 160 kilometres (99 mi) northwest of Arequipa. With a depth of about 3,270 metres (10,730 ft), it is one of the deepest canyons in the world. Its length is about 70 kilometres (43 mi).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colca_Canyon","story_label":"Wikipedia: Colca Canyon","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Colca_Canyon_Puno.jpg/960px-Colca_Canyon_Puno.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-cotopaxi","title":"Cotopaxi","category":"geography","lat":-0.6806,"lng":-78.4378,"fact":"Cotopaxi is an active stratovolcano in the Andes Mountains, located in Cotopaxi National Park in Cotopaxi Province, about 50 km (31.1 mi) south of Quito, and 31 km (19 mi) northeast of the city of Latacunga, Ecuador.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotopaxi","story_label":"Wikipedia: Cotopaxi","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Cotopaxi_volcano_2008-06-27T1322.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-crater-lake-national-park","title":"Crater Lake National Park","category":"geography","lat":42.9111,"lng":-122.1478,"fact":"Crater Lake National Park is a national park of the United States located in southern Oregon. Established in 1902, Crater Lake is the fifth-oldest national park in the United States and the only national park in Oregon.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crater_Lake_National_Park","story_label":"Wikipedia: Crater Lake National Park","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Above_Crater_Lake_%28cropped%29.jpg/960px-Above_Crater_Lake_%28cropped%29.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-deadvlei","title":"Deadvlei","category":"geography","lat":-24.7597,"lng":15.2919,"fact":"Deadvlei is a white clay pan located near the more famous salt pan of Sossusvlei, in a valley between the dunes in the Namib-Naukluft Park in Namibia. Also written DeadVlei or Dead Vlei, its name means \"dead marsh\". Its Afrikaans name is Dooie Vlei.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadvlei","story_label":"Wikipedia: Deadvlei","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Dead_Vlei_4.jpg/960px-Dead_Vlei_4.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-dettifoss","title":"Dettifoss","category":"geography","lat":65.8147,"lng":-16.3845,"fact":"Dettifoss is a waterfall in Vatnajökull National Park in Northeast Iceland, and is reputed to be the second most powerful waterfall in Europe after the Rhine Falls.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dettifoss","story_label":"Wikipedia: Dettifoss","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.75,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Dettifoss_TimBekaert.JPG/960px-Dettifoss_TimBekaert.JPG"},
{"id":"otd-0101-1773-olney-buckinghamshire","title":"Olney, Buckinghamshire","category":"historical","lat":52.1529,"lng":-0.7015,"fact":"1773 — The hymn that becomes known as \"Amazing Grace\", previously titled \"1 Chronicles 17:16–17, Faith's Review and Expectation\", is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, England.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olney%2C_Buckinghamshire","story_label":"Wikipedia: Olney, Buckinghamshire","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1773,"day":"01-01","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Olney_High_Street_and_Marketplace%2C_Pancake_day.jpg/330px-Olney_High_Street_and_Marketplace%2C_Pancake_day.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0102-1444-battle-of-kunovica","title":"Battle of Kunovica","category":"historical","lat":43.1803,"lng":22.1761,"fact":"1444 — Christian forces defeat the Turks in the battle of Kunovica.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kunovica","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Kunovica","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1444,"day":"01-02","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Suva_Planina_pogled_iz_Luznice.jpg/330px-Suva_Planina_pogled_iz_Luznice.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0106-1449-mystras","title":"Mystras","category":"historical","lat":37.0667,"lng":22.3833,"fact":"1449 — Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor at Mystras.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystras","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mystras","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1449,"day":"01-06","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/%CE%9C%CF%85%CF%83%CF%84%CF%81%CE%AC%CF%82%2C_Mystras.jpg/330px-%CE%9C%CF%85%CF%83%CF%84%CF%81%CE%AC%CF%82%2C_Mystras.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0107-1968-cape-canaveral-launch-complex-36","title":"Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36","category":"historical","lat":28.4706,"lng":-80.54,"fact":"1968 — Surveyor program: Surveyor 7, the last spacecraft in the Surveyor series, lifts off from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36A.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Launch_Complex_36","story_label":"Wikipedia: Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1968,"day":"01-07","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/New_Glenn_-_BlueBird_7_Launch_%289628275%29.jpg/330px-New_Glenn_-_BlueBird_7_Launch_%289628275%29.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0111-1961-throgs-neck-bridge","title":"Throgs Neck Bridge","category":"historical","lat":40.802,"lng":-73.793,"fact":"1961 — Throgs Neck Bridge over the East River, linking New York City's boroughs of The Bronx and Queens, opens to road traffic.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throgs_Neck_Bridge","story_label":"Wikipedia: Throgs Neck Bridge","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1961,"day":"01-11","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/ThrogsNeckBridge.jpg/330px-ThrogsNeckBridge.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0112-1808-st-mary-s-church-reculver","title":"St Mary's Church, Reculver","category":"historical","lat":51.3796,"lng":1.1995,"fact":"1808 — John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church, Reculver, founded in 669, from coastal erosion is abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture and sculpture.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary's_Church%2C_Reculver","story_label":"Wikipedia: St Mary's Church, Reculver","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1808,"day":"01-12","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Detail_of_Reculver_Church_Sullivan_1755.jpg/330px-Detail_of_Reculver_Church_Sullivan_1755.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0116-1942-chelmno-extermination-camp","title":"Chełmno extermination camp","category":"historical","lat":52.1542,"lng":18.7231,"fact":"1942 — The Holocaust: Nazi Germany begins deporting Jews from the Łódź Ghetto to Chełmno extermination camp.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che%C5%82mno_extermination_camp","story_label":"Wikipedia: Chełmno extermination camp","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1942,"day":"01-16","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Chelmno2%28pischmak%29.JPG/330px-Chelmno2%28pischmak%29.JPG"},
{"id":"otd-0118-1788-botany-bay","title":"Botany Bay","category":"historical","lat":-33.9997,"lng":151.2331,"fact":"1788 — The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botany_Bay","story_label":"Wikipedia: Botany Bay","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1788,"day":"01-18","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Sydney_from_Botany_Bay_looking_north_%28aerial%29.jpg/330px-Sydney_from_Botany_Bay_looking_north_%28aerial%29.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0118-1866-wesley-college-melbourne","title":"Wesley College, Melbourne","category":"historical","lat":-37.8492,"lng":144.9819,"fact":"1866 — Wesley College is established in Melbourne, Australia.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_College%2C_Melbourne","story_label":"Wikipedia: Wesley College, Melbourne","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1866,"day":"01-18","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/Wesley_College%2C_Melbourne_-_Crest.png"},
{"id":"otd-0121-1971-emley-moor-transmitting-station","title":"Emley Moor transmitting station","category":"historical","lat":53.6119,"lng":-1.6644,"fact":"1971 — The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emley_Moor_transmitting_station","story_label":"Wikipedia: Emley Moor transmitting station","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1971,"day":"01-21","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/EmleyMoorMastSpring2006.jpg/330px-EmleyMoorMastSpring2006.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0122-1946-chahar-cheragh-square","title":"Chahar Cheragh Square","category":"historical","lat":36.7653,"lng":45.7217,"fact":"1946 — In Iran, Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad at Chahar Cheragh Square in the Kurdish city of Mahabad; he becomes the new president and Haji Baba Sheikh becomes the prime minister.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chahar_Cheragh_Square","story_label":"Wikipedia: Chahar Cheragh Square","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1946,"day":"01-22","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/CirCaraPlaceatnight.jpg/330px-CirCaraPlaceatnight.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0124-1900-battle-of-spion-kop","title":"Battle of Spion Kop","category":"historical","lat":-28.65,"lng":29.5164,"fact":"1900 — Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Spion_Kop","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Spion Kop","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1900,"day":"01-24","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Boers_at_Spion_Kop%2C_1900_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_16462.jpg/330px-Boers_at_Spion_Kop%2C_1900_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_16462.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0125-1949-hollywood-athletic-club","title":"Hollywood Athletic Club","category":"historical","lat":34.0982,"lng":-118.332,"fact":"1949 — The first Emmy Awards are presented in the United States; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Athletic_Club","story_label":"Wikipedia: Hollywood Athletic Club","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1949,"day":"01-25","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/HollywoodAthleticClub_Dec2006.jpg/330px-HollywoodAthleticClub_Dec2006.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0126-1949-hale-telescope","title":"Hale Telescope","category":"historical","lat":33.3563,"lng":-116.8649,"fact":"1949 — The Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hale_Telescope","story_label":"Wikipedia: Hale Telescope","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1949,"day":"01-26","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Palomar_Observatory_2012_01.jpg/330px-Palomar_Observatory_2012_01.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0128-1624-saint-kitts","title":"Saint Kitts","category":"historical","lat":17.31,"lng":-62.72,"fact":"1624 — Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on the island of Saint Kitts.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Kitts","story_label":"Wikipedia: Saint Kitts","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1624,"day":"01-28","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis_Regions_map.png/330px-Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis_Regions_map.png"},
{"id":"otd-0129-1911-capture-of-mexicali","title":"Capture of Mexicali","category":"historical","lat":32.6633,"lng":-115.4678,"fact":"1911 — Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Mexicali","story_label":"Wikipedia: Capture of Mexicali","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1911,"day":"01-29","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Magonistas_en_Mexicali_1911.png/330px-Magonistas_en_Mexicali_1911.png"},
{"id":"otd-0129-1959-cirkus-stockholm","title":"Cirkus (Stockholm)","category":"historical","lat":59.3249,"lng":18.0999,"fact":"1959 — The first Melodifestivalen is held at Cirkus in Stockholm, Sweden.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirkus_(Stockholm)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Cirkus (Stockholm)","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1959,"day":"01-29","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Cirkus%2C_Stockholm%2C_Sweden.jpg/330px-Cirkus%2C_Stockholm%2C_Sweden.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0130-1826-menai-suspension-bridge","title":"Menai Suspension Bridge","category":"historical","lat":53.22,"lng":-4.1631,"fact":"1826 — The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the northwest coast of Wales, is opened.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menai_Suspension_Bridge","story_label":"Wikipedia: Menai Suspension Bridge","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1826,"day":"01-30","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/The_Menai_Suspension_Bridge_%2835349065306%29.jpg/330px-The_Menai_Suspension_Bridge_%2835349065306%29.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0202-1954-marquette-branch-prison","title":"Marquette Branch Prison","category":"historical","lat":46.5122,"lng":-87.3825,"fact":"1954 — The Detroit Red Wings played in the first outdoor hockey game by any NHL team in an exhibition against the Marquette Branch Prison Pirates in Marquette, Michigan.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquette_Branch_Prison","story_label":"Wikipedia: Marquette Branch Prison","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1954,"day":"02-02","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Marquette_Branch_Prison_c1911.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0203-1916-centre-block","title":"Centre Block","category":"historical","lat":45.425,"lng":-75.7,"fact":"1916 — The Centre Block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada burns down with the loss of seven lives.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_Block","story_label":"Wikipedia: Centre Block","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1916,"day":"02-03","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Centre_Block_-_Parliament_Hill.jpg/330px-Centre_Block_-_Parliament_Hill.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0204-1846-salt-lake-valley","title":"Salt Lake Valley","category":"historical","lat":40.6839,"lng":-111.978,"fact":"1846 — The first Mormon pioneers make their exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois, westward towards Salt Lake Valley.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Lake_Valley","story_label":"Wikipedia: Salt Lake Valley","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1846,"day":"02-04","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Saltlakecityspace.jpg/330px-Saltlakecityspace.jpg"},
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{"id":"otd-0209-1539-chester-racecourse","title":"Chester Racecourse","category":"historical","lat":53.1864,"lng":-2.8997,"fact":"1539 — The first recorded race is held on Chester Racecourse, known as the Roodee.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Racecourse","story_label":"Wikipedia: Chester Racecourse","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1539,"day":"02-09","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Chester_racecourse.JPG/330px-Chester_racecourse.JPG"},
{"id":"otd-0210-1936-battle-of-amba-aradam","title":"Battle of Amba Aradam","category":"historical","lat":13.3311,"lng":39.5111,"fact":"1936 — Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launch the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Amba_Aradam","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Amba Aradam","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1936,"day":"02-10","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Campagna_di_Etiopia_-_Battaglia_dell%27Amba_Aradam_-_03.jpg/330px-Campagna_di_Etiopia_-_Battaglia_dell%27Amba_Aradam_-_03.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0212-1947-sikhote-alin-meteorite","title":"Sikhote-Alin meteorite","category":"historical","lat":46.16,"lng":134.6533,"fact":"1947 — The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikhote-Alin_meteorite","story_label":"Wikipedia: Sikhote-Alin meteorite","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1947,"day":"02-12","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/SikhoteAlinMeteorite.jpg/330px-SikhoteAlinMeteorite.jpg"},
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{"id":"otd-0218-2013-brussels-airport","title":"Brussels Airport","category":"historical","lat":50.9014,"lng":4.4844,"fact":"2013 — Armed robbers steal a haul of diamonds worth $50 million during a raid at Brussels Airport in Belgium.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_Airport","story_label":"Wikipedia: Brussels Airport","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":2013,"day":"02-18","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Brussels_airport_from_air.jpg/330px-Brussels_airport_from_air.jpg"},
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{"id":"otd-0228-1993-waco-siege","title":"Waco siege","category":"historical","lat":31.5958,"lng":-96.9881,"fact":"1993 — Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh, starting a 51-day standoff.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_siege","story_label":"Wikipedia: Waco siege","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1993,"day":"02-28","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Mountcarmelfire04-19-93-n.jpg/330px-Mountcarmelfire04-19-93-n.jpg"},
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{"id":"otd-0301-1921-kronstadt-rebellion","title":"Kronstadt rebellion","category":"historical","lat":60.0125,"lng":29.7336,"fact":"1921 — Following mass protests in Petrograd demanding greater freedom in the RSFSR, the Kronstadt rebellion begins, with sailors and citizens taking up arms against the Bolsheviks.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronstadt_rebellion","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kronstadt rebellion","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1921,"day":"03-01","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Kronstadt_attack.JPG/330px-Kronstadt_attack.JPG"},
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{"id":"otd-0304-1804-castle-hill-convict-rebellion","title":"Castle Hill convict rebellion","category":"historical","lat":-33.7293,"lng":151.004,"fact":"1804 — Castle Hill Rebellion: Irish convicts rebel against British colonial authority in the Colony of New South Wales.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Hill_convict_rebellion","story_label":"Wikipedia: Castle Hill convict rebellion","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1804,"day":"03-04","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Castle_Hill_Rebellion_%281804%29.jpg/330px-Castle_Hill_Rebellion_%281804%29.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0307-1971-suhrawardy-udyan","title":"Suhrawardy Udyan","category":"historical","lat":23.7331,"lng":90.3984,"fact":"1971 — Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, political leader of then East Pakistan (present day-Bangladesh), delivers his historic 7th March speech in the Racecourse Field (Now Suhrawardy Udyan) in Dhaka.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suhrawardy_Udyan","story_label":"Wikipedia: Suhrawardy Udyan","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1971,"day":"03-07","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%2C_%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%A8%2C_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%2C_%E0%A6%A2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A5%A4.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0311-1879-ryukyu-kingdom","title":"Ryukyu Kingdom","category":"historical","lat":26.2,"lng":127.6833,"fact":"1879 — Shō Tai formally abdicates his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryukyu_Kingdom","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ryukyu Kingdom","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1879,"day":"03-11","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Merchant_flag_of_the_Ryukyu_Kingdom.svg/330px-Merchant_flag_of_the_Ryukyu_Kingdom.svg.png"},
{"id":"otd-0313-1815-elba","title":"Elba","category":"historical","lat":42.78,"lng":10.275,"fact":"1815 — Participants at the Congress of Vienna declare Napoleon an outlaw following his escape from Elba.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elba","story_label":"Wikipedia: Elba","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1815,"day":"03-13","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Aerial_view_of_Elba_2.jpg/330px-Aerial_view_of_Elba_2.jpg"},
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{"id":"otd-0317-1400-siege-of-damascus-1400","title":"Siege of Damascus (1400)","category":"historical","lat":33.5064,"lng":38.3153,"fact":"1400 — Turko-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Damascus_(1400)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Siege of Damascus (1400)","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1400,"day":"03-17","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Folio_358r._Siege_of_Damascus_in_1400_%28detail%29._Timur_watches_the_flames_as_the_city_burns._%E1%BA%92afarn%C4%81mah%2C_16th_century%2C_Shiraz_%28British_Library%2C_IO_Islamic_137%29.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg"},
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{"id":"otd-0322-1784-wat-phra-kaew","title":"Wat Phra Kaew","category":"historical","lat":13.7514,"lng":100.4925,"fact":"1784 — The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current location in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Phra_Kaew","story_label":"Wikipedia: Wat Phra Kaew","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1784,"day":"03-22","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Wat_Phra_Kaew_by_Ninara_TSP_edit_crop.jpg/330px-Wat_Phra_Kaew_by_Ninara_TSP_edit_crop.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0323-1905-crete","title":"Crete","category":"historical","lat":35.21,"lng":24.91,"fact":"1905 — Eleftherios Venizelos calls for Crete's union with Greece, and begins what is to be known as the Theriso revolt.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crete","story_label":"Wikipedia: Crete","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1905,"day":"03-23","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Island_of_Crete%2C_Greece.JPG/330px-Island_of_Crete%2C_Greece.JPG"},
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{"id":"otd-0325-919-boukoleon-palace","title":"Boukoleon Palace","category":"historical","lat":41.0025,"lng":28.9756,"fact":"919 CE — Romanos Lekapenos seizes the Boukoleon Palace in Constantinople and becomes regent of the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boukoleon_Palace","story_label":"Wikipedia: Boukoleon Palace","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":919,"day":"03-25","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Bucoleon_March_2008_%283%29.JPG/330px-Bucoleon_March_2008_%283%29.JPG"},
{"id":"otd-0326-1700-new-britain","title":"New Britain","category":"historical","lat":-5.75,"lng":150.6,"fact":"1700 — William Dampier is the first European to circumnavigate New Britain, discovering it is an island (which he names Nova Britannia) rather than part of New Guinea.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Britain","story_label":"Wikipedia: New Britain","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1700,"day":"03-26","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Newbritain_lrg.jpg/330px-Newbritain_lrg.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0328-2001-athens-international-airport","title":"Athens International Airport","category":"historical","lat":37.9364,"lng":23.9472,"fact":"2001 — Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos begins operation.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_International_Airport","story_label":"Wikipedia: Athens International Airport","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":2001,"day":"03-28","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Athens_International_Airport_%22Eleftherios_Venizelos%22.jpg/330px-Athens_International_Airport_%22Eleftherios_Venizelos%22.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0329-2004-taipei-101","title":"Taipei 101","category":"historical","lat":25.0336,"lng":121.5647,"fact":"2004 — The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat certifies Taipei 101 as the world's tallest building, based on the building having been topped out on 1 July 2003, even though the building was not completed until 31 December 2004.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101","story_label":"Wikipedia: Taipei 101","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":2004,"day":"03-29","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Taipei_101_logo.svg/330px-Taipei_101_logo.svg.png"},
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{"id":"otd-0401-1973-jim-corbett-national-park","title":"Jim Corbett National Park","category":"historical","lat":29.5486,"lng":78.9353,"fact":"1973 — Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Jim Corbett National Park, India.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Corbett_National_Park","story_label":"Wikipedia: Jim Corbett National Park","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1973,"day":"04-01","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Bengal-Tiger_Corbett_Uttarakhand_Dec-2013.jpg/330px-Bengal-Tiger_Corbett_Uttarakhand_Dec-2013.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0402-1986-stand-in-the-schoolhouse-door","title":"Stand in the Schoolhouse Door","category":"historical","lat":33.2081,"lng":-87.544,"fact":"1986 — Alabama governor George Wallace, a former segregationist, best known for the \"Stand in the Schoolhouse Door\", announces that he will not seek a fifth four-year term and will retire from public life upon the end of his term in January 1987.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_in_the_Schoolhouse_Door","story_label":"Wikipedia: Stand in the Schoolhouse Door","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1986,"day":"04-02","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Wallace_at_University_of_Alabama_edit2.jpg/330px-Wallace_at_University_of_Alabama_edit2.jpg"},
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{"id":"otd-0411-1871-st-mary-magdalene-church-sandringham","title":"St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham","category":"historical","lat":52.8282,"lng":0.5089,"fact":"1871 — Funeral of Prince Alexander John of Wales at St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary_Magdalene_Church%2C_Sandringham","story_label":"Wikipedia: St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1871,"day":"04-11","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/St_Mary_Magdalene_Church%2C_Sandringham.jpg/330px-St_Mary_Magdalene_Church%2C_Sandringham.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0412-1807-fort-ricasoli","title":"Fort Ricasoli","category":"historical","lat":35.8975,"lng":14.5258,"fact":"1807 — The Froberg mutiny on Malta ends when the remaining mutineers blow up the magazine of Fort Ricasoli.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Ricasoli","story_label":"Wikipedia: Fort Ricasoli","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1807,"day":"04-12","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Forst_Ricasoli.jpg/330px-Forst_Ricasoli.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0414-1858-stortorvet","title":"Stortorvet","category":"historical","lat":59.9128,"lng":10.7455,"fact":"1858 — The 1858 Christiania fire severely destroys several city blocks near Stortorvet in Christiania, Norway, and about 1,000 people lose their homes.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stortorvet","story_label":"Wikipedia: Stortorvet","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1858,"day":"04-14","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Christian_IV_av_CL_Jacobsen_1.jpg/330px-Christian_IV_av_CL_Jacobsen_1.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0415-1817-american-school-for-the-deaf","title":"American School for the Deaf","category":"historical","lat":41.771,"lng":-72.7473,"fact":"1817 — Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc found the American School for the Deaf (then called the Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons), the first American school for deaf students, in Hartford, Connecticut.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_School_for_the_Deaf","story_label":"Wikipedia: American School for the Deaf","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1817,"day":"04-15","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/American_School_for_the_Deaf%2C_main_building%2C_August_10%2C_2008.jpg/330px-American_School_for_the_Deaf%2C_main_building%2C_August_10%2C_2008.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0416-1818-lake-champlain","title":"Lake Champlain","category":"historical","lat":44.53,"lng":-73.33,"fact":"1818 — The United States Senate ratifies the Rush–Bagot Treaty, limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Champlain","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lake Champlain","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1818,"day":"04-16","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Lake_Champlain_Valley.jpg/330px-Lake_Champlain_Valley.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0416-1908-natural-bridges-national-monument","title":"Natural Bridges National Monument","category":"historical","lat":37.6014,"lng":-110.0137,"fact":"1908 — Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_Bridges_National_Monument","story_label":"Wikipedia: Natural Bridges National Monument","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1908,"day":"04-16","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Owachomo_laban.jpg/330px-Owachomo_laban.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0417-1876-fremantle-prison","title":"Fremantle Prison","category":"historical","lat":-32.055,"lng":115.7535,"fact":"1876 — Catalpa rescue: The rescue of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fremantle_Prison","story_label":"Wikipedia: Fremantle Prison","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1876,"day":"04-17","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Freo_prison_WMAU_gnangarra-131.jpg/330px-Freo_prison_WMAU_gnangarra-131.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0418-1949-ireland","title":"Ireland","category":"historical","lat":53,"lng":-8,"fact":"1949 — The Republic of Ireland Act comes into force, declaring Éire to be a republic and severing Ireland's \"association\" with the Commonwealth of Nations.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ireland","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1949,"day":"04-18","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Ireland_%28MODIS%29.jpg/330px-Ireland_%28MODIS%29.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0419-1903-kishinev-pogrom","title":"Kishinev pogrom","category":"historical","lat":47.0376,"lng":28.8045,"fact":"1903 — The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kishinev_pogrom","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kishinev pogrom","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1903,"day":"04-19","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Pogrom_de_Chisinau_-_1903_-_2.jpg/330px-Pogrom_de_Chisinau_-_1903_-_2.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0421-1092-archdiocese-of-pisa","title":"Archdiocese of Pisa","category":"historical","lat":43.7233,"lng":10.3954,"fact":"1092 — The Diocese of Pisa is elevated to the rank of metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Urban II.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Pisa","story_label":"Wikipedia: Archdiocese of Pisa","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1092,"day":"04-21","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/PisaDuomoSunset20020322.JPG/330px-PisaDuomoSunset20020322.JPG"},
{"id":"otd-0422-1970-san-diego-coronado-bridge","title":"San Diego–Coronado Bridge","category":"historical","lat":32.6865,"lng":-117.1583,"fact":"1970 — Chicano residents in San Diego, California occupy a site under the Coronado Bridge, leading to the creation of Chicano Park.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego%E2%80%93Coronado_Bridge","story_label":"Wikipedia: San Diego–Coronado Bridge","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1970,"day":"04-22","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/San_Diego-Coronado_Bridge_by_Frank_Mckenna.jpg/330px-San_Diego-Coronado_Bridge_by_Frank_Mckenna.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0425-1981-tsuruga-nuclear-power-plant","title":"Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant","category":"historical","lat":35.7519,"lng":136.0189,"fact":"1981 — More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsuruga_Nuclear_Power_Plant","story_label":"Wikipedia: Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1981,"day":"04-25","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Tsuruga_Nuclear_Power_Plant.jpg/330px-Tsuruga_Nuclear_Power_Plant.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0426-1336-mont-ventoux","title":"Mont Ventoux","category":"historical","lat":44.1744,"lng":5.2789,"fact":"1336 — Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) ascends Mont Ventoux.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Ventoux","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mont Ventoux","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1336,"day":"04-26","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Mont_Ventoux_090927.jpg/330px-Mont_Ventoux_090927.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0427-1595-church-of-saint-sava","title":"Church of Saint Sava","category":"historical","lat":44.7981,"lng":20.4685,"fact":"1595 — The relics of Saint Sava are incinerated in Belgrade on the Vračar plateau by Ottoman Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha; the site of the incineration is now the location of the Church of Saint Sava, one of the largest Orthodox churches in the world","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Saint_Sava","story_label":"Wikipedia: Church of Saint Sava","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1595,"day":"04-27","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Hram_svetog_save_beograd_0005_%28edited%29.jpg/330px-Hram_svetog_save_beograd_0005_%28edited%29.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0428-1789-tahiti","title":"Tahiti","category":"historical","lat":-17.6667,"lng":-149.4167,"fact":"1789 — The Mutiny on the Bounty occurs, with the ship's captain, Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors, set adrift, and the rebel crew setting sail for Tahiti. Eventually the majority of rebels sail for Pitcairn Island.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahiti","story_label":"Wikipedia: Tahiti","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1789,"day":"04-28","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Tahiti.svg/330px-Flag_of_Tahiti.svg.png"},
{"id":"otd-0429-1483-gran-canaria","title":"Gran Canaria","category":"historical","lat":27.9667,"lng":-15.6,"fact":"1483 — Gran Canaria, the main island of the Canary Islands, is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Canaria","story_label":"Wikipedia: Gran Canaria","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1483,"day":"04-29","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Gran_Canaria_Sentinel-2.jpg/330px-Gran_Canaria_Sentinel-2.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0430-1885-niagara-falls-state-park","title":"Niagara Falls State Park","category":"historical","lat":43.08,"lng":-79.07,"fact":"1885 — Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara_Falls_State_Park","story_label":"Wikipedia: Niagara Falls State Park","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1885,"day":"04-30","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Niagara_Falls_2009.jpg/330px-Niagara_Falls_2009.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0501-1886-haymarket-affair","title":"Haymarket affair","category":"historical","lat":41.8849,"lng":-87.6441,"fact":"1886 — Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair","story_label":"Wikipedia: Haymarket affair","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1886,"day":"05-01","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/HaymarketRiot-Harpers.jpg/330px-HaymarketRiot-Harpers.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0503-1481-rhodes","title":"Rhodes","category":"historical","lat":36.17,"lng":27.92,"fact":"1481 — The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes","story_label":"Wikipedia: Rhodes","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1481,"day":"05-03","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Rhodes_sentinel2_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Rhodes_sentinel2_%28cropped%29.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0503-1848-benty-grange","title":"Benty Grange","category":"historical","lat":53.175,"lng":-1.78,"fact":"1848 — The boar-crested Anglo-Saxon Benty Grange helmet is discovered in a barrow on the Benty Grange farm in Derbyshire.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benty_Grange","story_label":"Wikipedia: Benty Grange","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1848,"day":"05-03","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Benty_Grange_-_geograph.org.uk_-_311410.jpg/330px-Benty_Grange_-_geograph.org.uk_-_311410.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0504-1859-royal-albert-bridge","title":"Royal Albert Bridge","category":"historical","lat":50.4076,"lng":-4.2034,"fact":"1859 — The Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking Devon and Cornwall in England.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Albert_Bridge","story_label":"Wikipedia: Royal Albert Bridge","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1859,"day":"05-04","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Royal_Albert_Bridge_2009.jpg/330px-Royal_Albert_Bridge_2009.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0505-1292-dominican-monastery-frankfurt","title":"Dominican Monastery (Frankfurt)","category":"historical","lat":50.1117,"lng":8.6878,"fact":"1292 — Election of Count Adolf of Nassau as King of the Romans in the Dominican monastery of Frankfurt.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Monastery_(Frankfurt)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Dominican Monastery (Frankfurt)","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1292,"day":"05-05","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Frankfurt_Am_Main-Dominikanerkloster-Ansicht_von_der_Kurt-Schumacher-Strasse-Gegenwart.jpg/330px-Frankfurt_Am_Main-Dominikanerkloster-Ansicht_von_der_Kurt-Schumacher-Strasse-Gegenwart.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0507-1798-battle-of-the-iles-saint-marcouf","title":"Battle of the Îles Saint-Marcouf","category":"historical","lat":49.4931,"lng":-1.1625,"fact":"1798 — French Revolutionary Wars: A French force attempting to dislodge a small British garrison on the Îles Saint-Marcouf is repulsed with heavy losses.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_%C3%8Eles_Saint-Marcouf","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of the Îles Saint-Marcouf","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1798,"day":"05-07","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Attack_of_St_Marcou.jpg/330px-Attack_of_St_Marcou.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0508-1639-newport-rhode-island","title":"Newport, Rhode Island","category":"historical","lat":41.4917,"lng":-71.3119,"fact":"1639 — William Coddington founds Newport, Rhode Island.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport%2C_Rhode_Island","story_label":"Wikipedia: Newport, Rhode Island","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1639,"day":"05-08","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Newport_Rhode_Island_Aerial_View.jpg/330px-Newport_Rhode_Island_Aerial_View.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0511-1560-battle-of-djerba","title":"Battle of Djerba","category":"historical","lat":33.7833,"lng":10.8833,"fact":"1560 — The Ottoman naval forces inflict a defeat on a Spanish fleet in the battle of Djerba. This marks the highpoint of Ottoman naval dominance in the Mediterranean, which starts declining five years later after the failed siege of Malta.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Djerba","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Djerba","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1560,"day":"05-11","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Disigno_dell%27Isola_de_Gerbi_con_le_seche_che_la_difendeno_dall%27inodatione_del_mare%2C_et_il_sito_della_fortezza_fatta_da_Christiani_alla_defesa_della_quala_vi_%C3%A8_restato_cinq%28ue%29_millia_valorosi_soldati%2C_e_buona..._-_btv1b55005215t.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0513-1950-silverstone-circuit","title":"Silverstone Circuit","category":"historical","lat":52.071,"lng":-1.016,"fact":"1950 — The inaugural Formula One World Championship race takes place at Silverstone Circuit. The race was won by Giuseppe Farina, who would go on to become the inaugural champion that year.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverstone_Circuit","story_label":"Wikipedia: Silverstone Circuit","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1950,"day":"05-13","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Silverstone_Circuit_2020.png/330px-Silverstone_Circuit_2020.png"},
{"id":"otd-0514-1804-camp-dubois","title":"Camp Dubois","category":"historical","lat":38.8027,"lng":-90.1012,"fact":"1804 — William Clark and 42 men depart from Camp Dubois to join Meriwether Lewis at St Charles, Missouri, marking the beginning of the Lewis and Clark Expedition's historic journey up the Missouri River.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Dubois","story_label":"Wikipedia: Camp Dubois","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1804,"day":"05-14","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Camp_Dubois_reconstruction_034.jpg/330px-Camp_Dubois_reconstruction_034.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0514-1870-nelson-new-zealand","title":"Nelson, New Zealand","category":"historical","lat":-41.2708,"lng":173.2839,"fact":"1870 — The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson%2C_New_Zealand","story_label":"Wikipedia: Nelson, New Zealand","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1870,"day":"05-14","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Nelson_New_Zealand.jpg/330px-Nelson_New_Zealand.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0515-1850-great-britain","title":"Great Britain","category":"historical","lat":54,"lng":-2,"fact":"1850 — The Arana–Southern Treaty is ratified, ending \"the existing differences\" between Great Britain and Argentina.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain","story_label":"Wikipedia: Great Britain","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1850,"day":"05-15","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/MODIS_-_Great_Britain_-_2012-06-04_during_heat_wave_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-MODIS_-_Great_Britain_-_2012-06-04_during_heat_wave_%28cropped%29.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0518-1843-church-of-scotland","title":"Church of Scotland","category":"historical","lat":55.9497,"lng":-3.195,"fact":"1843 — The Disruption in Edinburgh of the Free Church of Scotland from the Church of Scotland.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Scotland","story_label":"Wikipedia: Church of Scotland","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1843,"day":"05-18","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4d/Church_of_Scotland.svg/330px-Church_of_Scotland.svg.png"},
{"id":"otd-0519-1917-rosenborg-bk","title":"Rosenborg BK","category":"historical","lat":63.4114,"lng":10.4022,"fact":"1917 — The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenborg_BK","story_label":"Wikipedia: Rosenborg BK","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1917,"day":"05-19","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Rosenborg_logo_RGB.svg/330px-Rosenborg_logo_RGB.svg.png"},
{"id":"otd-0520-1714-schloss-weimar","title":"Schloss Weimar","category":"historical","lat":50.9803,"lng":11.3322,"fact":"1714 — Johann Sebastian Bach leads the first performance of his cantata for Pentecost, Erschallet, ihr Lieder, BWV 172, at the chapel of Schloss Weimar.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Weimar","story_label":"Wikipedia: Schloss Weimar","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1714,"day":"05-20","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Schloss_Weimar_-_Panorama.jpg/330px-Schloss_Weimar_-_Panorama.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0521-1894-manchester-ship-canal","title":"Manchester Ship Canal","category":"historical","lat":53.375,"lng":-2.575,"fact":"1894 — The Manchester Ship Canal in the United Kingdom is officially opened by Queen Victoria, who later knights its designer Sir Edward Leader Williams.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Ship_Canal","story_label":"Wikipedia: Manchester Ship Canal","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1894,"day":"05-21","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Tanker_ship_canal.jpg/330px-Tanker_ship_canal.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0523-2008-pedra-branca-singapore","title":"Pedra Branca, Singapore","category":"historical","lat":1.3303,"lng":104.4058,"fact":"2008 — The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puteh) to Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedra_Branca%2C_Singapore","story_label":"Wikipedia: Pedra Branca, Singapore","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":2008,"day":"05-23","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Pedra_Branca_and_Horsburgh_Lighthouse.jpg/330px-Pedra_Branca_and_Horsburgh_Lighthouse.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0524-1276-uppsala-cathedral","title":"Uppsala Cathedral","category":"historical","lat":59.8581,"lng":17.6333,"fact":"1276 — Magnus Ladulås is crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uppsala_Cathedral","story_label":"Wikipedia: Uppsala Cathedral","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1276,"day":"05-24","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Uppsala_domkyrka%2C_flygbild.jpg/330px-Uppsala_domkyrka%2C_flygbild.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0524-1487-christ-church-cathedral-dublin","title":"Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin","category":"historical","lat":53.3431,"lng":-6.2714,"fact":"1487 — The ten-year-old Lambert Simnel is crowned in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland, with the name of Edward VI in a bid to threaten King Henry VII's reign.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Church_Cathedral%2C_Dublin","story_label":"Wikipedia: Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1487,"day":"05-24","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Christ_Church_Cathedral_%28Dublin%29.jpg/330px-Christ_Church_Cathedral_%28Dublin%29.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0526-1135-leon-cathedral","title":"León Cathedral","category":"historical","lat":42.5994,"lng":-5.5667,"fact":"1135 — Alfonso VII of León and Castile is crowned in León Cathedral as Imperator totius Hispaniae (Emperor of all of Spain).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%B3n_Cathedral","story_label":"Wikipedia: León Cathedral","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1135,"day":"05-26","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Catedral_G%C3%B3tica_de_Le%C3%B3n.jpg/330px-Catedral_G%C3%B3tica_de_Le%C3%B3n.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0528-1932-afsluitdijk","title":"Afsluitdijk","category":"historical","lat":53,"lng":5.1667,"fact":"1932 — In the Netherlands, construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed and the Zuiderzee bay is converted to the freshwater IJsselmeer.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afsluitdijk","story_label":"Wikipedia: Afsluitdijk","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1932,"day":"05-28","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Afsluitdijk_kaart_OSM.jpg/330px-Afsluitdijk_kaart_OSM.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0530-1539-tampa-bay","title":"Tampa Bay","category":"historical","lat":27.7625,"lng":-82.5458,"fact":"1539 — In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampa_Bay","story_label":"Wikipedia: Tampa Bay","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1539,"day":"05-30","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Tampa_florida_map.jpg/330px-Tampa_florida_map.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0602-1805-diamond-rock","title":"Diamond Rock","category":"historical","lat":14.4433,"lng":-61.0392,"fact":"1805 — Napoleonic Wars: A Franco-Spanish fleet recaptures from the British the island of Diamond Rock, which guards the entrance to the bay leading to Fort-de-France, Martinique.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Rock","story_label":"Wikipedia: Diamond Rock","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1805,"day":"06-02","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Diamond_Rock.jpg/330px-Diamond_Rock.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0602-2003-baikonur","title":"Baikonur","category":"historical","lat":45.6167,"lng":63.3167,"fact":"2003 — Europe launches its first voyage to another planet, Mars. The European Space Agency's Mars Express probe launches from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baikonur","story_label":"Wikipedia: Baikonur","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":2003,"day":"06-02","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Baikonuriss.jpg/330px-Baikonuriss.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0603-1979-ixtoc-i-oil-spill","title":"Ixtoc I oil spill","category":"historical","lat":19.4083,"lng":-92.325,"fact":"1979 — A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 3,000,000 barrels (480,000 m3) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental oil spill ever recorded.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixtoc_I_oil_spill","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ixtoc I oil spill","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1979,"day":"06-03","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/IXTOC_I_oil_well_blowout.jpg/330px-IXTOC_I_oil_well_blowout.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0606-1674-raigad-fort","title":"Raigad Fort","category":"historical","lat":18.2335,"lng":73.4406,"fact":"1674 — Shivaji is crowned as the first Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire at Raigad Fort.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raigad_Fort","story_label":"Wikipedia: Raigad Fort","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1674,"day":"06-06","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Nagarkhana%2C_Raigad_Fort%2C_India.jpg/330px-Nagarkhana%2C_Raigad_Fort%2C_India.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0608-1961-york-minster","title":"York Minster","category":"historical","lat":53.9619,"lng":-1.0819,"fact":"1961 — Marriage of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent to Katharine Worsley at York Minster.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_Minster","story_label":"Wikipedia: York Minster","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1961,"day":"06-08","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/York_Minster_%282797690%29.jpg/330px-York_Minster_%282797690%29.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0609-1311-siena-cathedral","title":"Siena Cathedral","category":"historical","lat":43.3177,"lng":11.329,"fact":"1311 — Duccio's Maestà, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, is unveiled and installed in Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siena_Cathedral","story_label":"Wikipedia: Siena Cathedral","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1311,"day":"06-09","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Duomo_di_Siena-9635.jpg/330px-Duomo_di_Siena-9635.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0609-1798-battle-of-arklow","title":"Battle of Arklow","category":"historical","lat":52.7941,"lng":-6.1649,"fact":"1798 — Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battles of Arklow and Saintfield.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Arklow","story_label":"Wikipedia: Battle of Arklow","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1798,"day":"06-09","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Father_Murphy_and_the_heretic_bullets_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Father_Murphy_and_the_heretic_bullets_%28cropped%29.jpg"},
