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The Rupes Nigra ("Black Rock"), a phantom island, was believed to be a black rock located at the Magnetic North Pole or at the geographic North Pole itself. Described by Gerardus Mercator as 33 French miles in size, it provided a supposed explanation for why all compasses point to this location.
Peoria City Hall [7] 419 Fulton Street 1895-1898 February 1991 February 6, 1973 Peoria Mineral Springs and Residence [5] 701 W Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Drive c. 1843 June 1994 March 5, 1982 Peoria Women’s Club [7] 301 NE Madison Avenue 1893 April 2013 N/A Pettengill-Morron House [5] 1212 W Moss Avenue 1868 December 2021 April 2, 1976 ...
The emerald-made cities Jabulqa and Jabulsa, situated in darkness, are said to be contiguous to the mountain Qaf. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] Zakariya al-Qazwini published ʿAjā'ib al-makhlūqāt wa gharā'ib al-mawjūdāt ("The Wonders of Creation", literally "Marvels of things created and miraculous aspects of things existing") [ 6 ] in the 13th century, a ...
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1889 Peoria Town Well – Location of the original in what is now Osuna Park located at the intersection of Grand Avenue and Washington Street. The "town well" provided water for local residents as well as the traveling public. Peoria Presbyterian Church – Built in 1899 the church is the oldest building in the original Peoria Townsite. The ...
Peoria Zoo was ranked Illinois' 10th-most Instagrammable non-Chicago attraction, with 4,075 hashtags (#peoriazoo, #peoriazoofun, #peoriazoo). Here are the full results: The most Instagrammed spots ...
Rupes / ˈ r uː p ɪ s / (plural / ˈ r uː p iː z /) [1] is the Latin word for 'cliff'. It is used in planetary geology to refer to escarpments on other worlds. As of January 2013, the IAU has named 62 such features in the Solar System, on Mercury (17), Venus (7), the Moon (8), Mars (23), the asteroids Vesta (2) and Lutetia (2), and Uranus's satellites Miranda (2) and Titania (1).
Peoria native and former Richwoods High School cross country runner Matt Peharda on the ultra marathon mountain trail during the Leadville Trail 100 Run in Colorado on Aug. 17, 2024.