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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.
Inventio Fortunata (also Inventio Fortunate, Inventio Fortunat or Inventio Fortunatae), "Fortunate, or fortune-making, discovery", is a lost book, probably dating from the 14th century, containing a description of the North Pole as a magnetic island (the Rupes Nigra) surrounded by a giant whirlpool and four continents.
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The Petroglyph Point is an archaeological site within the Lava Beds National Monument, located southeast of Tulelake, California.Petroglyph Point contains one of the largest panels of Native American rock art in the United States.
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).
Kruse Rhododendron State Natural Reserve is a protected area administered by California State Parks.It is located in northern Sonoma County approximately 400 m (1,300 ft) inland of California State Route 1 near milepost 43 on the north edge of Salt Point State Park about 20 mi (32 km) north of Jenner and 15 mi (24 km) south of Gualala.
The Otay Mountain Wilderness is a U.S. wilderness area in San Diego County, California, 12 miles east of the community of Otay Mesa and just north of the Mexico–United States border. Some parts of the wilderness area rise quickly from sea level, reaching a peak of just over 3,500 feet (1,100 m) at the summit of Otay Mountain. [3]
Mount Umunhum (/ ˈ ʌ m ə n ʌ m / UH-mə-num) is a peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains, located in Santa Clara County, California.It is the fourth-highest peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains, after Loma Prieta, Crystal Peak, and Mount Chual.