{"id":"otd-0614-1789-timor","title":"Timor","category":"historical","lat":-9.2333,"lng":124.9333,"fact":"1789 — Mutiny on the Bounty: HMS Bounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7,400 km (4,600 mi) journey in an open boat.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timor","story_label":"Wikipedia: Timor","source":"wikipedia-otd","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.81,"year":1789,"day":"06-14","image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Timor_island2.png/330px-Timor_island2.png"},
{"id":"crater-vredefort-impact-structure","title":"Vredefort impact structure","category":"impact","lat":-26.8167,"lng":27.4167,"fact":"Impact crater, 300 km across. The Vredefort impact structure is one of the largest impact structures on Earth. The crater, which has since been worn away, has been estimated at 170–300 kilometres (110–190 mi) across when it was formed…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vredefort_impact_structure","story_label":"Wikipedia: Vredefort impact structure","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.892,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Vredefort_Crater%2C_South_Africa%2C_OLI_satellite_image%2C_27_June_2018_cropped.png/960px-Vredefort_Crater%2C_South_Africa%2C_OLI_satellite_image%2C_27_June_2018_cropped.png"},
{"id":"crater-popigai-impact-structure","title":"Popigai impact structure","category":"impact","lat":71.65,"lng":111.1833,"fact":"Impact crater, 100 km across. The Popigai impact structure is the eroded remnant of an impact crater in northern Siberia, Russia. It is tied with the Acraman impact structure as the fourth largest verified impact structure on Earth.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popigai_impact_structure","story_label":"Wikipedia: Popigai impact structure","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.796,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Popigai_crater_russia.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-wilkes-land-crater","title":"Wilkes Land crater","category":"impact","lat":-70,"lng":120,"fact":"Impact crater, 500 km across. Wilkes Land crater is a hypothesized giant impact structure beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet in Wilkes Land, East Antarctica.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes_Land_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Wilkes Land crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"antarctica","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.749},
{"id":"crater-meteor-crater","title":"Meteor Crater","category":"impact","lat":35.0281,"lng":-111.0233,"fact":"Impact crater, 1.2 km across. Meteor Crater, or Barringer Crater, is an impact crater about 37 mi (60 km) east of Flagstaff and 18 mi (29 km) west of Winslow in the desert of northern Arizona, United States.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_Crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Meteor Crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.678,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Meteor_Crater_-_Arizona.jpg/960px-Meteor_Crater_-_Arizona.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-manicouagan-reservoir","title":"Manicouagan Reservoir","category":"impact","lat":51.3833,"lng":-68.7,"fact":"Impact crater, 85 km across. Manicouagan Reservoir is an annular lake in central Quebec, Canada, covering an area of 1,942 km2 (750 mi2). The lake island in its centre is known as René-Levasseur Island, and its highest point is Mount Babel.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manicouagan_Reservoir","story_label":"Wikipedia: Manicouagan Reservoir","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.675,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Manicouagan_Reservoir_by_Sentinel-2.jpg/960px-Manicouagan_Reservoir_by_Sentinel-2.jpg"},
{"id":"meteorite-allende-meteorite","title":"Allende meteorite","category":"impact","lat":26.9667,"lng":-105.3167,"fact":"Meteorite, 2 tonnes, recorded 1969. The Allende meteorite is the largest carbonaceous chondrite ever found on Earth. The fireball was witnessed at 01:05 on February 8, 1969, falling over the Mexican state of Chihuahua.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allende_meteorite","story_label":"Wikipedia: Allende meteorite","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.675,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/AllendeMeteorite.jpg/960px-AllendeMeteorite.jpg","year":1969},
{"id":"meteorite-murchison-meteorite","title":"Murchison meteorite","category":"impact","lat":-36.6167,"lng":145.2,"fact":"Meteorite, 100 kg. The Murchison meteorite is a meteorite that fell in Australia in 1969 near Murchison, Victoria. It belongs to the carbonaceous chondrite class, a group of meteorites rich in organic compounds.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murchison_meteorite","story_label":"Wikipedia: Murchison meteorite","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.651,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Murchison_crop.jpg/960px-Murchison_crop.jpg","year":1969},
{"id":"meteorite-campo-del-cielo","title":"Campo del Cielo","category":"impact","lat":-27.4667,"lng":-60.5833,"fact":"Meteorite, 50 tonnes, recorded 1576. Campo del Cielo (\"Field of Heaven\" or \"Field of the Sky\" in English) refers to a group of iron meteorites and the area in Argentina where they were found.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campo_del_Cielo","story_label":"Wikipedia: Campo del Cielo","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.646,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Campo_del_Cielo_meteorite%2C_NHM%2C_London.jpg/960px-Campo_del_Cielo_meteorite%2C_NHM%2C_London.jpg","year":1576},
{"id":"crater-charlevoix-impact-structure","title":"Charlevoix impact structure","category":"impact","lat":47.5333,"lng":-70.3,"fact":"Impact crater, 54 km across. The Charlevoix impact structure is a large eroded meteorite impact structure in the Charlevoix region of Quebec, Canada. Only part of the impact structure is exposed at the surface, the rest lying beneath the Saint Lawrence River.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlevoix_impact_structure","story_label":"Wikipedia: Charlevoix impact structure","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.635,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Charlevoix_Meteorite_Crater.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-chesapeake-bay-impact-crater","title":"Chesapeake Bay impact crater","category":"impact","lat":37.2833,"lng":-76.0167,"fact":"Impact crater, 85 km across. The Chesapeake Bay impact crater is a buried impact crater, located beneath the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, United States.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay_impact_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Chesapeake Bay impact crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.635,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Chesapeake_Crater_location.png"},
{"id":"crater-tookoonooka-impact-structure","title":"Tookoonooka impact structure","category":"impact","lat":-27.1167,"lng":142.833,"fact":"Impact crater, 55 km across. Tookoonooka is a large meteorite impact structure (astrobleme) situated in South West Queensland, Australia. It lies deeply buried within Mesozoic sedimentary rocks of the Eromanga Basin and is not visible at the surface.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tookoonooka_impact_structure","story_label":"Wikipedia: Tookoonooka impact structure","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.635},
{"id":"crater-logoisk-crater","title":"Logoisk crater","category":"impact","lat":54.2,"lng":27.8,"fact":"Impact crater, 15 km across. Logoisk crater or Logoisk astrobleme is a meteorite impact crater in Belarus near the city of Lahoysk. It is 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) in diameter and is estimated to be 42.3 ± 1.1 million years old (Eocene). The crater is not exposed at the surface.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logoisk_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Logoisk crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.633,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Suevit_Logoisk.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-kaali-crater","title":"Kaali crater","category":"impact","lat":58.3728,"lng":22.6694,"fact":"Impact crater, 110 m across. Kaali is a group of nine meteorite craters in the village of Kaali on the Estonian island of Saaremaa. The most recent estimates put its formation shortly after 1530–1450 BC (3237 ± 10 14C yr BP).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaali_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kaali crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.623,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Kaali-crater-saaremaa-estonia-aug-2007.jpg/960px-Kaali-crater-saaremaa-estonia-aug-2007.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-boltysh-crater","title":"Boltysh crater","category":"impact","lat":48.75,"lng":32.1667,"fact":"Impact crater, 24 km across. The Boltysh crater or Bovtyshka crater is a buried impact crater in the Kirovohrad Oblast of Ukraine, near the village of Bovtyshka.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boltysh_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Boltysh crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.616,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Boltysh_crater_location_map.png"},
{"id":"crater-haughton-impact-crater","title":"Haughton impact crater","category":"impact","lat":75.3833,"lng":-89.6667,"fact":"Impact crater, 24 km across. Haughton impact crater is located on Devon Island, Nunavut in far Northern Canada. It is about 23 km (14 mi) in diameter and was formed 31–32 million years ago during the Early Oligocene.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haughton_impact_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Haughton impact crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.596,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Haughton_impact_crater_radar_image.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-sudbury-basin","title":"Sudbury Basin","category":"impact","lat":46.6,"lng":-81.1833,"fact":"The Sudbury Basin, also known as Sudbury Structure or the Sudbury Nickel Irruptive, is a major geological structure in Ontario, Canada. It is among the oldest and largest known impact structures on Earth.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudbury_Basin","story_label":"Wikipedia: Sudbury Basin","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.584,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Sudbury_Wanapitei_WorldWind.jpg/960px-Sudbury_Wanapitei_WorldWind.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-mjolnir-crater","title":"Mjølnir crater","category":"impact","lat":73.8,"lng":29.6667,"fact":"Impact crater, 40 km across. Mjølnir is a meteorite crater on the floor of Barents Sea off the coast of Norway. It is 40 km (25 mi) in diameter and the age is estimated to be 142.0 ± 2.6 million years (Early Cretaceous). The bolide was an estimated 2 km (1.2 mi) wide.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mj%C3%B8lnir_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mjølnir crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.575,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Astrobleme.Norway.Mjolnir.JPG"},
{"id":"meteorite-el-ali-meteorite","title":"El Ali meteorite","category":"impact","lat":4.2881,"lng":44.8983,"fact":"Meteorite, 15.2 tonnes. The El Ali meteorite or Ceel Cali, literally meaning, \"Ali's Well,\" is a 15,150-kilogram (16.70-short-ton) meteorite that was known to the local population in Somalia for generations, but officially recognized as a meteorite only in 2020.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Ali_meteorite","story_label":"Wikipedia: El Ali meteorite","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.57,"year":2020},
{"id":"crater-araguainha-crater","title":"Araguainha crater","category":"impact","lat":-16.7833,"lng":-52.9833,"fact":"Impact crater, 40 km across. The Araguainha crater or Araguainha dome is an impact crater on the border of Mato Grosso and Goiás states, Brazil, between the villages of Araguainha and Ponte Branca.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araguainha_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Araguainha crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.549,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Araguainha_crater_LC08_L1TP_224072_20200518_20200820_02_T1.jpg/960px-Araguainha_crater_LC08_L1TP_224072_20200518_20200820_02_T1.jpg"},
{"id":"meteorite-sylacauga-meteorite","title":"Sylacauga (meteorite)","category":"impact","lat":33.1884,"lng":-86.2945,"fact":"The Sylacauga meteorite fell on November 30, 1954, at 12:46 p.m. local time (18:46 UT) in Oak Grove, Alabama, near Sylacauga, in the United States. It is also commonly called the Hodges meteorite because a fragment of it struck Ann Elizabeth Fowler Hodges (1920–1972).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylacauga_(meteorite)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Sylacauga (meteorite)","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.542,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/2024-10-21_-_Tuscaloosa%2C_AL%2C_USA_-_Hodges_%28Sylacauga%29_Meteorite_%28cropped%29.jpg/960px-2024-10-21_-_Tuscaloosa%2C_AL%2C_USA_-_Hodges_%28Sylacauga%29_Meteorite_%28cropped%29.jpg","year":1954},
{"id":"crater-wolfe-creek-crater","title":"Wolfe Creek Crater","category":"impact","lat":-19.1717,"lng":127.7956,"fact":"Impact crater, 875 m across. Wolfe Creek Crater is a well-preserved meteorite impact crater (astrobleme) in Western Australia.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfe_Creek_Crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Wolfe Creek Crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.533,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Wolfe_creek_crater.jpg/960px-Wolfe_creek_crater.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-aorounga-crater","title":"Aorounga crater","category":"impact","lat":19.1,"lng":19.25,"fact":"Impact crater, 13 km across. Aorounga Crater is an impact crater in Chad. The exposed remnant of the crater is 12.6 km (7.8 mi) in diameter and its age is estimated to be less than 345 million years (Carboniferous or younger).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aorounga_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Aorounga crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.52,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/ISS020-E-026195_Aorounga_Impact_Crater_Chad.jpg/960px-ISS020-E-026195_Aorounga_Impact_Crater_Chad.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-montagnais-crater","title":"Montagnais crater","category":"impact","lat":42.8833,"lng":-64.2167,"fact":"Impact crater, 45 km across. Montagnais is a meteorite crater located on the continental shelf south of Nova Scotia, Canada. It measures 45 kilometres (28 mi) in diameter, and its age is estimated to be 50.50 ± 0.76 million years (Eocene).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montagnais_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Montagnais crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.52},
{"id":"crater-saint-martin-impact-structure","title":"Saint Martin impact structure","category":"impact","lat":51.7833,"lng":-98.5333,"fact":"Impact crater, 24 km across. Saint Martin is an impact structure in Manitoba, Canada. It is located in the northern part of the Rural Municipality of Grahamdale, northwest of Lake St. Martin.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Martin_impact_structure","story_label":"Wikipedia: Saint Martin impact structure","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.52},
{"id":"meteorite-willamette-meteorite","title":"Willamette Meteorite","category":"impact","lat":45.3667,"lng":-122.583,"fact":"Meteorite recorded 1902. The Willamette Meteorite, officially named Willamette and originally known as Tomanowos by the Clackamas Chinook Native American tribe, is an iron-nickel meteorite found near Oregon City in the Willamette Valley of the U.S. state of Oregon.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willamette_Meteorite","story_label":"Wikipedia: Willamette Meteorite","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.516,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/At_American_Museum_of_Natural_History_2024_005.jpg/960px-At_American_Museum_of_Natural_History_2024_005.jpg","year":1902},
{"id":"crater-vichada-structure","title":"Vichada Structure","category":"impact","lat":4.5,"lng":-69.25,"fact":"Impact crater, 50 km across. The Vichada Structure is a probable impact structure along the Vichada River in Colombia (Vichada Department), South America. It is most likely the largest impact structure in South America.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vichada_Structure","story_label":"Wikipedia: Vichada Structure","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.514,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Vichada_Structure_LC08_L1TP_005057_20160118_20170405_01_T1.jpg/960px-Vichada_Structure_LC08_L1TP_005057_20160118_20170405_01_T1.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-neugrund-crater","title":"Neugrund crater","category":"impact","lat":59.3333,"lng":23.5167,"fact":"Impact crater, 8 km across. Neugrund is a meteorite crater in Estonia. It is 8 km (5.0 mi) in diameter and was previously estimated to have been formed in the Ordovician around 470 Ma, with later research revealing a possible Cambrian origin (around 535 Ma).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neugrund_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Neugrund crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.506,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/GneissBoulderOsmussaar.jpg/960px-GneissBoulderOsmussaar.jpg"},
{"id":"meteorite-brahin-meteorite","title":"Brahin (meteorite)","category":"impact","lat":52.5,"lng":30.3333,"fact":"Meteorite recorded 1807. Brahin is a meteorite pallasite found in 1810. This is the second meteorite ever found in Russia (nowadays Belarus). Sometimes it is also called Bragin.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahin_(meteorite)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Brahin (meteorite)","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.506,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Meteorit-Brahin.jpg","year":1807},
{"id":"meteorite-cape-york-meteorite","title":"Cape York meteorite","category":"impact","lat":76.1333,"lng":-64.9333,"fact":"Meteorite recorded 1894. The Cape York meteorite, also known as the Innaanganeq meteorite, is one of the largest known iron meteorites, classified as a medium octahedrite in chemical group IIIAB.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_York_meteorite","story_label":"Wikipedia: Cape York meteorite","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.506,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Ahnighito_AMNH%2C_34_tons_meteorite.jpg/960px-Ahnighito_AMNH%2C_34_tons_meteorite.jpg","year":1894},
{"id":"crater-gweni-fada-crater","title":"Gweni-Fada crater","category":"impact","lat":17.4186,"lng":21.7522,"fact":"Impact crater, 14 km across. Gweni-Fada Crater is an impact crater in the Ennedi Plateau in Chad. The Gweni Fada structure was first noted on the map NE 34 X Fada of the IGN (National Geographic Institute France) and aerial photographs in the 1950s of IGN by Alain Beauvilain…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gweni-Fada_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Gweni-Fada crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.503,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/ISS021-E-5375_Gweni-Fada_crater.jpg/960px-ISS021-E-5375_Gweni-Fada_crater.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-mistastin-crater","title":"Mistastin crater","category":"impact","lat":55.8904,"lng":-63.2687,"fact":"Impact crater, 28 km across. Mistastin Crater is an impact crater in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, which contains the roughly circular Mistastin Lake. The lake is around 16 km (9.9 mi) in diameter, while the estimated diameter of the original crater is 28 km (17 mi).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistastin_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mistastin crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.503,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Mistastin_crater_L1C_T20UMG_T20VMH_A026091_20200620T152632.jpg/960px-Mistastin_crater_L1C_T20UMG_T20VMH_A026091_20200620T152632.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-oasis-impact-structure","title":"Oasis Impact Structure","category":"impact","lat":24.5744,"lng":24.4103,"fact":"Impact crater, 18 km across. Oasis Impact Structure is a deeply eroded impact structure that is located 80 km (50 mi) south of the BP Impact Structure in southwest Libya. The associated impact crater has been entirely destroyed by erosion.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis_Impact_Structure","story_label":"Wikipedia: Oasis Impact Structure","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.503,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Oasis_crater.jpg/960px-Oasis_crater.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-acraman-impact-structure","title":"Acraman impact structure","category":"impact","lat":-32.0167,"lng":135.45,"fact":"Acraman impact structure is a deeply eroded impact crater in the Gawler Ranges of South Australia. Its location is marked by Lake Acraman, a circular ephemeral playa lake about 20 kilometres (12 mi) in diameter.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acraman_impact_structure","story_label":"Wikipedia: Acraman impact structure","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.496,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Acraman_crater_australia.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-pingualuit-crater","title":"Pingualuit crater","category":"impact","lat":61.2775,"lng":-73.6636,"fact":"Impact crater, 3.4 km across. The Pingualuit Crater, formerly called the \"Chubb Crater\" and later the \"New Quebec Crater\", is a relatively young impact crater located on the Ungava Peninsula in the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, in Quebec, Canada.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pingualuit_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Pingualuit crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.496,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Pingualuit_Crater.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-shiva-crater","title":"Shiva crater","category":"impact","lat":18.6667,"lng":70.2333,"fact":"The Shiva crater is a proposed impact crater on the Indian continental shelf, located offshore to the west of Mumbai. Paleontologist Sankar Chatterjee and his colleagues proposed that the crater was formed around the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Shiva crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.496},
{"id":"meteorite-ensisheim-meteorite","title":"Ensisheim meteorite","category":"impact","lat":47.8528,"lng":7.3761,"fact":"The Ensisheim meteorite is a stony meteorite that fell on November 7, 1492 in a wheat field outside the walled town of Ensisheim in then Alsace, Further Germany (now France). The meteorite can still be seen in Ensisheim's museum, the sixteenth-century Musée de la Régence.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensisheim_meteorite","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ensisheim meteorite","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.496,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Ensisheim_meteorit_donnerstein_1_vss2007.jpg","year":1492},
{"id":"meteorite-gibeon-meteorite","title":"Gibeon (meteorite)","category":"impact","lat":-25.1244,"lng":17.7661,"fact":"Meteorite recorded 1838. Gibeon is a meteorite that fell in prehistoric times in Namibia. It was named after the nearest town: Gibeon.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibeon_(meteorite)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Gibeon (meteorite)","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.496,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Gibeon-meteorite-in-Post-Street-Mall.jpg","year":1838},
{"id":"meteorite-kaidun-meteorite","title":"Kaidun meteorite","category":"impact","lat":15,"lng":48.3,"fact":"Kaidun is a meteorite that fell on 3 December 1980 on a Soviet military base near what is now Al-Khuraybah in Hadhramaut, Yemen.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaidun_meteorite","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kaidun meteorite","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.496,"year":1980},
{"id":"crater-gosses-bluff-impact-structure","title":"Gosses Bluff impact structure","category":"impact","lat":-23.8208,"lng":132.3078,"fact":"Impact crater, 5 km across. Gosses Bluff (or Gosse's Bluff) is thought to be the eroded remnant of an impact crater. Known as Tnorala to the Western Arrernte people of the surrounding region, it is located in the southern Northern Territory, near the centre of Australia…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gosses_Bluff_impact_structure","story_label":"Wikipedia: Gosses Bluff impact structure","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.486,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Gosses_Bluff_Northern_Territory_Australia.jpg/960px-Gosses_Bluff_Northern_Territory_Australia.jpg"},
{"id":"meteorite-fukang-meteorite","title":"Fukang meteorite","category":"impact","lat":44.4333,"lng":87.6333,"fact":"The Fukang meteorite is a meteorite that was found in the mountains near Fukang, China in 2000. It is a pallasite—a type of stony–iron meteorite with olivine crystals. It is estimated to be 4.5 billion years old.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukang_meteorite","story_label":"Wikipedia: Fukang meteorite","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.486,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/NHM_-_Pallasit_Fukang.jpg/960px-NHM_-_Pallasit_Fukang.jpg","year":2000},
{"id":"crater-eagle-butte-crater","title":"Eagle Butte crater","category":"impact","lat":49.7,"lng":-110.5,"fact":"Impact crater, 10 km across. Eagle Butte is an impact crater in Alberta, Canada, named for a rural area west of the Cypress Hills. It is 10 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be less than 65 million years (Paleocene or earlier). The crater is not exposed at the surface.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Butte_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Eagle Butte crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.485},
{"id":"crater-mien-lake","title":"Mien (lake)","category":"impact","lat":56.4167,"lng":14.8667,"fact":"Mien is a lake in southern Sweden, 12 km (7.5 mi) southwest of the town of Tingsryd. The lake lies within a meteorite crater. The eroded crater is marked by a 5.5 km (3.4 mi) diameter circular lake (Lake Mien).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mien_(lake)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mien (lake)","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.475,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Mien1.jpg/960px-Mien1.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-morokweng-impact-structure","title":"Morokweng impact structure","category":"impact","lat":-26.4667,"lng":23.5333,"fact":"The Morokweng impact structure is an impact structure buried beneath the Kalahari Desert near the town of Morokweng in South Africa's North West province, close to the border with Botswana.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morokweng_impact_structure","story_label":"Wikipedia: Morokweng impact structure","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.475,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Morokweng_impact_structure_map_LC08_L1TP_173078_20251119_20251202_02_T1.jpg/960px-Morokweng_impact_structure_map_LC08_L1TP_173078_20251119_20251202_02_T1.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-wabar-craters","title":"Wabar craters","category":"impact","lat":21.5053,"lng":50.4742,"fact":"The Wabar craters are impact craters located in Saudi Arabia first brought to the attention of Western scholars by British Arabist, explorer, writer and Colonial Office intelligence officer St John Philby…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabar_craters","story_label":"Wikipedia: Wabar craters","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.475,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Wabar_craters.jpg"},
{"id":"meteorite-l-aigle-meteorite","title":"L'Aigle (meteorite)","category":"impact","lat":48.8,"lng":0.6,"fact":"L'Aigle is a meteorite that fell on 26 April 1803 over L'Aigle, Lower Normandy, France, during a meteor shower. Before the event, meteorites were generally considered a superstition and were mistrusted by the scientific community.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L'Aigle_(meteorite)","story_label":"Wikipedia: L'Aigle (meteorite)","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.475,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Meteorite_L%27Aigle_MNHN_Min%C3%A9ralogie.jpg/960px-Meteorite_L%27Aigle_MNHN_Min%C3%A9ralogie.jpg","year":1803,"day":"04-26"},
{"id":"crater-puchezh-katunki-crater","title":"Puchezh-Katunki crater","category":"impact","lat":57.0167,"lng":43.9667,"fact":"Impact crater, 40 km across. Puchezh-Katunki is a meteor crater located in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast of the Volga Federal District, Russia. It is 80 km (50 mi) in diameter.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puchezh-Katunki_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Puchezh-Katunki crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.464,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Puchezh-Katunki_crater_Russia_lansat_7_image.jpg/960px-Puchezh-Katunki_crater_Russia_lansat_7_image.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-serra-da-cangalha","title":"Serra da Cangalha","category":"impact","lat":-8.08,"lng":-46.86,"fact":"Impact crater, 13.7 km across. Serra da Cangalha is an impact crater in Tocantins, Brazil. The crater is between 12 and 13 kilometres (7.5 and 8.1 mi) in diameter, making it the second-largest known crater in Brazil.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serra_da_Cangalha","story_label":"Wikipedia: Serra da Cangalha","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.464,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Serra_da_Cangalha_Crater.jpg/960px-Serra_da_Cangalha_Crater.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-spider-crater","title":"Spider crater","category":"impact","lat":-16.7394,"lng":126.0903,"fact":"Impact crater, 13 km across. Spider is an impact structure, the deeply eroded remnant of a former impact crater, situated in the Kimberley region of northern Western Australia, 18 km east of the Mount Barnett Roadhouse on the Gibb River Road.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Spider crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.464,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Spider_Western_Australia.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-ternovka-crater","title":"Ternovka crater","category":"impact","lat":48.1333,"lng":33.5167,"fact":"Impact crater, 11 km across. Ternivsky crater or Ternovsky crater (*outmoded) is a meteorite crater named after the locality Terny in the northern outskirts (Ternivskyi District) of Kryvyi Rih and also Kryvyi Rih Raion in Ukraine.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ternovka_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ternovka crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.464},
{"id":"crater-kamensk-crater","title":"Kamensk crater","category":"impact","lat":48.35,"lng":40.5,"fact":"Kamensk crater is an impact crater located 10 to 15 kilometres (6.2 to 9.3 mi) to the north of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky town in Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is 25 km (16 mi) in diameter and the age is estimated to be 49.0 ± 0.2 million years old (Eocene).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamensk_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kamensk crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.462,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Kamensk_crater_Russia_lansat_7_image.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-karla-crater","title":"Karla crater","category":"impact","lat":54.9167,"lng":48.0333,"fact":"Karla Crater is a meteorite impact crater in Tatarstan, Russia. It is 10 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 5 ± 1 million years old (probably Pliocene). The crater is exposed at the surface.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Karla crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.462},
{"id":"crater-boxhole-crater","title":"Boxhole crater","category":"impact","lat":-22.6125,"lng":135.1953,"fact":"Boxhole is a young impact crater located approximately 180 km (265 km by road) north-east of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, Australia.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxhole_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Boxhole crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.449,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Boxhole_meteorite_crater.jpg/960px-Boxhole_meteorite_crater.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-carswell-impact-structure","title":"Carswell impact structure","category":"impact","lat":58.4406,"lng":-109.507,"fact":"Carswell is an impact structure within the Athabasca Basin of the Canadian Shield in northern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is 39 kilometres (24 mi) in diameter and the age is estimated to be 115 ± 10 million years (Lower Cretaceous). The impact structure is exposed at the surface.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carswell_impact_structure","story_label":"Wikipedia: Carswell impact structure","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.449,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Carswell_Crater_-_Landsat_TM_42.jpg/960px-Carswell_Crater_-_Landsat_TM_42.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-steinheim-crater","title":"Steinheim crater","category":"impact","lat":48.6867,"lng":10.065,"fact":"The Steinheim crater is a meteorite crater in Steinheim am Albuch, Heidenheim County, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The crater is located at the north-eastern end of the Swabian Alb, 40km west of the much larger (24-km-diameter) Nördlinger Ries crater.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steinheim_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Steinheim crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.449,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Steinheim_WorldWind_S.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-tin-bider-crater","title":"Tin Bider crater","category":"impact","lat":27.6019,"lng":5.1122,"fact":"Impact crater, 6 km across. Tin Bider Crater is an impact crater that sits in dry, rugged terrain in Algeria. The crater was formed in the last 70 million years, perhaps in the late Cretaceous or early Paleogene Period.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_Bider_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Tin Bider crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.449,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Tin_Bider_Crater%2C_Algeria.jpg/960px-Tin_Bider_Crater%2C_Algeria.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-presqu-ile-crater","title":"Presqu'île crater","category":"impact","lat":49.7167,"lng":-74.8,"fact":"Impact crater, 20 km across. Presqu'île is a meteorite crater in the territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) of Jamésie in the Nord-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada, located about 3 kilometres (2 mi) south of the city of Chapais.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presqu'%C3%AEle_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Presqu'île crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.441},
{"id":"crater-beaverhead-impact-structure","title":"Beaverhead impact structure","category":"impact","lat":44.25,"lng":-114,"fact":"The Beaverhead impact structure is the second-largest impact structure within the U.S. It lies within the states of Idaho and Montana. Estimated at 60 kilometers (37 mi) in diameter, it is among the largest impact structures on Earth.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaverhead_impact_structure","story_label":"Wikipedia: Beaverhead impact structure","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.435,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Beaverhead_shatter_cone.jpg/960px-Beaverhead_shatter_cone.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-gardnos-crater","title":"Gardnos crater","category":"impact","lat":60.6498,"lng":9,"fact":"Impact crater, 5 km across. Gardnos crater (Gardnos krateret) is a meteorite impact crater in Nesbyen municipality in Buskerud, Norway. It is located inside Meteorite Park (Meteorittparken) at Gardnos 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of the town of Nesbyen.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardnos_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Gardnos crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.435,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Gardnos.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-kara-crater","title":"Kara crater","category":"impact","lat":69.1,"lng":64.15,"fact":"Kara is a meteorite crater in the Yugorsky Peninsula, Nenetsia, Russia. Heavily eroded, it is presently 65 kilometres (40 mi) in diameter, though it is thought to be originally 120 kilometres (75 mi) before erosion.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kara crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.435,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Kara_crateri_crater_Russia_lansat_7_image.gif/960px-Kara_crateri_crater_Russia_lansat_7_image.gif"},
{"id":"crater-kardla-crater","title":"Kärdla crater","category":"impact","lat":58.9667,"lng":22.7667,"fact":"Kärdla is a meteorite crater near the town of Kärdla in Estonia. It is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) in diameter and its age is estimated to be about 455 million years (Late Ordovician). The crater is not exposed at the surface.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A4rdla_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kärdla crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.435,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Kardla_location.png"},
{"id":"crater-lumparn","title":"Lumparn","category":"impact","lat":60.1589,"lng":20.142,"fact":"Lumparn is a large bay devoid of islands in the main island of Åland, Finland, bordered by Sund to the north, Lumparland to the east, Lemland to the south and Jomala to the west.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumparn","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lumparn","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.435,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Lumparn.png"},
{"id":"crater-shoemaker-impact-structure","title":"Shoemaker impact structure","category":"impact","lat":-25.8667,"lng":120.8833,"fact":"Shoemaker is an impact structure, the deeply eroded remnant of a former impact crater, situated in arid central Western Australia, about 100 kilometres (62 mi) north-northeast of Wiluna. It is named in honour of planetary geologist Eugene Shoemaker.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoemaker_impact_structure","story_label":"Wikipedia: Shoemaker impact structure","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.435,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Shoemaker_crater.jpg/960px-Shoemaker_crater.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-veevers-crater","title":"Veevers crater","category":"impact","lat":-22.97,"lng":125.372,"fact":"Veevers crater is an impact crater located on a flat desert plain between the Great Sandy and Gibson Deserts in the centre of the state of Western Australia. The site is very remote and difficult to visit.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veevers_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Veevers crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.435,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Veevers_crater_August_2011.jpg/960px-Veevers_crater_August_2011.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-zhamanshin-crater","title":"Zhamanshin crater","category":"impact","lat":48.4,"lng":60.9667,"fact":"Zhamanshin is a meteorite crater in Kazakhstan. It is 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) in diameter and the age is estimated to be 900,000 ± 100,000 years (Pleistocene). The crater is exposed at the surface.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhamanshin_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Zhamanshin crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.435,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/%D0%98%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%BE_%D0%96%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82.jpg/960px-%D0%98%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%BE_%D0%96%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-amelia-creek-crater","title":"Amelia Creek crater","category":"impact","lat":-20.85,"lng":134.883,"fact":"Amelia Creek crater is an impact structure (or astrobleme), the eroded remnant of a former impact crater, located in the Davenport Range, Northern Territory, Australia.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Creek_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Amelia Creek crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.42,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Amelia_Creek_structure_LC08_L1TP_102074_20231231_20240109_02_T1_refl.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-amguid-crater","title":"Amguid crater","category":"impact","lat":26.0878,"lng":4.3953,"fact":"Impact crater, 550 m across. Amguid is a meteorite crater located in the Central Sahara, Algeria. It is approximately 500 to 530 metres (1,640 to 1,740 ft) in diameter and approximately 65 meters deep.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amguid_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Amguid crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.42,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/CratereAmguid.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-manson-impact-structure","title":"Manson impact structure","category":"impact","lat":42.5833,"lng":-94.55,"fact":"The Manson impact structure is an impact structure near the city of Manson, Iowa where an asteroid or comet nucleus struck the Earth during the Cretaceous Period, approximately 74 million years ago. It was one of the largest known impact events to have happened in North America.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manson_impact_structure","story_label":"Wikipedia: Manson impact structure","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.42,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Mansonimpact.jpg/960px-Mansonimpact.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-obolon-crater","title":"Obolon' crater","category":"impact","lat":49.5833,"lng":32.9167,"fact":"Obolon' crater is a 20 km (12 mi) diameter buried meteorite impact crater situated near the village of Obolon, about 200 km (120 mi) southeast of Kyiv in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obolon'_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Obolon' crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.42},
{"id":"crater-soderfjarden","title":"Söderfjärden","category":"impact","lat":63.005,"lng":21.575,"fact":"Söderfjärden is a polder in Ostrobothnia, western Finland, 10 kilometres south of the town of Vaasa. The plain is in an impact crater dating back to more than 640 million years ago (Proterozoic, near the end of the Cryogenian).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B6derfj%C3%A4rden","story_label":"Wikipedia: Söderfjärden","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.42,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/S%C3%B6derfj%C3%A4rden_Landsat.jpg/960px-S%C3%B6derfj%C3%A4rden_Landsat.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-talemzane-crater","title":"Talemzane crater","category":"impact","lat":33.315,"lng":4.0353,"fact":"Impact crater, 1.8 km across. Talemzane or madena is an impact crater in Algeria, 40 km south-east of Hassi Delaa (a small city).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talemzane_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Talemzane crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.42,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Talemzane.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-woodleigh-impact-structure","title":"Woodleigh impact structure","category":"impact","lat":-26.05,"lng":114.6667,"fact":"Woodleigh is a large meteorite impact structure (astrobleme) in Western Australia, centred on Woodleigh Station east of Shark Bay in the Gascoyne region.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodleigh_impact_structure","story_label":"Wikipedia: Woodleigh impact structure","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.42,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Regions_of_western_australia_nine_plus_perth.png"},
{"id":"meteorite-aarhus-meteorite","title":"Aarhus (meteorite)","category":"impact","lat":56.1833,"lng":10.2333,"fact":"Meteorite, 720 g. Aarhus is an H chondrite meteorite that fell to earth on 2 October 1951 at 18:15 in Aarhus, Denmark. The meteor split just before the otherwise undramatic impact and two pieces were recovered. They are known as Aarhus I (at 300g) and Aarhus II (at 420g).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarhus_(meteorite)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Aarhus (meteorite)","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.42,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Mindesten_for_meteornedslag_i_Aarhus.jpg/960px-Mindesten_for_meteornedslag_i_Aarhus.jpg","year":1951},
{"id":"meteorite-hraschina-meteorite","title":"Hraschina meteorite","category":"impact","lat":46.1,"lng":16.3333,"fact":"Hraschina is the official name of an iron meteorite that fell in 1751 near the village of Hrašćina in Hrvatsko Zagorje, Croatia.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hraschina_meteorite","story_label":"Wikipedia: Hraschina meteorite","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.42,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Hrascina_meteorite_dw.jpg/960px-Hrascina_meteorite_dw.jpg"},
{"id":"meteorite-muonionalusta","title":"Muonionalusta","category":"impact","lat":67.8,"lng":23.1133,"fact":"Meteorite recorded 1906. The Muonionalusta meteorite is a meteorite classified as fine octahedrite, type IVA (Of) which impacted in northern Sweden, near the border to Finland, about one million years BCE.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muonionalusta","story_label":"Wikipedia: Muonionalusta","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.42,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Muonionalusta_meteorite.png","year":1906},
{"id":"meteorite-toluca-meteorite","title":"Toluca (meteorite)","category":"impact","lat":19.5667,"lng":-99.5667,"fact":"Meteorite recorded 1776. Toluca is a group of iron meteorites found in Jiquipilco, Mexico near Toluca.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toluca_(meteorite)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Toluca (meteorite)","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.42,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/TolucaMeteorite.jpg/960px-TolucaMeteorite.jpg","year":1776},
{"id":"crater-hiawatha-impact-structure","title":"Hiawatha impact structure","category":"impact","lat":79,"lng":-66,"fact":"Impact crater, 31.1 km across. The Hiawatha impact structure is a probable impact structure discovered beneath the Hiawatha Glacier in northwest Greenland, from which it gets its name.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiawatha_impact_structure","story_label":"Wikipedia: Hiawatha impact structure","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.414,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Hiawatha_v45_scene1_4k_5mtopo.1760.tif/lossy-page1-960px-Hiawatha_v45_scene1_4k_5mtopo.1760.tif.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-chiyli-crater","title":"Chiyli crater","category":"impact","lat":49.175,"lng":57.835,"fact":"Chiyli Crater is an impact crater in Aktobe, Kazakhstan. It is 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) in diameter and the age is estimated to be 46 ± 7 million years. The crater is exposed at the surface.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiyli_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Chiyli crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.403,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Chiyli_Crater.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-ilyinets-crater","title":"Ilyinets crater","category":"impact","lat":49.1167,"lng":29.1,"fact":"Ilyinets Ukrainian: Іллінецький кратер, romanized: Illnets'kyy krater is an impact crater in Ukraine (Vinnytsia Oblast). It is 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi) in diameter and the age is estimated to be 378 ± 5 million years (Upper Devonian). The crater is not exposed at the surface.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilyinets_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ilyinets crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.403,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Ukraine_1998_Ilyinets_Crater_Meteorite_Stamp.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-kursk-crater","title":"Kursk crater","category":"impact","lat":51.7,"lng":36,"fact":"Kursk is an impact crater located in Kursk Oblast of the Central Federal District, Russia. It is 6 km (3.7 mi) in diameter and the age is estimated to be 250 ± 80 million years old (Carboniferous to Early Jurassic). The crater is not exposed to the surface.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kursk crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.403},
{"id":"crater-logancha-crater","title":"Logancha crater","category":"impact","lat":65.5167,"lng":95.9333,"fact":"Logancha Crater is an impact crater in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. It is 20 km (12 mi) in diameter and the age is estimated to be 40 ± 20 million years old. The crater is not exposed at the surface.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logancha_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Logancha crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.403,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Logancha_impact_crater%2C_Krasnoyarsk_Krai%2C_Russia%2C_Sentinel-2_satellite_image%2C_2018-09-29.jpg/960px-Logancha_impact_crater%2C_Krasnoyarsk_Krai%2C_Russia%2C_Sentinel-2_satellite_image%2C_2018-09-29.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-nadir-crater","title":"Nadir crater","category":"impact","lat":9.395,"lng":-17.08,"fact":"Impact crater, 8.5 km across. Nadir Crater is a buried impact crater on the Guinea Plateau in the Atlantic Ocean, around 200 kilometres (125 miles) off the coast of Guinea-Bissau. The feature is named after the Nadir Seamount, located 100 km to the south.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadir_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Nadir crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.403,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Map_and_regional_seismic_sections_showing_location_of_Nadir_Crater.jpg/960px-Map_and_regional_seismic_sections_showing_location_of_Nadir_Crater.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-odessa-meteor-crater","title":"Odessa Meteor Crater","category":"impact","lat":31.7561,"lng":-102.479,"fact":"The Odessa Meteor Crater is a meteorite crater in the southwestern part of Ector County, southwest of the city of Odessa of West Texas, United States. It is accessible approximately 3 mi (5 km) south of Interstate 20 at Exit 108 (Moss Road).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa_Meteor_Crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Odessa Meteor Crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.403,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Odessa_meteorite.jpg/960px-Odessa_meteorite.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-roter-kamm-crater","title":"Roter Kamm crater","category":"impact","lat":-27.7667,"lng":16.2889,"fact":"Impact crater, 2.5 km across. Roter Kamm is a meteorite crater, located in the Sperrgebiet, within the Namibian section of the Namib Desert, approximately 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Oranjemund and 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southwest of Aurus Mountain in the ǁKaras Region.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roter_Kamm_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Roter Kamm crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.403,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Roter_Kamm_Bird%27s_Eye_View.jpg/960px-Roter_Kamm_Bird%27s_Eye_View.jpg"},
