A - Z of Geographical Place Names

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Honshu - the largest island of those that make up Japan.

I never think of Japan as actually being large, but Honshu and Great Britain are approximately the same size. Add in the other islands of Japan and Japan is about 50% larger than Great Britain.

Ireland.

Jamaica - Can you believe that Jamaica has four mountain ranges? According to Wikipedia, they are the Blue Mountains, the Dry Harbour Mountains, the John Crow Mountains, and the Mocho Mountains.

Kenfig - Kenfig (Welsh: Cynffig) is a village and former borough in Bridgend, Wales.

Lincoln - capital of the state of Nebraska.

Miette River - Miette River is a short river in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.

Nebraska

Ogallala Aquifer - a large aquifer lying under parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska as well as a few others. I think it is thickest in Nebraska.

Pacific Ocean - The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south and is bounded by Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east.

Quebec, Canada

Regal Mountain - Regal Mountain is an erode stratovolcano or shield volcano in the Wrangell Mountains of eastern Alaska, USA.

Seneca Rocks, West Virginia

Trestles, San Onofre, California

Ulavaipu - Ulavaipu is a small village in Cherthala, in Alappuzha District of Kerala, India.

Venice Beach, LA, California

Wales.