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In the late 19th century, the name Hạ Long Bay appeared on the Maritime Map of France. The French-language Hai Phong News reported "Dragon appears on Hạ Long Bay". Drone shot of limestone cliffs. According to local legend, when Vietnam had just started to develop into a country, they had to fight against invaders.
Sa Vĩ Cap in Trà Cổ island is the North-Easternmost promontory of Vietnam Co To Islands 20°59′00″N 107°46′00″E / 20.98333°N 107.76667°E / 20.98333; 107 Hạ Long Bay 's islets 20°54′N 107°12′E / 20.900°N 107.200°E / 20.900; 107
Cát Bà Island is the largest of the 367 islands spanning 262.41 km 2 (101.32 sq mi) [1] [a] that comprise the Cat Ba Archipelago, which makes up the southeastern edge of Lan Ha Bay in Northern Vietnam and maintains the dramatic and rugged features of Ha Long Bay.
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Floating island La Rota in Posta Fibreno lake, Italy. Natural floating islands are composed of vegetation growing on a buoyant mat of plant roots or other organic detritus. In aquatic regions of Northwestern Europe, several hundred hectares or a couple thousand acres of floating meadows (German Schwingrasen, Dutch trilveen) have been preserved, which are partly used as agricultural land ...
Vietnam remains a full member of the International Organisation of the Francophonie (La Francophonie) and education has revived some interest in the language. [389] Russian, and to a lesser extent German, Czech and Polish are known among some northern Vietnamese whose families had ties with the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. [390]
An enlargeable topographic map of Vietnam. Geography of Vietnam. Vietnam is: a country; Location: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere; Eurasia Asia Southeast Asia Indochina; Time zone: UTC+07; Extreme points of Vietnam High: Fan Si Pan 3,143 m (10,312 ft) Low: South China Sea 0 m; Land boundaries: 4,639 km Laos 2,130 km China 1,281 km
A category for floating islands, both natural and artificial, including fictional floating islands. Fictional islands that float in the sky, such as floating cities , should not be added here Subcategories