{"id":"meteorite-peekskill-meteorite","title":"Peekskill meteorite","category":"impact","lat":41.2864,"lng":-73.9164,"fact":"The Peekskill meteorite is the object resulting from a well-documented meteorite event that occurred in October, 1992, in Peekskill, New York, United States.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peekskill_meteorite","story_label":"Wikipedia: Peekskill meteorite","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.403,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Peekskill_meteorite_in_Museum_of_Natural_History.jpg/960px-Peekskill_meteorite_in_Museum_of_Natural_History.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-kelly-west-crater","title":"Kelly West crater","category":"impact","lat":-19.95,"lng":133.9858,"fact":"Kelly West is a deeply eroded impact crater situated in the central Northern Territory, Australia. It was discovered during Government geological mapping and first reported in 1973, the evidence for impact coming principally from an abundance of shatter cones at the site.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_West_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kelly West crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.385},
{"id":"crater-macha-crater","title":"Macha crater","category":"impact","lat":60.0852,"lng":117.6537,"fact":"Macha is a field of five meteorite craters located 685 kilometers (425 miles) west-southwest of Yakutsk in the Sakha Republic in Siberia, Russia, ranging from 60 to 300 m (200 to 980 ft) in diameter.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macha_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Macha crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.385,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Sakha_in_Russia.svg/960px-Sakha_in_Russia.svg.png"},
{"id":"crater-monturaqui","title":"Monturaqui","category":"impact","lat":-23.9275,"lng":-68.2617,"fact":"Monturaqui is an impact crater in Chile. It lies south of the Salar de Atacama and was formed 663,000 ± 90,000 years ago by the impact of an IAB meteorite. It is 350 m × 370 m (1,150 ft × 1,210 ft) wide and 34 m (112 ft) deep and contains a salt pan.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monturaqui","story_label":"Wikipedia: Monturaqui","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.385},
{"id":"crater-ouarkziz-crater","title":"Ouarkziz crater","category":"impact","lat":29.0117,"lng":-7.5522,"fact":"Impact crater, 3.5 km across. Ouarkziz Crater is an impact crater in Tindouf, Algeria. It is 3.5 kilometers in diameter and the age is estimated to be less than 70 million years (Cretaceous or younger). The crater is exposed at the surface.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouarkziz_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ouarkziz crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.385,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/The_Ouarkziz_crater%2C_Algeria_%28Copernicus_2025-04-03%29.png/960px-The_Ouarkziz_crater%2C_Algeria_%28Copernicus_2025-04-03%29.png"},
{"id":"crater-vepriai-crater","title":"Vepriai crater","category":"impact","lat":55.14,"lng":24.59,"fact":"Vepriai is the largest impact crater in Lithuania, named after the town of Vepriai located at its center. The crater is not exposed to the surface, having been eroded and covered by sedimentary rocks during the last glacial period.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vepriai_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Vepriai crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.385,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Map_of_Vepriai.png/960px-Map_of_Vepriai.png"},
{"id":"meteorite-albareto-meteorite","title":"Albareto (meteorite)","category":"impact","lat":44.65,"lng":11.0167,"fact":"Meteorite, 2 kg. Albareto is a meteorite which fell in July 1766 near the frazione Albareto, of Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albareto_(meteorite)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Albareto (meteorite)","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.385,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Meteorite_di_Albareto.jpg/960px-Meteorite_di_Albareto.jpg","year":1766},
{"id":"meteorite-chinga-meteorite","title":"Chinga meteorite","category":"impact","lat":51.0583,"lng":94.4,"fact":"Meteorite recorded 1913. The Chinga meteorite is an iron meteorite. It is structurally an ataxite with very rare kamacite lamella. The meteoric iron is a part of the lamella taenite.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinga_meteorite","story_label":"Wikipedia: Chinga meteorite","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.385,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/ChingaMeteorite.jpg/960px-ChingaMeteorite.jpg","year":1913},
{"id":"meteorite-eagle-station-meteorite","title":"Eagle Station meteorite","category":"impact","lat":38.6167,"lng":-84.9667,"fact":"Meteorite recorded 1880. The Eagle Station meteorite is a pallasite and type specimen of the Eagle Station group. It was found in 1880 close to Eagle Station, Carroll County, Kentucky (United States). The first description was made by George F. Kunz in 1887.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Station_meteorite","story_label":"Wikipedia: Eagle Station meteorite","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.385,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Eagle_Station_pallasite%2C_Mineralogisches_Museum%2C_Bonn.jpg/960px-Eagle_Station_pallasite%2C_Mineralogisches_Museum%2C_Bonn.jpg","year":1880},
{"id":"meteorite-gao-guenie-meteorite","title":"Gao–Guenie meteorite","category":"impact","lat":11.65,"lng":-2.1833,"fact":"Gao–Guenie is a H5 ordinary chondrite meteorite that fell on Burkina Faso, West Africa, on March 5, 1960. The fall was composed of many fragments and it is one of the largest observed meteorite showers in Africa to date.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gao%E2%80%93Guenie_meteorite","story_label":"Wikipedia: Gao–Guenie meteorite","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.385,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/GaoGuenieMeteorite.jpg/960px-GaoGuenieMeteorite.jpg"},
{"id":"meteorite-mbosi-meteorite","title":"Mbosi meteorite","category":"impact","lat":-9.1167,"lng":33.0667,"fact":"Meteorite recorded 1930. Mbozi is an ungrouped iron meteorite found in Tanzania. It is one of the world's largest meteorites, variously estimated as the fourth-largest to the eighth-largest, it is located near the city of Mbeya in Tanzania's southern highlands.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbosi_meteorite","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mbosi meteorite","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.385,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Mbozi_meteorite_-_07.jpg/960px-Mbozi_meteorite_-_07.jpg","year":1930},
{"id":"meteorite-sutter-s-mill-meteorite","title":"Sutter's Mill meteorite","category":"impact","lat":37.6,"lng":-120.5,"fact":"The Sutter's Mill meteorite is a carbonaceous chondrite which entered the Earth's atmosphere and broke up at about 07:51 Pacific Time on April 22, 2012, with fragments landing in the United States.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutter's_Mill_meteorite","story_label":"Wikipedia: Sutter's Mill meteorite","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.385,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Sutter%27s_Mill_Meteorite.jpg/960px-Sutter%27s_Mill_Meteorite.jpg","year":2012},
{"id":"meteorite-yardymly-meteorite","title":"Yardymly (meteorite)","category":"impact","lat":38.9333,"lng":48.25,"fact":"The Yardymly meteorite is an iron meteorite that fell in Yardymli Rayon, Azerbaijan on November 24, 1959. The remains were discovered in the nearby village of Aroos. With five individual specimens, the total weight of the meteorite is estimated at 150.29 kilograms (331.3 lb).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yardymly_(meteorite)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Yardymly (meteorite)","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.385,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Yardymly_%28meteorite%29_2.jpg/960px-Yardymly_%28meteorite%29_2.jpg","year":1959},
{"id":"crater-santa-fe-impact-structure","title":"Santa Fe impact structure","category":"impact","lat":35.75,"lng":-105.933,"fact":"Impact crater, 10 km across. The Santa Fe impact structure is an eroded remnant of a bolide impact crater in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains northeast of Santa Fe, New Mexico.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_impact_structure","story_label":"Wikipedia: Santa Fe impact structure","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.382,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Kluft-photo-Shatter_cones-Sep-2008-Img_1711.jpg/960px-Kluft-photo-Shatter_cones-Sep-2008-Img_1711.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-aouelloul-crater","title":"Aouelloul crater","category":"impact","lat":20.2411,"lng":-12.675,"fact":"Impact crater, 390 m across. Aouelloul is an impact crater in Mauritania. It is located in the Akchar Desert, part of the Sahara Desert, approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) southeast of Atar. The crater is exposed, 390 metres (1,280 ft) wide and roughly circular.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aouelloul_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Aouelloul crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.364,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Aouelloul_crater_Mauritania_7S41000801891.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-beyenchime-salaatin-crater","title":"Beyenchime-Salaatin crater","category":"impact","lat":71.0616,"lng":121.6859,"fact":"Beyenchime-Salaatin is an impact crater (astrobleme) in the Russian Far East. It is 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) in diameter and is estimated to be 40 ± 20 million years old (Eocene).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyenchime-Salaatin_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Beyenchime-Salaatin crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.364},
{"id":"crater-kaluga-crater","title":"Kaluga crater","category":"impact","lat":54.5,"lng":36.2,"fact":"Kaluga is an impact crater located in Kaluga Oblast of the Central Federal District, Russia. It is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) in diameter and the age is estimated to be 380 ± 5 million years old (Upper Devonian).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaluga_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kaluga crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.364},
{"id":"crater-lawn-hill-crater","title":"Lawn Hill crater","category":"impact","lat":-18.667,"lng":138.63,"fact":"Lawn Hill ‘crater’ refers to an Ordovician impact structure, the eroded remnant of a former impact crater, situated approximately 220 km north-north-west of Mount Isa in northwestern Queensland, Australia. The site is marked by an 18 km diameter ring of dolomite hills.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawn_Hill_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lawn Hill crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.364,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Lawn_Hill_crater.jpg/960px-Lawn_Hill_crater.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-liverpool-crater","title":"Liverpool crater","category":"impact","lat":-12.3958,"lng":134.0472,"fact":"Liverpool is a meteorite impact crater situated in Arnhem Land within the Northern Territory, Australia. It was named after the nearby Liverpool River. Liverpool is remote and difficult to access. The crater has a raised, near-circular rim averaging about 1.6 km in diameter.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Liverpool crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.364,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Liverpool_crater.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-rotmistrivka-crater","title":"Rotmistrivka crater","category":"impact","lat":49.1472,"lng":31.7083,"fact":"Rotmistrivka is an impact crater in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine, which is located near the village of Rotmistrivka. The crater is 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) in diameter, with an age estimated at 120 ± 10 million years (Lower Cretaceous).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotmistrivka_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Rotmistrivka crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.364,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Rotmistrivka.jpg/960px-Rotmistrivka.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-sobolev-crater","title":"Sobolev crater","category":"impact","lat":46.3,"lng":137.8667,"fact":"Impact crater, 53 m across. Sobolev (or Sobolevskiy, Sobolevskii) Crater is a meteorite crater in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia. It is 53 metres (174 ft) in diameter and is estimated to be less than 1000 years old. The crater is exposed at the surface.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobolev_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Sobolev crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.364},
{"id":"crater-steen-river-impact-structure","title":"Steen River impact structure","category":"impact","lat":59.5,"lng":-117.633,"fact":"Steen River is an impact structure in Alberta, Canada. It is 25 km (16 mi) in diameter and the age is estimated to be 91 ± 7 million years (Late Cretaceous). The structure is not exposed at the surface.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steen_River_impact_structure","story_label":"Wikipedia: Steen River impact structure","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.364},
{"id":"crater-tabun-khara-obo-crater","title":"Tabun-Khara-Obo crater","category":"impact","lat":44.1333,"lng":109.65,"fact":"Tabun-Khara-Obo is an impact crater in the Dornogovi Aimag (province) the south-east of Mongolia. The crater, which is exposed at the surface, is 1.3 km (0.81 mi) in diameter.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabun-Khara-Obo_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Tabun-Khara-Obo crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.364,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Tabun-Khara-Obo_crater.jpg"},
{"id":"crater-tswaing-crater","title":"Tswaing crater","category":"impact","lat":-25.4089,"lng":28.0828,"fact":"Impact crater, 1.1 km across. Tswaing is an impact crater enclosed by a 1,946 ha nature reserve, situated in northern Gauteng province, South Africa.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tswaing_crater","story_label":"Wikipedia: Tswaing crater","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.364,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Tswaing%2C_Salt_Pan_Crater.jpg/960px-Tswaing%2C_Salt_Pan_Crater.jpg"},
{"id":"meteorite-agen-meteorite","title":"Agen (meteorite)","category":"impact","lat":44.2167,"lng":0.6167,"fact":"Meteorite, 30 kg. Agen is an H chondrite meteorite that fell to earth on September 5, 1814, in Aquitaine, France. It is an ordinary chondrite that belongs to the petrologic type 5, thus was assigned to the group H5.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agen_(meteorite)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Agen (meteorite)","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.364,"year":1814},
{"id":"meteorite-erg-chech-002","title":"Erg Chech 002","category":"impact","lat":26.032,"lng":-1.611,"fact":"Erg Chech 002 (EC 002) is an ancient andesite meteorite discovered in the Erg Chech region of the Sahara Desert in Algeria.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erg_Chech_002","story_label":"Wikipedia: Erg Chech 002","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.364,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Erg_Chech_002_%E2%80%94_1%2C857g_End_Cut_Faces_%2850866953082%29.jpg/960px-Erg_Chech_002_%E2%80%94_1%2C857g_End_Cut_Faces_%2850866953082%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-a-moskenes","title":"Å, Moskenes","category":"random place","lat":67.8796,"lng":12.984,"fact":"Å is a village in Moskenes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) southwest of the village of Sørvågen on the island of Moskenesøya, towards the southern end of the Lofoten archipelago.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85,_Moskenes","story_label":"Wikipedia: Å, Moskenes","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/A_view_2009.JPG/960px-A_view_2009.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-accident-maryland","title":"Accident, Maryland","category":"random place","lat":39.6281,"lng":-79.32,"fact":"Accident is a town in Garrett County, Maryland, United States. The population was 338 at the 2020 United States census. Accident has been noted for its unusual name. A resident of Accident is called an \"Accidental\".","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accident,_Maryland","story_label":"Wikipedia: Accident, Maryland","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/JamesDraneHouse2012.jpg/960px-JamesDraneHouse2012.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-adak-alaska","title":"Adak, Alaska","category":"random place","lat":51.8781,"lng":-176.6461,"fact":"Adak, formerly Adak Station, is a city located on Adak Island, in the Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 171, down from 326 in 2010. It is the westernmost municipality in the United States and the southernmost city in Alaska.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adak,_Alaska","story_label":"Wikipedia: Adak, Alaska","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Adak_-_Adak_Island.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-adamstown-pitcairn-islands","title":"Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands","category":"random place","lat":-25.0667,"lng":-130.1,"fact":"Adamstown is the capital and only settlement of the Pitcairn Islands, the only British Overseas Territory that is located in the southern Pacific Ocean. As of 2023, Adamstown has a population of 35, which is the entire population of the Pitcairn Islands.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adamstown,_Pitcairn_Islands","story_label":"Wikipedia: Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Adamstown1.jpg/960px-Adamstown1.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-aghdam","title":"Aghdam","category":"random place","lat":39.9931,"lng":46.9306,"fact":"Aghdam is a town and the nominal capital of the Aghdam District of Azerbaijan. Founded in the 18th century, it was granted city status in 1828 and grew considerably during the Soviet period.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aghdam","story_label":"Wikipedia: Aghdam","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/AgdamCollection2021.jpg/960px-AgdamCollection2021.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-atlit-yam","title":"Atlit Yam","category":"random place","lat":32.7108,"lng":34.9352,"fact":"Atlit Yam is a submerged Pre Pottery Neolithic C (PPNC) archaeological site located 300–400 meters off the coast of Atlit, Israel.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlit_Yam","story_label":"Wikipedia: Atlit Yam","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Atlit-Yam%2C_Ritual_structure_made_of_stones.JPG/960px-Atlit-Yam%2C_Ritual_structure_made_of_stones.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-attu-island","title":"Attu Island","category":"random place","lat":52.9025,"lng":172.9094,"fact":"Attu is an island in the Near Islands (part of the Aleutian Islands chain). It is one of the westernmost points of the U.S. state of Alaska. The island became uninhabited in 2010, making it the largest uninhabited island that is part of the United States.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attu_Island","story_label":"Wikipedia: Attu Island","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Attu_sat.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-baiae","title":"Baiae","category":"random place","lat":40.8167,"lng":14.0697,"fact":"Baiae is an ancient Roman town situated on the northwest shore of the Gulf of Naples and now in the comune of Bacoli.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baiae","story_label":"Wikipedia: Baiae","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Settore_di_Sosandra_20.JPG/960px-Settore_di_Sosandra_20.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-balestrino","title":"Balestrino","category":"random place","lat":44.1249,"lng":8.1745,"fact":"Balestrino (Ligurian: Barestin or Balestrin) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) southwest of Genoa and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of Savona.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balestrino","story_label":"Wikipedia: Balestrino","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Balestrino-panorama_borgo_vecchio.jpg/960px-Balestrino-panorama_borgo_vecchio.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-bannack-montana","title":"Bannack, Montana","category":"random place","lat":45.1611,"lng":-112.9956,"fact":"Bannack is a ghost town in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States, located on Grasshopper Creek, approximately 11 miles (18 km) upstream from where Grasshopper Creek joins with the Beaverhead River south of Dillon.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bannack,_Montana","story_label":"Wikipedia: Bannack, Montana","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Bannack%2C_Montana_%2825064171061%29.jpg/960px-Bannack%2C_Montana_%2825064171061%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-barentsburg","title":"Barentsburg","category":"random place","lat":78.0667,"lng":14.2167,"fact":"Barentsburg is the second-largest settlement in Svalbard, Norway, with about 300 inhabitants (2025). A coal mining town, the settlement is now almost entirely made up of Russian nationals.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barentsburg","story_label":"Wikipedia: Barentsburg","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Barentsburg_view.jpg/960px-Barentsburg_view.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-bartolome-island","title":"Bartolomé Island","category":"random place","lat":-0.285,"lng":-90.549,"fact":"Bartolomé Island is an uninhabited 1.2 square kilometres (0.46 sq mi) volcanic islet located in Sullivan Bay, just east of Santiago Island, in the Galápagos Islands. just off the east coast of Santiago Island.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolom%C3%A9_Island","story_label":"Wikipedia: Bartolomé Island","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68},
{"id":"wp-bat-cave-north-carolina","title":"Bat Cave, North Carolina","category":"random place","lat":35.4514,"lng":-82.2869,"fact":"Bat Cave is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States and is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_Cave,_North_Carolina","story_label":"Wikipedia: Bat Cave, North Carolina","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Bat_Cave_North_Carolina_Fire_and_Rescue_Tanker_Truck.jpg/960px-Bat_Cave_North_Carolina_Fire_and_Rescue_Tanker_Truck.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-batman-turkey","title":"Batman, Turkey","category":"random place","lat":37.887,"lng":41.132,"fact":"Batman is a city and capital of Batman District in Batman Province, Turkey. It lies on a plateau, 540 meters (1,772 feet) above sea level, near the confluence of the Batman River and the Tigris and had a population of 452,157 in 2021.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman,_Turkey","story_label":"Wikipedia: Batman, Turkey","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Batman%C3%AA-3.jpg/960px-Batman%C3%AA-3.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-beelitz","title":"Beelitz","category":"random place","lat":52.2378,"lng":12.9686,"fact":"Beelitz is a historic town in Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is chiefly known for its cultivation of white asparagus (Beelitzer Spargel).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beelitz","story_label":"Wikipedia: Beelitz","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Beelitz_in_PM.png"},
{"id":"wp-belchite","title":"Belchite","category":"random place","lat":41.3064,"lng":-0.7542,"fact":"Belchite is a municipality and town in the province of Zaragoza, Spain, about 40 km southeast of Zaragoza. It is the capital of Campo de Belchite comarca (administrative region) and is located in a plain surrounded by low hills, the highest of which is Lobo.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belchite","story_label":"Wikipedia: Belchite","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Carrer_de_sant_Ramon_de_Belchit.JPG/960px-Carrer_de_sant_Ramon_de_Belchit.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-bodie-california","title":"Bodie, California","category":"random place","lat":38.2122,"lng":-119.0122,"fact":"Bodie ( BOH-dee) is a ghost town in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono County, California, United States. It is about 75 miles (121 km) southeast of Lake Tahoe, and 12 mi (19 km) east-southeast of Bridgeport, at an elevation of 8,379 feet (2,554 m).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodie,_California","story_label":"Wikipedia: Bodie, California","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Bodie_September_2016_019.jpg/960px-Bodie_September_2016_019.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-boring-oregon","title":"Boring, Oregon","category":"random place","lat":45.4306,"lng":-122.3717,"fact":"Boring is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boring,_Oregon","story_label":"Wikipedia: Boring, Oregon","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Boring%2C_Oregon%2C_US.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-bouvet-island","title":"Bouvet Island","category":"random place","lat":-54.42,"lng":3.36,"fact":"Bouvet Island is an uninhabited subantarctic volcanic island and dependency of Norway. A protected nature reserve situated in the South Atlantic Ocean at the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, it is the world's most remote island.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouvet_Island","story_label":"Wikipedia: Bouvet Island","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Bouvet_Island_on_the_globe_%28Antarctica_centered%29.svg/960px-Bouvet_Island_on_the_globe_%28Antarctica_centered%29.svg.png","day":"01-01","year":1739},
{"id":"wp-buzludzha-monument","title":"Buzludzha monument","category":"random place","lat":42.7333,"lng":25.3833,"fact":"The Monument House of the Bulgarian Communist Party, also known as the Buzludzha Monument, was built on Buzludzha Peak in central Bulgaria by the Bulgarian communist government and inaugurated in 1981.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzludzha_monument","story_label":"Wikipedia: Buzludzha monument","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Sunset_and_Buzludza.jpg/960px-Sunset_and_Buzludza.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-cahaba-alabama","title":"Cahaba, Alabama","category":"random place","lat":32.3169,"lng":-87.1014,"fact":"Cahaba, also spelled Cahawba, was the first permanent state capital of Alabama, United States, from 1820 to 1825. It was the county seat of Dallas County, Alabama until 1866. Located at the confluence of the Alabama and Cahaba rivers, the town endured regular seasonal flooding.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahaba,_Alabama","story_label":"Wikipedia: Cahaba, Alabama","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/St._Luke%27s_Church_at_Cahaba_02.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-caleta-tortel","title":"Caleta Tortel","category":"random place","lat":-47.7833,"lng":-73.5333,"fact":"Caleta Tortel is a coastal village in Chile. It is the administrative center of the commune of Tortel and is located between the mouth of the Baker River the largest river in Chile and a small embayment of the Baker Channel.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caleta_Tortel","story_label":"Wikipedia: Caleta Tortel","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Caleta_Tortel_03.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-calico-california","title":"Calico, California","category":"random place","lat":34.9489,"lng":-116.8642,"fact":"Calico is a ghost town and former mining town in San Bernardino County, California, United States.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calico,_California","story_label":"Wikipedia: Calico, California","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/View_from_the_lookout_point_in_Calico%2C_California_2026.jpg/960px-View_from_the_lookout_point_in_Calico%2C_California_2026.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-chicken-alaska","title":"Chicken, Alaska","category":"random place","lat":64.0733,"lng":-141.9361,"fact":"Chicken is a census-designated place in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska. It is a community founded on gold mining, and is one of the few surviving gold rush towns in Alaska. The population was 12 at the time of the 2020 census, up from 7 in 2010.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken,_Alaska","story_label":"Wikipedia: Chicken, Alaska","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/DowntownChickenAK.JPG/960px-DowntownChickenAK.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-christmas-island","title":"Christmas Island","category":"random place","lat":-10.49,"lng":105.6275,"fact":"Christmas Island, officially the Territory of Christmas Island, is an Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean comprising the island of the same name.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Island","story_label":"Wikipedia: Christmas Island","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg/960px-Flag_of_Christmas_Island.svg.png"},
{"id":"wp-clipperton-island","title":"Clipperton Island","category":"random place","lat":10.3,"lng":-109.2167,"fact":"Clipperton Island, also known as Clipperton Atoll and previously as Clipperton's Rock, is an 8.9 km2 (3.4 sq mi) uninhabited coral atoll in the eastern Pacific Ocean.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipperton_Island","story_label":"Wikipedia: Clipperton Island","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Ile_de_Clipperton_%28carte-en%29.svg/960px-Ile_de_Clipperton_%28carte-en%29.svg.png"},
{"id":"wp-cocos-island","title":"Cocos Island","category":"random place","lat":5.5281,"lng":-87.0611,"fact":"Cocos Island is a volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean administered by Costa Rica, approximately 550 km (342 mi; 297 nmi) southwest of the Costa Rican mainland. It constitutes the 11th of the 15 districts of Puntarenas Canton of the Province of Puntarenas.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocos_Island","story_label":"Wikipedia: Cocos Island","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Isla_del_coco.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-coiba","title":"Coiba","category":"random place","lat":7.48,"lng":-81.79,"fact":"Coiba is the largest island in Central America, with an area of 494 km2 (191 sq mi), off the Pacific coast of the Panamanian province of Veraguas. It is part of the Montijo District of that province.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coiba","story_label":"Wikipedia: Coiba","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Coiba.JPG/960px-Coiba.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-consonno","title":"Consonno","category":"random place","lat":45.7853,"lng":9.3933,"fact":"Consonno is a ghost town and former village in the Olginate municipality of the province of Lecco, in Lombardy, northern Italy.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consonno","story_label":"Wikipedia: Consonno","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Minareto_Consonno_City_of_Toys_Lombardy_demisted_HDR.jpg/960px-Minareto_Consonno_City_of_Toys_Lombardy_demisted_HDR.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-crozet-islands","title":"Crozet Islands","category":"random place","lat":-46.38,"lng":51.67,"fact":"The Crozet Islands are a sub-Antarctic archipelago of small islands in the southern Indian Ocean. They form one of the five administrative districts of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crozet_Islands","story_label":"Wikipedia: Crozet Islands","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg/960px-Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg.png"},
{"id":"wp-cut-and-shoot-texas","title":"Cut and Shoot, Texas","category":"random place","lat":30.3331,"lng":-95.3592,"fact":"Cut and Shoot is a city in eastern Montgomery County, Texas, United States, about 6 mi (9.7 km) east of Conroe and 40 mi (64 km) north of Houston. Until 2006, Cut and Shoot was considered and called a town.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut_and_Shoot,_Texas","story_label":"Wikipedia: Cut and Shoot, Texas","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Cut_and_Shoot_City_Hall.jpg/960px-Cut_and_Shoot_City_Hall.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-darwin-island","title":"Darwin Island","category":"random place","lat":1.678,"lng":-92.003,"fact":"Darwin Island is an isolated northern member of the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador, the uppermost extent of an extinct volcano. It has an area of 1 square kilometer (0.4 sq mi) and reaches 165 meters (541 ft) above sea level.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_Island","story_label":"Wikipedia: Darwin Island","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Darwinarch.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-deception-island","title":"Deception Island","category":"random place","lat":-62.9583,"lng":-60.6417,"fact":"Deception Island is in the South Shetland Islands close to the Antarctic Peninsula with a large and usually \"safe\" natural harbour, which is occasionally affected by the underlying active volcano.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deception_Island","story_label":"Wikipedia: Deception Island","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"antarctica","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Deception_island.jpg/960px-Deception_island.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-dhanushkodi","title":"Dhanushkodi","category":"random place","lat":9.152,"lng":79.4459,"fact":"Dhanushkodi is an abandoned town at the south-eastern tip of Pamban Island of the state of Tamil Nadu in India. It is south-east of Pamban and is about 24 kilometres (15 mi) west of Talaimannar in Sri Lanka.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanushkodi","story_label":"Wikipedia: Dhanushkodi","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Final_Dhanush_002.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-ding-dong-texas","title":"Ding Dong, Texas","category":"random place","lat":30.9819,"lng":-97.7711,"fact":"Ding Dong is an unincorporated community in Central Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, it had a population of 22 in 2000. It is located within the Killeen–Temple metropolitan area.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ding_Dong,_Texas","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ding Dong, Texas","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Ding_Dong_Texas3.jpg/960px-Ding_Dong_Texas3.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-dull-perth-and-kinross","title":"Dull, Perth and Kinross","category":"random place","lat":56.6185,"lng":-3.9473,"fact":"Dull is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is paired with Boring, Oregon. Bland, New South Wales, Australia, is also a member of the League of Extraordinary Communities established by Boring and Dull in 2013.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dull,_Perth_and_Kinross","story_label":"Wikipedia: Dull, Perth and Kinross","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Dull_church.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-edinburgh-of-the-seven-seas","title":"Edinburgh of the Seven Seas","category":"random place","lat":-37.0667,"lng":-12.3167,"fact":"Edinburgh of the Seven Seas (ESS), known locally as The Settlement or The Village, is a small village and the only settlement on the remote island of Tristan da Cunha, a part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_of_the_Seven_Seas","story_label":"Wikipedia: Edinburgh of the Seven Seas","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Surroundings_of_Infrasound_Station_IS49_Tristan_de_Cunha%2C_UK_%2813288640063%29.jpg/960px-Surroundings_of_Infrasound_Station_IS49_Tristan_de_Cunha%2C_UK_%2813288640063%29.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-espanola-island","title":"Española Island","category":"random place","lat":-1.38,"lng":-89.68,"fact":"Española or Espanola Island is the most southerly of the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador, about a 10 to 12-hour trip by boat from Santa Cruz.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espa%C3%B1ola_Island","story_label":"Wikipedia: Española Island","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Espanola_topographic_map-en.png/960px-Espanola_topographic_map-en.png"},
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{"id":"wp-floreana-island","title":"Floreana Island","category":"random place","lat":-1.2975,"lng":-90.4342,"fact":"Floreana Island is a southern island in Ecuador's Galápagos Archipelago. The island has an area of 173 km2 (67 sq mi). It was formed by volcanic eruption.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floreana_Island","story_label":"Wikipedia: Floreana Island","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Floreana_topographic_map-en.png/960px-Floreana_topographic_map-en.png"},
{"id":"wp-fordlandia","title":"Fordlândia","category":"random place","lat":-3.8314,"lng":-55.4975,"fact":"Fordlândia is a district and adjacent area of 14,268 square kilometres (5,509 sq mi) in the city of Aveiro, Pará, Brazil.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordl%C3%A2ndia","story_label":"Wikipedia: Fordlândia","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Fordlandia.JPG/960px-Fordlandia.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-fugging-upper-austria","title":"Fugging, Upper Austria","category":"random place","lat":48.0672,"lng":12.8636,"fact":"Fugging, spelt Fucking until 2021, is an Austrian village in the municipality of Tarsdorf, located in the Innviertel region of western Upper Austria. It is 33 km (21 mi) north of Salzburg and 4 km (2.5 mi) east of the Inn river, which forms part of the German border.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugging,_Upper_Austria","story_label":"Wikipedia: Fugging, Upper Austria","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Kapellenlinde%2C_Fugging_27.1.2024.jpg/960px-Kapellenlinde%2C_Fugging_27.1.2024.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-genovesa-island","title":"Genovesa Island","category":"random place","lat":0.3167,"lng":-89.95,"fact":"Genovesa Island, also known as Tower Island, is a shield volcano in the Galápagos Islands in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The island occupies about 14 km2 (5 sq mi), and its maximum elevation is 64 m (210 ft).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genovesa_Island","story_label":"Wikipedia: Genovesa Island","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Genovesa.topographic_map-en.png/960px-Genovesa.topographic_map-en.png"},
{"id":"wp-gough-island","title":"Gough Island","category":"random place","lat":-40.32,"lng":-9.94,"fact":"Gough Island ( GOF), also known historically as Gonçalo Álvares, is a rugged volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a dependency of Tristan da Cunha and part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gough_Island","story_label":"Wikipedia: Gough Island","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Gough.png"},
{"id":"wp-graun-im-vinschgau","title":"Graun im Vinschgau","category":"random place","lat":46.8,"lng":10.5333,"fact":"Graun im Vinschgau is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) northwest of Bolzano, on the border with Austria and Switzerland.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graun_im_Vinschgau","story_label":"Wikipedia: Graun im Vinschgau","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Curon_Venosta_dalla_Chiesa_di_Sant%27Anna_01.jpg/960px-Curon_Venosta_dalla_Chiesa_di_Sant%27Anna_01.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-grise-fiord","title":"Grise Fiord","category":"random place","lat":76.4167,"lng":-82.8958,"fact":"Grise Fiord is an Inuit hamlet on the southern tip of Ellesmere Island, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grise_Fiord","story_label":"Wikipedia: Grise Fiord","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Downtown_Grise_Fiord.jpg/960px-Downtown_Grise_Fiord.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-grytviken","title":"Grytviken","category":"random place","lat":-54.2814,"lng":-36.5081,"fact":"Grytviken is a hamlet on South Georgia in the South Atlantic. Formerly a whaling station, it was the largest settlement on the island. Grytviken is located at the head of King Edward Cove within the larger Cumberland East Bay, considered the best harbour on the island.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grytviken","story_label":"Wikipedia: Grytviken","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Grytviken20090110-IMG_0743_%2816094671225%29.jpg/960px-Grytviken20090110-IMG_0743_%2816094671225%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-guadalupe-island","title":"Guadalupe Island","category":"random place","lat":29.0308,"lng":-118.28,"fact":"Guadalupe Island is a volcanic island located 241 kilometres (130 nautical miles; 150 miles) off the western coast of Mexico's Baja California peninsula and about 400 km (220 nmi; 250 mi) southwest of the city of Ensenada in the state of Baja California, in the Pacific Ocean.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalupe_Island","story_label":"Wikipedia: Guadalupe Island","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Guadalupe_Island.jpg/960px-Guadalupe_Island.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-hallsands","title":"Hallsands","category":"random place","lat":50.2369,"lng":-3.6592,"fact":"Hallsands is a village and beach in south Devon, England, in a precarious position between cliffs and the sea, between Beesands to the north and Start Point to the south.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallsands","story_label":"Wikipedia: Hallsands","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Ruins_at_Hallsands-3.jpg/960px-Ruins_at_Hallsands-3.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-hashima-island","title":"Hashima Island","category":"random place","lat":32.6278,"lng":129.7383,"fact":"Hashima Island, commonly called Gunkanjima, is an abandoned island about 15 kilometres (8 nautical miles) from the centre of Nagasaki, Japan. It is one of 505 uninhabited islands in Nagasaki Prefecture.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashima_Island","story_label":"Wikipedia: Hashima Island","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Battle-Ship_Island_Nagasaki_Japan.jpg/960px-Battle-Ship_Island_Nagasaki_Japan.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-heard-island-and-mcdonald-islands","title":"Heard Island and McDonald Islands","category":"random place","lat":-53.075,"lng":73.5,"fact":"The Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands is an Australian external territory in the southern Indian Ocean. Discovered in the mid-19th century, the territory is a group of sub-Antarctic volcanic islands that lie on the Kerguelen Plateau.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands","story_label":"Wikipedia: Heard Island and McDonald Islands","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Heard_Island_%28cropped%29.jpg/960px-Heard_Island_%28cropped%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-hell-michigan","title":"Hell, Michigan","category":"random place","lat":42.4347,"lng":-83.985,"fact":"Hell is an unincorporated community in Livingston County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is located within Putnam Township along Patterson Lake Road (D-32) about 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Ann Arbor and three miles (4.8 km) southwest of Pinckney.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell,_Michigan","story_label":"Wikipedia: Hell, Michigan","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Hell%2C_Michigan_%28July_2023%29.jpg/960px-Hell%2C_Michigan_%28July_2023%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-heracleion","title":"Heracleion","category":"random place","lat":31.3128,"lng":30.1289,"fact":"Heracleion, also known as Thonis and sometimes called Thonis-Heracleion, was an ancient Egyptian port city located near the Canopic Mouth of the Nile, about 32 km (20 mi) northeast of Alexandria on the Mediterranean Sea.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracleion","story_label":"Wikipedia: Heracleion","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Canopus_menouthis_herakleion.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-humberstone-and-santa-laura-saltpeter-works","title":"Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works","category":"random place","lat":-20.209,"lng":-69.805,"fact":"Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works are two former saltpeter refineries located in northern Chile.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humberstone_and_Santa_Laura_Saltpeter_Works","story_label":"Wikipedia: Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Humberstone.jpg/960px-Humberstone.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-imber","title":"Imber","category":"random place","lat":51.234,"lng":-2.051,"fact":"Imber is an uninhabited village and former civil parish within the British Army's training area, now in the parish of Heytesbury, on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imber","story_label":"Wikipedia: Imber","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Imber_Village.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-intercourse-pennsylvania","title":"Intercourse, Pennsylvania","category":"random place","lat":40.0383,"lng":-76.1075,"fact":"Intercourse is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Leacock Township, Lancaster County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, 10 miles (16 km) east of Lancaster on Pennsylvania Route 340.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercourse,_Pennsylvania","story_label":"Wikipedia: Intercourse, Pennsylvania","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Intercourse%2C_PA_Keystone_Marker_3.jpg/960px-Intercourse%2C_PA_Keystone_Marker_3.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-inuvik","title":"Inuvik","category":"random place","lat":68.3608,"lng":-133.7297,"fact":"Inuvik is the only town in the Inuvik Region, and the third largest community in Canada's Northwest Territories. Located in the Beaufort Delta Region, it serves as the region's administrative and service centre.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuvik","story_label":"Wikipedia: Inuvik","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Front_view_of_Our_Lady_of_Victory_Church%2C_Inuvik%2C_NT.jpg/960px-Front_view_of_Our_Lady_of_Victory_Church%2C_Inuvik%2C_NT.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-isabela-island-galapagos","title":"Isabela Island (Galápagos)","category":"random place","lat":-0.5,"lng":-91.0667,"fact":"Isabela Island is the largest of the Galápagos Islands, with an area of 4,586 km2 (1,771 sq mi) and a length of 100 km (62 mi). By itself, it is larger than all the other islands in the chain combined, and it has a little under 2,000 permanent inhabitants.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabela_Island_(Gal%C3%A1pagos)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Isabela Island (Galápagos)","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Galapagos_Island_Names.svg/960px-Galapagos_Island_Names.svg.png"},
{"id":"wp-ittoqqortoormiit","title":"Ittoqqortoormiit","category":"random place","lat":70.4853,"lng":-21.9667,"fact":"Ittoqqortoormiit is a settlement in the Sermersooq municipality in eastern Greenland. Its population was 329 as of 2026, and it has been described as one of the most remote settlements on Earth.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ittoqqortoormiit","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ittoqqortoormiit","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Ittoqqortoormiit%2C_Greenland.jpg/960px-Ittoqqortoormiit%2C_Greenland.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-jal-mahal","title":"Jal Mahal","category":"random place","lat":26.9537,"lng":75.8463,"fact":"Jal Mahal is a historical palace in the middle of Man Sagar Lake in the city of Jaipur, capital of the Indian state of Rajasthan.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jal_Mahal","story_label":"Wikipedia: Jal Mahal","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Jaipur_03-2016_39_Jal_Mahal_-_Water_Palace.jpg/960px-Jaipur_03-2016_39_Jal_Mahal_-_Water_Palace.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-kadykchan","title":"Kadykchan","category":"random place","lat":63.0833,"lng":147.05,"fact":"Kadykchan is a depopulated urban locality (a work settlement) in Susumansky District of Magadan Oblast, Russia.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadykchan","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kadykchan","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Laika_ac_Kadykchan_%286480293211%29.jpg/960px-Laika_ac_Kadykchan_%286480293211%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-kaktovik-alaska","title":"Kaktovik, Alaska","category":"random place","lat":70.1328,"lng":-143.6161,"fact":"Kaktovik is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 283 at the 2020 census.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaktovik,_Alaska","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kaktovik, Alaska","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Village_of_Kaktovik_in_Alaska.jpg/960px-Village_of_Kaktovik_in_Alaska.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-kalyazin","title":"Kalyazin","category":"random place","lat":57.2333,"lng":37.8833,"fact":"Kalyazin is a town and the administrative center of Kalyazinsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Volga River, 175 kilometers (109 mi) northeast of Tver, the administrative center of the oblast.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalyazin","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kalyazin","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9.JPG/960px-%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-kayakoy","title":"Kayaköy","category":"random place","lat":36.575,"lng":29.0911,"fact":"Kayaköy (also: Kaya or Livissi) is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Fethiye, Muğla Province, Turkey. In 2022, its population was 975. Situated 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south of Fethiye, it is mostly abandoned.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayak%C3%B6y","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kayaköy","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Kayak%C3%B6y_Turkey.jpg/960px-Kayak%C3%B6y_Turkey.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-kennecott-alaska","title":"Kennecott, Alaska","category":"random place","lat":61.5191,"lng":-142.8415,"fact":"Kennecott, also known as Kennicott and Kennecott Mines, is an abandoned mining camp in the Copper River Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska that was the center of activity for several copper mines.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennecott,_Alaska","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kennecott, Alaska","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Kennicott8.jpg/960px-Kennicott8.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-kerguelen-islands","title":"Kerguelen Islands","category":"random place","lat":-49.25,"lng":69.15,"fact":"The Kerguelen Islands, also known as the Desolation Islands, are a group of islands in the subantarctic region.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerguelen_Islands","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kerguelen Islands","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg/960px-Flag_of_the_French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands.svg.png"},
