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Sossusvlei (sometimes written Sossus Vlei) is a salt and clay pan [1] surrounded by high red dunes, located in the southern part of the Namib Desert, in the Namib-Naukluft National Park of Namibia. The name "Sossusvlei" is often used in an extended meaning to refer to the surrounding area (including other neighbouring vlei s such as Deadvlei ...
Cairo, Georgia: KAY-roh / ˈ k eɪ r oʊ / Also the place in Mississippi Cairo, Illinois: KAIR-oh / ˈ k ɛər oʊ / Also the places in New York and Ohio Cahuenga Pass: kə-WENG-gə / k ə ˈ w ɛ ŋ ɡ ə / Calais, Maine: KAL-iss / ˈ k æ l ɪ s / [n 3] Also the place in Vermont Calliope Street, New Orleans, Louisiana KAL-ee-ohp / ˈ k æ l i ...
Sapelo Island / ˈ s æ p əl oʊ / is a state-protected barrier island located in McIntosh County, Georgia. The island is accessible only by boat; the primary ferry comes from the Sapelo Island Visitors Center in McIntosh County, Georgia, a seven-mile (11 km), twenty-minute trip. [ 1 ]
Name list Subdivision Place Pronunciation Notes Respelling IPA; England: Acomb, North Yorkshire: YAK-əm / ˈ j æ k ə m / [1] Historic; now regular England: Acomb, Northumberland
Fort Frederica National Monument, on St. Simons Island, Georgia, preserves the archaeological remnants of a fort and town built by James Oglethorpe between 1736 and 1748 to protect the southern boundary of the British colony of Georgia from Spanish raids. [4] About 630 British troops were stationed at the fort.
Most of the world’s top corporations have simple names. Steve Jobs named Apple while on a fruitarian diet, and found the name "fun, spirited and not intimidating." Plus, it came before Atari in ...
Gascoigne Bluff. Gascoigne Bluff is a bluff next to the Frederica River on the western side of the island of St. Simons, Georgia which was a Native American campground, the site of a Franciscan monastery named San Buenaventura, and the site of the Province of Georgia's first naval base.
The European "Georgia" probably stems from the Persian designation of the Georgians – gurğ (گرج), ğurğ – which reached the Western European crusaders and pilgrims in the Holy Land who rendered the name as Georgia (also Jorgania, Giorginia, etc.) and, erroneously, [11] explained its origin by the popularity of St. George (Tetri Giorgi ...