A - Z of Geographical Place Names

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Valley of the Kings - site in Egypt where many of the great pharoahs were entombed

Washington Monument in Baltimore - features a 178-foot-high column, finished in 1829. The monument in Baltimore was designed by Robert Mills, the same architect behind the D.C. landmark.

Xaubub - the second highest mountain in Somalia

Yukon - river in North America, flowing through Canada and Alaska and into the Bering Sea.

Zealand - the largest and most populated island in Denmark.

Anglesey: a fairly large island (population c. 70,000) off the North-West coast of Wales, connected to the mainland by the Menai Suspension Bridge, which was built in 1826 by the legendary engineer Thomas Telford. It was a major centre of Druid activity in pre-Roman times. The majority of the population speak the Welsh language, and English too, of course.

B - The Straits of Bosphorus

A channel in Turkey straddled by Istanbul that lies between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea.

Cannes - resort and seaport on the French Riviera that is the site of an annual international film festival.

D - County Dublin - the county in The Republican of Ireland in which the City of Dublin is located.

Everglades - subtropical swamp covering much of southern Florida.

Fairy Bridge -- a footbridge in the south of the Isle of Man that the little people live under. There is also a bridge on the highway nearby with the same name for the benefit of tourists.

Goose Green: site of a fierce battle in May 1982, between British and Argentinian troops in the Falkland Islands.

Hugoton Gas Field - A large natural gas field under Hugoton, Kansas. The percentage of helium in the natural gas is exceptional.

do celestial bodies count? it is a place.

iapetus. 3rd largest natural satellite of saturn.



if not, Ioannina.

Jupiter Beach - A beach in Palm Beach County, Florida.

(couldn't resist a location on Earth with the name of a planet)

Knott End-on-Sea - a village in Lancashire, England.