{"id":"wp-kolmanskop","title":"Kolmanskop","category":"random place","lat":-26.7041,"lng":15.2324,"fact":"Kolmanskop is a ghost town in the Namib in southern Namibia, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) inland from the port town of Lüderitz. It was named after a transport driver named Johnny Coleman who, during a sand storm, abandoned his ox wagon on a small incline opposite the settlement.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolmanskop","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kolmanskop","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Kolmanskop_Ghost_Town.jpg/960px-Kolmanskop_Ghost_Town.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-kuldhara","title":"Kuldhara","category":"random place","lat":26.87,"lng":70.785,"fact":"Kuldhara is an abandoned village in the Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan, India. Established around the 13th century, it was once a prosperous village inhabited by Paliwal Brahmins.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuldhara","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kuldhara","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Kuldhara%2C_an_abandoned_village_%2830738705327%29.jpg/960px-Kuldhara%2C_an_abandoned_village_%2830738705327%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-llanfairpwllgwyngyll","title":"Llanfairpwllgwyngyll","category":"random place","lat":53.2232,"lng":-4.2008,"fact":"Llanfairpwllgwyngyll or Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, often shortened to Llanfairpwll and sometimes to Llanfair PG, is a village and community on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales. It is located on the Menai Strait, next to the Britannia Bridge.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyll","story_label":"Wikipedia: Llanfairpwllgwyngyll","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Llanfair_Pwllgwyngyll_roofscape_%281%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1058331.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-love-canal","title":"Love Canal","category":"random place","lat":43.0805,"lng":-78.949,"fact":"Love Canal was a neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, United States, infamous as the location of a 0.28 km2 (0.11 sq mi) landfill that became the site of an environmental disaster discovered in 1977.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Canal","story_label":"Wikipedia: Love Canal","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Looking_into_Love_Canal.jpg/960px-Looking_into_Love_Canal.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-macquarie-island","title":"Macquarie Island","category":"random place","lat":-54.63,"lng":158.86,"fact":"Macquarie Island is a subantarctic island in the south-western Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Tasmania and Antarctica. It has been governed as a part of Tasmania, Australia, since 1880.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macquarie_Island","story_label":"Wikipedia: Macquarie Island","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Macquarieisland_oli2_2022039_lrg.jpg/960px-Macquarieisland_oli2_2022039_lrg.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-maunsell-forts","title":"Maunsell Forts","category":"random place","lat":51.8952,"lng":1.4806,"fact":"The Maunsell Forts are towers built in the Thames and Mersey estuaries during the Second World War to help defend the United Kingdom. They were operated as army and navy forts, and named after their designer, Guy Maunsell.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunsell_Forts","story_label":"Wikipedia: Maunsell Forts","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/The_Royal_Navy_during_the_Second_World_War_A26878.jpg/960px-The_Royal_Navy_during_the_Second_World_War_A26878.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-michigan-central-station","title":"Michigan Central Station","category":"random place","lat":42.3288,"lng":-83.0777,"fact":"Michigan Central Station is the historic former main intercity passenger rail station in Detroit, Michigan.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Central_Station","story_label":"Wikipedia: Michigan Central Station","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Michigan_Central_Station_2026.jpg/960px-Michigan_Central_Station_2026.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-mologa","title":"Mologa","category":"random place","lat":58.1997,"lng":38.4412,"fact":"Mologa was a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, formerly situated at the confluence of the rivers Mologa and Volga, but now submerged under the waters of the Rybinsk Reservoir. Mologa existed at least since the 12th century.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mologa","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mologa","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Mologa_Afansiy_Convent.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-nome-alaska","title":"Nome, Alaska","category":"random place","lat":64.5039,"lng":-165.3994,"fact":"Nome is a city in the Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough of the US state of Alaska. The city is located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on the Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. It had a population of 3,699 in 2020, up from 3,598 in 2010.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nome,_Alaska","story_label":"Wikipedia: Nome, Alaska","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Nome_Alaska_%281%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-norfolk-island","title":"Norfolk Island","category":"random place","lat":-29.0333,"lng":167.95,"fact":"Norfolk Island is an external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia, 1,412 kilometres (877 mi) directly east of Australia's Evans Head and about 900 kilometres (560 mi) from Lord Howe Island.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk_Island","story_label":"Wikipedia: Norfolk Island","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg/960px-Flag_of_Norfolk_Island.svg.png"},
{"id":"wp-norilsk","title":"Norilsk","category":"random place","lat":69.3333,"lng":88.2167,"fact":"Norilsk is an industrial closed city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located south of the western Taymyr Peninsula, around 90 km (56 mi) east of the Yenisey River and 1,500 km (930 mi) north of Krasnoyarsk.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norilsk","story_label":"Wikipedia: Norilsk","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Norilsk_03.jpg/960px-Norilsk_03.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-north-pole-alaska","title":"North Pole, Alaska","category":"random place","lat":64.7511,"lng":-147.3519,"fact":"North Pole is a small city in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. Incorporated in 1953, it is part of the Fairbanks metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 2,243, up from 2,117 in 2010.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pole,_Alaska","story_label":"Wikipedia: North Pole, Alaska","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/North_Pole%2C_Alaska.jpg/960px-North_Pole%2C_Alaska.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-nothing-arizona","title":"Nothing, Arizona","category":"random place","lat":34.4797,"lng":-113.3353,"fact":"Nothing is a ghost town in eastern Mohave County, Arizona, United States.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing,_Arizona","story_label":"Wikipedia: Nothing, Arizona","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Nothing%2C_Arizona.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-nowhere-else-tasmania","title":"Nowhere Else, Tasmania","category":"random place","lat":-41.366,"lng":146.276,"fact":"Nowhere Else is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Kentish in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west of the town of Sheffield.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowhere_Else,_Tasmania","story_label":"Wikipedia: Nowhere Else, Tasmania","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Nowhere_Else_2.jpg/960px-Nowhere_Else_2.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-oradour-sur-glane","title":"Oradour-sur-Glane","category":"random place","lat":45.9328,"lng":1.0325,"fact":"Oradour-sur-Glane is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, west central France, as well as the name of the main village within the commune. It had a population of 2,477 as of 2019.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oradour-sur-Glane","story_label":"Wikipedia: Oradour-sur-Glane","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/France_Occitanie_87_Oradour-sur-Glane_05.jpg/960px-France_Occitanie_87_Oradour-sur-Glane_05.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-pavlopetri","title":"Pavlopetri","category":"random place","lat":36.516,"lng":22.988,"fact":"Pavlopetri is an archaeologial site in Vatika Bay, off the coast of southern Laconia in Peloponnese, Greece. It is about 5,000 years old, making it the oldest submerged city known in the world.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlopetri","story_label":"Wikipedia: Pavlopetri","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Greece_Pavlopetir_map.png"},
{"id":"wp-peculiar-missouri","title":"Peculiar, Missouri","category":"random place","lat":38.7192,"lng":-94.4586,"fact":"Peculiar is a city in Cass County, Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area within the United States. The population was 5,621 at the 2020 census.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peculiar,_Missouri","story_label":"Wikipedia: Peculiar, Missouri","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Peculiar_sign%2C_Peculiar_Missouri_7-2-2007.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-petrolandia","title":"Petrolândia","category":"random place","lat":-8.9792,"lng":-38.2194,"fact":"Petrolândia (Petroland, named in honour of Dom Pedro II) is a municipality in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. It is in the São Francisco Region.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrol%C3%A2ndia","story_label":"Wikipedia: Petrolândia","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Petrolandia-vista.jpg/960px-Petrolandia-vista.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-picher-oklahoma","title":"Picher, Oklahoma","category":"random place","lat":36.9828,"lng":-94.8328,"fact":"Picher is a ghost town and former city in Ottawa County, northeastern Oklahoma, United States. It was a major national center of lead and zinc mining for more than 100 years in the center of the Tri-State Mining District.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picher,_Oklahoma","story_label":"Wikipedia: Picher, Oklahoma","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Picherconnell.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-plymouth-montserrat","title":"Plymouth, Montserrat","category":"random place","lat":16.7064,"lng":-62.2158,"fact":"Plymouth is a ghost town and the de jure capital of the island of Montserrat, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom located in the Leeward Island chain of the Lesser Antilles, West Indies. It is the only ghost town that is the capital of a political territory.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth,_Montserrat","story_label":"Wikipedia: Plymouth, Montserrat","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Plymouth_Montserrat_Heli.jpg/960px-Plymouth_Montserrat_Heli.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-port-aux-francais","title":"Port-aux-Français","category":"random place","lat":-49.35,"lng":70.2189,"fact":"Port-aux-Français is the main settlement of the Kerguelen Islands, and of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, in the south Indian Ocean.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port-aux-Fran%C3%A7ais","story_label":"Wikipedia: Port-aux-Français","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Port_aux_Fran%C3%A7ais.JPG/960px-Port_aux_Fran%C3%A7ais.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-port-royal","title":"Port Royal","category":"random place","lat":17.9375,"lng":-76.8411,"fact":"Port Royal (Jamaican Patois: Puot Rayal) is a small town located at the end of the Palisadoes, at the mouth of Kingston Harbour, in southeastern Jamaica.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Royal","story_label":"Wikipedia: Port Royal","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Aerial_view_of_Port_Royal_Jamaica.JPG/960px-Aerial_view_of_Port_Royal_Jamaica.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-prince-edward-islands","title":"Prince Edward Islands","category":"random place","lat":-46.88,"lng":37.75,"fact":"The Prince Edward Islands are two small uninhabited subantarctic volcanic islands in the southern Indian Ocean that are administered by South Africa. They are named Marion Island and Prince Edward Island.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Edward_Islands","story_label":"Wikipedia: Prince Edward Islands","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/PrEdwIsl_Map.png/960px-PrEdwIsl_Map.png"},
{"id":"wp-pripyat","title":"Pripyat","category":"random place","lat":51.4061,"lng":30.0572,"fact":"Pripyat, also known as Prypiat, is an abandoned industrial city in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, located near the border with Belarus. Named after the nearby river Pripyat, it was founded on 4 February 1970.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pripyat","story_label":"Wikipedia: Pripyat","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Pripyat_montage.jpg/960px-Pripyat_montage.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-puerto-baquerizo-moreno","title":"Puerto Baquerizo Moreno","category":"random place","lat":-0.9025,"lng":-89.6092,"fact":"Puerto Baquerizo Moreno is the capital of Galápagos Province, Ecuador. It is located on the southwestern coast of San Cristóbal, the easternmost island in the archipelago, and is the capital of San Cristóbal Canton.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Baquerizo_Moreno","story_label":"Wikipedia: Puerto Baquerizo Moreno","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Galapagos2007--50--08-22-07.JPG/960px-Galapagos2007--50--08-22-07.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-puerto-williams","title":"Puerto Williams","category":"random place","lat":-54.9333,"lng":-67.6167,"fact":"Puerto Williams is a city, port and naval base on Navarino Island in Chile. It faces the Beagle Channel.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Williams","story_label":"Wikipedia: Puerto Williams","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Puerto_Williams1.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-punta-arenas","title":"Punta Arenas","category":"random place","lat":-53.1667,"lng":-70.9333,"fact":"Punta Arenas is the capital city of Chile's southernmost region, Magallanes and Antarctica Chilena. Although the city officially was renamed Magallanes in 1927, its name was changed back to Punta Arenas in 1938.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punta_Arenas","story_label":"Wikipedia: Punta Arenas","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Montaje_Punta_Arenas.png/960px-Montaje_Punta_Arenas.png"},
{"id":"wp-pyramiden","title":"Pyramiden","category":"random place","lat":78.6561,"lng":16.325,"fact":"Pyramiden is an abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard which has become a tourist destination.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramiden","story_label":"Wikipedia: Pyramiden","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Piramida_Svalbard_IMG_7344.JPG/960px-Piramida_Svalbard_IMG_7344.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-qaanaaq","title":"Qaanaaq","category":"random place","lat":77.4667,"lng":-69.2306,"fact":"Qaanaaq, formerly known as New Thule, is the main town in the northern part of the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. The town has a population of 591 as of 2025.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qaanaaq","story_label":"Wikipedia: Qaanaaq","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Qaanaaq%2C_Greenland.jpg/960px-Qaanaaq%2C_Greenland.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-rabida-island","title":"Rábida Island","category":"random place","lat":-0.4162,"lng":-90.7109,"fact":"Rábida or Rabida Island is one of the Galápagos Islands. It is 5 km2 (1.9 sq mi) in area.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A1bida_Island","story_label":"Wikipedia: Rábida Island","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/318_Rabida_-_lake_and_red_beach.jpg/960px-318_Rabida_-_lake_and_red_beach.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-resolute-nunavut","title":"Resolute, Nunavut","category":"random place","lat":74.6958,"lng":-94.8292,"fact":"Resolute or Resolute Bay is an Inuit hamlet on Cornwallis Island in Nunavut, Canada. It is at the northern end of Resolute Bay and the Northwest Passage and is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolute,_Nunavut","story_label":"Wikipedia: Resolute, Nunavut","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Resolute_Bay_1_1997-08-02.jpg/960px-Resolute_Bay_1_1997-08-02.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-rhyolite-nevada","title":"Rhyolite, Nevada","category":"random place","lat":36.9039,"lng":-116.8292,"fact":"Rhyolite is a ghost town in Nye County, Nevada, United States. It is in the Bullfrog Hills, about 120 miles (190 km) northwest of Las Vegas, near the eastern boundary of Death Valley National Park.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyolite,_Nevada","story_label":"Wikipedia: Rhyolite, Nevada","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Rhyolite2.jpg/960px-Rhyolite2.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-robinson-crusoe-island","title":"Robinson Crusoe Island","category":"random place","lat":-33.6414,"lng":-78.8411,"fact":"Robinson Crusoe Island is the second largest of the Juan Fernández Islands, situated 670 km (362 nmi; 416 mi) west of San Antonio, Chile, in the South Pacific Ocean.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_Crusoe_Island","story_label":"Wikipedia: Robinson Crusoe Island","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Robinson_Crusoe_Island.jpeg/960px-Robinson_Crusoe_Island.jpeg"},
{"id":"wp-roscigno","title":"Roscigno","category":"random place","lat":40.3994,"lng":15.3467,"fact":"Roscigno is a small town and comune in Salerno, Campania, Italy. It is located on the slope of Monte Pruno.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscigno","story_label":"Wikipedia: Roscigno","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.68,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Roscigno_%28panoramic_view%29.jpg/960px-Roscigno_%28panoramic_view%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-aberfan-disaster","title":"Aberfan disaster","category":"science","lat":51.6947,"lng":-3.3475,"fact":"The Aberfan disaster was the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip on 21 October 1966. The tip had been created on a mountain slope above the Welsh village of Aberfan, near Merthyr Tydfil, and overlaid a natural spring.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberfan_disaster","story_label":"Wikipedia: Aberfan disaster","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Rescuers_searching_through_demolished_school_after_Aberfan_disaster.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-alcantara-space-center","title":"Alcântara Space Center","category":"science","lat":-2.3394,"lng":-44.4175,"fact":"The Alcântara Space Center, formerly known as Alcântara Launch Center is a space center and launching facility of the Brazilian Space Agency in the city of Alcântara, located on Brazil's northern Atlantic coast, in the state of Maranhão. It is operated by the Brazilian Air Force.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alc%C3%A2ntara_Space_Center","story_label":"Wikipedia: Alcântara Space Center","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Centro_Espacial_de_Alc%C3%A2ntara_Logo.png"},
{"id":"wp-alert-nunavut","title":"Alert, Nunavut","category":"science","lat":82.5,"lng":-62.35,"fact":"Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada, is the northernmost continuously inhabited place in the world. The location is on Ellesmere Island (in the Queen Elizabeth Islands) at latitude 82°30'05\" north, 817 km (508 mi) from the North Pole.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alert,_Nunavut","story_label":"Wikipedia: Alert, Nunavut","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/CFS_Alert_May_2016.jpg/960px-CFS_Alert_May_2016.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-amundsen-scott-south-pole-station","title":"Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station","category":"science","lat":-90,"lng":0,"fact":"The Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station is a United States scientific research station at the South Pole of the Earth. It is the southernmost point under the jurisdiction (not sovereignty) of the United States.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen%E2%80%93Scott_South_Pole_Station","story_label":"Wikipedia: Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"antarctica","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Amundsen%E2%80%93Scott_South_Pole_Station_01.jpg/960px-Amundsen%E2%80%93Scott_South_Pole_Station_01.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-andoya-space","title":"Andøya Space","category":"science","lat":69.2942,"lng":16.0208,"fact":"Andøya Space, formerly Andøya Space Center, is a rocket launch site, rocket range, and spaceport on Andøya island in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Since 1962, over 1,200 sounding and sub-orbital rockets of various configurations have been launched from the site.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And%C3%B8ya_Space","story_label":"Wikipedia: Andøya Space","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/ASC_panorama_small.jpg/960px-ASC_panorama_small.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-arecibo-telescope","title":"Arecibo Telescope","category":"science","lat":18.3442,"lng":-66.7528,"fact":"The Arecibo Telescope was a 305 m (1,000 ft) spherical reflector radio telescope built into a natural sinkhole at the Arecibo Observatory located near Arecibo, Puerto Rico.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arecibo_Telescope","story_label":"Wikipedia: Arecibo Telescope","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Arecibo_Observatory_Aerial_View.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-ascension-island","title":"Ascension Island","category":"science","lat":-7.9333,"lng":-14.3667,"fact":"Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island, near 8° south of the Equator in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is about 960 miles (1,540 km) from the coast of Africa and 1,400 miles (2,300 km) from the coast of South America.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascension_Island","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ascension Island","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Ascension_Island.svg/960px-Flag_of_Ascension_Island.svg.png"},
{"id":"wp-atacama-large-millimeter-array","title":"Atacama Large Millimeter Array","category":"science","lat":-23.0193,"lng":-67.7532,"fact":"The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is an astronomical interferometer of 66 radio telescopes in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, which observe electromagnetic radiation at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atacama_Large_Millimeter_Array","story_label":"Wikipedia: Atacama Large Millimeter Array","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/ALMA_Antennas_on_Chajnantor.jpg/960px-ALMA_Antennas_on_Chajnantor.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-baikonur-cosmodrome","title":"Baikonur Cosmodrome","category":"science","lat":45.965,"lng":63.305,"fact":"The Baikonur Cosmodrome is a spaceport operated by Russia within Kazakhstan. Located in the Kazakh city of Baikonur, it is the largest operational space launch facility in terms of area. All Russian crewed spaceflights are launched from Baikonur.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baikonur_Cosmodrome","story_label":"Wikipedia: Baikonur Cosmodrome","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Soyuz_launch_pad.jpg/960px-Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Soyuz_launch_pad.jpg","day":"04-09","year":2020},
{"id":"wp-banqiao-dam","title":"Banqiao Dam","category":"science","lat":32.9828,"lng":113.6233,"fact":"The Banqiao Reservoir Dam is a dam on the River Ru (汝河), a tributary of the Hong River in Zhumadian City, Henan province, China. The Banqiao dam and Shimantan Reservoir Dam are among 62 dams in Zhumadian that failed catastrophically in 1975 during Typhoon Nina.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banqiao_Dam","story_label":"Wikipedia: Banqiao Dam","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7},
{"id":"wp-bhopal-disaster","title":"Bhopal disaster","category":"science","lat":23.2799,"lng":77.4099,"fact":"On 3 December 1984, over 500,000 people in the vicinity of the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, were exposed to the highly toxic gas methyl isocyanate, in what is considered the world's worst industrial disaster.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster","story_label":"Wikipedia: Bhopal disaster","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Union_Carbide_pesticide_factory%2C_Bhopal%2C_India%2C_1985.jpg/960px-Union_Carbide_pesticide_factory%2C_Bhopal%2C_India%2C_1985.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-bletchley-park","title":"Bletchley Park","category":"science","lat":51.9981,"lng":-0.7411,"fact":"Bletchley Park is an English country house and estate in Bletchley, Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire), that became the principal centre of Allied code-breaking during the Second World War.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bletchley_Park","story_label":"Wikipedia: Bletchley Park","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Bletchley_Park_Mansion.jpg/960px-Bletchley_Park_Mansion.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-brown-building-manhattan","title":"Brown Building (Manhattan)","category":"science","lat":40.73,"lng":-73.9953,"fact":"The Brown Building is a ten-story building that is part of the campus of New York University (NYU), which owns it.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Building_(Manhattan)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Brown Building (Manhattan)","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Greenwich_Village_Manhattan_Oct_2025_51.jpg/960px-Greenwich_Village_Manhattan_Oct_2025_51.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-burning-mountain","title":"Burning Mountain","category":"science","lat":-31.865,"lng":150.9011,"fact":"Burning Mountain, the common name for Mount Wingen, is a hill near Wingen, New South Wales, Australia, approximately 224 km (139 mi) north of Sydney just off the New England Highway. It takes its name from a smouldering coal seam running underground through the sandstone.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Mountain","story_label":"Wikipedia: Burning Mountain","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Burning_Mountain_Summit.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-canberra-deep-space-communication-complex","title":"Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex","category":"science","lat":-35.4014,"lng":148.9817,"fact":"The Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) is a satellite communication station, part of the Deep Space Network of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), located at Tidbinbilla in the Australian Capital Territory.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canberra_Deep_Space_Communication_Complex","story_label":"Wikipedia: Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/CSIRO_ScienceImage_11042_Aerial_view_of_the_Canberra_Deep_Space_Communication_Complex.jpg/960px-CSIRO_ScienceImage_11042_Aerial_view_of_the_Canberra_Deep_Space_Communication_Complex.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-centralia-mine-fire","title":"Centralia mine fire","category":"science","lat":40.8011,"lng":-76.3375,"fact":"A coal-seam fire has been burning in the labyrinth of abandoned coal mines underneath the borough of Centralia, Pennsylvania, United States, since at least May 27, 1962. Its original cause and start date are still a matter of debate.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia_mine_fire","story_label":"Wikipedia: Centralia mine fire","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Old_Mine_Fire_1969.jpg/960px-Old_Mine_Fire_1969.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-chernobyl-nuclear-power-plant","title":"Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant","category":"science","lat":51.3892,"lng":30.0994,"fact":"The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP) is a nuclear power plant undergoing decommissioning.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_Nuclear_Power_Plant","story_label":"Wikipedia: Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Chernobyl_NPP_Site_Panorama_with_NSC_Construction_-_June_2013.jpg/960px-Chernobyl_NPP_Site_Panorama_with_NSC_Construction_-_June_2013.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-ciudad-mitad-del-mundo","title":"Ciudad Mitad del Mundo","category":"science","lat":-0.0022,"lng":-78.4558,"fact":"The Ciudad Mitad del Mundo (Middle of the World City) is a tract of land owned by the prefecture of the province of Pichincha, Ecuador. It is located at San Antonio parish of the canton of Quito, 26 kilometers (16 mi) north of the center of Quito.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_Mitad_del_Mundo","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ciudad Mitad del Mundo","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Mitad_del_Mundo%2C_Quito%2C_Ecuador%2C_2015-07-22%2C_DD_15.JPG/960px-Mitad_del_Mundo%2C_Quito%2C_Ecuador%2C_2015-07-22%2C_DD_15.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-concordia-station","title":"Concordia Station","category":"science","lat":-75.0998,"lng":123.3322,"fact":"Concordia Research Station, which opened in 2005, is a French–Italian research facility managed by l'Institut polaire français Paul-Émile Victor and Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concordia_Station","story_label":"Wikipedia: Concordia Station","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"antarctica","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/ConcordiaFromTower.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-deepwater-horizon","title":"Deepwater Horizon","category":"science","lat":28.7417,"lng":-88.3842,"fact":"Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore drilling rig owned by Transocean and operated by the BP company.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon","story_label":"Wikipedia: Deepwater Horizon","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7},
{"id":"wp-diego-garcia","title":"Diego Garcia","category":"science","lat":-7.3133,"lng":72.4111,"fact":"Diego Garcia is the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago. It has been used as a joint UK–U.S. military base since the 1970s, following the expulsion of the Chagossians by the UK government.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Garcia","story_label":"Wikipedia: Diego Garcia","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Diegogarcia.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-edwards-air-force-base","title":"Edwards Air Force Base","category":"science","lat":34.9056,"lng":-117.8836,"fact":"Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: EDW, ICAO: KEDW, FAA LID: EDW) is a United States Air Force installation in California. Most of the base sits in Kern County, but its eastern end is in San Bernardino County and a southern arm is in Los Angeles County.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwards_Air_Force_Base","story_label":"Wikipedia: Edwards Air Force Base","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/F-35_at_Edwards.jpg/960px-F-35_at_Edwards.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-enewetak-atoll","title":"Enewetak Atoll","category":"science","lat":11.5,"lng":162.3333,"fact":"Enewetak Atoll is a large coral atoll of 40 islands in the Pacific Ocean and with its 296 people (as of 2021) forms a legislative district of the Ralik Chain of the Marshall Islands.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enewetak_Atoll","story_label":"Wikipedia: Enewetak Atoll","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Enewetak_Atoll_-_2014-02-10_-_Landsat_8_-_15m.png/960px-Enewetak_Atoll_-_2014-02-10_-_Landsat_8_-_15m.png"},
{"id":"wp-esperanza-base","title":"Esperanza Base","category":"science","lat":-63.3983,"lng":-56.9961,"fact":"Esperanza Base is a permanent, all-year-round Argentine research station in Hope Bay, Trinity Peninsula (in Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula). It is the only civilian settlement on the Antarctic mainland (the Chilean Villa Las Estrellas is on the South Shetland Islands).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanza_Base","story_label":"Wikipedia: Esperanza Base","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"antarctica","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Hope_Bay-2016-Trinity_Peninsula%E2%80%93Esperanza_Station_03.jpg/960px-Hope_Bay-2016-Trinity_Peninsula%E2%80%93Esperanza_Station_03.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-esrange","title":"Esrange","category":"science","lat":67.8939,"lng":21.1069,"fact":"Esrange Space Center or Esrange is Sweden's space and research center located about 40 kilometers east of the town of Kiruna in northern Sweden, owned and operated by SSC Space. The base itself covers 20 square kilometers, while the impact area for rockets is 5,600 km2.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esrange","story_label":"Wikipedia: Esrange","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/TEXUS_50_launched_with_a_VSB-30_rocket.jpg/960px-TEXUS_50_launched_with_a_VSB-30_rocket.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-eternal-flame-falls","title":"Eternal Flame Falls","category":"science","lat":42.7018,"lng":-78.7517,"fact":"The Eternal Flame Falls is a small waterfall located in the Shale Creek Preserve, a section of Chestnut Ridge Park in Western New York. A small grotto at the waterfall's base emits natural gas, which can be lit to produce a small flame.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_Flame_Falls","story_label":"Wikipedia: Eternal Flame Falls","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Eternal_flame_falls_7252.jpg/960px-Eternal_flame_falls_7252.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-extremely-large-telescope","title":"Extremely Large Telescope","category":"science","lat":-24.5893,"lng":-70.1916,"fact":"The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is an astronomical observatory under construction. When completed, it will be the world's largest optical and mid-infrared extremely large telescope.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremely_Large_Telescope","story_label":"Wikipedia: Extremely Large Telescope","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/The_E-ELT.jpg/960px-The_E-ELT.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-exxon-valdez-oil-spill","title":"Exxon Valdez oil spill","category":"science","lat":60.84,"lng":-146.8625,"fact":"The Exxon Valdez oil spill was a major environmental disaster that occurred in Alaska's Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill","story_label":"Wikipedia: Exxon Valdez oil spill","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Exxon_Valdez_Aerial.jpg/960px-Exxon_Valdez_Aerial.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-fermi-national-accelerator-laboratory","title":"Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory","category":"science","lat":41.8319,"lng":-88.2572,"fact":"Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL; branded as Fermilab) is a national laboratory for high-energy particle physics, located in Batavia, Illinois, United States, near Chicago.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_National_Accelerator_Laboratory","story_label":"Wikipedia: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Fermilab_Robert_Rathbun_Wilson_Hall_2011.jpg/960px-Fermilab_Robert_Rathbun_Wilson_Hall_2011.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-five-hundred-meter-aperture-spherical-telescope","title":"Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope","category":"science","lat":25.6531,"lng":106.8567,"fact":"The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, nicknamed Tianyan, is a radio telescope located in the Dawodang depression (大窝凼洼地), a natural basin in Pingtang County, Guizhou, southwestern China.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-hundred-meter_Aperture_Spherical_Telescope","story_label":"Wikipedia: Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/202508_FAST_%28Five-hundred-meter_Aperture_Spherical_radio_Telescope%29.jpg/960px-202508_FAST_%28Five-hundred-meter_Aperture_Spherical_radio_Telescope%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-power-plant","title":"Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant","category":"science","lat":37.4231,"lng":141.0331,"fact":"The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is a disabled nuclear power plant located on a 350-hectare (860-acre) site in the towns of Ōkuma and Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_Nuclear_Power_Plant","story_label":"Wikipedia: Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Fukushima_Daiichi_04780015_%288388174045%29.jpg/960px-Fukushima_Daiichi_04780015_%288388174045%29.jpg","day":"08-24","year":2023},
{"id":"wp-goldstone-deep-space-communications-complex","title":"Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex","category":"science","lat":35.4267,"lng":-116.89,"fact":"The Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex (GDSCC), commonly called the Goldstone Observatory, is a satellite ground station located in Fort Irwin in the U.S. state of California.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldstone_Deep_Space_Communications_Complex","story_label":"Wikipedia: Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Goldstone_Deep_Space_Communication_Complex_-_GPN-2000-000506.jpg/960px-Goldstone_Deep_Space_Communication_Complex_-_GPN-2000-000506.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-grand-coulee-dam","title":"Grand Coulee Dam","category":"science","lat":47.9572,"lng":-118.9785,"fact":"The Grand Coulee Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, built to produce hydroelectric power and provide irrigation water. Constructed between 1933 and 1942, Grand Coulee originally had two powerhouses.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Coulee_Dam","story_label":"Wikipedia: Grand Coulee Dam","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Grand_Coulee_Dam_Panorama.jpg/960px-Grand_Coulee_Dam_Panorama.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-green-bank-telescope","title":"Green Bank Telescope","category":"science","lat":38.4331,"lng":-79.8398,"fact":"The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in Green Bank, West Virginia, US is the world's largest fully steerable radio telescope, surpassing the Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope in Germany.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bank_Telescope","story_label":"Wikipedia: Green Bank Telescope","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Green_Bank_Telescope_NRAO_%28cropped%29.jpg/960px-Green_Bank_Telescope_NRAO_%28cropped%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-guiana-space-centre","title":"Guiana Space Centre","category":"science","lat":5.169,"lng":-52.6903,"fact":"The Guiana Space Centre, also called Europe's Spaceport, is a spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, an overseas region of France in South America. Kourou is located approximately 500 kilometres (310 mi; 270 nmi) north of the equator at a latitude of 5°.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guiana_Space_Centre","story_label":"Wikipedia: Guiana Space Centre","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Plan_Centre_Spatial_Guyanais-en.svg/960px-Plan_Centre_Spatial_Guyanais-en.svg.png","day":"02-23","year":2002},
{"id":"wp-halley-research-station","title":"Halley Research Station","category":"science","lat":-75.5681,"lng":-25.5083,"fact":"Halley Research Station is a research facility in Antarctica on the Brunt Ice Shelf operated by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). The base was established in 1956 to study the Earth's atmosphere. Measurements from Halley led to the discovery of the ozone hole in 1985.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley_Research_Station","story_label":"Wikipedia: Halley Research Station","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"antarctica","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Halley_VI_Antarctic_Research_Station_-_Science_modules.jpg/960px-Halley_VI_Antarctic_Research_Station_-_Science_modules.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-hanford-site","title":"Hanford Site","category":"science","lat":46.6475,"lng":-119.5986,"fact":"The Hanford Site is a decommissioned nuclear production complex operated by the United States federal government on the Columbia River in Benton County in the U.S. state of Washington. It has also been known as Site W and the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanford_Site","story_label":"Wikipedia: Hanford Site","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Hanford_N_Reactor_adjusted.jpg/960px-Hanford_N_Reactor_adjusted.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-hoover-dam","title":"Hoover Dam","category":"science","lat":36.0156,"lng":-114.7378,"fact":"The Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the boundary between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Dam","story_label":"Wikipedia: Hoover Dam","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/2017_Aerial_view_Hoover_Dam_4774.jpg/960px-2017_Aerial_view_Hoover_Dam_4774.jpg","day":"07-07","year":1930},
{"id":"wp-icecube-neutrino-observatory","title":"IceCube Neutrino Observatory","category":"science","lat":-89.99,"lng":-63.4531,"fact":"The IceCube Neutrino Observatory (or simply IceCube) is a neutrino observatory developed by the University of Wisconsin–Madison and constructed at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica. The project is a recognized CERN experiment (RE10).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IceCube_Neutrino_Observatory","story_label":"Wikipedia: IceCube Neutrino Observatory","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"antarctica","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/IceCube_Neutrino_Observatory_in_2023_02.jpg/960px-IceCube_Neutrino_Observatory_in_2023_02.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-iter","title":"ITER","category":"science","lat":43.7083,"lng":5.7774,"fact":"ITER is an international nuclear fusion research and engineering project designed to demonstrate the feasibility of fusion power. The facility is under construction near the Cadarache research center in southern France. ITER has been under construction since 2013.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITER","story_label":"Wikipedia: ITER","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/ITER_participants.svg/960px-ITER_participants.svg.png"},
{"id":"wp-jharia-coalfield","title":"Jharia coalfield","category":"science","lat":23.7516,"lng":86.4203,"fact":"Jharia coalfield is a large coal field located in the east of India in Jharia, Dhanbad, Jharkhand. Jharia represents the largest coal reserves in India having estimated reserves of 19.4 billion tonnes of coking coal.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jharia_coalfield","story_label":"Wikipedia: Jharia coalfield","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Jharia_coalfield%2C_Jharkhand.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-jiuquan-satellite-launch-center","title":"Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center","category":"science","lat":40.9581,"lng":100.2911,"fact":"Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is a Chinese spaceport and a corps-grade unit subordinate to the People's Liberation Army Aerospace Force. Its facilities are located across Ejin Banner, Inner Mongolia, and Jinta County, Gansu.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiuquan_Satellite_Launch_Center","story_label":"Wikipedia: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Shenzhou_22_CZ-2F_Y22_launch_10.png/960px-Shenzhou_22_CZ-2F_Y22_launch_10.png"},
{"id":"wp-jodrell-bank-observatory","title":"Jodrell Bank Observatory","category":"science","lat":53.2363,"lng":-2.3071,"fact":"Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, England, hosts a number of radio telescopes as part of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodrell_Bank_Observatory","story_label":"Wikipedia: Jodrell Bank Observatory","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Lovell_Telescope.jpg/960px-Lovell_Telescope.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-johnston-atoll","title":"Johnston Atoll","category":"science","lat":16.7369,"lng":-169.5239,"fact":"Johnston Atoll is an unincorporated territory of the United States, under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force (USAF). The island is closed to public entry, and limited access for management needs is only granted by a letter of authorization from the USAF.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnston_Atoll","story_label":"Wikipedia: Johnston Atoll","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Johnston_Atoll_satellite_map.jpg/960px-Johnston_Atoll_satellite_map.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-kennedy-space-center-launch-complex-39","title":"Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39","category":"science","lat":28.6084,"lng":-80.6043,"fact":"Launch Complex 39 (LC-39) is a rocket launch site at the John F. Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Florida, United States.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/NASA%E2%80%99s_SLS_and_SpaceX%E2%80%99s_Falcon_9_at_Launch_Complex_39A_%26_39B_%28KSC-20220406-PH-JBP01-0001%29.jpg/960px-NASA%E2%80%99s_SLS_and_SpaceX%E2%80%99s_Falcon_9_at_Launch_Complex_39A_%26_39B_%28KSC-20220406-PH-JBP01-0001%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-kwajalein-atoll","title":"Kwajalein Atoll","category":"science","lat":8.7167,"lng":167.7333,"fact":"Kwajalein Atoll is part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The southernmost and largest island in the atoll is named Kwajalein Island, which its majority English-speaking residents (about 1,000 mostly U.S. civilian personnel) often shorten to Kwaj.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwajalein_Atoll","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kwajalein Atoll","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Kwajalein_Atoll_2003-02-07_-_Landsat_7_-_30m.png/960px-Kwajalein_Atoll_2003-02-07_-_Landsat_7_-_30m.png"},
{"id":"wp-laboratori-nazionali-del-gran-sasso","title":"Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso","category":"science","lat":42.4211,"lng":13.5164,"fact":"Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) is the largest underground research center in the world. Situated below Gran Sasso mountain in Italy, it is well known for particle physics research by the INFN.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laboratori_Nazionali_del_Gran_Sasso","story_label":"Wikipedia: Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Laboratori_Nazionali_del_Gran_Sasso%2C_INFN_%28TQB1%29_2014-02.jpg/960px-Laboratori_Nazionali_del_Gran_Sasso%2C_INFN_%28TQB1%29_2014-02.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-lake-peigneur","title":"Lake Peigneur","category":"science","lat":29.981,"lng":-91.983,"fact":"Lake Peigneur is a brackish lake in the U.S. state of Louisiana, 1.2 miles (1.9 kilometers) north of Delcambre and 9.1 mi (14.6 km) west of New Iberia, near the northernmost tip of Vermilion Bay. With a maximum depth of 200 feet (60 meters), it is the deepest lake in Louisiana.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Peigneur","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lake Peigneur","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7},
{"id":"wp-lakehurst-maxfield-field","title":"Lakehurst Maxfield Field","category":"science","lat":40.0333,"lng":-74.3536,"fact":"Lakehurst Maxfield Field, formerly known as Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst (NAES Lakehurst), is the naval component of Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst (JB MDL), a United States Air Force-managed joint base.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakehurst_Maxfield_Field","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lakehurst Maxfield Field","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/2012-08-24_Main_entrance_of_the_Lakehurst_unit_of_Joint_Base_McGuire_Dix_Lakehurst_in_New_Jersey.jpg/960px-2012-08-24_Main_entrance_of_the_Lakehurst_unit_of_Joint_Base_McGuire_Dix_Lakehurst_in_New_Jersey.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-large-hadron-collider","title":"Large Hadron Collider","category":"science","lat":46.235,"lng":6.045,"fact":"The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider","story_label":"Wikipedia: Large Hadron Collider","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/LHC.svg/960px-LHC.svg.png"},
{"id":"wp-ligo","title":"LIGO","category":"science","lat":46.4553,"lng":-119.4078,"fact":"The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a large-scale physics experiment and observatory designed to detect cosmic gravitational waves.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIGO","story_label":"Wikipedia: LIGO","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/LLO_Control_Room.jpg/960px-LLO_Control_Room.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-lop-nur","title":"Lop Nur","category":"science","lat":40.1667,"lng":90.5833,"fact":"Lop Nur or Lop Nor is a now largely dried-up salt lake formerly located within the Lop Depression in the eastern fringe of the Tarim Basin in the southeastern portion of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, northwestern China, between the Taklamakan and Kumtag deserts.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lop_Nur","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lop Nur","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Basin_of_Lop_Nur_90.25E%2C_40.10N%2C_Desert_of_Lop%2C_Kum_Tagh_and_Astin_Tagh.jpg/960px-Basin_of_Lop_Nur_90.25E%2C_40.10N%2C_Desert_of_Lop%2C_Kum_Tagh_and_Astin_Tagh.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-los-alamos-national-laboratory","title":"Los Alamos National Laboratory","category":"science","lat":35.8756,"lng":-106.3242,"fact":"Los Alamos National Laboratory (often shortened as Los Alamos and LANL) is one of the sixteen research and development laboratories of the United States Department of Energy (DOE), located a short distance northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, in the American southwest.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Alamos_National_Laboratory","story_label":"Wikipedia: Los Alamos National Laboratory","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Los_Alamos_aerial_view.jpeg/960px-Los_Alamos_aerial_view.jpeg"},
{"id":"wp-lowell-observatory","title":"Lowell Observatory","category":"science","lat":35.2028,"lng":-111.6644,"fact":"Lowell Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, United States. Lowell Observatory was established in 1894, placing it among the oldest observatories in the United States, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell_Observatory","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lowell Observatory","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Clark_dome.jpg/960px-Clark_dome.jpg","day":"03-13","year":1930},
