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Dry Tortugas National Park
(Encyclopedia) Dry Tortugas National Park: see under Dry Tortugas.Kalahari Gemsbok National Park
(Encyclopedia) Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa: see Kalahari.Tucson
(Encyclopedia) TucsonTucsont&oomacr;ˈsŏnˌ [key], city (1990 pop. 405,390), seat of Pima co., SE Ariz.; inc. 1877. Situated in a desert plain surrounded by mountains, Tucson is an important and…Aleutian Range
(Encyclopedia) Aleutian Range, volcanic mountain chain, c.1,600 mi (2,600 km) long, SW Alaska, extending W from Anchorage along the Alaska Peninsula, and continuing, partly submerged as the Aleutian…Denali
(Encyclopedia) Denali, formerly Mount McKinley, peak, 20,310 ft (6,190 m) high, S central Alaska, in the Alaska Range; highest point in North America. Permanent snowfields cover more than half the…Ngorongoro Crater
(Encyclopedia) Ngorongoro Crater, caldera in the Great Rift Valley, Arusha region, N Tanzania. It is one of the world's largest unbroken volcanic calderas, created in an eruption some 3 million years…Dalton
(Encyclopedia) Dalton, city (2020 pop. 34,417), seat of Whitfield co., extreme NW Ga., in the Appalachian valley; inc. 1847. It is a highly…Point Pelee
(Encyclopedia) Point PeleePoint Peleepēˈlē [key], peninsula, c.10 mi (16 km) long, extending into W Lake Erie, S Ont., Canada, near Leamington. It is the southernmost part of the Canadian mainland.…Terra Nova National Park
(Encyclopedia) Terra Nova National Park, 153 sq mi (396 sq km), E Newfoundland, N.L., Canada, on Bonavista Bay; est. 1957. It is a rugged, deeply indented coastal area with forests and bogs.The Arctic Map: Regions, Geography, Facts & Figures
The Arctic region, located in the northernmost part of the Earth, is home to unique wildlife species and plays a critical role in regulating the Earth's climate and ocean currents. Extreme cold…