{"id":"wp-malpasset-dam","title":"Malpasset Dam","category":"science","lat":43.5121,"lng":6.7565,"fact":"The Malpasset Dam was an arch dam (convex surface facing upstream) on the Reyran River, north of Fréjus on the French Riviera. It collapsed on 2 December 1959, killing 423 people in the resulting flood.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malpasset_Dam","story_label":"Wikipedia: Malpasset Dam","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Barrage_de_Malpasset_2014.JPG/960px-Barrage_de_Malpasset_2014.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-maralinga","title":"Maralinga","category":"science","lat":-30.15,"lng":131.5833,"fact":"Maralinga is a desert area around 3,300 square kilometres (1,300 sq mi) large located in the west of South Australia, within the Great Victoria Desert. The area is best known for being the location of several British nuclear tests in the 1950s.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maralinga","story_label":"Wikipedia: Maralinga","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_Earth_Desert.jpg/960px-Red_Earth_Desert.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-maunakea-observatories","title":"Maunakea Observatories","category":"science","lat":19.8222,"lng":-155.4749,"fact":"The Maunakea Observatories are a group of independent astronomical research facilities and large telescope observatories that are located at the summit of Mauna Kea on Hawaiʻi, United States.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunakea_Observatories","story_label":"Wikipedia: Maunakea Observatories","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Mauna_Kea_Summit_2021-06-16_33_%28cropped%29.jpg/960px-Mauna_Kea_Summit_2021-06-16_33_%28cropped%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-mayak","title":"Mayak","category":"science","lat":55.7125,"lng":60.8481,"fact":"The Mayak Production Association is a nuclear facility near Ozyorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, with production reactors and a reprocessing plant.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayak","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mayak","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/%D0%97%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%8E%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D0%9E_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%8F%D0%BA.JPG/960px-%D0%97%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%8E%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D0%9E_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%8F%D0%BA.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-mcmurdo-station","title":"McMurdo Station","category":"science","lat":-77.8463,"lng":166.6682,"fact":"McMurdo Station is an American Antarctic research station on the southern tip of Ross Island. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program (USAP), a branch of the National Science Foundation (NSF).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMurdo_Station","story_label":"Wikipedia: McMurdo Station","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"antarctica","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/McMurdo_Station_From_The_Top_Of_Observation_Hill.jpg/960px-McMurdo_Station_From_The_Top_Of_Observation_Hill.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-mojave-air-and-space-port","title":"Mojave Air and Space Port","category":"science","lat":35.0594,"lng":-118.1517,"fact":"The Mojave Air and Space Port (IATA: MHV, ICAO: KMHV) is a general-use public airport with three main areas of activity: flight testing, space industry development, and aircraft heavy maintenance and storage.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojave_Air_and_Space_Port","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mojave Air and Space Port","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Mohave_airport_full.jpg/960px-Mohave_airport_full.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-moruroa","title":"Moruroa","category":"science","lat":-21.8333,"lng":-138.8333,"fact":"Moruroa (Mururoa, Mururura), also historically known as Aopuni, is an atoll which forms part of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is located about 1,250 kilometres (780 mi) southeast of Tahiti.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moruroa","story_label":"Wikipedia: Moruroa","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Moruroa_atoll.JPG/960px-Moruroa_atoll.JPG","day":"07-02","year":1966},
{"id":"wp-mount-wilson-observatory","title":"Mount Wilson Observatory","category":"science","lat":34.225,"lng":-118.0572,"fact":"The Mount Wilson Observatory (MWO) is an astronomical observatory in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The MWO is located on Mount Wilson, a 5,710-foot (1,740-meter) peak in the San Gabriel Mountains near Pasadena, northeast of Los Angeles.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Wilson_Observatory","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Wilson Observatory","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Chara-2000-09-15.JPG/960px-Chara-2000-09-15.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-naro-space-center","title":"Naro Space Center","category":"science","lat":34.4319,"lng":127.535,"fact":"The Naro Space Center is a South Korean spaceport in South Jeolla's Goheung County, operated by the state-run Korea Aerospace Research Institute. The spaceport is located about 485 km (300 mi) south of Seoul.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naro_Space_Center","story_label":"Wikipedia: Naro Space Center","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e7/Naro_Space_Center%2C_2021.jpg/960px-Naro_Space_Center%2C_2021.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-national-ignition-facility","title":"National Ignition Facility","category":"science","lat":37.6908,"lng":-121.7006,"fact":"The National Ignition Facility (NIF) is a laser-based inertial confinement fusion (ICF) research facility, located at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, United States. NIF's mission is to achieve fusion ignition with high energy gain.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Ignition_Facility","story_label":"Wikipedia: National Ignition Facility","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Exterior_patio_of_the_National_Ignition_Facility.jpg/960px-Exterior_patio_of_the_National_Ignition_Facility.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-neumayer-station-iii","title":"Neumayer Station III","category":"science","lat":-70.6744,"lng":-8.2742,"fact":"Neumayer Station III, also known as Neumayer III after geophysicist Georg von Neumayer, is a German Antarctic research station of the Alfred-Wegener-Institut (AWI).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neumayer_Station_III","story_label":"Wikipedia: Neumayer Station III","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"antarctica","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Neumayer_Station_Antarctica_2009-12_2.jpg/960px-Neumayer_Station_Antarctica_2009-12_2.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-nevada-test-site","title":"Nevada Test Site","category":"science","lat":37.1167,"lng":-116.05,"fact":"The Nevada National Security Site (NNSS; N2S2) initially named the Nevada Proving Ground (1951–1955), and later the Nevada Test Site is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion of Nye County, Nevada…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_Test_Site","story_label":"Wikipedia: Nevada Test Site","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Nevada_National_Security_Site_%28January_2026%29.svg/960px-Nevada_National_Security_Site_%28January_2026%29.svg.png"},
{"id":"wp-null-island","title":"Null Island","category":"science","lat":0,"lng":0,"fact":"Null Island is the location at zero degrees latitude and zero degrees longitude (0°N 0°E), where the prime meridian and the equator intersect in the Atlantic Ocean near the Gulf of Guinea. Since there is no landmass located at these coordinates, it is not an actual island.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_Island","story_label":"Wikipedia: Null Island","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7},
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{"id":"wp-oak-ridge-national-laboratory","title":"Oak Ridge National Laboratory","category":"science","lat":35.93,"lng":-84.31,"fact":"Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is a federally funded research and development center in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1943, the laboratory is sponsored by the United States Department of Energy and administered by UT–Battelle, LLC.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Ridge_National_Laboratory","story_label":"Wikipedia: Oak Ridge National Laboratory","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Oak_Ridge_National_Laboratory_Aerial_View.jpg/960px-Oak_Ridge_National_Laboratory_Aerial_View.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-palomar-observatory","title":"Palomar Observatory","category":"science","lat":33.3564,"lng":-116.865,"fact":"The Palomar Observatory is an astronomical research observatory in the Palomar Mountains of San Diego County, California, United States. It is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palomar_Observatory","story_label":"Wikipedia: Palomar Observatory","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Pti_aerial_photo_B.jpg/960px-Pti_aerial_photo_B.jpg","day":"01-13","year":2003},
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{"id":"wp-parkes-observatory","title":"Parkes Observatory","category":"science","lat":-32.9978,"lng":148.2629,"fact":"Parkes Observatory is a radio astronomy observatory, located 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the town of Parkes, New South Wales, Australia. It hosts Murriyang, the 64 m CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope also known as \"The Dish\", along with two smaller radio telescopes.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkes_Observatory","story_label":"Wikipedia: Parkes Observatory","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Parkes_Radio_Telescope_09.jpg/960px-Parkes_Radio_Telescope_09.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-pierre-auger-observatory","title":"Pierre Auger Observatory","category":"science","lat":-35.2067,"lng":-69.316,"fact":"The Pierre Auger Observatory is an international cosmic ray observatory in Argentina designed to detect ultra-high-energy cosmic rays: sub-atomic particles traveling nearly at the speed of light and each with energies beyond 1018 eV.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Auger_Observatory","story_label":"Wikipedia: Pierre Auger Observatory","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/CDAS_building.JPG/960px-CDAS_building.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-piper-alpha","title":"Piper Alpha","category":"science","lat":58.4669,"lng":0.26,"fact":"Piper Alpha was an oil platform located in the North Sea about 120 miles (190 km) north-east of Aberdeen, Scotland. It was operated by Occidental Petroleum and began production in December 1976, initially as an oil-only platform, but later converted to add gas production.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_Alpha","story_label":"Wikipedia: Piper Alpha","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7},
{"id":"wp-plesetsk-cosmodrome","title":"Plesetsk Cosmodrome","category":"science","lat":62.9256,"lng":40.5778,"fact":"Plesetsk Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport located in Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast, near the town of Plesetsk, from which it takes its name.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plesetsk_Cosmodrome","story_label":"Wikipedia: Plesetsk Cosmodrome","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Great_emblem_of_the_Plesetsk_Cosmodrome.svg/960px-Great_emblem_of_the_Plesetsk_Cosmodrome.svg.png"},
{"id":"wp-pokhran","title":"Pokhran","category":"science","lat":26.92,"lng":71.92,"fact":"Pokhran (official spelling Pokaran) is a town and a municipality located 112 km east of Jaisalmer city in the Jaisalmer district of the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is situated in the Thar Desert region.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokhran","story_label":"Wikipedia: Pokhran","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Pokhran_Fort.JPG/960px-Pokhran_Fort.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-rocket-lab-launch-complex-1","title":"Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1","category":"science","lat":-39.2608,"lng":177.8659,"fact":"Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 is a commercial spaceport located close to Ahuriri Point at the southern tip of Māhia Peninsula, on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Lab_Launch_Complex_1","story_label":"Wikipedia: Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Rocket_Lab_Launch_Complex_1_%28Sept_2016%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-roosevelt-field-airport","title":"Roosevelt Field (airport)","category":"science","lat":40.7403,"lng":-73.6133,"fact":"Roosevelt Field is a former airport, located in the East Garden City section of Uniondale, on Long Island, New York, United States.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosevelt_Field_(airport)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Roosevelt Field (airport)","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Lindbergh_takes_off_from_Roosevelt_Field.jpg/960px-Lindbergh_takes_off_from_Roosevelt_Field.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-roque-de-los-muchachos-observatory","title":"Roque de los Muchachos Observatory","category":"science","lat":28.7636,"lng":-17.8947,"fact":"Roque de los Muchachos Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in the municipality of Garafía on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain. The observatory site is operated by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, based on nearby Tenerife.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roque_de_los_Muchachos_Observatory","story_label":"Wikipedia: Roque de los Muchachos Observatory","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Ing_telescopes_sunset_la_palma_july_2001.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-royal-observatory-greenwich","title":"Royal Observatory, Greenwich","category":"science","lat":51.477,"lng":-0.0147,"fact":"The Royal Observatory, Greenwich is an observatory situated on a hill in Greenwich Park in south east London, overlooking the River Thames to the north.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Observatory,_Greenwich","story_label":"Wikipedia: Royal Observatory, Greenwich","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Royal_observatory_greenwich.jpg","day":"02-05","year":1924},
{"id":"wp-satish-dhawan-space-centre","title":"Satish Dhawan Space Centre","category":"science","lat":13.72,"lng":80.23,"fact":"Satish Dhawan Space Centre – SDSC is the primary spaceport of ISRO, located in Sriharikota, an island in Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh, India. The spaceport is located on an island off the east coast of India, surrounded by Pulicat Lake and the Bay of Bengal.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satish_Dhawan_Space_Centre","story_label":"Wikipedia: Satish Dhawan Space Centre","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/LVM3_M3%2C_OneWeb_India-2_campaign_30.webp/960px-LVM3_M3%2C_OneWeb_India-2_campaign_30.webp"},
{"id":"wp-sellafield","title":"Sellafield","category":"science","lat":54.4205,"lng":-3.4975,"fact":"Sellafield, formerly known as Windscale, is a large multi-function nuclear site close to Seascale on the coast of Cumbria, England. As of August 2022, primary activities are nuclear waste processing and storage and nuclear decommissioning.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sellafield","story_label":"Wikipedia: Sellafield","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Aerial_view_Sellafield%2C_Cumbria_-_geograph.org.uk_-_50827.jpg","day":"10-17","year":1956},
{"id":"wp-semipalatinsk-test-site","title":"Semipalatinsk Test Site","category":"science","lat":50.3833,"lng":77.7833,"fact":"The Semipalatinsk Test Site or Semipalatinsk-21, also known as \"The Polygon\", was the primary testing venue for the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons. It is located in Zhanasemey District, Abai Region, Kazakhstan, south of the valley of the Irtysh River.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site","story_label":"Wikipedia: Semipalatinsk Test Site","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Wfm_sts_overview.png/960px-Wfm_sts_overview.png"},
{"id":"wp-slac-national-accelerator-laboratory","title":"SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory","category":"science","lat":37.4175,"lng":-122.2025,"fact":"SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, originally named the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, is a federally funded research and development center in Menlo Park, California, United States.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SLAC_National_Accelerator_Laboratory","story_label":"Wikipedia: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/SLAC_aerial.jpg/960px-SLAC_aerial.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-snolab","title":"SNOLAB","category":"science","lat":46.4717,"lng":-81.1867,"fact":"SNOLAB is a Canadian deep underground science laboratory specializing in neutrino and dark matter physics, quantum technology, and life sciences.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNOLAB","story_label":"Wikipedia: SNOLAB","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/SNOLAB_building_2024.png/960px-SNOLAB_building_2024.png"},
{"id":"wp-sohae-satellite-launching-station","title":"Sohae Satellite Launching Station","category":"science","lat":39.66,"lng":124.705,"fact":"Sohae Satellite Launching Station is a rocket launching site in Tongch'ang-ri, Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, North Korea. The base is located among hills close to the northern border with China.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohae_Satellite_Launching_Station","story_label":"Wikipedia: Sohae Satellite Launching Station","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/North_Korean_Unha-3_rocket_at_launch_pad.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-south-fork-dam","title":"South Fork Dam","category":"science","lat":40.3481,"lng":-78.7757,"fact":"The South Fork Dam was an earthenwork dam forming Lake Conemaugh, an artificial body of water near South Fork, Pennsylvania, United States.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Fork_Dam","story_label":"Wikipedia: South Fork Dam","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Remains_of_the_South_Fork_Dam_%2811662746524%29.jpg/960px-Remains_of_the_South_Fork_Dam_%2811662746524%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-spaceport-america","title":"Spaceport America","category":"science","lat":32.9903,"lng":-106.9697,"fact":"Spaceport America, formerly the Southwest Regional Spaceport, is an FAA-licensed spaceport located on 18,000 acres (7,300 ha) of State Trust Land in the Jornada del Muerto desert basin of the United States, 45 miles (72 km) north of Las Cruces…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaceport_America","story_label":"Wikipedia: Spaceport America","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Spaceport_America_terminal_-_The_Gateway_%2815094090585%29.jpg/960px-Spaceport_America_terminal_-_The_Gateway_%2815094090585%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-super-kamiokande","title":"Super-Kamiokande","category":"science","lat":36.4257,"lng":137.3103,"fact":"Super-Kamiokande is a neutrino observatory located under Mount Ikeno near the city of Hida, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research of University of Tokyo, with the help of an international team.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super-Kamiokande","story_label":"Wikipedia: Super-Kamiokande","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/CMS_Higgs-event.jpg/960px-CMS_Higgs-event.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-tanegashima-space-center","title":"Tanegashima Space Center","category":"science","lat":30.4,"lng":130.97,"fact":"The Tanegashima Space Center (TNSC) is Japan's primary spaceport, covering approximately about 9.7 million square metres (2,400 acres; 970 ha).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanegashima_Space_Center","story_label":"Wikipedia: Tanegashima Space Center","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Osaki_Range.jpg/960px-Osaki_Range.jpg","day":"12-03","year":2014},
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{"id":"wp-thomas-edison-national-historical-park","title":"Thomas Edison National Historical Park","category":"science","lat":40.7836,"lng":-74.2336,"fact":"Thomas Edison National Historical Park preserves Thomas Edison's laboratory and residence, Glenmont, in West Orange, New Jersey, United States. These were designed, in 1887, by architect Henry Hudson Holly. The Edison laboratories operated for more than 40 years.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison_National_Historical_Park","story_label":"Wikipedia: Thomas Edison National Historical Park","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Edison_labs_Main_St_Lakeside_Av_jeh.jpg/960px-Edison_labs_Main_St_Lakeside_Av_jeh.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-three-mile-island-nuclear-generating-station","title":"Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station","category":"science","lat":40.1539,"lng":-76.7247,"fact":"Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station, is a shut-down nuclear power plant on Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, US, on the Susquehanna River just south of Harrisburg.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Island_Nuclear_Generating_Station","story_label":"Wikipedia: Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Three_Mile_Island_Nuclear_Generating_Station_%2851142893665%29.jpg/960px-Three_Mile_Island_Nuclear_Generating_Station_%2851142893665%29.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-wallops-flight-facility","title":"Wallops Flight Facility","category":"science","lat":37.9333,"lng":-75.4678,"fact":"Wallops Flight Facility (WFF; IATA: WAL, ICAO: KWAL, FAA LID: WAL) is a rocket launch site on Wallops Island on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, United States, just east of the Delmarva Peninsula and approximately 100 miles (160 km) north-northeast of Norfolk.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallops_Flight_Facility","story_label":"Wikipedia: Wallops Flight Facility","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/NASA_logo_%282023_colors%29.svg/960px-NASA_logo_%282023_colors%29.svg.png"},
{"id":"wp-wardenclyffe-tower","title":"Wardenclyffe Tower","category":"science","lat":40.9476,"lng":-72.8982,"fact":"Wardenclyffe Tower (1901–1917), also known as the Tesla Tower, was an early experimental wireless transmission station designed and built by scientist Nikola Tesla on Long Island in 1901–1902, located in the village of Shoreham, New York.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardenclyffe_Tower","story_label":"Wikipedia: Wardenclyffe Tower","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.7,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Tesla_Broadcast_Tower_1904.jpeg"},
{"id":"wp-antikythera-wreck","title":"Antikythera wreck","category":"shipwreck","lat":35.8897,"lng":23.3078,"fact":"The Antikythera wreck is a Roman-era shipwreck dating from the second quarter of the first century BC. It was discovered by sponge divers off Point Glyphadia on the Greek island of Antikythera in 1900.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_wreck","story_label":"Wikipedia: Antikythera wreck","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72},
{"id":"wp-batavia-1628-ship","title":"Batavia (1628 ship)","category":"shipwreck","lat":-28.4903,"lng":113.7933,"fact":"Batavia was a ship of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). She was built in Amsterdam in 1628 as the flagship of one of the three annual fleets of company ships and sailed that year on her maiden voyage for Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batavia_(1628_ship)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Batavia (1628 ship)","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/De_BATAVIA_voor_de_film_onderweg_als_de_NIEUW_HOORN_%2802%29.jpg/960px-De_BATAVIA_voor_de_film_onderweg_als_de_NIEUW_HOORN_%2802%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-belitung-shipwreck","title":"Belitung shipwreck","category":"shipwreck","lat":-2.75,"lng":107.61,"fact":"The Belitung shipwreck is the wreck of an Arabian dhow that sank around 830 AD. The ship completed its outward journey from Arabia to China but sank on the return voyage from China, approximately 1.6 kilometres (1 mi) off the coast of Belitung Island, Indonesia.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belitung_shipwreck","story_label":"Wikipedia: Belitung shipwreck","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Belitung_shipwreck_location.jpg/960px-Belitung_shipwreck_location.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-bremen-cog","title":"Bremen cog","category":"shipwreck","lat":53.5399,"lng":8.5771,"fact":"The Bremen cog is a well-preserved wreck of a cog dated to 1380, found in 1962 in Bremen. Today, it is displayed at the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven as one of the main features.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bremen_cog","story_label":"Wikipedia: Bremen cog","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Bremer_Kogge%2C_Schifffahrtmuseum_Bremerhaven.jpg/960px-Bremer_Kogge%2C_Schifffahrtmuseum_Bremerhaven.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-cape-gelidonya","title":"Cape Gelidonya","category":"shipwreck","lat":36.1933,"lng":30.4031,"fact":"Cape Gelidonya, formerly Kilidonia or Killidonia is a cape or headland on the Teke Peninsula in the chain of Taurus Mountains, located on the southern coast of Anatolia between the Gulf of Antalya and the Bay of Finike.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Gelidonya","story_label":"Wikipedia: Cape Gelidonya","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Gelidonya_lighthouse.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-endurance-1912-ship","title":"Endurance (1912 ship)","category":"shipwreck","lat":-75.3833,"lng":-42.2333,"fact":"Endurance was the three-masted barquentine in which Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men sailed for the Antarctic on the 1914–1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endurance_(1912_ship)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Endurance (1912 ship)","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"antarctica","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Endurance_under_full_sail_Frank_Hurley_State_Library_NSW_a090012h.jpg/960px-Endurance_under_full_sail_Frank_Hurley_State_Library_NSW_a090012h.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-fujikawa-maru","title":"Fujikawa Maru","category":"shipwreck","lat":7.3467,"lng":151.89,"fact":"Fujikawa Maru was a refrigerated cargo ship that was built in 1938 for the Toyo Kaiun Kisen Kaisha.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujikawa_Maru","story_label":"Wikipedia: Fujikawa Maru","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Fujikawa_maru.jpg/960px-Fujikawa_maru.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-german-auxiliary-cruiser-kormoran","title":"German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran","category":"shipwreck","lat":-26.0961,"lng":111.0758,"fact":"The German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran (HSK-8) was a Kriegsmarine merchant raider of World War II. Originally the merchant vessel Steiermark, the ship was acquired by the navy following the outbreak of war for conversion into a raider.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_auxiliary_cruiser_Kormoran","story_label":"Wikipedia: German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1985-074-27%2C_Hilfskreuzer_Kormoran.jpg/960px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1985-074-27%2C_Hilfskreuzer_Kormoran.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-german-battleship-bismarck","title":"German battleship Bismarck","category":"shipwreck","lat":48.1667,"lng":-16.2,"fact":"Bismarck was the first of two Bismarck-class battleships built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. Named after Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the ship was laid down at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg in July 1936 and launched in February 1939.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_battleship_Bismarck","story_label":"Wikipedia: German battleship Bismarck","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Bundesarchiv_Bild_193-04-1-26%2C_Schlachtschiff_Bismarck.jpg/960px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_193-04-1-26%2C_Schlachtschiff_Bismarck.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-german-battleship-scharnhorst","title":"German battleship Scharnhorst","category":"shipwreck","lat":72.2667,"lng":28.6833,"fact":"Scharnhorst was a German capital ship, alternatively described as a battleship or battlecruiser, of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. She was the lead ship of her class, which included her sister ship Gneisenau.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_battleship_Scharnhorst","story_label":"Wikipedia: German battleship Scharnhorst","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Bundesarchiv_DVM_10_Bild-23-63-07%2C_Schlachtschiff_%22Scharnhorst%22.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-german-battleship-tirpitz","title":"German battleship Tirpitz","category":"shipwreck","lat":69.6469,"lng":18.8075,"fact":"Tirpitz was the second of two Bismarck-class battleships built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine (navy) prior to and during the Second World War.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_battleship_Tirpitz","story_label":"Wikipedia: German battleship Tirpitz","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Tirpitz-2_b.jpg/960px-Tirpitz-2_b.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-german-cruiser-blucher","title":"German cruiser Blücher","category":"shipwreck","lat":59.7,"lng":10.5917,"fact":"Blücher was the second of five Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruisers of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine, built after the rise of the Nazi Party and the repudiation of the Treaty of Versailles.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_Bl%C3%BCcher","story_label":"Wikipedia: German cruiser Blücher","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Bundesarchiv_DVM_10_Bild-23-63-09%2C_Kreuzer_%22Bl%C3%BCcher%22.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-german-cruiser-prinz-eugen","title":"German cruiser Prinz Eugen","category":"shipwreck","lat":8.7527,"lng":167.6831,"fact":"Prinz Eugen was an Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser, the third of a class of five vessels. She served with Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_Prinz_Eugen","story_label":"Wikipedia: German cruiser Prinz Eugen","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/PE_Atomtest_1.jpg/960px-PE_Atomtest_1.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-h-l-hunley","title":"H. L. Hunley","category":"shipwreck","lat":32.8567,"lng":-79.9589,"fact":"H. L. Hunley, also known as the Hunley, CSS H. L. Hunley, or CSS Hunley, was a submarine of the Confederate States of America that fought in the American Civil War. Hunley demonstrated the advantages and dangers of undersea warfare.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Hunley","story_label":"Wikipedia: H. L. Hunley","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Conrad_Wise_Chapman_-_Submarine_Torpedo_Boat_H.L._Hunley%2C_Dec._6%2C_1863_%28cropped%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-hmas-sydney-d48","title":"HMAS Sydney (D48)","category":"shipwreck","lat":-26.2419,"lng":111.2133,"fact":"HMAS Sydney, named for the Australian city of Sydney, was one of three modified Leander-class light cruisers operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Sydney_(D48)","story_label":"Wikipedia: HMAS Sydney (D48)","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/HMAS_Sydney_in_1936_%289916488333607636%29.jpg/960px-HMAS_Sydney_in_1936_%289916488333607636%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-hms-ark-royal-91","title":"HMS Ark Royal (91)","category":"shipwreck","lat":36.05,"lng":-4.75,"fact":"HMS Ark Royal (pennant number 91) was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that operated during the Second World War.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ark_Royal_(91)","story_label":"Wikipedia: HMS Ark Royal (91)","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/HMS_Ark_Royal_h79167.jpg/960px-HMS_Ark_Royal_h79167.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-hms-association","title":"HMS Association","category":"shipwreck","lat":49.8622,"lng":-6.4083,"fact":"Association was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1697. She served with distinction at the capture of Gibraltar, and was lost in 1707 by grounding on the Isles of Scilly in the greatest maritime disaster of the age.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Association","story_label":"Wikipedia: HMS Association","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Sir_Cloudesley_Shovell%2C_in_the_Association%2C_with_the_Eagle%2C_Rum%C3%B1y%2C_and_the_Firebrand%2C_Lost_on_the_Rocks_of_Scilly%2C_October%2C_22%2C_1707_%28cropped%29.jpg/960px-Sir_Cloudesley_Shovell%2C_in_the_Association%2C_with_the_Eagle%2C_Rum%C3%B1y%2C_and_the_Firebrand%2C_Lost_on_the_Rocks_of_Scilly%2C_October%2C_22%2C_1707_%28cropped%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-hms-barham-04","title":"HMS Barham (04)","category":"shipwreck","lat":32.5667,"lng":26.4,"fact":"HMS Barham was one of five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the early 1910s. Completed in 1915, she was often used as a flagship and participated in the Battle of Jutland during the First World War as part of the Grand Fleet.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Barham_(04)","story_label":"Wikipedia: HMS Barham (04)","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/HMS_Barham_%281914%29.jpg/960px-HMS_Barham_%281914%29.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-hms-bounty","title":"HMS Bounty","category":"shipwreck","lat":-25.0686,"lng":-130.0953,"fact":"HMS Bounty, also known as HMAV (His Majesty's Armed Vessel) Bounty, was a British merchant ship that the Royal Navy purchased in 1787 for a botanical mission.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bounty","story_label":"Wikipedia: HMS Bounty","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/HMS_BOUNTY_II_with_Full_Sails.jpg/960px-HMS_BOUNTY_II_with_Full_Sails.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-hms-gloucester-62","title":"HMS Gloucester (62)","category":"shipwreck","lat":35.8333,"lng":23,"fact":"HMS Gloucester was one of the second batch of three Town-class light cruisers built for the Royal Navy during the late 1930s.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Gloucester_(62)","story_label":"Wikipedia: HMS Gloucester (62)","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/HMS_Gloucester.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-hms-prince-of-wales-53","title":"HMS Prince of Wales (53)","category":"shipwreck","lat":3.56,"lng":104.4783,"fact":"HMS Prince of Wales was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy that was built at the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Prince_of_Wales_(53)","story_label":"Wikipedia: HMS Prince of Wales (53)","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/HMS_Prince_Of_Wales_in_Singapore.jpg/960px-HMS_Prince_Of_Wales_in_Singapore.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-khufu-ship","title":"Khufu ship","category":"shipwreck","lat":29.9781,"lng":31.1344,"fact":"The Khufu ship is an intact full-size solar barque from ancient Egypt. It was sealed into a pit alongside the Great Pyramid of pharaoh Khufu around 2500 BC, during the Fourth Dynasty of the ancient Egyptian Old Kingdom.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khufu_ship","story_label":"Wikipedia: Khufu ship","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/GEM_Khufus_Boat_front_2025.jpg/960px-GEM_Khufus_Boat_front_2025.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-mahdia-shipwreck","title":"Mahdia shipwreck","category":"shipwreck","lat":35.5319,"lng":11.1244,"fact":"The shipwreck of Mahdia was found by Greek sponge fishermen off the coast of Tunisia in June 1907. The shipwreck near the modern town of Mahdia is dated to between 80 and 60 BC.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahdia_shipwreck","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mahdia shipwreck","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Bardo_Satyre_Mahdia.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-mary-rose","title":"Mary Rose","category":"shipwreck","lat":50.8022,"lng":-1.1089,"fact":"The Mary Rose was a carrack in the English Tudor navy of King Henry VIII. She was launched in 1511 and served for 34 years in several wars against France, Scotland, and Brittany. After being substantially rebuilt in 1536, she saw her last action on 19 July 1545.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Rose","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mary Rose","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/AnthonyRoll-2_Mary_Rose.jpg/960px-AnthonyRoll-2_Mary_Rose.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-ms-estonia","title":"MS Estonia","category":"shipwreck","lat":59.382,"lng":21.682,"fact":"MS Estonia was a car-passenger ferry built in 1980 for the Finnish shipping company Rederi Ab Sally by Meyer Werft, in Papenburg, West Germany.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Estonia","story_label":"Wikipedia: MS Estonia","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/MS_Estonia.png"},
{"id":"wp-ms-zenobia","title":"MS Zenobia","category":"shipwreck","lat":34.8894,"lng":33.6508,"fact":"MS Zenobia was a Swedish-built Challenger-class RO-RO ferry launched in 1979 that capsized and sank in the Mediterranean Sea, close to Larnaca, Cyprus, in June 1980.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Zenobia","story_label":"Wikipedia: MS Zenobia","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72},
{"id":"wp-mv-sewol","title":"MV Sewol","category":"shipwreck","lat":34.7586,"lng":126.3508,"fact":"MV Sewol was a South Korean vehicle-passenger ferry, built and previously operated in Japan. She operated between Incheon and Jeju. On 16 April 2014, the ferry capsized and sank with the loss of 304 passengers and crew.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Sewol","story_label":"Wikipedia: MV Sewol","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Ferry_Sewol_1.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-mv-struma","title":"MV Struma","category":"shipwreck","lat":41.3833,"lng":29.2167,"fact":"MV Struma was a small ship with a long history that included a number of changes of use and many changes of name.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Struma","story_label":"Wikipedia: MV Struma","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/The_Ship_Struma.jpg/960px-The_Ship_Struma.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-mv-wilhelm-gustloff","title":"MV Wilhelm Gustloff","category":"shipwreck","lat":55.0729,"lng":17.4213,"fact":"MV Wilhelm Gustloff was a German military transport ship, which was taking part in Operation Hannibal, when it was sunk by Soviet submarine S-13 in the Baltic Sea on 30 January 1945.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Wilhelm_Gustloff","story_label":"Wikipedia: MV Wilhelm Gustloff","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-H27992%2C_Lazarettschiff_%22Wilhelm_Gustloff%22_in_Danzig.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-nanhai-one","title":"Nanhai One","category":"shipwreck","lat":21.5761,"lng":111.8689,"fact":"The Nanhai One is a Chinese merchant ship, which sank into the South China Sea during the Southern Song dynasty between 1127 and 1279.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanhai_One","story_label":"Wikipedia: Nanhai One","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/%E5%8D%97%E6%B5%B7%E4%B8%80%E5%8F%B7.JPG/960px-%E5%8D%97%E6%B5%B7%E4%B8%80%E5%8F%B7.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-nuestra-senora-de-atocha","title":"Nuestra Señora de Atocha","category":"shipwreck","lat":24.5314,"lng":-82.8306,"fact":"Nuestra Señora de Atocha ('Our Lady of Atocha') was a Spanish treasure galleon and the most widely known vessel of a fleet of ships that sank in a hurricane off the Florida Keys in 1622.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuestra_Se%C3%B1ora_de_Atocha","story_label":"Wikipedia: Nuestra Señora de Atocha","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Sevilla_Nuestra_Se%C3%B1ora_de_Atocha_Archivo_General_de_Indias_21-03-2011_11-24-15.jpg/960px-Sevilla_Nuestra_Se%C3%B1ora_de_Atocha_Archivo_General_de_Indias_21-03-2011_11-24-15.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-oseberg-ship","title":"Oseberg ship","category":"shipwreck","lat":59.905,"lng":10.6844,"fact":"The Oseberg ship is a well-preserved longship (probably a karve) discovered in a large burial mound at the Oseberg farm near Tønsberg in Vestfold county, Norway. This ship is commonly acknowledged to be among the finest artifacts to have survived from the Viking Age.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oseberg_ship","story_label":"Wikipedia: Oseberg ship","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Osebergskipet_2016.jpg/960px-Osebergskipet_2016.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-quanzhou-ship","title":"Quanzhou ship","category":"shipwreck","lat":24.9167,"lng":118.5833,"fact":"The Quanzhou ship (泉州湾古船), or Quanzhou wreck, was a 13th-century Chinese seagoing sailing junk that sank near the city of Quanzhou in Fujian Province, and was discovered in 1973.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quanzhou_ship","story_label":"Wikipedia: Quanzhou ship","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Song_Dynasty_Ancient_Ship_of_Quanzhou_Bay_20061229.jpg/960px-Song_Dynasty_Ancient_Ship_of_Quanzhou_Bay_20061229.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-queen-anne-s-revenge","title":"Queen Anne's Revenge","category":"shipwreck","lat":34.6956,"lng":-76.6889,"fact":"Queen Anne's Revenge was an early-18th-century ship, most famously used as a flagship by Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Anne's_Revenge","story_label":"Wikipedia: Queen Anne's Revenge","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Queen_Anne%27s_Revenge.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-rms-empress-of-ireland","title":"RMS Empress of Ireland","category":"shipwreck","lat":48.625,"lng":-68.4083,"fact":"RMS Empress of Ireland was a British-built ocean liner that sank near the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River in Canada following a collision in thick fog with the Norwegian collier Storstad in the early hours of 29 May 1914, en route to Liverpool.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Empress_of_Ireland","story_label":"Wikipedia: RMS Empress of Ireland","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/RMS_Empress_of_Ireland_Colored_Picture.png/960px-RMS_Empress_of_Ireland_Colored_Picture.png"},
{"id":"wp-rms-lusitania","title":"RMS Lusitania","category":"shipwreck","lat":51.4125,"lng":-8.5478,"fact":"RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner launched by the Cunard Line in 1906 as a Royal Mail Ship. She was the world's largest passenger ship until the completion of her sister Mauretania three months later.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Lusitania","story_label":"Wikipedia: RMS Lusitania","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/RMS_Lusitania_coming_into_port%2C_possibly_in_New_York%2C_1907-13-crop.jpg/960px-RMS_Lusitania_coming_into_port%2C_possibly_in_New_York%2C_1907-13-crop.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-rms-rhone","title":"RMS Rhone","category":"shipwreck","lat":18.3687,"lng":-64.5356,"fact":"RMS Rhone was a UK Royal Mail Ship owned by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (RMSP). She was wrecked off the coast of Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands on 29 October 1867 in a hurricane, killing 123 people. She is now a popular Caribbean wreck dive site.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Rhone","story_label":"Wikipedia: RMS Rhone","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/RMS_Rhone_2003_12.jpg/960px-RMS_Rhone_2003_12.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-rms-tayleur","title":"RMS Tayleur","category":"shipwreck","lat":53.4817,"lng":-6.02,"fact":"RMS Tayleur was a short-lived, full-rigged iron clipper ship chartered by the White Star Line. She was large, fast and technically advanced. She ran aground off Lambay Island near Dublin, and sank on her maiden voyage in 1854. Of more than 650 aboard, only 280 survived.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Tayleur","story_label":"Wikipedia: RMS Tayleur","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Tayleur.jpg/960px-Tayleur.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-russian-submarine-kursk","title":"Russian submarine Kursk","category":"shipwreck","lat":69.6667,"lng":37.5833,"fact":"K-141 Kursk was an Oscar II-class nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine of the Russian Navy. On 12 August 2000, K-141 Kursk was lost when it sank in the Barents Sea, killing all 118 personnel on board.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_submarine_Kursk","story_label":"Wikipedia: Russian submarine Kursk","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72},
{"id":"wp-san-diego-ship","title":"San Diego (ship)","category":"shipwreck","lat":14.06,"lng":120.494,"fact":"The galleon San Diego was built as the trading ship San Antonio before hastily being converted into a warship of the Spanish Navy.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_(ship)","story_label":"Wikipedia: San Diego (ship)","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/The_Mauritius_sinks_the_Spanish_ship_during_the_battle_in_Manila_Bay%2C_December_14%2C_1600.jpg/960px-The_Mauritius_sinks_the_Spanish_ship_during_the_battle_in_Manila_Bay%2C_December_14%2C_1600.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-sea-of-galilee-boat","title":"Sea of Galilee Boat","category":"shipwreck","lat":32.8443,"lng":35.5252,"fact":"The Ancient Galilee Boat, also known as the Jesus Boat, is an ancient fishing boat from the 1st century AD, discovered in 1986 on the north-west shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee_Boat","story_label":"Wikipedia: Sea of Galilee Boat","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/JesusBoat.jpg/960px-JesusBoat.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-skuldelev-ships","title":"Skuldelev ships","category":"shipwreck","lat":55.801,"lng":12.0584,"fact":"The Skuldelev ships are five original Viking ships salvaged in 1957 to 1962 by the Danish National Museum from the bottom of Roskilde Fjord, in the most important of the winding natural channels called Peberrenden near the harbor of Skuldelev…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skuldelev_ships","story_label":"Wikipedia: Skuldelev ships","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Sketch_of_Skuldelev_shipwreck.svg/960px-Sketch_of_Skuldelev_shipwreck.svg.png"},
{"id":"wp-spanish-galleon-san-jose","title":"Spanish galleon San José","category":"shipwreck","lat":9.5833,"lng":-76.2569,"fact":"San José was a 64-gun galleon of the Spanish Navy, commissioned by the Spanish Crown and built in the Basque Country of Spain.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_galleon_San_Jos%C3%A9","story_label":"Wikipedia: Spanish galleon San José","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Wager%27s_Action_off_Cartagena_28_May_1708.jpg/960px-Wager%27s_Action_off_Cartagena_28_May_1708.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-ss-andrea-doria","title":"SS Andrea Doria","category":"shipwreck","lat":40.4917,"lng":-69.85,"fact":"SS Andrea Doria was a luxury transatlantic ocean liner of the Italian Line, put into service in 1953. She is widely known from the extensive media coverage of her sinking on July 26, 1956, which included the successful rescue of 1,660 of her 1,706 passengers and crew.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Andrea_Doria","story_label":"Wikipedia: SS Andrea Doria","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/SS_Andrea_Doria.jpg/960px-SS_Andrea_Doria.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-ss-atlantic-1870","title":"SS Atlantic (1870)","category":"shipwreck","lat":44.4419,"lng":-63.7319,"fact":"SS Atlantic was a transatlantic ocean liner of the White Star Line, and second ship of the Oceanic-class. The ship operated between Liverpool, United Kingdom, and New York City, United States.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Atlantic_(1870)","story_label":"Wikipedia: SS Atlantic (1870)","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/RMS_Oceanic_1871.jpg/960px-RMS_Oceanic_1871.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-ss-cap-arcona","title":"SS Cap Arcona","category":"shipwreck","lat":54.065,"lng":10.8408,"fact":"SS Cap Arcona, named after Cape Arkona on the island of Rügen, was a large German ocean liner, later a requisitioned auxiliary ship of the Kriegsmarine, and finally a prison ship in the later months of World War II (1939–1945).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Cap_Arcona","story_label":"Wikipedia: SS Cap Arcona","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Cap_Arcona_1.JPG/960px-Cap_Arcona_1.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-ss-central-america","title":"SS Central America","category":"shipwreck","lat":31.5833,"lng":-77.0333,"fact":"SS Central America, known as the Ship of Gold, was a 280-foot (85 m) sidewheel steamer that operated between Central America and the East Coast of the United States during the 1850s. She was originally named the SS George Law, after George Law of New York.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Central_America","story_label":"Wikipedia: SS Central America","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/SSCentralAmerica.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-ss-eastland","title":"SS Eastland","category":"shipwreck","lat":41.8872,"lng":-87.6317,"fact":"SS Eastland was an American Great Lakes passenger ship. On July 24, 1915, the ship capsized while tied to a dock in the Chicago River.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Eastland","story_label":"Wikipedia: SS Eastland","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/S.S._Eastland_c.1911.jpg/960px-S.S._Eastland_c.1911.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-ss-islander","title":"SS Islander","category":"shipwreck","lat":58.3765,"lng":-134.7885,"fact":"The SS Islander was a 1519-ton, 240-foot (73 m) steel hull, schooner-rigged twin-screw steamer, built in Scotland in 1888, and owned and operated by the Canadian-Pacific Navigation Company.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Islander","story_label":"Wikipedia: SS Islander","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/SS_Islander.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-ss-kiangya","title":"SS Kiangya","category":"shipwreck","lat":31.25,"lng":121.7833,"fact":"SS Kiangya or Jiangya was a Chinese passenger steamship that was destroyed in an explosion near the mouth of the Huangpu River 50 miles (80 km) north of Shanghai on 3 or 4 December 1948. Her wreck was cleared from the channel in 1956 and her hull refurbished, re-entering service.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Kiangya","story_label":"Wikipedia: SS Kiangya","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/SS_Kiangya.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-ss-kyle","title":"SS Kyle","category":"shipwreck","lat":47.6705,"lng":-53.2539,"fact":"SS Kyle is a 220-foot (67 m) steam ship that is aground in the harbour of the Town of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She ran ashore in February 1967.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Kyle","story_label":"Wikipedia: SS Kyle","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Sskyle.png/960px-Sskyle.png"},
{"id":"wp-ss-leopoldville-1928","title":"SS Léopoldville (1928)","category":"shipwreck","lat":49.7658,"lng":-1.6056,"fact":"SS Léopoldville was a 11,509 GRT passenger liner of the Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_L%C3%A9opoldville_(1928)","story_label":"Wikipedia: SS Léopoldville (1928)","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/MS_Leopoldville%2C_asset_c1A2bQyyqJTSzEU8nZF4J8wz.jpg/960px-MS_Leopoldville%2C_asset_c1A2bQyyqJTSzEU8nZF4J8wz.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-ss-pacific-1850","title":"SS Pacific (1850)","category":"shipwreck","lat":48.3831,"lng":-125.0014,"fact":"SS Pacific was a wooden sidewheel steamer built in 1850 most notable for its sinking in 1875 as a result of a collision southwest of Cape Flattery, Washington. Pacific had an estimated 275 passengers and crew aboard when she sank. Only two survived.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Pacific_(1850)","story_label":"Wikipedia: SS Pacific (1850)","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/SS_Pacific_%281851%29.jpg/960px-SS_Pacific_%281851%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-ss-president-coolidge","title":"SS President Coolidge","category":"shipwreck","lat":-15.5242,"lng":167.2352,"fact":"SS President Coolidge was an American ocean liner that was completed in 1931. She was operated by Dollar Steamship Lines until 1938, and then by American President Lines until 1941.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_President_Coolidge","story_label":"Wikipedia: SS President Coolidge","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/S.S._President_Coolidge_at_sea%2C_1930s.jpg/960px-S.S._President_Coolidge_at_sea%2C_1930s.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-ss-princess-sophia","title":"SS Princess Sophia","category":"shipwreck","lat":58.6022,"lng":-135.0236,"fact":"SS Princess Sophia was a steel-built passenger liner in the coastal service fleet of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). Along with SS Princess Adelaide, SS Princess Alice, and SS Princess Mary, Princess Sophia was one of four similar ships built for CPR during 1910-1911.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Princess_Sophia","story_label":"Wikipedia: SS Princess Sophia","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Princess_Sophia_%28steamship%29_%28ca_1912%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-ss-republic-1853","title":"SS Republic (1853)","category":"shipwreck","lat":30.9566,"lng":-79.6769,"fact":"SS Republic was a sidewheel steamship, originally named SS Tennessee (also named CSS Tennessee, USS Tennessee, and USS Mobile for a time), lost in a hurricane off the coast of Georgia in October 1865, en route to New Orleans.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Republic_(1853)","story_label":"Wikipedia: SS Republic (1853)","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/SS_Republic_a_toda_maquina.jpg/960px-SS_Republic_a_toda_maquina.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-ss-richard-montgomery","title":"SS Richard Montgomery","category":"shipwreck","lat":51.4658,"lng":0.7867,"fact":"SS Richard Montgomery is a wrecked American Liberty ship that was built during World War II.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Richard_Montgomery","story_label":"Wikipedia: SS Richard Montgomery","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Wreck_of_the_SS_Richard_Montgomery%2C_off_Sheerness_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4195096.jpg/960px-Wreck_of_the_SS_Richard_Montgomery%2C_off_Sheerness_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4195096.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-ss-thistlegorm","title":"SS Thistlegorm","category":"shipwreck","lat":27.8142,"lng":33.92,"fact":"SS Thistlegorm was a British cargo steamship that was built in Sunderland, North East England in 1940 and sunk by German bomber aircraft in the Red Sea in 1941. Her wreck near the Ras Muhammad National Park is now a well-known diving site.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Thistlegorm","story_label":"Wikipedia: SS Thistlegorm","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Thistlegorm_train_parts_minus_red_edit.jpg/960px-Thistlegorm_train_parts_minus_red_edit.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-ss-valencia","title":"SS Valencia","category":"shipwreck","lat":48.7056,"lng":-125.0058,"fact":"SS Valencia was an iron-hulled passenger steamer built for the Red D Line for service between Venezuela and New York City. She was built in 1882 by William Cramp and Sons, one year after the construction of her sister ship Caracas.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Valencia","story_label":"Wikipedia: SS Valencia","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/SS_Valencia_Side.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-ss-xantho","title":"SS Xantho","category":"shipwreck","lat":-28.1865,"lng":114.2362,"fact":"SS Xantho was a steam ship used in the colony of Western Australia as a pearling transport and mothership, as a tramp steamer, carrying passengers, including Aboriginal convicts and trade goods before she sank at Port Gregory, Western Australia in 1872.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Xantho","story_label":"Wikipedia: SS Xantho","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72},
{"id":"wp-ss-yongala","title":"SS Yongala","category":"shipwreck","lat":-19.3044,"lng":147.6253,"fact":"SS Yongala was a passenger steamship that was built in England in 1903 for the Adelaide Steamship Company. She sank in a cyclone off the coast of Queensland on 23 March 1911, with the loss of all 122 passengers and crew aboard. Her wreck off Cape Bowling Green was found in 1958.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Yongala","story_label":"Wikipedia: SS Yongala","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Yongala_%28ship%2C_1903%29_-_SLV_H91.108-2943.jpg/960px-Yongala_%28ship%2C_1903%29_-_SLV_H91.108-2943.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-sultana-steamboat","title":"Sultana (steamboat)","category":"shipwreck","lat":35.1906,"lng":-90.1144,"fact":"Sultana was a commercial side-wheel steamboat which exploded and sank on the Mississippi River on April 27, 1865, killing 1,164 people in what remains the worst maritime disaster in United States history.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultana_(steamboat)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Sultana (steamboat)","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Ill-fated_Sultana%2C_Helena%2C_Arkansas%2C_April_27%2C_1865.jpg/960px-Ill-fated_Sultana%2C_Helena%2C_Arkansas%2C_April_27%2C_1865.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-uluburun-shipwreck","title":"Uluburun shipwreck","category":"shipwreck","lat":36.1286,"lng":29.6858,"fact":"The Uluburun Shipwreck is a Late Bronze Age shipwreck dated to the late 14th century BC, discovered close to the east shore of Uluburun (Grand Cape), Turkey, in the Mediterranean Sea.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uluburun_shipwreck","story_label":"Wikipedia: Uluburun shipwreck","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Uluburun1.jpg/960px-Uluburun1.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-uss-arizona","title":"USS Arizona","category":"shipwreck","lat":21.3648,"lng":-157.9501,"fact":"USS Arizona (hull number BB-39) was a Standard-type battleship built for the United States Navy in the mid-1910s. Named in honor of the 48th state, she was the second and last ship in the Pennsylvania class.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Arizona","story_label":"Wikipedia: USS Arizona","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Arizona_%28BB39%29_Port_Bow%2C_Underway_-_NARA_-_5900075_-_1930.jpg/960px-Arizona_%28BB39%29_Port_Bow%2C_Underway_-_NARA_-_5900075_-_1930.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-uss-hornet-cv-8","title":"USS Hornet (CV-8)","category":"shipwreck","lat":-8.6397,"lng":166.7094,"fact":"USS Hornet (CV-8), the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name, was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hornet_(CV-8)","story_label":"Wikipedia: USS Hornet (CV-8)","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Aft_view_of_USS_Hornet_%28CV-8%29%2C_circa_in_late_1941_%28NH_81313%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-uss-houston-ca-30","title":"USS Houston (CA-30)","category":"shipwreck","lat":-5.8125,"lng":106.1319,"fact":"USS Houston, was a Northampton-class cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship to bear the name \"Houston\".","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Houston_(CA-30)","story_label":"Wikipedia: USS Houston (CA-30)","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/USS_Houston_%28CA-30%29_off_San_Diego_in_October_1935.jpg/960px-USS_Houston_%28CA-30%29_off_San_Diego_in_October_1935.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-uss-juneau-cl-52","title":"USS Juneau (CL-52)","category":"shipwreck","lat":-10.5667,"lng":161.0667,"fact":"USS Juneau (CL-52) was a United States Navy Atlanta-class light cruiser torpedoed and sunk at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 13 November 1942. In total, 687 officers and sailors, including the five Sullivan brothers, were killed in action as a result of her sinking.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Juneau_(CL-52)","story_label":"Wikipedia: USS Juneau (CL-52)","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/USS_Juneau_%28CL-52%29_-_19-N-28143.jpg/960px-USS_Juneau_%28CL-52%29_-_19-N-28143.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-uss-lexington-cv-2","title":"USS Lexington (CV-2)","category":"shipwreck","lat":-15.3333,"lng":155.5,"fact":"USS Lexington (hull number CV-2), nicknamed \"Lady Lex\", was the name ship of her class of two aircraft carriers built for the United States Navy during the 1920s.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Lexington_(CV-2)","story_label":"Wikipedia: USS Lexington (CV-2)","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/USS_Lexington_%28CV-2%29_leaving_San_Diego_on_14_October_1941_%2880-G-416362%29.jpg/960px-USS_Lexington_%28CV-2%29_leaving_San_Diego_on_14_October_1941_%2880-G-416362%29.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-uss-samuel-b-roberts-de-413","title":"USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413)","category":"shipwreck","lat":11.6667,"lng":126.3333,"fact":"USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) was a John C. Butler-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy which served in World War II, the first of three U.S. Navy ships to bear the name.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Samuel_B._Roberts_(DE-413)","story_label":"Wikipedia: USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413)","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/USS_Samuel_B._Roberts_%28DE-413%29_underway_in_October_1944_%28NH_96011%29.jpg/960px-USS_Samuel_B._Roberts_%28DE-413%29_underway_in_October_1944_%28NH_96011%29.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-whydah-gally","title":"Whydah Gally","category":"shipwreck","lat":41.892,"lng":-69.9594,"fact":"Whydah Gally (commonly known simply as the Whydah) was a fully rigged ship that was originally built as a passenger, cargo, and slave ship.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whydah_Gally","story_label":"Wikipedia: Whydah Gally","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Whydah-model.jpg/960px-Whydah-model.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-wreck-of-the-titanic","title":"Wreck of the Titanic","category":"shipwreck","lat":41.7256,"lng":-49.9469,"fact":"The wreck of the British ocean liner RMS Titanic lies at a depth of about 12,500 feet (2,100 fathoms; 3,800 metres), about 325 nautical miles (370 miles; 600 kilometres) south-southeast off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wreck_of_the_Titanic","story_label":"Wikipedia: Wreck of the Titanic","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.72,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Titanic_wreck_bow.jpg/960px-Titanic_wreck_bow.jpg"},
{"id":"wreck-costa-concordia","title":"Costa Concordia","category":"shipwreck","lat":44.415,"lng":8.78,"fact":"Costa Concordia was a cruise ship operated by the Italian cruise line Costa Crociere. She was the first of her class, followed by her sister ships Costa Serena, Costa Pacifica, Costa Favolosa and Costa Fascinosa, and Carnival Splendor built for Carnival Cruise Line.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Concordia","story_label":"Wikipedia: Costa Concordia","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.692,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Costa_Concordia_%282213536356%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/960px-Costa_Concordia_%282213536356%29_%28cropped%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wreck-german-cruiser-admiral-graf-spee","title":"German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee","category":"shipwreck","lat":-34.9717,"lng":-56.2983,"fact":"Admiral Graf Spee was a Deutschland-class Panzerschiff (armored ship, nicknamed \"pocket battleships\" by the British) which served with the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_Admiral_Graf_Spee","story_label":"Wikipedia: German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.667,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Bundesarchiv_DVM_10_Bild-23-63-06%2C_Panzerschiff_%22Admiral_Graf_Spee%22.jpg"},
{"id":"wreck-hmhs-britannic","title":"HMHS Britannic","category":"shipwreck","lat":37.7014,"lng":24.2839,"fact":"HMHS Britannic was the third and final vessel of the White Star Line's Olympic class of ocean liners and the second White Star ship to bear the name Britannic.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMHS_Britannic","story_label":"Wikipedia: HMHS Britannic","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.667,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/HMHS_Britannic.jpg/960px-HMHS_Britannic.jpg"},
{"id":"wreck-hms-endeavour","title":"HMS Endeavour","category":"shipwreck","lat":41.6,"lng":-71.35,"fact":"HMS Endeavour was a Royal Navy research vessel that Lieutenant James Cook commanded to Tahiti, New Zealand and Australia on his first voyage of discovery from 1768 to 1771.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Endeavour","story_label":"Wikipedia: HMS Endeavour","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.607,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/HMS_Endeavour_off_the_coast_of_New_Holland%2C_by_Samuel_Atkins_c.1794.jpg/960px-HMS_Endeavour_off_the_coast_of_New_Holland%2C_by_Samuel_Atkins_c.1794.jpg"},
{"id":"wreck-sms-schleswig-holstein","title":"SMS Schleswig-Holstein","category":"shipwreck","lat":59.3329,"lng":23.5334,"fact":"SMS Schleswig-Holstein was the last of the five pre-dreadnought Deutschland-class battleships built by the German Kaiserliche Marine.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Schleswig-Holstein","story_label":"Wikipedia: SMS Schleswig-Holstein","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.607,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Bundesarchiv_DVM_10_Bild-23-63-47%2C_Linienschiff_%22Schleswig-Holstein%22.jpg"},
{"id":"wreck-amoco-cadiz","title":"Amoco Cadiz","category":"shipwreck","lat":48.6,"lng":-4.7667,"fact":"Amoco Cadiz was an oil tanker owned by Amoco Transport Corp and transporting crude oil for Shell Oil. Operating under the Liberian flag, she ran aground on 16 March 1978 on Portsall Rocks, 2 km (1.2 mi) from the coast of Brittany, France.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoco_Cadiz","story_label":"Wikipedia: Amoco Cadiz","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.571,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Amoco_Cadiz_1_edit1.jpg/960px-Amoco_Cadiz_1_edit1.jpg"},
{"id":"wreck-german-cruiser-karlsruhe","title":"German cruiser Karlsruhe","category":"shipwreck","lat":58.0667,"lng":8.0667,"fact":"Karlsruhe was a light cruiser, the second member of the Königsberg class, and served from November 1929 to May 1938, and again from November 1939 to April 1940, seeing action in World War II. She was operated by two German navies, the Reichsmarine and the Kriegsmarine.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_Karlsruhe","story_label":"Wikipedia: German cruiser Karlsruhe","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.571,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-12746%2C_Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal%2C_Kreuzer_%22Karlsruhe%22.jpg"},
{"id":"wreck-ara-san-juan-s-42","title":"ARA San Juan (S-42)","category":"shipwreck","lat":-45.9497,"lng":-59.7728,"fact":"ARA San Juan (S-42) was a TR-1700-class diesel-electric submarine in service with the Submarine Force of the Argentine Navy from 1985 to 2017. It was built in West Germany, entering service on 19 November 1985, and underwent a mid-life update from 2008 to 2013.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARA_San_Juan_(S-42)","story_label":"Wikipedia: ARA San Juan (S-42)","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.564,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/S42ARASanJuan.jpg"},
{"id":"wreck-hms-nelson-28","title":"HMS Nelson (28)","category":"shipwreck","lat":57.8113,"lng":-5.6419,"fact":"HMS Nelson (pennant number: 28) was the name ship of her class of two battleships built for the Royal Navy in the 1920s. In mid-1941 Nelson escorted several convoys to Malta before being torpedoed in September.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Nelson_(28)","story_label":"Wikipedia: HMS Nelson (28)","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.564,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/HMS_Nelson_off_Spithead_for_the_Fleet_Review.jpg/960px-HMS_Nelson_off_Spithead_for_the_Fleet_Review.jpg"},
{"id":"wreck-rv-belgica-1884","title":"RV Belgica (1884)","category":"shipwreck","lat":68.795,"lng":16.5936,"fact":"Belgica was a barque-rigged steamship that was built in 1884 by Christian Brinch Jørgensen at Svelvik, Norway as the whaler Patria. Requisitioned by the British in April 1940, she was used as a depôt ship…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RV_Belgica_(1884)","story_label":"Wikipedia: RV Belgica (1884)","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.557,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/La_Belgica_1898_%28cropped%29.jpg/960px-La_Belgica_1898_%28cropped%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wreck-sms-viribus-unitis","title":"SMS Viribus Unitis","category":"shipwreck","lat":44.8692,"lng":13.8192,"fact":"SMS Viribus Unitis was an Austro-Hungarian dreadnought battleship, the first of the Tegetthoff class.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Viribus_Unitis","story_label":"Wikipedia: SMS Viribus Unitis","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.557,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/SMS_Viribus_Unitis_1912.png/960px-SMS_Viribus_Unitis_1912.png"},
{"id":"wreck-hms-indefatigable-1909","title":"HMS Indefatigable (1909)","category":"shipwreck","lat":56.85,"lng":5.65,"fact":"HMS Indefatigable was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the first decade of the 20th century. Indefatigable was sunk on 31 May 1916 during the Battle of Jutland, the largest naval battle of the war.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Indefatigable_(1909)","story_label":"Wikipedia: HMS Indefatigable (1909)","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.549,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Battlecruiser_HMS_Indefatigable_-_IWM_Q_75281.jpg/960px-Battlecruiser_HMS_Indefatigable_-_IWM_Q_75281.jpg"},
{"id":"wreck-japanese-cruiser-mikuma","title":"Japanese cruiser Mikuma","category":"shipwreck","lat":29.3333,"lng":173.5,"fact":"Mikuma was a heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. During World War II she participated in the Battle of Sunda Strait in February 1942 and the Battle of Midway in June 1942, and was sunk the last day of the latter engagement, on 6 June.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Mikuma","story_label":"Wikipedia: Japanese cruiser Mikuma","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.549,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Mikuma1939.jpg/960px-Mikuma1939.jpg"},
{"id":"wreck-mv-goya","title":"MV Goya","category":"shipwreck","lat":55.2,"lng":18.3,"fact":"MV Goya was a Norwegian freighter used as a troop transport by Germany and sunk with a massive loss of life near the end of World War II. Completed in 1940 for the Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Rederi company, the ship was named after Spanish artist Francisco Goya.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Goya","story_label":"Wikipedia: MV Goya","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.549,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/30130_300841_goya.jpg"},
{"id":"unesco-phong-nha-ke-bang-national-park","title":"Phong Nha–Kẻ Bàng National Park","category":"site","lat":17.5333,"lng":106.15,"fact":"UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2003. Phong Nha–Kẻ Bàng is a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Bố Trạch and Minh Hóa Commune of central Quảng Trị Province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam, about 500 km south of Hanoi.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phong_Nha%E2%80%93K%E1%BA%BB_B%C3%A0ng_National_Park","story_label":"Wikipedia: Phong Nha–Kẻ Bàng National Park","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.847,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Phongnhakebang6.jpg/960px-Phongnhakebang6.jpg","day":"12-12","year":2001},
{"id":"unesco-yellowstone-national-park","title":"Yellowstone National Park","category":"site","lat":44.6,"lng":-110.5,"fact":"UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1978. Yellowstone National Park is a national park of the United States located mainly in the northwest corner of the state of Wyoming, with small portions extending into Montana and Idaho.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_National_Park","story_label":"Wikipedia: Yellowstone National Park","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.834,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Grand_Canyon_of_the_Yellowstone_Lower_Falls_%2895819p%29.jpg/960px-Grand_Canyon_of_the_Yellowstone_Lower_Falls_%2895819p%29.jpg","day":"02-13","year":2011},
{"id":"unesco-ferrara","title":"Ferrara","category":"site","lat":44.8392,"lng":11.6175,"fact":"UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ferrara is a city and comune (municipality) in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, capital of the province of Ferrara. As of 2016, it had 132,009 inhabitants.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrara","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ferrara","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.831,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Castello_dall%27alto.jpg/960px-Castello_dall%27alto.jpg","day":"03-27","year":1309},
{"id":"unesco-ibiza","title":"Ibiza","category":"site","lat":38.98,"lng":1.43,"fact":"UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ibiza, or Iviza, is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea off the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. It is 150 kilometres (93 miles) from the city of Valencia.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibiza","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ibiza","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.815,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Ibiza_flag.svg/960px-Ibiza_flag.svg.png"},
{"id":"unesco-temple-of-artemis","title":"Temple of Artemis","category":"site","lat":37.9497,"lng":27.3639,"fact":"UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Temple of Artemis or Artemision, also known as the Temple of Diana, was a Greek temple dedicated to a localised form of the goddess Artemis (equated with the Roman goddess Diana). It was located in Ephesus, near modern-day Selçuk in Turkey.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Artemis","story_label":"Wikipedia: Temple of Artemis","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.798,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Philips_Galle%2C_Dianatemplet_i_Efesos%2C_1572%2C_KKSgb10001-5%2C_Statens_Museum_for_Kunst_%28cropped%29.jpg/960px-Philips_Galle%2C_Dianatemplet_i_Efesos%2C_1572%2C_KKSgb10001-5%2C_Statens_Museum_for_Kunst_%28cropped%29.jpg","day":"07-21","year":-356},
{"id":"unesco-ragusa-sicily","title":"Ragusa, Sicily","category":"site","lat":36.925,"lng":14.7306,"fact":"UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ragusa is a city and comune, capital of the province of Ragusa in the autonomous island region of Sicily in southern Italy. As of 2025, with a population of 73,778, Ragusa is the 6th-largest city in Sicily and the 74th-largest in Italy.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragusa,_Sicily","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ragusa, Sicily","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.794,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Ragusa_Ibla%2C_Sicily.jpg/960px-Ragusa_Ibla%2C_Sicily.jpg"},
{"id":"unesco-yosemite-national-park","title":"Yosemite National Park","category":"site","lat":37.7425,"lng":-119.5375,"fact":"UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984. Yosemite National Park ( yoh-SEM-ih-tee) is a national park of the United States in California. It is bordered on the southeast by the Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosemite_National_Park","story_label":"Wikipedia: Yosemite National Park","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.785,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Half_Dome_with_Eastern_Yosemite_Valley_%2850MP%29.jpg/960px-Half_Dome_with_Eastern_Yosemite_Valley_%2850MP%29.jpg","day":"10-01","year":1890},
{"id":"unesco-marquesas-islands","title":"Marquesas Islands","category":"site","lat":-8.9,"lng":-139.6,"fact":"UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2024. The Marquesas Islands are a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southern Pacific Ocean.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquesas_Islands","story_label":"Wikipedia: Marquesas Islands","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.783,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Flag_of_Marquesas_Islands.svg/960px-Flag_of_Marquesas_Islands.svg.png"},
{"id":"unesco-western-ghats","title":"Western Ghats","category":"site","lat":10.1697,"lng":77.0611,"fact":"UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2012. The Western Ghats, also known as the Sahyadri, is a mountain range that stretches 1,600 km (1,000 mi) along the west coast of India.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Ghats","story_label":"Wikipedia: Western Ghats","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.776,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/AnaimudiPeak_DSC_4834.jpg/960px-AnaimudiPeak_DSC_4834.jpg"},
{"id":"unesco-el-escorial","title":"El Escorial","category":"site","lat":40.5892,"lng":-4.1478,"fact":"UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, also called Monasterio de El Escorial or simply El Escorial, is a historical residence of the king of Spain located in the town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Escorial","story_label":"Wikipedia: El Escorial","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.774,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Monasterio_de_El_Escorial_en_Madrid.jpg/960px-Monasterio_de_El_Escorial_en_Madrid.jpg"},
{"id":"unesco-virunga-national-park","title":"Virunga National Park","category":"site","lat":-0.5,"lng":29.5,"fact":"UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. Virunga National Park is a national park in the Albertine Rift Valley in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was created in 1925.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virunga_National_Park","story_label":"Wikipedia: Virunga National Park","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.766,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Virunga_National_Park-107997.jpg/960px-Virunga_National_Park-107997.jpg"},
{"id":"unesco-krak-des-chevaliers","title":"Krak des Chevaliers","category":"site","lat":34.7569,"lng":36.2947,"fact":"UNESCO World Heritage Site. Krak des Chevaliers is a medieval castle in Syria and one of the most important preserved medieval castles in the world. The site was first inhabited in the 11th century by Kurdish troops garrisoned there by the Mirdasids.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krak_des_Chevaliers","story_label":"Wikipedia: Krak des Chevaliers","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.763,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/KRAK_DES_CHEVALIERS_-_GAR_-_6-00.jpg/960px-KRAK_DES_CHEVALIERS_-_GAR_-_6-00.jpg","day":"04-08","year":1271},
{"id":"unesco-lumbini","title":"Lumbini","category":"site","lat":27.4814,"lng":83.2758,"fact":"UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997. Lumbini is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi District of Lumbini Province in Nepal. According to sacred texts and Buddhist commentaries, Queen Maya gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, in Lumbini, c. 563 BCE.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumbini","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lumbini","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.761,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/BRP_Lumbini_Mayadevi_temple.jpg/960px-BRP_Lumbini_Mayadevi_temple.jpg"},
{"id":"unesco-kaziranga-national-park","title":"Kaziranga National Park","category":"site","lat":26.6667,"lng":93.35,"fact":"UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985. Kaziranga National Park is a national park and World Heritage Site in the Golaghat, Sonitpur, Biswanath and Nagaon districts of the Indian state of Assam.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaziranga_National_Park","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kaziranga National Park","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.759,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Beauty_of_Kaziranga_National_Park.jpg/960px-Beauty_of_Kaziranga_National_Park.jpg"},
{"id":"unesco-noto","title":"Noto","category":"site","lat":36.8833,"lng":15.0833,"fact":"UNESCO World Heritage Site. Noto is a city and comune in the Province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy. It is 32 kilometres (20 mi) southwest of the city of Syracuse at the foot of the Hyblaean Mountains. It lends its name to the surrounding area Val di Noto.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noto","story_label":"Wikipedia: Noto","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.759,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Noto_BW_2025-04-26_10-12-43_%28cropped%29.jpg/960px-Noto_BW_2025-04-26_10-12-43_%28cropped%29.jpg"},
{"id":"unesco-caltagirone","title":"Caltagirone","category":"site","lat":37.2333,"lng":14.5167,"fact":"UNESCO World Heritage Site. Caltagirone is an inland city and municipality in the Metropolitan City of Catania, on the island (and region) of Sicily, Southern Italy, about 70 kilometres (43 mi) southwest of Catania.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caltagirone","story_label":"Wikipedia: Caltagirone","source":"wikidata","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.754,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Caltagirone_-_Comune_di_Caltagirone_-_2023-09-29_14-17-19_001.jpg/960px-Caltagirone_-_Comune_di_Caltagirone_-_2023-09-29_14-17-19_001.jpg"},
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{"id":"wp-kinderdijk","title":"Kinderdijk","category":"site","lat":51.8861,"lng":4.631,"fact":"Kinderdijk is a town in the municipality of Molenlanden, in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located about 15 km (9 miles) east of Rotterdam. Kinderdijk is situated in the Alblasserwaard polder at the confluence of the Lek and Noord rivers.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinderdijk","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kinderdijk","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.74,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/KinderdijkMolens02.jpg/960px-KinderdijkMolens02.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-kingdom-centre","title":"Kingdom Centre","category":"site","lat":24.7113,"lng":46.6744,"fact":"Kingdom Centre, formerly Kingdom Tower, is a 99-story, 302.3 m (992 ft) skyscraper in the al-Olaya district of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. When completed in 2002, it overtook the 267-meter (876 ft) Faisaliah Tower as the tallest tower in Saudi Arabia.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_Centre","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kingdom Centre","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.74,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Kingdom_Centre_Riyadh_2024.jpeg/960px-Kingdom_Centre_Riyadh_2024.jpeg"},
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{"id":"wp-little-diomede-island","title":"Little Diomede Island","category":"site","lat":65.7542,"lng":-168.9208,"fact":"Little Diomede Island, formerly known as Krusenstern Island, after Adam Johann von Krusenstern, is an inhabited island of Alaska. It is the smaller of the two Diomede Islands located in the Bering Strait between the Alaskan mainland and Siberia.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Diomede_Island","story_label":"Wikipedia: Little Diomede Island","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.74,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Little_Diomede_Island_village.jpeg/960px-Little_Diomede_Island_village.jpeg"},
{"id":"wp-llivia","title":"Llívia","category":"site","lat":42.4644,"lng":1.9808,"fact":"Llívia is a town in the comarca of Cerdanya, province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It is a Spanish exclave surrounded by the French département of Pyrénées-Orientales. It is named after Livia, the wife of Augustus and matriarch of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ll%C3%ADvia","story_label":"Wikipedia: Llívia","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.74,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Ll%C3%ADvia_des_del_castell.jpg/960px-Ll%C3%ADvia_des_del_castell.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-lotus-temple","title":"Lotus Temple","category":"site","lat":28.5533,"lng":77.2585,"fact":"The Lotus Temple, also known as the Baháʼí House of Worship, New Delhi, is a Baháʼí House of Worship at Bahapur in south Delhi, India.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Temple","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lotus Temple","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.74,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/LotusDelhi.jpg/960px-LotusDelhi.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-magic-kingdom","title":"Magic Kingdom","category":"site","lat":28.4186,"lng":-81.5811,"fact":"Magic Kingdom Park, or simply Magic Kingdom, is a theme park at Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando. It opened on October 1, 1971, and is owned and operated by the Walt Disney Company through its Experiences division.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Kingdom","story_label":"Wikipedia: Magic Kingdom","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.74,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Cinderella_Castle%2C_Magic_Kingdom_%282026%29.jpg/960px-Cinderella_Castle%2C_Magic_Kingdom_%282026%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-marina-bay-sands","title":"Marina Bay Sands","category":"site","lat":1.2825,"lng":103.86,"fact":"Marina Bay Sands (often colloquially shortened to 'MBS') is an integrated resort fronting Marina Bay in Singapore and a landmark of the city. At its opening in 2010, it was deemed the world's most expensive standalone casino property at S$8 billion (US$6.88 billion).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Bay_Sands","story_label":"Wikipedia: Marina Bay Sands","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.74,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Marina_Bay_Sands_%28I%29.jpg/960px-Marina_Bay_Sands_%28I%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-market","title":"Märket","category":"site","lat":60.3008,"lng":19.1314,"fact":"Märket is a 3.3-hectare (8.2-acre) uninhabited skerry in the Baltic Sea shared by Sweden and Finland, with a lighthouse as its salient humanmade feature.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A4rket","story_label":"Wikipedia: Märket","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.74,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/M%C3%A4rket_Island_map.svg/960px-M%C3%A4rket_Island_map.svg.png"},
{"id":"wp-meenakshi-temple","title":"Meenakshi Temple","category":"site","lat":9.9197,"lng":78.1194,"fact":"Meenakshi Temple, also known as Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple, is a historic Hindu temple located on the southern bank of the Vaigai River in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is dedicated to Meenakshi, a form of Parvati, and her consort Sundareswarar (Shiva).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meenakshi_Temple","story_label":"Wikipedia: Meenakshi Temple","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.74,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/An_aerial_view_of_Madurai_city_from_atop_of_Meenakshi_Amman_temple.jpg/960px-An_aerial_view_of_Madurai_city_from_atop_of_Meenakshi_Amman_temple.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-mehrangarh","title":"Mehrangarh","category":"site","lat":26.2981,"lng":73.0189,"fact":"Mehrangarh is a historic fort located in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. It stands on a hilltop, rising about 122 m (400 ft) above the surrounding plains, and the complex spans 1,200 acres (486 hectares).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehrangarh","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mehrangarh","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.74,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Mehrangarh_Fort_sanhita.jpg/960px-Mehrangarh_Fort_sanhita.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-mount-rushmore","title":"Mount Rushmore","category":"site","lat":43.8789,"lng":-103.4592,"fact":"The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a national memorial featuring a colossal sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills, about 2 mi (3 km) southwest of Keystone, South Dakota, United States.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rushmore","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Rushmore","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.74,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Mount_Rushmore_detail_view_%28100MP%29.jpg/960px-Mount_Rushmore_detail_view_%28100MP%29.jpg","day":"10-04","year":1927},
{"id":"wp-museum-of-islamic-art-doha","title":"Museum of Islamic Art, Doha","category":"site","lat":25.295,"lng":51.5393,"fact":"The Museum of Islamic Art is a museum at one end of the seven-kilometer-long (4.3 mi) Corniche in Doha, Qatar. As per architect I. M. Pei's specifications, the museum is built on an island on an artificial projecting peninsula near the traditional dhow harbor.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Islamic_Art,_Doha","story_label":"Wikipedia: Museum of Islamic Art, Doha","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.74,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c7/Museum_of_Islamic_Art_in_Doha%2C_Qatar_%2832673171432%29.jpg/960px-Museum_of_Islamic_Art_in_Doha%2C_Qatar_%2832673171432%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-mykonos-windmills","title":"Mykonos windmills","category":"site","lat":37.4445,"lng":25.3256,"fact":"The Mykonos windmills are an iconic feature of the Greek island of the Mykonos. The island is one of the Cyclades islands, which neighbour Delos in the Aegean Sea.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mykonos_windmills","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mykonos windmills","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.74,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Against_Greek_skies%2C_one_of_the_Mykonos_Island_Windmills%2C_Chora._Cyclades%2C_Agean_Sea%2C_Greece.jpg/960px-Against_Greek_skies%2C_one_of_the_Mykonos_Island_Windmills%2C_Chora._Cyclades%2C_Agean_Sea%2C_Greece.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-neft-daslari","title":"Neft Daşları","category":"site","lat":40.2361,"lng":50.8583,"fact":"Neft Daşları is an industrial settlement in Baku, Azerbaijan. The settlement forms part of the municipality of Çilov-Neft Daşları in the Pirallahı raion. It lies 86 km (53 mi) away from Baku and 39 km (24 mi) from the nearest mainland shore in the Caspian Sea.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neft_Da%C5%9Flar%C4%B1","story_label":"Wikipedia: Neft Daşları","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.74,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Oil_Rocks_monuments.jpg/960px-Oil_Rocks_monuments.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-nyhavn","title":"Nyhavn","category":"site","lat":55.6797,"lng":12.5906,"fact":"Nyhavn is a 17th-century waterfront, canal and entertainment district in Copenhagen, Denmark.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyhavn","story_label":"Wikipedia: Nyhavn","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.74,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/The_Nyhavn_Canal_3.jpg/960px-The_Nyhavn_Canal_3.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-palm-jumeirah","title":"Palm Jumeirah","category":"site","lat":25.1181,"lng":55.1333,"fact":"The Palm Jumeirah, also known as the Palm Islands, is an archipelago of artificial islands on the Persian Gulf in Jumeirah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Jumeirah","story_label":"Wikipedia: Palm Jumeirah","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.74,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Artificial_Archipelagos%2C_Dubai%2C_United_Arab_Emirates_ISS022-E-024940_lrg_%28cropped%29.jpg/960px-Artificial_Archipelagos%2C_Dubai%2C_United_Arab_Emirates_ISS022-E-024940_lrg_%28cropped%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-park-guell","title":"Park Güell","category":"site","lat":41.4136,"lng":2.1528,"fact":"Park Güell is a complex of parks and gardens in Barcelona with architectural elements, located in the La Salut neighborhood of the Gràcia district in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_G%C3%BCell","story_label":"Wikipedia: Park Güell","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.74,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Parc_guell_-_panoramio.jpg/960px-Parc_guell_-_panoramio.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-parthenon","title":"Parthenon","category":"site","lat":37.9715,"lng":23.7266,"fact":"The Parthenon is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenon","story_label":"Wikipedia: Parthenon","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.74,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/The_Parthenon_in_Athens.jpg/960px-The_Parthenon_in_Athens.jpg","day":"09-26","year":1687},
{"id":"wp-peles-castle","title":"Peleș Castle","category":"site","lat":45.3598,"lng":25.5426,"fact":"Peleș Castle is a Neo-Renaissance palace in the Royal Domain of Sinaia in the Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania, on an existing medieval route linking Transylvania and Wallachia, built between 1873 and 1914. Its inauguration was held in 1883.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pele%C8%99_Castle","story_label":"Wikipedia: Peleș Castle","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.74,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/01_Chateau_Peles.jpg/960px-01_Chateau_Peles.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-peterhof-palace","title":"Peterhof Palace","category":"site","lat":59.8844,"lng":29.9089,"fact":"The Peterhof Palace is a series of palaces and gardens located in Petergof, Saint Petersburg, Russia, commissioned by Peter the Great as a direct response to the Palace of Versailles by Louis XIV of France.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterhof_Palace","story_label":"Wikipedia: Peterhof Palace","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.74,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Peterhof_Palace%2C_Saint_Petersburg%2C_Russia_%2844408938295%29.jpg/960px-Peterhof_Palace%2C_Saint_Petersburg%2C_Russia_%2844408938295%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-petronas-towers","title":"Petronas Towers","category":"site","lat":3.1578,"lng":101.7117,"fact":"The Petronas Towers, also known as the Petronas Twin Towers and colloquially the KLCC Twin Towers, are an interlinked pair of 88-storey supertall skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, standing at 451.9 m (1,483 ft).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petronas_Towers","story_label":"Wikipedia: Petronas Towers","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.74,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Petronas_Towers_Logo.svg/960px-Petronas_Towers_Logo.svg.png"},
{"id":"gvp-222120","title":"Lengai, Ol Doinyo","category":"volcano","lat":-2.764,"lng":35.914,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 2,962 m in Tanzania. Erupting as of Sep 2026. The symmetrical Ol Doinyo Lengai is the only volcano known to have erupted carbonatite tephras and lavas in historical time.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ol_Doinyo_Lengai","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ol Doinyo Lengai","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-00195.jpg","year":2026,"flags":["erupting"]},
{"id":"gvp-223020","title":"Nyamulagira","category":"volcano","lat":-1.408,"lng":29.2,"fact":"Shield volcano, 3,058 m in DR Congo. Erupting as of Sep 2026. Africa's most active volcano, Nyamulagira, is a massive high-potassium basaltic shield about 25 km N of Lake Kivu and 13 km NNW of the steep-sided Nyiragongo volcano.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyamuragira","story_label":"Wikipedia: Nyamuragira","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-10984.jpg","year":2026,"flags":["erupting"]},
{"id":"gvp-234010","title":"Heard","category":"volcano","lat":-53.106,"lng":73.513,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 2,745 m in Australia. Erupting as of Sep 2026. Heard Island on the Kerguelen Plateau in the southern Indian Ocean consists primarily of the emergent portion of two volcanic structures.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mawson_Peak","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mawson Peak","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-00330.jpg","year":2026,"flags":["erupting"]},
{"id":"gvp-243060","title":"Tofua","category":"volcano","lat":-19.75,"lng":-175.07,"fact":"Caldera, 515 m in Tonga. Erupting as of Sep 2026. The low, forested Tofua Island in the central part of the Tonga Islands group is the emergent summit of a large stratovolcano that was seen in eruption by Captain Cook in 1774.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tofua","story_label":"Wikipedia: Tofua","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-10797.jpg","year":2026,"flags":["erupting"]},
{"id":"gvp-243080","title":"Home Reef","category":"volcano","lat":-18.992,"lng":-174.775,"fact":"Stratovolcano, -10 m in Tonga. Erupting as of Sep 2026. Home Reef, a submarine volcano midway between Metis Shoal and Late Island in the central Tonga islands, was first reported active in the mid-19th century, when an ephemeral island formed.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Reef","story_label":"Wikipedia: Home Reef","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-11956.jpg","year":2026,"flags":["erupting"]},
{"id":"gvp-244040","title":"Savaii","category":"volcano","lat":-13.612,"lng":-172.525,"fact":"Shield volcano, 1,858 m in Samoa. Last erupted 1911. Savai'i, the largest and highest of the Samoan islands, consists of a massive basaltic shield volcano constructed along a WNW-ESE-trending rift zone that splits into two rifts on the east side of the 75-km-long…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savai%CA%BBi","story_label":"Wikipedia: Savaiʻi","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-11915.jpg","year":1911},
{"id":"gvp-251020","title":"Manam","category":"volcano","lat":-4.08,"lng":145.037,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 1,807 m in Papua New Guinea. Erupting as of Sep 2026. The 10-km-wide island of Manam, lying 13 km off the northern coast of mainland Papua New Guinea, is one of the country's most active volcanoes.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manam_Motu","story_label":"Wikipedia: Manam Motu","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-00438.jpg","year":2026,"flags":["erupting"]},
{"id":"gvp-252010","title":"Langila","category":"volcano","lat":-5.525,"lng":148.42,"fact":"Complex volcano, 1,330 m in Papua New Guinea. Erupting as of Sep 2026. Langila, one of the most active volcanoes of New Britain, consists of a group of four small overlapping composite basaltic-andesitic cones on the lower E flank of the extinct Talawe volcano in the Cape…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langila","story_label":"Wikipedia: Langila","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-00456.jpg","year":2026,"flags":["erupting"]},
{"id":"gvp-255020","title":"Bagana","category":"volcano","lat":-6.137,"lng":155.196,"fact":"Lava cone, 1,855 m in Papua New Guinea. Erupting as of Sep 2026. Bagana volcano, in a remote portion of central Bougainville Island, is frequently active. This massive symmetrical cone was largely constructed by an accumulation of viscous andesitic lava flows.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagana","story_label":"Wikipedia: Bagana","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-00500.jpg","year":2026,"flags":["erupting"]},
{"id":"gvp-257030","title":"Ambae","category":"volcano","lat":-15.389,"lng":167.835,"fact":"Shield volcano, 1,496 m in Vanuatu. Erupting as of Sep 2026. The island of Ambae, also known as Aoba, is a massive 2,500 km3 basaltic shield that is the most voluminous volcano of the New Hebrides archipelago.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manaro_Voui","story_label":"Wikipedia: Manaro Voui","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-11911.jpg","year":2026,"flags":["erupting"]},
{"id":"gvp-257100","title":"Yasur","category":"volcano","lat":-19.532,"lng":169.447,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 361 m in Vanuatu. Erupting as of Sep 2026. Yasur has exhibited essentially continuous Strombolian and Vulcanian activity at least since Captain Cook observed ash eruptions in 1774. This style of activity may have continued for the past 800 years.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Yasur","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Yasur","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-01698.jpg","year":2026,"flags":["erupting"]},
{"id":"gvp-261080","title":"Sinabung","category":"volcano","lat":3.17,"lng":98.392,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 2,460 m in Indonesia. Last erupted 2021. Gunung Sinabung is a Pleistocene-to-Holocene stratovolcano with many lava flows on its flanks. The migration of summit vents along a N-S line gives the summit crater complex an elongated form.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sinabung","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Sinabung","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-00530.jpg","year":2021},
{"id":"gvp-261140","title":"Marapi","category":"volcano","lat":-0.38,"lng":100.474,"fact":"Complex volcano, 2,885 m in Indonesia. Erupting as of Sep 2026. Gunung Marapi, not to be confused with the better-known Merapi volcano on Java, is Sumatra's most active volcano. This massive complex stratovolcano rises 2,000 m above the Bukittinggi Plain in the Padang Highlands.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Marapi","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Marapi","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-12022.jpg","year":2026,"flags":["erupting"]},
{"id":"gvp-263140","title":"Galunggung","category":"volcano","lat":-7.25,"lng":108.058,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 2,168 m in Indonesia. Last erupted 1984. The forested slopes of Galunggung in western Java SE of Bandung are cut by a 2-km-wide collapse scarp open towards the ESE.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galunggung","story_label":"Wikipedia: Galunggung","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-01061.jpg","year":1984},
{"id":"gvp-263280","title":"Kelud","category":"volcano","lat":-7.935,"lng":112.314,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 1,730 m in Indonesia. Last erupted 2014. The relatively inconspicuous Kelud stratovolcano contains a summit crater lake that has been the source of some of Indonesia's most deadly eruptions.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelud","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kelud","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-01733.jpg","year":2014},
{"id":"gvp-263300","title":"Semeru","category":"volcano","lat":-8.108,"lng":112.922,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 3,657 m in Indonesia. Erupting as of Sep 2026. Semeru, the highest volcano on Java, and one of its most active, lies at the southern end of a volcanic massif extending north to the Tengger caldera.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semeru","story_label":"Wikipedia: Semeru","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-00736.jpg","year":2026,"flags":["erupting"]},
{"id":"gvp-264020","title":"Agung","category":"volcano","lat":-8.343,"lng":115.508,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 2,997 m in Indonesia. Last erupted 2022. Symmetrical Agung stratovolcano, Bali's highest and most sacred mountain, towers over the eastern end of the island.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Agung","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Agung","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-01738.jpg","year":2022},
{"id":"gvp-264230","title":"Lewotolok","category":"volcano","lat":-8.274,"lng":123.508,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 1,431 m in Indonesia. Erupting as of Sep 2026. The Lewotolok (or Lewotolo) stratovolcano occupies the eastern end of an elongated peninsula extending north into the Flores Sea, connected to Lembata Island by a narrow isthmus.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Ile_Lewotolok","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Ile Lewotolok","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-08323.jpg","year":2026,"flags":["erupting"]},
{"id":"gvp-268010","title":"Dukono","category":"volcano","lat":1.6992,"lng":127.8783,"fact":"Complex volcano, 1,273 m in Indonesia. Erupting as of Sep 2026. The Dukono complex in northern Halmahera is on an edifice with a broad, low profile containing multiple peaks and overlapping craters.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dukono","story_label":"Wikipedia: Dukono","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-01741.jpg","year":2026,"flags":["erupting"]},
{"id":"gvp-268030","title":"Ibu","category":"volcano","lat":1.4941,"lng":127.6324,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 1,357 m in Indonesia. Erupting as of Sep 2026. The truncated summit of Gunung Ibu stratovolcano along the NW coast of Halmahera Island has large nested summit craters. The inner crater, 1 km wide and 400 m deep, has contained several small crater lakes.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Ibu","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Ibu","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-10060.jpg","year":2026,"flags":["erupting"]},
{"id":"gvp-272020","title":"Kanlaon","category":"volcano","lat":10.4096,"lng":123.13,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 2,422 m in Philippines. Erupting as of Sep 2026. Kanlaon volcano forms the highest point on the Philippine island of Negros. The massive andesitic stratovolcano is covered with fissure-controlled pyroclastic cones and craters, many of which are filled by lakes.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanlaon","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kanlaon","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-11934.jpg","year":2026,"flags":["erupting"]},
{"id":"gvp-282030","title":"Suwanosejima","category":"volcano","lat":29.638,"lng":129.714,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 796 m in Japan. Erupting as of Sep 2026. The 8-km-long island of Suwanosejima in the northern Ryukyu Islands consists of an andesitic stratovolcano with two active summit craters.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suwanosejima","story_label":"Wikipedia: Suwanosejima","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-06460.jpg","year":2026,"flags":["erupting"]},
{"id":"gvp-284170","title":"Pagan","category":"volcano","lat":18.13,"lng":145.8,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 570 m in United States. Last erupted 2021. Pagan Island, the largest and one of the most active of the Mariana Islands volcanoes, consists of two stratovolcanoes connected by a narrow isthmus.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagan_(island)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Pagan (island)","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-02127.jpg","year":2021},
{"id":"gvp-300190","title":"Krasheninnikov","category":"volcano","lat":54.596,"lng":160.27,"fact":"Caldera, 1,816 m in Russia. Erupting as of Sep 2026. The late Pleistocene to Holocene Krasheninnikov volcano is comprised of two overlapping stratovolcanoes within a 9 x 10 km Pleistocene caldera.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krasheninnikov_(volcano)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Krasheninnikov (volcano)","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-02387.jpg","year":2026,"flags":["erupting"]},
{"id":"gvp-300270","title":"Sheveluch","category":"volcano","lat":56.653,"lng":161.36,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 3,283 m in Russia. Erupting as of Sep 2026. The high, isolated massif of Sheveluch volcano rises above the lowlands NNE of the Kliuchevskaya volcano group.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiveluch","story_label":"Wikipedia: Shiveluch","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-02524.jpg","year":2026,"flags":["erupting"]},
{"id":"gvp-341060","title":"Michoacan-Guanajuato","category":"volcano","lat":19.85,"lng":-101.75,"fact":"Volcanic field, 3,860 m in Mexico. Last erupted 1952. The widespread Michoacán-Guanajuato volcanic field contains over 1,400 vents, including the historically active cinder cones of Parícutin and Jorullo…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Par%C3%ADcutin","story_label":"Wikipedia: Parícutin","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-05804.jpg","year":1952},
{"id":"gvp-341120","title":"Chichon, El","category":"volcano","lat":17.3602,"lng":-93.2297,"fact":"Lava dome, 1,150 m in Mexico. Last erupted 1982. El Chichón is a small trachyandesitic tuff cone and lava dome complex in an isolated part of the Chiapas region in SE México.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Chich%C3%B3n","story_label":"Wikipedia: El Chichón","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-07792.jpg","year":1982},
{"id":"gvp-342030","title":"Santa Maria","category":"volcano","lat":14.757,"lng":-91.552,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 3,745 m in Guatemala. Erupting as of Sep 2026. Symmetrical, forest-covered Santa María volcano is part of a chain of large stratovolcanoes that rise above the Pacific coastal plain of Guatemala.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Mar%C3%ADa_(volcano)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Santa María (volcano)","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-07811.jpg","year":2026,"flags":["erupting"]},
{"id":"gvp-342090","title":"Fuego","category":"volcano","lat":14.4748,"lng":-90.8806,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 3,799 m in Guatemala. Erupting as of Sep 2026. Volcán Fuego, one of Central America's most active volcanoes, is also one of three large stratovolcanoes overlooking Guatemala's former capital, Antigua.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volc%C3%A1n_de_Fuego","story_label":"Wikipedia: Volcán de Fuego","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-03903.jpg","year":2026,"flags":["erupting"]},
{"id":"gvp-344100","title":"Masaya","category":"volcano","lat":11.9844,"lng":-86.1688,"fact":"Caldera, 594 m in Nicaragua. Erupting as of Sep 2026. Masaya volcano in Nicaragua has erupted frequently since the time of the Spanish Conquistadors, when an active lava lake prompted attempts to extract the volcano's molten \"gold\" until it was found to be basalt rock upon…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaya_Volcano","story_label":"Wikipedia: Masaya Volcano","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-04177.jpg","year":2026,"flags":["erupting"]},
{"id":"gvp-345040","title":"Poas","category":"volcano","lat":10.2,"lng":-84.233,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 2,697 m in Costa Rica. Erupting as of Sep 2026. The broad vegetated edifice of Poás, one of the most active volcanoes of Costa Rica, contains three craters along a N-S line.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Po%C3%A1s_Volcano","story_label":"Wikipedia: Poás Volcano","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-04299.jpg","year":2026,"flags":["erupting"]},
{"id":"gvp-351020","title":"Ruiz, Nevado del","category":"volcano","lat":4.892,"lng":-75.324,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 5,279 m in Colombia. Erupting as of Sep 2026. Nevado del Ruiz is a broad, glacier-covered volcano in central Colombia that covers more than 200 km2.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevado_del_Ruiz","story_label":"Wikipedia: Nevado del Ruiz","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-04359.jpg","year":2026,"flags":["erupting"]},
{"id":"gvp-351060","title":"Purace","category":"volcano","lat":2.3095,"lng":-76.3948,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 4,650 m in Colombia. Erupting as of Sep 2026. Puracé is an active andesitic volcano with a 600-m-diameter summit crater at the NW end of the Los Coconucos Volcanic Chain.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purac%C3%A9","story_label":"Wikipedia: Puracé","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-11786.jpg","year":2026,"flags":["erupting"]},
{"id":"gvp-352010","title":"Reventador","category":"volcano","lat":-0.077,"lng":-77.656,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 3,562 m in Ecuador. Erupting as of Sep 2026. Volcán El Reventador is the most frequently active of a chain of Ecuadorian volcanoes in the Cordillera Real, well east of the principal volcanic axis.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reventador","story_label":"Wikipedia: Reventador","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-11671.jpg","year":2026,"flags":["erupting"]},
{"id":"gvp-352090","title":"Sangay","category":"volcano","lat":-2.005,"lng":-78.341,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 5,286 m in Ecuador. Erupting as of Sep 2026. The isolated Sangay volcano, located east of the Andean crest, is the southernmost of Ecuador's volcanoes and its most active.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangay","story_label":"Wikipedia: Sangay","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-04490.jpg","year":2026,"flags":["erupting"]},
{"id":"gvp-353020","title":"Wolf","category":"volcano","lat":0.02,"lng":-91.35,"fact":"Shield volcano, 1,710 m in Ecuador. Last erupted 2022. Volcán Wolf, the highest volcano of the Galápagos Islands, straddles the equator at the north end of the archipelago's largest island, Isabela.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volc%C3%A1n_Wolf","story_label":"Wikipedia: Volcán Wolf","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-04727.jpg","year":2022},
{"id":"gvp-354006","title":"Sabancaya","category":"volcano","lat":-15.787,"lng":-71.857,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 5,960 m in Peru. Erupting as of Sep 2026. Sabancaya, located in the saddle NE of Ampato and SE of Hualca Hualca volcanoes, is the youngest of these volcanic centers and the only one to have erupted in historical time.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampato","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ampato","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-04768.jpg","year":2026,"flags":["erupting"]},
{"id":"gvp-357150","title":"Puyehue-Cordon Caulle","category":"volcano","lat":-40.59,"lng":-72.117,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 2,236 m in Chile. Last erupted 2012. The Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcanic complex (PCCVC) is a large NW-SE-trending late-Pleistocene to Holocene basaltic-to-rhyolitic transverse volcanic chain SE of Lago Ranco.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puyehue-Cord%C3%B3n_Caulle","story_label":"Wikipedia: Puyehue-Cordón Caulle","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-10260.jpg","year":2012},
{"id":"gvp-358020","title":"Calbuco","category":"volcano","lat":-41.33,"lng":-72.618,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 1,974 m in Chile. Last erupted 2015. Calbuco is one of the most active volcanoes of the southern Chilean Andes, along with its neighbor, Osorno. The late-Pleistocene to Holocene andesitic volcano is immediately SE of Lake Llanquihué in the Chilean lake district.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calbuco_(volcano)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Calbuco (volcano)","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-04923.jpg","year":2015},
{"id":"gvp-358041","title":"Chaiten","category":"volcano","lat":-42.8349,"lng":-72.6514,"fact":"Caldera, 1,122 m in Chile. Last erupted 2011. Chaitén is a small caldera (~3 km in diameter) located 10 km NE of the town of Chaitén on the Gulf of Corcovado. Multiple explosive eruptions throughout the Holocene have been identified.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chait%C3%A9n_(volcano)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Chaitén (volcano)","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-12045.jpg","year":2011,"day":"05-02"},
{"id":"gvp-360120","title":"Pelee","category":"volcano","lat":14.809,"lng":-61.166,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 1,372 m in France. Last erupted 1932. Montagne Pelée forms the northern end of the island of Martinique. Three major edifice failures since the late Pleistocene, the last about 9,000 years ago…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pel%C3%A9e","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Pelée","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-10668.jpg","year":1932},
{"id":"gvp-360150","title":"Soufriere St. Vincent","category":"volcano","lat":13.33,"lng":-61.18,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 1,220 m in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Last erupted 2021. Soufrière St. Vincent is the northernmost and youngest volcano on St. Vincent Island. The NE rim of the 1.6-km wide summit crater is cut by a crater formed in 1812.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Soufri%C3%A8re_(Saint_Vincent)","story_label":"Wikipedia: La Soufrière (Saint Vincent)","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-05130.jpg","year":2021},
{"id":"gvp-372070","title":"Hekla","category":"volcano","lat":63.983,"lng":-19.666,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 1,490 m in Iceland. Last erupted 2000. One of Iceland's most prominent and active volcanoes, Hekla lies near the southern end of the eastern rift zone.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hekla","story_label":"Wikipedia: Hekla","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-06068.jpg","year":2000},
{"id":"gvp-373010","title":"Grimsvotn","category":"volcano","lat":64.416,"lng":-17.316,"fact":"Caldera, 1,719 m in Iceland. Last erupted 2011. Grímsvötn, Iceland's most frequently active volcano in recent history, lies largely beneath the vast Vatnajökull icecap.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laki","story_label":"Wikipedia: Laki","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-11195.jpg","year":2011,"day":"06-22"},
{"id":"gvp-376010","title":"Jan Mayen","category":"volcano","lat":71.082,"lng":-8.155,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 2,197 m in Norway. Last erupted 1985. Remote Jan Mayen Island, located in the Norwegian Sea along the Jan Mayen Ridge about 650 km NE of Iceland, consists of two volcanic complexes separated by a narrow isthmus.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Mayen","story_label":"Wikipedia: Jan Mayen","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-11990.jpg","year":1985},
{"id":"gvp-383020","title":"Hierro","category":"volcano","lat":27.73,"lng":-18.03,"fact":"Shield volcano, 1,500 m in Spain. Last erupted 2012. The triangular island of Hierro is the SW-most and least studied of the Canary Islands. The massive shield volcano is truncated by a large NW-facing escarpment formed as a result of gravitational collapse of El Golfo volcano…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Hierro","story_label":"Wikipedia: El Hierro","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-08755.jpg","year":2012},
{"id":"gvp-383030","title":"Tenerife","category":"volcano","lat":28.271,"lng":-16.641,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 3,715 m in Spain. Last erupted 1909. The large triangular island of Tenerife is composed of a complex of overlapping Miocene-to-Quaternary stratovolcanoes.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife","story_label":"Wikipedia: Tenerife","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-08897.jpg","year":1909},
{"id":"gvp-390090","title":"Saunders","category":"volcano","lat":-57.8,"lng":-26.483,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 843 m in United Kingdom. Erupting as of Sep 2026. Saunders Island consists of a large central volcanic edifice intersected by two seamount chains, as shown by bathymetric mapping (Leat et al., 2013).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Michael","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Michael","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":1,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-10994.jpg","year":2026,"flags":["erupting"]},
{"id":"gvp-384010","title":"Fogo","category":"volcano","lat":14.95,"lng":-24.35,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 2,829 m in Cabo Verde. Last erupted 2015. The island of Fogo consists of a single massive stratovolcano that is the most prominent of the Cape Verde Islands.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fogo,_Cape_Verde","story_label":"Wikipedia: Fogo, Cape Verde","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.999,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-09516.jpg","year":2015},
{"id":"gvp-221091","title":"Hayli Gubbi","category":"volcano","lat":13.5111,"lng":40.7161,"fact":"Shield volcano, 493 m in Ethiopia. Last erupted 2025. Hayli Gubbi is the southernmost volcano of the Erta Ale Range. Recent tectonism has created a NW-SE graben across the summit, with a 380-m-diameter scoria cone at the summit and a 260-m-diameter crater displaying fumarolic…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayli_Gubbi","story_label":"Wikipedia: Hayli Gubbi","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.996,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-09901.jpg","year":2025},
{"id":"gvp-283110","title":"Asamayama","category":"volcano","lat":36.406,"lng":138.523,"fact":"Complex volcano, 2,568 m in Japan. Last erupted 2019. Asamayama, Honshu's most active volcano, overlooks the resort town of Karuizawa, 140 km NW of Tokyo. The volcano is located at the junction of the Izu-Marianas and NE Japan volcanic arcs.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Asama","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Asama","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.996,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-01465.jpg","year":2019},
{"id":"gvp-358057","title":"Hudson, Cerro","category":"volcano","lat":-45.9,"lng":-72.97,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 1,905 m in Chile. Last erupted 2011. The ice-filled, 10-km-wide caldera of Cerro Hudson volcano was not recognized until its first 20th-century eruption in 1971.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Volcano","story_label":"Wikipedia: Hudson Volcano","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.996,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-04933.jpg","year":2011},
{"id":"gvp-382050","title":"Terceira","category":"volcano","lat":38.73,"lng":-27.32,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 1,023 m in Portugal. Last erupted 2000. Terceira Island contains multiple stratovolcanoes constructed along a prominent ESE-WNW fissure zone that cuts across the island.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terceira_Island","story_label":"Wikipedia: Terceira Island","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.992,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-12003.jpg","year":2000},
{"id":"gvp-264180","title":"Lewotobi","category":"volcano","lat":-8.542,"lng":122.775,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 1,703 m in Indonesia. Last erupted 2026. The Lewotobi edifice in eastern Flores Island is composed of the two adjacent Lewotobi Laki-laki and Lewotobi Perempuan stratovolcanoes (the \"husband and wife\"). Their summits are less than 2 km apart along a NW-SE line.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewotobi","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lewotobi","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.99,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-11759.jpg","year":2026},
{"id":"gvp-300240","title":"Tolbachik","category":"volcano","lat":55.832,"lng":160.326,"fact":"Shield volcano, 3,611 m in Russia. Last erupted 2013. The massive Tolbachik volcano is located at the southern end of the Kliuchevskaya volcano group. The massif is composed of two overlapping, but morphologically distinct, volcanoes.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolbachik","story_label":"Wikipedia: Tolbachik","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.99,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-02397.jpg","year":2013},
{"id":"gvp-290240","title":"Sarychev Peak","category":"volcano","lat":48.092,"lng":153.2,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 1,496 m in Russia. Last erupted 2021. Sarychev Peak, one of the most active volcanoes of the Kuril Islands, occupies the NW end of Matua Island in the central Kuriles.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarychev_Peak","story_label":"Wikipedia: Sarychev Peak","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.984,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-12118.jpg","year":2021},
{"id":"gvp-313010","title":"Augustine","category":"volcano","lat":59.3626,"lng":-153.435,"fact":"Lava dome, 1,218 m in United States. Last erupted 2006. Augustine volcano, rising above Kamishak Bay in the southern Cook Inlet about 290 km SW of Anchorage, is the most active volcano of the eastern Aleutian arc.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_Volcano","story_label":"Wikipedia: Augustine Volcano","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.984,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-02665.jpg","year":2006},
{"id":"gvp-282110","title":"Asosan","category":"volcano","lat":32.8849,"lng":131.085,"fact":"Caldera, 1,592 m in Japan. Last erupted 2021. The 24-km-wide Asosan caldera was formed during four major explosive eruptions from 300,000 to 90,000 years ago. These produced voluminous pyroclastic flows that covered much of Kyushu.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Aso","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Aso","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.982,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-01998.jpg","year":2021},
{"id":"gvp-372030","title":"Katla","category":"volcano","lat":63.633,"lng":-19.083,"fact":"Fissure vent, 1,490 m in Iceland. Last erupted 1918. Katla volcano, located near the southern end of Iceland's eastern volcanic zone, is hidden beneath the Myrdalsjökull icecap.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katla_(volcano)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Katla (volcano)","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.982,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-07542.jpg","year":1918},
{"id":"gvp-261170","title":"Kerinci","category":"volcano","lat":-1.697,"lng":101.264,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 3,800 m in Indonesia. Last erupted 2024. Gunung Kerinci in central Sumatra forms Indonesia's highest volcano and is one of the most active in Sumatra. It is capped by an unvegetated young summit cone that was constructed NE of an older crater remnant.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kerinci","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Kerinci","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.978,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-12030.jpg","year":2024},
{"id":"gvp-352080","title":"Tungurahua","category":"volcano","lat":-1.467,"lng":-78.442,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 5,023 m in Ecuador. Last erupted 2016. Tungurahua, a steep-sided andesitic-dacitic stratovolcano that towers more than 3 km above its northern base, is one of Ecuador's most active volcanoes.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungurahua","story_label":"Wikipedia: Tungurahua","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.978,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-04478.jpg","year":2016},
{"id":"gvp-252140","title":"Rabaul","category":"volcano","lat":-4.2459,"lng":152.1937,"fact":"Caldera, 688 m in Papua New Guinea. Last erupted 2014. The low-lying Rabaul caldera on the tip of the Gazelle Peninsula at the NE end of New Britain forms a broad sheltered harbor utilized by what was the island's largest city prior to a major eruption in 1994.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavurvur","story_label":"Wikipedia: Tavurvur","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.977,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-00468.jpg","year":2014},
{"id":"gvp-300100","title":"Avachinsky","category":"volcano","lat":53.256,"lng":158.836,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 2,717 m in Russia. Last erupted 2001. Avachinsky, one of Kamchatka's most active volcanoes, rises above Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka's largest city.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avachinsky","story_label":"Wikipedia: Avachinsky","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.975,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-02335.jpg","year":2001},
{"id":"gvp-221101","title":"Nabro","category":"volcano","lat":13.37,"lng":41.7,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 2,218 m in Eritrea. Last erupted 2012. The Nabro stratovolcano is the highest volcano in the Danakil depression of northern Ethiopia and Eritrea, at the SE end of the Danakil Alps.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabro_Volcano","story_label":"Wikipedia: Nabro Volcano","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.971,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-11210.jpg","year":2012},
{"id":"gvp-252120","title":"Ulawun","category":"volcano","lat":-5.05,"lng":151.33,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 2,334 m in Papua New Guinea. Last erupted 2025. The symmetrical basaltic-to-andesitic Ulawun stratovolcano is the highest volcano of the Bismarck arc, and one of Papua New Guinea's most frequently active.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulawun","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ulawun","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.971,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-00462.jpg","year":2025},
{"id":"gvp-311290","title":"Okmok","category":"volcano","lat":53.43,"lng":-168.13,"fact":"Shield volcano, 1,073 m in United States. Last erupted 2008. The basaltic Okmok shield volcano forms the NE end of Umnak Island in the Aleutian Islands.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Okmok","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Okmok","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.971,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-05386.jpg","year":2008},
{"id":"gvp-341040","title":"Colima","category":"volcano","lat":19.514,"lng":-103.62,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 3,850 m in Mexico. Last erupted 2019. The Colima complex is the most prominent volcanic center of the western Mexican Volcanic Belt.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volc%C3%A1n_de_Colima","story_label":"Wikipedia: Volcán de Colima","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.971,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-03673.jpg","year":2019},
{"id":"gvp-351080","title":"Galeras","category":"volcano","lat":1.22,"lng":-77.37,"fact":"Complex volcano, 4,276 m in Colombia. Last erupted 2014. Galeras, a stratovolcano with a large breached caldera located immediately west of the city of Pasto, is one of Colombia's most frequently active volcanoes.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galeras","story_label":"Wikipedia: Galeras","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.971,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-04376.jpg","year":2014},
{"id":"gvp-355100","title":"Lascar","category":"volcano","lat":-23.37,"lng":-67.73,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 5,592 m in Chile. Last erupted 2026. Láscar is the most active volcano of the northern Chilean Andes. The andesitic-to-dacitic stratovolcano contains six overlapping summit craters. Prominent lava flows descend its NW flanks.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lascar_(volcano)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lascar (volcano)","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.971,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-04835.jpg","year":2026},
{"id":"gvp-222160","title":"Meru","category":"volcano","lat":-3.244,"lng":36.75,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 4,550 m in Tanzania. Last erupted 1910. Meru has a conical profile when viewed from the west, but there is a 4-km-wide collapse crater to the E. The summit collapse is associated with the early Holocene Momella event that resulted in debris avalanche and lahar…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Meru_(Tanzania)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Meru (Tanzania)","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.967,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-09420.jpg","year":1910},
{"id":"gvp-267040","title":"Awu","category":"volcano","lat":3.689,"lng":125.447,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 1,318 m in Indonesia. Last erupted 2004. The massive Gunung Awu stratovolcano occupies the northern end of Great Sangihe Island, the largest of the Sangihe arc.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Awu","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Awu","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.964,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-12023.jpg","year":2004},
{"id":"gvp-282100","title":"Unzendake","category":"volcano","lat":32.761,"lng":130.299,"fact":"Complex volcano, 1,483 m in Japan. Last erupted 1996. The massive Unzendake volcanic complex comprises much of the Shimabara Peninsula east of the city of Nagasaki. An E-W graben, 30-40 km long, extends across the peninsula.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Unzen","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Unzen","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.963,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-01390.jpg","year":1996},
{"id":"gvp-357090","title":"Copahue","category":"volcano","lat":-37.856,"lng":-71.183,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 2,953 m in Chile-Argentina. Last erupted 2024. Volcán Copahue is an elongated composite cone constructed along the Chile-Argentina border within the 6.5 x 8.5 km wide Trapa-Trapa caldera that formed between 0.6 and 0.4 million years ago near the NW margin of the…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copahue","story_label":"Wikipedia: Copahue","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.963,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-06952.jpg","year":2024},
{"id":"gvp-382010","title":"Fayal","category":"volcano","lat":38.576,"lng":-28.713,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 1,041 m in Portugal. Last erupted 1958. The island of Fayal, also spelled Faial, is the nearest of the central Azorean islands to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faial_Island","story_label":"Wikipedia: Faial Island","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.963,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-06104.jpg","year":1958},
{"id":"gvp-283040","title":"Ontakesan","category":"volcano","lat":35.8931,"lng":137.4806,"fact":"Complex volcano, 3,067 m in Japan. Last erupted 2014. The massive Ontakesan stratovolcano, the second highest volcano in Japan, lies at the southern end of the Northern Japan Alps.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Ontake","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Ontake","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.959,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-10557.jpg","year":2014},
{"id":"gvp-345033","title":"Arenal","category":"volcano","lat":10.463,"lng":-84.703,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 1,670 m in Costa Rica. Last erupted 2010. Conical Volcán Arenal is the youngest stratovolcano in Costa Rica and one of its most active.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arenal_Volcano","story_label":"Wikipedia: Arenal Volcano","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.959,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-08129.jpg","year":2010},
{"id":"gvp-312180","title":"Novarupta","category":"volcano","lat":58.2655,"lng":-155.1588,"fact":"Caldera, 841 m in United States. Last erupted 1912. Novarupta, the least topographically prominent volcano in the Katmai area, was formed during a major eruption in 1912.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novarupta","story_label":"Wikipedia: Novarupta","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.951,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-05315.jpg","year":1912,"day":"06-06"},
{"id":"gvp-373030","title":"Bardarbunga","category":"volcano","lat":64.633,"lng":-17.516,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 2,000 m in Iceland. Last erupted 2015. The large central volcano of Bárðarbunga lies beneath the NW part of the Vatnajökull icecap, NW of Grímsvötn volcano, and contains a subglacial 700-m-deep caldera.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A1r%C3%B0arbunga","story_label":"Wikipedia: Bárðarbunga","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.951,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-05174.jpg","year":2015},
{"id":"gvp-373060","title":"Askja","category":"volcano","lat":65.033,"lng":-16.783,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 1,080 m in Iceland. Last erupted 1961. Askja is a large basaltic central volcano that forms the Dyngjufjöll massif. It is truncated by three overlapping calderas, the largest of which is 8 km wide and may have been produced primarily from subglacial ring-fracture…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Askja","story_label":"Wikipedia: Askja","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.951,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-06001.jpg","year":1961},
{"id":"gvp-305060","title":"Changbaishan","category":"volcano","lat":41.98,"lng":128.08,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 2,744 m in China-North Korea. Last erupted 1903. Massive Changbaishan stratovolcano, is located along the China/Korea border. A 5-km-wide, 850-m-deep summit caldera is filled by Lake Tianchi (Sky Lake).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changbai_Mountains","story_label":"Wikipedia: Changbai Mountains","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.946,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-06780.jpg","year":1903},
{"id":"gvp-351050","title":"Huila, Nevado del","category":"volcano","lat":2.93,"lng":-76.03,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 5,364 m in Colombia. Last erupted 2012. Nevado del Huila, the highest peak in the Colombian Andes, is an elongated N-S-trending volcanic chain mantled by a glacier icecap. The andesitic-dacitic volcano was constructed within a 10-km-wide caldera.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevado_del_Huila","story_label":"Wikipedia: Nevado del Huila","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.946,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-06802.jpg","year":2012},
{"id":"gvp-233020","title":"Fournaise, Piton de la","category":"volcano","lat":-21.244,"lng":55.708,"fact":"Shield volcano, 2,632 m in France. Last erupted 2026. Piton de la Fournaise is a massive basaltic shield volcano on the French island of Réunion in the western Indian Ocean.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piton_de_la_Fournaise","story_label":"Wikipedia: Piton de la Fournaise","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.942,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-00308.jpg","year":2026},
{"id":"gvp-241080","title":"Tongariro","category":"volcano","lat":-39.157,"lng":175.632,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 1,978 m in New Zealand. Last erupted 2012. Tongariro is a large volcanic massif, located immediately NE of Ruapehu volcano, that is composed of more than a dozen composite cones constructed over a period of 275,000 years.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Tongariro","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Tongariro","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.942,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-01621.jpg","year":2012},
{"id":"gvp-267010","title":"Ruang","category":"volcano","lat":2.3058,"lng":125.3671,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 703 m in Indonesia. Last erupted 2024. Ruang volcano is the southernmost volcano in the Sangihe Island arc, north of Sulawesi Island; it is not the better known Raung volcano on Java.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Ruang","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Ruang","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.942,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-01275.jpg","year":2024},
{"id":"gvp-290030","title":"Chachadake [Tiatia]","category":"volcano","lat":44.3536,"lng":146.2531,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 1,772 m in Japan - administered by Russia. Last erupted 1981. The symmetrical Chachadake, also known as Tiatia, is on the SE side of northern Kunashir Island in the southern Kuriles.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyatya","story_label":"Wikipedia: Tyatya","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.942,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-09156.jpg","year":1981},
{"id":"gvp-290360","title":"Chikurachki","category":"volcano","lat":50.324,"lng":155.461,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 1,781 m in Russia. Last erupted 2023. Chikurachki, the highest volcano on Paramushir Island in the northern Kuriles, is a relatively small cone constructed on a high Pleistocene edifice.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chikurachki","story_label":"Wikipedia: Chikurachki","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.942,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-09168.jpg","year":2023},
{"id":"gvp-345060","title":"Irazu","category":"volcano","lat":9.979,"lng":-83.852,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 3,436 m in Costa Rica. Last erupted 1977. The massive Irazú volcano in Costa Rica, immediately E of the capital city of San José, covers an area of 500 km2 and is vegetated to within a few hundred meters of its broad summit crater complex.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraz%C3%BA_Volcano","story_label":"Wikipedia: Irazú Volcano","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.942,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-08625.jpg","year":1977},
{"id":"gvp-357120","title":"Villarrica","category":"volcano","lat":-39.42,"lng":-71.93,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 2,847 m in Chile. Last erupted 2025. The glacier-covered Villarrica stratovolcano, in the northern Lakes District of central Chile, is ~15 km south of the city of Pucon.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villarrica_(volcano)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Villarrica (volcano)","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.942,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-11203.jpg","year":2025},
{"id":"gvp-382030","title":"Sao Jorge","category":"volcano","lat":38.65,"lng":-28.08,"fact":"Fissure vent, 1,053 m in Portugal. Last erupted 1902. The dominantly basaltic São Jorge Island is 55 km long and 6.5 km wide. It was formed by fissure eruptions beginning in the eastern part of the island.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Jorge_Island","story_label":"Wikipedia: São Jorge Island","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.942,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-12004.jpg","year":1902},
{"id":"gvp-383060","title":"Lanzarote","category":"volcano","lat":29.03,"lng":-13.63,"fact":"Fissure vent, 670 m in Spain. Last erupted 1824. The 60-km-long island of Lanzarote at the NE end of the Canary Islands contains the largest concentration of youthful volcanism in the Canaries.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanzarote","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lanzarote","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.942,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-08738.jpg","year":1824},
{"id":"gvp-233010","title":"Karthala","category":"volcano","lat":-11.7658,"lng":43.3639,"fact":"Shield volcano, 2,350 m in Union of the Comoros. Last erupted 2007. The southernmost and largest of the two shield volcanoes forming Grand Comore Island, Karthala has two overlapping 3-4 km summit calderas generated by repeated collapse.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Karthala","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Karthala","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.937,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-11589.jpg","year":2007},
{"id":"gvp-257040","title":"Ambrym","category":"volcano","lat":-16.25,"lng":168.12,"fact":"Shield(pyroclastic), 1,334 m in Vanuatu. Last erupted 2024. Ambrym is a large basaltic volcano with a 12-km-wide caldera formed during a major Plinian eruption with dacitic pyroclastic flows about 1,900 years ago.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrym","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ambrym","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.937,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-11913.jpg","year":2024},
{"id":"gvp-360050","title":"Soufriere Hills","category":"volcano","lat":16.72,"lng":-62.18,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 915 m in United Kingdom. Last erupted 2013. The complex, dominantly andesitic Soufrière Hills volcano occupies the southern half of the island of Montserrat. The summit area consists primarily of a series of lava domes emplaced along an ESE-trending zone.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soufri%C3%A8re_Hills","story_label":"Wikipedia: Soufrière Hills","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.937,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-04966.jpg","year":2013},
{"id":"gvp-342110","title":"Pacaya","category":"volcano","lat":14.382,"lng":-90.601,"fact":"Complex volcano, 2,569 m in Guatemala. Last erupted 2021. Eruptions from Pacaya are frequently visible from Guatemala City, the nation's capital. This complex basaltic volcano was constructed just outside the southern topographic rim of the 14 x 16 km Pleistocene Amatitlán…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacaya","story_label":"Wikipedia: Pacaya","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.933,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-07902.jpg","year":2021},
{"id":"gvp-354010","title":"Misti, El","category":"volcano","lat":-16.2991,"lng":-71.4056,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 5,793 m in Peru. Last erupted 1985. El Misti is a symmetrical andesitic stratovolcano with nested summit craters immediately NE of the city of Arequipa, Peru.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misti","story_label":"Wikipedia: Misti","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.933,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-04787.jpg","year":1985},
{"id":"gvp-211010","title":"Campi Flegrei","category":"volcano","lat":40.827,"lng":14.139,"fact":"Caldera, 458 m in Italy. Last erupted 1538. Campi Flegrei is a 13-km-wide caldera that encompasses part of Naples and extends to the south beneath the Gulf of Pozzuoli.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlegraean_Fields","story_label":"Wikipedia: Phlegraean Fields","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.929,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-01511.jpg","year":1538},
{"id":"gvp-344090","title":"Momotombo","category":"volcano","lat":12.423,"lng":-86.539,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 1,270 m in Nicaragua. Last erupted 2016. Momotombo is a young stratovolcano that rises prominently above the NW shore of Lake Managua, forming one of Nicaragua's most familiar landmarks.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momotombo","story_label":"Wikipedia: Momotombo","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.928,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-04164.jpg","year":2016},
{"id":"gvp-352020","title":"Guagua Pichincha","category":"volcano","lat":-0.171,"lng":-78.598,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 4,784 m in Ecuador. Last erupted 2002. Guagua Pichincha and the older Pleistocene Rucu Pichincha stratovolcanoes form a broad volcanic massif that rises immediately W of Ecuador's capital city, Quito.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pichincha_(volcano)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Pichincha (volcano)","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.928,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-11665.jpg","year":2002},
{"id":"gvp-273010","title":"Bulusan","category":"volcano","lat":12.769,"lng":124.056,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 1,535 m in Philippines. Last erupted 2025. Luzon's southernmost volcano, Bulusan, was constructed along the rim of the 11-km-diameter dacitic-to-rhyolitic Irosin caldera, which was formed about 36,000 years ago.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Bulusan","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Bulusan","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.923,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-01758.jpg","year":2025},
{"id":"gvp-300250","title":"Bezymianny","category":"volcano","lat":55.972,"lng":160.595,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 2,882 m in Russia. Last erupted 2025. The modern Bezymianny, much smaller than its massive neighbors Kamen and Kliuchevskoi on the Kamchatka Peninsula…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bezymianny","story_label":"Wikipedia: Bezymianny","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.923,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-02445.jpg","year":2025},
{"id":"gvp-357110","title":"Llaima","category":"volcano","lat":-38.692,"lng":-71.729,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 3,125 m in Chile. Last erupted 2009. Llaima, one of Chile's largest and most active volcanoes, contains two main historically active craters, one at the summit and the other, Pichillaima, to the SE.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llaima","story_label":"Wikipedia: Llaima","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.923,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-04885.jpg","year":2009},
{"id":"gvp-383010","title":"La Palma","category":"volcano","lat":28.57,"lng":-17.83,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 2,426 m in Spain. Last erupted 2021. The 47-km-long wedge-shaped island of La Palma, the NW-most of the Canary Islands, is composed of two large volcanic centers.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumbre_Vieja","story_label":"Wikipedia: Cumbre Vieja","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.923,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-08752.jpg","year":2021},
{"id":"gvp-260010","title":"Barren Island","category":"volcano","lat":12.278,"lng":93.858,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 354 m in India. Last erupted 2026. Barren Island, a possession of India in the Andaman Sea about 135 km NE of Port Blair in the Andaman Islands, is the only historically active volcano along the N-S volcanic arc extending between Sumatra and Burma (Myanmar).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barren_Island_(Andaman_Islands)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Barren Island (Andaman Islands)","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.918,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-01706.jpg","year":2026},
{"id":"gvp-284010","title":"Izu-Oshima","category":"volcano","lat":34.724,"lng":139.394,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 758 m in Japan. Last erupted 1990. Izu-Oshima volcano in Sagami Bay, east of the Izu Peninsula, is the northernmost of the Izu Islands. The broad, low stratovolcano forms an 11 x 13 km island constructed over the remnants of three older dissected stratovolcanoes.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izu_%C5%8Cshima","story_label":"Wikipedia: Izu Ōshima","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.918,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-09077.jpg","year":1990,"day":"06-26"},
{"id":"gvp-284200","title":"Anatahan","category":"volcano","lat":16.35,"lng":145.67,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 790 m in United States. Last erupted 2008. The elongate, 9-km-long island of Anatahan in the central Mariana Islands consists of a large stratovolcano with a 2.3 x 5 km compound summit caldera.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatahan","story_label":"Wikipedia: Anatahan","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.918,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-10882.jpg","year":2008},
{"id":"gvp-313030","title":"Redoubt","category":"volcano","lat":60.485,"lng":-152.742,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 3,108 m in United States. Last erupted 2009. Redoubt is a glacier-covered stratovolcano with a breached summit crater in Lake Clark National Park about 170 km SW of Anchorage.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Redoubt","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Redoubt","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.918,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-05233.jpg","year":2009},
{"id":"gvp-373080","title":"Krafla","category":"volcano","lat":65.715,"lng":-16.728,"fact":"Caldera, 800 m in Iceland. Last erupted 1984. The Krafla volcanic system in the Northern Volcanic Zone (NVZ) of Iceland is about 100 km long, consisting of a fissure swarm and a central volcano with a 7 x 9 km caldera formed about 110,000 years ago that deposited a rhyolitic…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krafla","story_label":"Wikipedia: Krafla","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.918,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-06038.jpg","year":1984},
{"id":"gvp-290390","title":"Alaid","category":"volcano","lat":50.861,"lng":155.565,"fact":"Stratovolcano, 2,285 m in Russia. Last erupted 2022. The highest and northernmost volcano of the Kuril Islands, Alaid is a symmetrical stratovolcano when viewed from the north, but has a 1.5-km-wide summit crater that is breached open to the south.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaid_volcano","story_label":"Wikipedia: Alaid volcano","source":"gvp","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program","rank":0.916,"image_url":"https://volcano.si.edu/gallery/photos/GVP-02280.jpg","year":2022},
{"id":"wp-aconcagua","title":"Aconcagua","category":"world record","lat":-32.6531,"lng":-70.0117,"fact":"Aconcagua is a mountain in the Principal Cordillera of the Andes range, located in Mendoza Province, Argentina. With a summit elevation of 6,967.15 metres (22,858.1 feet), it is the highest mountain outside Asia.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aconcagua","story_label":"Wikipedia: Aconcagua","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Aconcagua2016.jpg/960px-Aconcagua2016.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-annapurna","title":"Annapurna","category":"world record","lat":28.5961,"lng":83.8203,"fact":"Annapurna is a mountain situated in the Annapurna mountain range of Gandaki Province, north-central Nepal. It is the 10th highest mountain in the world at 8,091 metres (26,545 ft) above sea level and is well known for the difficulty and danger involved in its ascent.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annapurna","story_label":"Wikipedia: Annapurna","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/South_Face_of_Annapurna_I_%28Main%29.jpg/960px-South_Face_of_Annapurna_I_%28Main%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-atacama-desert","title":"Atacama Desert","category":"world record","lat":-24.5,"lng":-69.25,"fact":"The Atacama Desert is a desert plateau on the Pacific coast of South America, stretching along a 1,600-kilometre-long (1,000-mile) strip of land in northern Chile, west of the Andes.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atacama_Desert","story_label":"Wikipedia: Atacama Desert","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Atacama.png","day":"03-24","year":1870},
{"id":"wp-ben-nevis","title":"Ben Nevis","category":"world record","lat":56.7969,"lng":-5.0035,"fact":"Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in Scotland, the United Kingdom, and the British Isles. Ben Nevis stands at the western end of the Grampian Mountains in the Highland region of Lochaber, close to the town of Fort William.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Nevis","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ben Nevis","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/BenNevis2005.jpg/960px-BenNevis2005.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-bingham-canyon-mine","title":"Bingham Canyon Mine","category":"world record","lat":40.523,"lng":-112.151,"fact":"The Bingham Canyon Mine, more commonly known as Kennecott Copper Mine among locals, is an open-pit mining operation extracting a large porphyry copper deposit southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, in the Oquirrh Mountains.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bingham_Canyon_Mine","story_label":"Wikipedia: Bingham Canyon Mine","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/2019_Bingham_Canyon_Mine_04.jpg/960px-2019_Bingham_Canyon_Mine_04.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-blood-falls","title":"Blood Falls","category":"world record","lat":-77.7167,"lng":162.2667,"fact":"Blood Falls is an outflow of an iron(III) oxide–tainted plume of saltwater, flowing from the tongue of Taylor Glacier onto the ice-covered surface of West Lake Bonney in the Taylor Valley of the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Victoria Land, East Antarctica.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Falls","story_label":"Wikipedia: Blood Falls","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"antarctica","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Blood_Falls_by_Peter_Rejcek.jpg/960px-Blood_Falls_by_Peter_Rejcek.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-calypso-deep","title":"Calypso Deep","category":"world record","lat":36.5667,"lng":21.1333,"fact":"Calypso Deep is the deepest point in the Mediterranean Sea, located in the Hellenic Trench in the Ionian Sea, 62.6 km south-west of Pylos, Greece, with a maximum depth of approximately 5,200 m (17,100 ft).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calypso_Deep","story_label":"Wikipedia: Calypso Deep","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Calypso_deep.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-cape-agulhas","title":"Cape Agulhas","category":"world record","lat":-34.8332,"lng":20,"fact":"Cape Agulhas is a rocky headland in Western Cape, South Africa. It is both the southernmost point of South Africa, the geographic southern tip of Africa and the beginning of the traditional dividing line between the Atlantic and Indian oceans according to the International…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Agulhas","story_label":"Wikipedia: Cape Agulhas","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Map_of_South_Africa.svg/960px-Map_of_South_Africa.svg.png"},
{"id":"wp-cape-dezhnyov","title":"Cape Dezhnyov","category":"world record","lat":66.0792,"lng":-169.6519,"fact":"Cape Dezhnyov or Cape Dezhnev, formerly known as East Cape or Cape Vostochny, is a cape that forms the easternmost mainland point of Asia. It is located on the Chukchi Peninsula in the very sparsely populated Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of Russia.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Dezhnyov","story_label":"Wikipedia: Cape Dezhnyov","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Kap_Deschnjow_4_2014-08-17.jpg/960px-Kap_Deschnjow_4_2014-08-17.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-cape-horn","title":"Cape Horn","category":"world record","lat":-55.98,"lng":-67.2892,"fact":"Cape Horn is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile, and is located on the small Hornos Island.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Horn","story_label":"Wikipedia: Cape Horn","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/CapeHorn.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-cave-of-the-crystals","title":"Cave of the Crystals","category":"world record","lat":27.8508,"lng":-105.4964,"fact":"Cave of the Crystals, also known as Naica Cave or the Giant Crystal Cave, is a cave connected to the Naica Mine at a depth of 300 metres (980 ft), in Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_the_Crystals","story_label":"Wikipedia: Cave of the Crystals","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Cristales_cueva_de_Naica.JPG/960px-Cristales_cueva_de_Naica.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-chimborazo","title":"Chimborazo","category":"world record","lat":-1.4692,"lng":-78.8175,"fact":"Chimborazo is a stratovolcano in Ecuador and the Cordillera Occidental range of the Andes. Its last known eruption is believed to have occurred around AD 550. Chimborazo is the highest mountain in Ecuador and the 39th-highest peak in the entire Andes.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimborazo","story_label":"Wikipedia: Chimborazo","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Chimborazo%2C_aspecto_norte%2C_Ecuador._%2826354503702%29.jpg/960px-Chimborazo%2C_aspecto_norte%2C_Ecuador._%2826354503702%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-cho-oyu","title":"Cho Oyu","category":"world record","lat":28.0942,"lng":86.6608,"fact":"Cho Oyu is the sixth-highest mountain in the world at 8,188 metres (26,864 ft) above sea level. Cho Oyu means 'Turquoise Goddess' in Tibetan. The mountain is the westernmost major peak of the Khumbu sub-section of the Mahalangur Himalaya 20 km (12 mi) west of Mount Everest.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cho_Oyu","story_label":"Wikipedia: Cho Oyu","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Chooyu.jpg/960px-Chooyu.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-crater-lake","title":"Crater Lake","category":"world record","lat":42.95,"lng":-122.1,"fact":"Crater Lake (Klamath: Giiwas) is a volcanic crater lake in south-central Oregon in the Western United States. It is the main feature of Crater Lake National Park and is a tourist attraction known for its deep blue color and water clarity.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crater_Lake","story_label":"Wikipedia: Crater Lake","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Crater_Lake_National_Park_%282023%29.jpg/960px-Crater_Lake_National_Park_%282023%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-dallol-hydrothermal-system","title":"Dallol (hydrothermal system)","category":"world record","lat":14.2417,"lng":40.3,"fact":"Dallol is a unique, terrestrial hydrothermal system around a cinder cone volcano in the Danakil Depression, northeast of the Erta Ale Range in Ethiopia.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallol_(hydrothermal_system)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Dallol (hydrothermal system)","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/ET_Afar_asv2018-01_img48_Dallol.jpg/960px-ET_Afar_asv2018-01_img48_Dallol.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-danyang-kunshan-grand-bridge","title":"Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge","category":"world record","lat":31.5978,"lng":120.4568,"fact":"The Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge is a 164.8-kilometre-long (102.4 mi) viaduct on the Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway. It is the longest bridge in the world since its designation by Guinness World Record in 2011.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danyang%E2%80%93Kunshan_Grand_Bridge","story_label":"Wikipedia: Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/201603_Danyang-Kunshan_grand_bridge_%28wuxi%29_%28cropped%29.JPG/960px-201603_Danyang-Kunshan_grand_bridge_%28wuxi%29_%28cropped%29.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-dead-sea","title":"Dead Sea","category":"world record","lat":31.5,"lng":35.5,"fact":"The Dead Sea, also known by other names, is a landlocked salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east, the West Bank to the west and Israel to the southwest. It lies in the endorheic basin of the Jordan Rift Valley, and its main tributary is the Jordan River.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea","story_label":"Wikipedia: Dead Sea","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Dead_Sea_beach_00.JPG/960px-Dead_Sea_beach_00.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-denali","title":"Denali","category":"world record","lat":63.0692,"lng":-151.0064,"fact":"Denali, federally designated as Mount McKinley, is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of 20,310 feet (6,190 m) above sea level.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denali","story_label":"Wikipedia: Denali","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Wonder_Lake_and_Denali.jpg/960px-Wonder_Lake_and_Denali.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-dhaulagiri","title":"Dhaulagiri","category":"world record","lat":28.6961,"lng":83.4953,"fact":"Dhaulagiri, located in Nepal, is the seventh highest mountain in the world at 8,167 metres (26,795 ft) above sea level, and the highest mountain within the borders of a single country. Dhaulagiri I is also the highest point of the Gandaki river basin.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhaulagiri","story_label":"Wikipedia: Dhaulagiri","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Dhaulagiri_-_view_from_aircraft.jpg/960px-Dhaulagiri_-_view_from_aircraft.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-eisriesenwelt","title":"Eisriesenwelt","category":"world record","lat":47.5029,"lng":13.1903,"fact":"The Eisriesenwelt is a natural limestone and ice cave located in Werfen, Austria, about 40 km south of Salzburg. The cave is inside the Hochkogel mountain in the Tennengebirge section of the Alps.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisriesenwelt","story_label":"Wikipedia: Eisriesenwelt","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Eisriesenwelt_Werfen_Austria_02.jpg/960px-Eisriesenwelt_Werfen_Austria_02.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-furnace-creek-california","title":"Furnace Creek, California","category":"world record","lat":36.4581,"lng":-116.8708,"fact":"Furnace Creek is a census-designated place (CDP) in Inyo County, California, United States. The population was 136 at the 2020 census, up from 24 at the 2010 census. The elevation of the village is 190 feet (58 m) below sea level.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furnace_Creek,_California","story_label":"Wikipedia: Furnace Creek, California","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Furnace_Creek_Ranch_Entrance_2.JPG/960px-Furnace_Creek_Ranch_Entrance_2.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-gasherbrum-i","title":"Gasherbrum I","category":"world record","lat":35.7244,"lng":76.6964,"fact":"Gasherbrum I, originally surveyed as K5, and also known as Hidden Peak, is the 11th highest mountain in the world at 8,080 metres (26,510 ft) above sea level.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasherbrum_I","story_label":"Wikipedia: Gasherbrum I","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/HiddenPeak.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-general-sherman-tree","title":"General Sherman Tree","category":"world record","lat":36.5817,"lng":-118.7515,"fact":"The General Sherman Tree is a giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) tree in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, California. By volume, it is the largest known living single-stem tree on Earth.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Sherman_Tree","story_label":"Wikipedia: General Sherman Tree","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/General_Sherman_1469870071.jpg/960px-General_Sherman_1469870071.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-gotthard-base-tunnel","title":"Gotthard Base Tunnel","category":"world record","lat":46.8359,"lng":8.6465,"fact":"The Gotthard Base Tunnel is a railway tunnel through the Alps in Switzerland. It opened in June 2016 and full service began the following December.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthard_Base_Tunnel","story_label":"Wikipedia: Gotthard Base Tunnel","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/20141120_gotthard-basistunnel02-wikipedia-hannes-ortlieb.jpg/960px-20141120_gotthard-basistunnel02-wikipedia-hannes-ortlieb.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-great-barrier-reef","title":"Great Barrier Reef","category":"world record","lat":-16.4,"lng":145.8,"fact":"The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres (1,400 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres (133,000 mi2).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Barrier_Reef","story_label":"Wikipedia: Great Barrier Reef","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/ISS-45_StoryOfWater%2C_Great_Barrier_Reef%2C_Australia.jpg/960px-ISS-45_StoryOfWater%2C_Great_Barrier_Reef%2C_Australia.jpg","day":"06-11","year":1770},
{"id":"wp-great-blue-hole","title":"Great Blue Hole","category":"world record","lat":17.3153,"lng":-87.5344,"fact":"The Great Blue Hole is a large marine sinkhole off the coast of Belize. It lies near the center of Lighthouse Reef, a small atoll 70 km (43 mi) from the mainland and Belize City. The hole is circular in shape, 318 m (1,043 ft) across and 124 m (407 ft) deep.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Blue_Hole","story_label":"Wikipedia: Great Blue Hole","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Great_Blue_Hole.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-hang-son-doong","title":"Hang Sơn Đoòng","category":"world record","lat":17.4569,"lng":106.2875,"fact":"Sơn Đoòng Cave, in Phong Nha–Kẻ Bàng National Park, Quảng Trị province, Vietnam, is the world's largest natural cave.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hang_S%C6%A1n_%C4%90o%C3%B2ng","story_label":"Wikipedia: Hang Sơn Đoòng","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Son_Doong_Cave_5.jpg/960px-Son_Doong_Cave_5.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-huascaran","title":"Huascarán","category":"world record","lat":-9.1217,"lng":-77.6042,"fact":"Huascarán, Nevado Huascarán or Mataraju is a mountain located in Yungay Province, Ancash Department, Peru. It is situated in the Cordillera Blanca range of the western Andes.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huascar%C3%A1n","story_label":"Wikipedia: Huascarán","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Nevado_Huascar%C3%A1n_%28south_view%29.jpg/960px-Nevado_Huascar%C3%A1n_%28south_view%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-hyperion-tree","title":"Hyperion (tree)","category":"world record","lat":41.205,"lng":-124.0167,"fact":"Hyperion is a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens D.Don, Endl.) tree in California, which is the world's tallest known living tree, measured at 116.22 metres (381.3 ft) tall in 2026. Hyperion was discovered on August 25, 2006, by the naturalists Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_(tree)","story_label":"Wikipedia: Hyperion (tree)","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85},
{"id":"wp-iguazu-falls","title":"Iguazu Falls","category":"world record","lat":-25.6867,"lng":-54.4447,"fact":"Iguazú Falls or Iguaçu Falls are waterfalls of the Iguazu River on the border of the Argentine province of Misiones and the Brazilian state of Paraná. Together, they make up the largest waterfall system in the world. The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazu.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguazu_Falls","story_label":"Wikipedia: Iguazu Falls","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Aerial_Foz_de_Igua%C3%A7u_26_Nov_2005.jpg/960px-Aerial_Foz_de_Igua%C3%A7u_26_Nov_2005.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-inga-falls","title":"Inga Falls","category":"world record","lat":-5.4488,"lng":13.5884,"fact":"Inga Falls is a rapid 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Matadi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where the Congo River drops 96 metres (315 ft) over the course of 15 kilometres (9.3 mi). The falls are part of a larger group of rapids in the lower Congo River.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inga_Falls","story_label":"Wikipedia: Inga Falls","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Inga03.jpg/960px-Inga03.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-k2","title":"K2","category":"world record","lat":35.8825,"lng":76.5133,"fact":"K2, also known as Mount Godwin-Austen, at 8,611 metres (28,251 ft) above sea level, is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest at 8,849 metres (29,032 ft).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2","story_label":"Wikipedia: K2","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Chogori.jpg/960px-Chogori.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-kaffeklubben-island","title":"Kaffeklubben Island","category":"world record","lat":83.6625,"lng":-30.6139,"fact":"Kaffeklubben Island or Coffee Club Island is an uninhabited island lying off the northern shore of Greenland. It contains the northernmost undisputed point of land on Earth.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaffeklubben_Island","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kaffeklubben Island","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Kaffeklubben_photo.Martin.Nissen_jpg.jpg/960px-Kaffeklubben_photo.Martin.Nissen_jpg.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-kangchenjunga","title":"Kangchenjunga","category":"world record","lat":27.7025,"lng":88.1467,"fact":"Kangchenjunga is the third-highest mountain in the world. Its summit lies at 8,586 m (28,169 ft) in a section of the Himalayas, the Kangchenjunga Himal, which is bounded in the west by the Tamur River, in the north by the Lhonak River and Jongsang La…","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangchenjunga","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kangchenjunga","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Kangchenjunga_PangPema.JPG/960px-Kangchenjunga_PangPema.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-kermadec-trench","title":"Kermadec Trench","category":"world record","lat":-31,"lng":-177,"fact":"The Kermadec Trench is a linear ocean trench in the south Pacific Ocean. It stretches about 1,000 km (620 mi) from the Louisville Seamount Chain in the north (26°S) to the Hikurangi Plateau in the south (37°S), north-east of New Zealand's North Island.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermadec_Trench","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kermadec Trench","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Kermadec_Arc.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-khone-phapheng-falls","title":"Khone Phapheng Falls","category":"world record","lat":13.9481,"lng":105.9406,"fact":"The Khone Falls and Pha Pheng Falls together form a waterfall located in Champasak Province on the Mekong River in southern Laos, near the border with Cambodia.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khone_Phapheng_Falls","story_label":"Wikipedia: Khone Phapheng Falls","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Khone_Phapheng_Falls%2C_Si_Phan_Don%2C_Laos%2C_widest_waterfall_in_the_world.jpg/960px-Khone_Phapheng_Falls%2C_Si_Phan_Don%2C_Laos%2C_widest_waterfall_in_the_world.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-kjeragbolten","title":"Kjeragbolten","category":"world record","lat":59.0337,"lng":6.5933,"fact":"Kjeragbolten (English: Kjerag Bolt) is a boulder on the mountain Kjerag in the eastern part of Sandnes Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The rock itself is a 5-cubic-metre (180 cu ft) glacial deposit wedged in a large crevice in the mountain.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjeragbolten","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kjeragbolten","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Kjerakbolten_Freddy_Fish.jpg/960px-Kjerakbolten_Freddy_Fish.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-kola-superdeep-borehole","title":"Kola Superdeep Borehole","category":"world record","lat":69.3965,"lng":30.61,"fact":"The Kola Superdeep Borehole SG-3 is the deepest human-made hole on Earth (since 1979), which attained maximum true vertical depth of 12,262 metres (40,230 ft) in 1989.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kola_Superdeep_Borehole","story_label":"Wikipedia: Kola Superdeep Borehole","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%85%D0%B3%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_crop.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-lake-baikal","title":"Lake Baikal","category":"world record","lat":53.5,"lng":108,"fact":"Lake Baikal is a rift lake and the deepest lake in the world. It is situated in southern Siberia, Russia, between the federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Republic of Buryatia to the southeast.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Baikal","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lake Baikal","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Baikal.A2001296.0420.250m-NASA.jpg/960px-Baikal.A2001296.0420.250m-NASA.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-lake-hillier","title":"Lake Hillier","category":"world record","lat":-34.0958,"lng":123.2028,"fact":"Lake Hillier is a saline lake on the edge of Middle Island, the largest of the islands and islets that make up the Recherche Archipelago in the Goldfields-Esperance region, off the south coast of Western Australia. It is particularly notable for its pink colour.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Hillier","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lake Hillier","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Lake_Hillier_2_Middle_Island_Recherche_Archipelago_NR_IV-2011.JPG/960px-Lake_Hillier_2_Middle_Island_Recherche_Archipelago_NR_IV-2011.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-lake-nyos","title":"Lake Nyos","category":"world record","lat":6.4381,"lng":10.2989,"fact":"Lake Nyos ( NEE-ohs) is a crater lake in the Northwest Region of Cameroon, located about 315 km (196 mi) northwest of Yaoundé, the capital. Nyos is a deep lake high on the flank of an inactive volcano in the Oku volcanic plain along the Cameroon line of volcanic activity.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lake Nyos","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Nyos_Lake.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-lake-toba","title":"Lake Toba","category":"world record","lat":2.68,"lng":98.88,"fact":"Lake Toba is a large natural lake in North Sumatra and Indonesia. The lake is the massive caldera of the Toba supervolcano.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Toba","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lake Toba","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Lake_Toba_and_the_surrounding_hills.jpg/960px-Lake_Toba_and_the_surrounding_hills.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-lambert-glacier","title":"Lambert Glacier","category":"world record","lat":-71,"lng":70,"fact":"Lambert Glacier is a major glacier in East Antarctica. At about 96 km (60 mi) wide, over 435 km (270 mi) long, and about 2,500 m (8,200 ft) deep, it is the world's largest glacier.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambert_Glacier","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lambert Glacier","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"antarctica","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Icefall_hires_2.jpg/960px-Icefall_hires_2.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-lhotse","title":"Lhotse","category":"world record","lat":27.9617,"lng":86.9333,"fact":"Lhotse is the fourth-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga. At an elevation of 8,516 metres (27,940 ft) above sea level, the main summit is on the border between the Tibet Autonomous Region of China and the Khumbu region of Nepal.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lhotse","story_label":"Wikipedia: Lhotse","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Lhotse-fromChukhungRi.jpg/960px-Lhotse-fromChukhungRi.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-litke-deep","title":"Litke Deep","category":"world record","lat":82.4,"lng":19.5167,"fact":"Litke Deep is a bathymetric feature in the Arctic Ocean. The deepest point is 5,449 m (17,877 ft) below sea level.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litke_Deep","story_label":"Wikipedia: Litke Deep","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Arctic_Ocean_bathymetric_features.png"},
{"id":"wp-mammoth-cave-national-park","title":"Mammoth Cave National Park","category":"world record","lat":37.1869,"lng":-86.1011,"fact":"Mammoth Cave National Park is a national park of the United States in south-central Kentucky. It encompasses portions of Mammoth Cave, the longest known cave system in the world.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammoth_Cave_National_Park","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mammoth Cave National Park","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Mammoth_Cave_Rotunda_%28USGS_Lwt02830%29.jpg/960px-Mammoth_Cave_Rotunda_%28USGS_Lwt02830%29.jpg","day":"09-09","year":1972},
{"id":"wp-manaslu","title":"Manaslu","category":"world record","lat":28.5494,"lng":84.5619,"fact":"Manaslu is the eighth-highest mountain in the world at 8,163 metres (26,781 ft) above sea level. It is in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas, in west-central Nepal.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manaslu","story_label":"Wikipedia: Manaslu","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Sunrise%2C_Manaslu.jpg/960px-Sunrise%2C_Manaslu.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-mariana-trench","title":"Mariana Trench","category":"world record","lat":11.35,"lng":142.2,"fact":"The Mariana Trench is the deepest oceanic trench on Earth, located in the western Pacific Ocean, about 200 kilometers (124 mi) east of the Mariana Islands. It is crescent-shaped and measures about 2,550 km (1,580 mi) in length and 69 km (43 mi) in width.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana_Trench","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mariana Trench","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Marianatrenchmap.png"},
{"id":"wp-matterhorn","title":"Matterhorn","category":"world record","lat":45.9764,"lng":7.6586,"fact":"The Matterhorn is a mountain of the Alps, straddling the main watershed and border between Switzerland and Italy.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matterhorn","story_label":"Wikipedia: Matterhorn","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Matterhorn_from_Domh%C3%BCtte_-_2.jpg/960px-Matterhorn_from_Domh%C3%BCtte_-_2.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-mauna-kea","title":"Mauna Kea","category":"world record","lat":19.8206,"lng":-155.4681,"fact":"Mauna Kea is a dormant shield volcano on the island of Hawaiʻi. Its peak is 13,803 feet (4,207.3 meters) above sea level, making it the highest point in Hawaii and the island with the second highest high point, behind New Guinea.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauna_Kea","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mauna Kea","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Mauna_Kea_from_the_ocean.jpg/960px-Mauna_Kea_from_the_ocean.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-mauna-loa","title":"Mauna Loa","category":"world record","lat":19.4794,"lng":-155.6028,"fact":"Mauna Loa is one of five volcanoes that form the Island of Hawaii in the U.S. state of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. Mauna Loa is Earth's largest active volcano by both mass and volume.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauna_Loa","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mauna Loa","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Mauna_Loa_Volcano.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-mawsynram","title":"Mawsynram","category":"world record","lat":25.2989,"lng":91.5814,"fact":"Mawsynram is a town in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya state in Northeastern India, 69 km (43 mi) from Shillong, the state capital. Mawsynram receives the highest rainfall in India.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mawsynram","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mawsynram","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85},
{"id":"wp-millau-viaduct","title":"Millau Viaduct","category":"world record","lat":44.0794,"lng":3.0222,"fact":"The Millau Viaduct is a multispan cable-stayed bridge completed in 2004 across the gorge valley of the Tarn near (west of) Millau in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie Region, in Southern France.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millau_Viaduct","story_label":"Wikipedia: Millau Viaduct","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a6/ViaducdeMillau.jpg/960px-ViaducdeMillau.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-milwaukee-deep","title":"Milwaukee Deep","category":"world record","lat":19.5833,"lng":-66.5,"fact":"Milwaukee Deep, also known as the Milwaukee Depth, is the deepest part of the Puerto Rico Trench, constituting the deepest points in the Atlantic Ocean.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milwaukee_Deep","story_label":"Wikipedia: Milwaukee Deep","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Caribbean-map.png"},
{"id":"wp-mir-mine","title":"Mir mine","category":"world record","lat":62.5258,"lng":113.9842,"fact":"The Mir mine, also called the Mirny mine, is an open pit diamond mine located in Mirny, Sakha Republic, in the Siberian region of eastern Russia. It was the Soviet Union's first developed diamond mine, and became its largest after open-pit mining began in 1957.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_mine","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mir mine","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%22%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80%22_%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8F_5_%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F%2C_%D0%B3._%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0_%28%D0%AF%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F%29.jpg/960px-%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%22%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80%22_%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8F_5_%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F%2C_%D0%B3._%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0_%28%D0%AF%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-molloy-deep","title":"Molloy Deep","category":"world record","lat":79.1367,"lng":2.8167,"fact":"The Molloy Deep is a bathymetric feature in the Fram Strait, within the Greenland Sea east of Greenland and about 160 km (100 mi) west of Svalbard. It is the location of the deepest point in the Arctic Ocean.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molloy_Deep","story_label":"Wikipedia: Molloy Deep","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85},
{"id":"wp-mont-blanc","title":"Mont Blanc","category":"world record","lat":45.8328,"lng":6.865,"fact":"Mont Blanc (UK:; US: ) is a mountain in the Alps, rising 4,807.3 m (15,771.9 ft) above sea level, located right at the Franco-Italian border.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Blanc","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mont Blanc","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Mont_Blanc_Aiguille.jpg/960px-Mont_Blanc_Aiguille.jpg","day":"08-08","year":1786},
{"id":"wp-mount-cameroon","title":"Mount Cameroon","category":"world record","lat":4.2167,"lng":9.1725,"fact":"Mount Cameroon is an active stratovolcano in the Southwest Region of Cameroon next to the city of Buea near the Gulf of Guinea.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Cameroon","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Cameroon","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Mount_Cameroon_view_from_Buea_%28Soppo%29.jpg/960px-Mount_Cameroon_view_from_Buea_%28Soppo%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-mount-elbrus","title":"Mount Elbrus","category":"world record","lat":43.355,"lng":42.4392,"fact":"Mount Elbrus is the highest mountain in Russia and Europe. It is a dormant stratovolcano rising 5,642 m (18,510 ft) above sea level, and is the highest volcano in Eurasia, as well as the tenth-most prominent peak in the world.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Elbrus","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Elbrus","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Mount_Elbrus_%28cropped%29.jpg/960px-Mount_Elbrus_%28cropped%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-mount-erebus","title":"Mount Erebus","category":"world record","lat":-77.5297,"lng":167.1533,"fact":"Mount Erebus is the southernmost active volcano on Earth, located on Ross Island in the Ross Dependency in Antarctica.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Erebus","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Erebus","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"antarctica","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Mt_erebus.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-mount-kilimanjaro","title":"Mount Kilimanjaro","category":"world record","lat":-3.0758,"lng":37.3533,"fact":"Mount Kilimanjaro is a large dormant volcano in Tanzania. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain above sea level in the world, at 5,895 m (19,341 ft) above sea level and 4,900 m (16,100 ft) above its plateau base.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kilimanjaro","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Kilimanjaro","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Kilimanjaro_from_Amboseli.jpg/960px-Kilimanjaro_from_Amboseli.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-mount-kosciuszko","title":"Mount Kosciuszko","category":"world record","lat":-36.4558,"lng":148.2636,"fact":"Mount Kosciuszko is the highest mountain of mainland Australia, at 2,228 metres (7,310 ft) above sea level.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kosciuszko","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Kosciuszko","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Kosciusko_Mountain_view_from_the_track.jpg/960px-Kosciusko_Mountain_view_from_the_track.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-mount-logan","title":"Mount Logan","category":"world record","lat":60.5672,"lng":-140.4053,"fact":"Mount Logan is the highest mountain in Canada, and the second-highest peak in North America after Denali. The mountain was named after Sir William Edmond Logan, a Canadian geologist and founder of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Logan","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Logan","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Mount_Logan.jpg/960px-Mount_Logan.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-mount-mitchell","title":"Mount Mitchell","category":"world record","lat":35.7648,"lng":-82.2651,"fact":"Mount Mitchell is the highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains and the highest peak in mainland North America east of the Mississippi River.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Mitchell","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Mitchell","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Mount_Mitchell_from_Mt._Mitchell_overlook_NC.jpg/960px-Mount_Mitchell_from_Mt._Mitchell_overlook_NC.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-mount-stanley","title":"Mount Stanley","category":"world record","lat":0.3858,"lng":29.8717,"fact":"Mount Stanley, also known as Mount Ngaliema, is a mountain located in the Rwenzori range. With an elevation of 5,109 m (16,763 ft), it is the highest mountain of both the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, and the fourth-highest in Africa.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Stanley","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Stanley","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/MtStanley_2.JPG/960px-MtStanley_2.JPG"},
{"id":"wp-mount-thor","title":"Mount Thor","category":"world record","lat":66.5333,"lng":-65.3167,"fact":"Mount Thor, officially gazetted as Thor Peak, in Nunavut, Canada, is a mountain with an elevation of 1,675 m (5,495 ft) located in Auyuittuq National Park, on Baffin Island.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Thor","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Thor","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Mount_Thor%2C_Akshayuk_Pass%2C_Baffin_Island.jpg/960px-Mount_Thor%2C_Akshayuk_Pass%2C_Baffin_Island.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-mount-whitney","title":"Mount Whitney","category":"world record","lat":36.5786,"lng":-118.292,"fact":"Mount Whitney (Paiute: Tumanguya) is a mountain in California's Sierra Nevada range, and is the highest point in the contiguous United States, with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m). It is located in East–Central California along the border of Inyo and Tulare counties.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Whitney","story_label":"Wikipedia: Mount Whitney","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Mount_Whitney_2003-03-25.jpg/960px-Mount_Whitney_2003-03-25.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-nanga-parbat","title":"Nanga Parbat","category":"world record","lat":35.2375,"lng":74.5892,"fact":"Nanga Parbat, known in Shina as Diamer, is the ninth-highest mountain on Earth with its summit at 8,126 m (26,660 ft) above sea level.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanga_Parbat","story_label":"Wikipedia: Nanga Parbat","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Fairy_Meadows_and_the_view_of_Nanga_Parbat.jpg/960px-Fairy_Meadows_and_the_view_of_Nanga_Parbat.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-nazare-canyon","title":"Nazaré Canyon","category":"world record","lat":39.51,"lng":-9.92,"fact":"The Nazaré Canyon is a submarine canyon just off the coast of Nazaré in the Oeste region of Portugal, in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazar%C3%A9_Canyon","story_label":"Wikipedia: Nazaré Canyon","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Canh%C3%A3o_da_Nazar%C3%A9.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-niagara-falls","title":"Niagara Falls","category":"world record","lat":43.0799,"lng":-79.0747,"fact":"Niagara Falls is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of New York.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara_Falls","story_label":"Wikipedia: Niagara Falls","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/3Falls_Niagara.jpg/960px-3Falls_Niagara.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-north-cape-norway","title":"North Cape (Norway)","category":"world record","lat":71.1725,"lng":25.7844,"fact":"The North Cape is a cape on the northern coast of the island of Magerøya in Northern Norway. The cape is in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Cape_(Norway)","story_label":"Wikipedia: North Cape (Norway)","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Norway%2C_North_Cape.jpg/960px-Norway%2C_North_Cape.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-ojos-del-salado","title":"Ojos del Salado","category":"world record","lat":-27.1097,"lng":-68.5414,"fact":"Nevado Ojos del Salado is a dormant complex volcano in the Andes on the Argentina–Chile border. It is the highest volcano on Earth and the highest peak in Chile.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ojos_del_Salado","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ojos del Salado","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"south-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Ojos_del_Salado_looming_big_on_the_horizon.jpg/960px-Ojos_del_Salado_looming_big_on_the_horizon.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-old-tjikko","title":"Old Tjikko","category":"world record","lat":61.6393,"lng":12.6763,"fact":"Old Tjikko is an approximately 9,568-year-old Norway spruce, located in the Dalarna province in Sweden. Old Tjikko originally gained fame as the \"world's oldest tree\".","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Tjikko","story_label":"Wikipedia: Old Tjikko","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Old-Tjikko-2011-07-19-001.jpg/960px-Old-Tjikko-2011-07-19-001.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-pole-of-inaccessibility","title":"Pole of inaccessibility","category":"world record","lat":-82.1,"lng":54.9667,"fact":"In geography, a pole of inaccessibility is the farthest (or the most difficult to reach) location in a given landmass, sea, or other topographical feature, starting from a given boundary, relative to a given criterion.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_of_inaccessibility","story_label":"Wikipedia: Pole of inaccessibility","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"antarctica","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Distancia_a_la_costa.png/960px-Distancia_a_la_costa.png"},
{"id":"wp-preikestolen","title":"Preikestolen","category":"world record","lat":58.9867,"lng":6.1875,"fact":"Preikestolen or Prekestolen (English: 'Pulpit Rock' or 'Pulpit') is a tourist attraction in Strand Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. Preikestolen is a steep cliff which rises 604 metres (1,982 ft) above Lysefjorden.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preikestolen","story_label":"Wikipedia: Preikestolen","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Lyse_Fjord_et_Preikestolen.jpg/960px-Lyse_Fjord_et_Preikestolen.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-puerto-rico-trench","title":"Puerto Rico Trench","category":"world record","lat":19.8358,"lng":-66.7544,"fact":"The Puerto Rico Trench is located on the boundary between the North Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, parallel to and north of Puerto Rico, where the oceanic trench reaches the deepest points in the Atlantic Ocean.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico_Trench","story_label":"Wikipedia: Puerto Rico Trench","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Caribbean-map.png"},
{"id":"wp-puncak-jaya","title":"Puncak Jaya","category":"world record","lat":-4.0789,"lng":137.1583,"fact":"Puncak Jaya or Carstensz Pyramid on the island of New Guinea, with an elevation of 4,884 m (16,024 ft), is the highest mountain peak of an island on Earth, and the highest peak in Indonesia and within Oceania.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puncak_Jaya","story_label":"Wikipedia: Puncak Jaya","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Carstenzs_Piramida_Mountain.jpg/960px-Carstenzs_Piramida_Mountain.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-ras-dashen","title":"Ras Dashen","category":"world record","lat":13.2358,"lng":38.3708,"fact":"Ras Dashen is the highest mountain in Ethiopia. Located in the Simien Mountains National Park in the North Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region, it reaches an elevation of 4,550 metres (14,930 ft).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ras_Dashen","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ras Dashen","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Dejen_misura_da_cima_W.jpg/960px-Dejen_misura_da_cima_W.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-richat-structure","title":"Richat Structure","category":"world record","lat":21.1147,"lng":-11.3943,"fact":"The Richat Structure, or Guelb er Richât, often called the Eye of Africa is a prominent circular geological feature at the northwestern edge of the Taoudeni Basin, on the Adrar Plateau of the Sahara. It is located near Ouadane in the Adrar Region of Mauritania.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richat_Structure","story_label":"Wikipedia: Richat Structure","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Richat_Structure_ISS030-E-12516.jpg/960px-Richat_Structure_ISS030-E-12516.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-ross-ice-shelf","title":"Ross Ice Shelf","category":"world record","lat":-81.5,"lng":-175,"fact":"The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica. It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than 600 km (370 mi) long, and between 15 and 50 m (50 and 160 ft) high above the water surface.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Ice_Shelf","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ross Ice Shelf","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"antarctica","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Corp2401_-_Flickr_-_NOAA_Photo_Library.jpg/960px-Corp2401_-_Flickr_-_NOAA_Photo_Library.jpg","day":"01-14","year":1911},
{"id":"wp-sunda-trench","title":"Sunda Trench","category":"world record","lat":-10.3167,"lng":109.9667,"fact":"The Sunda Trench, earlier known as and sometimes still indicated as the Java Trench, is an oceanic trench located in the Indian Ocean near Sumatra, formed where the Australian-Capricorn plates subduct under a part of the Eurasian plate.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunda_Trench","story_label":"Wikipedia: Sunda Trench","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Subduction-en.svg/960px-Subduction-en.svg.png"},
{"id":"wp-tamu-massif","title":"Tamu Massif","category":"world record","lat":33,"lng":158,"fact":"Tamu Massif is a seamount in the northwest Pacific Ocean, sitting atop a triple junction of mid-ocean ridges. Tamu Massif is located in the Shatsky Rise about 1,600 km (990 mi) east of Japan. The massif covers an area of about 553,000 square kilometres (214,000 mi2).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamu_Massif","story_label":"Wikipedia: Tamu Massif","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Tamu_Massif%2C_the_Earth%27s_largest_volcano%2C_about_1%2C000_Miles_east_of_Japan.jpg/960px-Tamu_Massif%2C_the_Earth%27s_largest_volcano%2C_about_1%2C000_Miles_east_of_Japan.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-three-gorges-dam","title":"Three Gorges Dam","category":"world record","lat":30.8367,"lng":111.0194,"fact":"The Three Gorges Dam, officially known as Yangtze River Three Gorges Water Conservancy Project is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River near Sandouping in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province, central China, downstream of the Three Gorges.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Gorges_Dam","story_label":"Wikipedia: Three Gorges Dam","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/ThreeGorgesDam-China2009.jpg/960px-ThreeGorgesDam-China2009.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-tonga-trench","title":"Tonga Trench","category":"world record","lat":-22,"lng":-174,"fact":"The Tonga Trench is an oceanic trench located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It is the deepest trench in the Southern hemisphere and the second deepest on Earth after the Mariana Trench.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonga_Trench","story_label":"Wikipedia: Tonga Trench","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"oceania","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Kermadec_Arc.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-toubkal","title":"Toubkal","category":"world record","lat":31.0596,"lng":-7.9151,"fact":"Toubkal, also Jbel Toubkal or Jebel Toubkal, is a mountain in central Morocco, located in the Toubkal National Park. At 4,167 m (13,671 ft), it is the highest peak in Morocco, the Atlas Mountains, North Africa and the Arab world.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toubkal","story_label":"Wikipedia: Toubkal","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/My_Toubkal.jpg/960px-My_Toubkal.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-trolltunga","title":"Trolltunga","category":"world record","lat":60.1332,"lng":6.7547,"fact":"Trolltunga is a rock formation situated at an elevaton of 1,126 metres (3,694 ft) above sea level in Ullensvang Municipality in Vestland county, Norway.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolltunga","story_label":"Wikipedia: Trolltunga","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Trolltunga_2017.jpg/960px-Trolltunga_2017.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-ulm-minster","title":"Ulm Minster","category":"world record","lat":48.3986,"lng":9.9925,"fact":"Ulm Minster is a Gothic church of the Evangelical Church in Germany located in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg. It is the second-tallest church building in the world, with a steeple measuring 161.53 metres (530.0 ft).","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulm_Minster","story_label":"Wikipedia: Ulm Minster","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Landappbw_526530_1820_Ulmer_M%C3%BCnster_Luftaufnahme_Ulmer_M%C3%BCnster_%28cropped%29.jpg/960px-Landappbw_526530_1820_Ulmer_M%C3%BCnster_Luftaufnahme_Ulmer_M%C3%BCnster_%28cropped%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-vatnajokull","title":"Vatnajökull","category":"world record","lat":64.4,"lng":-16.8,"fact":"Vatnajökull is the largest and most voluminous ice cap in Iceland, and the second largest in area in Europe after the Severny Island ice cap of Novaya Zemlya. It is in the south-east of the island, covering approximately 8% of the country.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatnaj%C3%B6kull","story_label":"Wikipedia: Vatnajökull","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"europe","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Vatnaj%C3%B6kull.jpeg"},
{"id":"wp-veryovkina-cave","title":"Veryovkina Cave","category":"world record","lat":43.4156,"lng":40.3564,"fact":"Veryovkina Cave is a cave in Abkhazia, Georgia. With a known depth of 2,209 meters (7,247 ft) as of 2025, it is the second deepest-known cave on Earth after Krubera Cave.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veryovkina_Cave","story_label":"Wikipedia: Veryovkina Cave","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Veryovkina_cave._Babatunda_pit.jpg/960px-Veryovkina_cave._Babatunda_pit.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-victoria-falls","title":"Victoria Falls","category":"world record","lat":-17.9244,"lng":25.8567,"fact":"Victoria Falls is a waterfall on the Zambezi River, located on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is one of the world's largest waterfalls, with a width of 1,708 m (5,604 ft). The region around it has a high degree of biodiversity in both plants and animals.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Falls","story_label":"Wikipedia: Victoria Falls","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"africa","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Cataratas_Victoria%2C_Zambia-Zimbabue%2C_2018-07-27%2C_DD_04.jpg/960px-Cataratas_Victoria%2C_Zambia-Zimbabue%2C_2018-07-27%2C_DD_04.jpg","day":"11-16","year":1855},
{"id":"wp-vinson-massif","title":"Vinson Massif","category":"world record","lat":-78.5256,"lng":-85.6172,"fact":"Vinson Massif is a large mountain massif in Antarctica that is 21 km (13 mi) long and 13 km (8 mi) wide and lies within the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains. It overlooks the Ronne Ice Shelf near the base of the Antarctic Peninsula.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinson_Massif","story_label":"Wikipedia: Vinson Massif","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"antarctica","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Mount_Vinson_from_NW_at_Vinson_Plateau_by_Christian_Stangl_%28flickr%29.jpg/960px-Mount_Vinson_from_NW_at_Vinson_Plateau_by_Christian_Stangl_%28flickr%29.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-vostok-station","title":"Vostok Station","category":"world record","lat":-78.4644,"lng":106.8373,"fact":"Vostok Station is a Russian research station in inland Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok_Station","story_label":"Wikipedia: Vostok Station","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"antarctica","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Vostok_Station_2024.png/960px-Vostok_Station_2024.png"},
{"id":"wp-yarlung-tsangpo-grand-canyon","title":"Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon","category":"world record","lat":29.612,"lng":94.936,"fact":"The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, also known as the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon, the Tsangpo Canyon, the Brahmaputra Canyon or the Tsangpo Gorge, is a canyon along the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet Autonomous Region, China.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarlung_Tsangpo_Grand_Canyon","story_label":"Wikipedia: Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"asia","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Yarlung_Zangpo_Grand_Canyon%2C_Tibet.jpg/960px-Yarlung_Zangpo_Grand_Canyon%2C_Tibet.jpg"},
{"id":"wp-yellowstone-caldera","title":"Yellowstone Caldera","category":"world record","lat":44.4,"lng":-110.7,"fact":"The Yellowstone Caldera, also known as the Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field, is a Quaternary volcanic field, caldera complex, and volcanic plateau spanning parts of Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana.","story_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_Caldera","story_label":"Wikipedia: Yellowstone Caldera","source":"wikipedia","added":"2026-09-21","continent":"north-america","credit":"Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0","rank":0.85,"image_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Yellowstone_River_in_Hayden_Valley.jpg/960px-Yellowstone_River_in_Hayden_Valley.jpg"}
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