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Guixu (simplified Chinese: 归墟; traditional Chinese: 歸墟) is a location in Chinese mythology where all water, including the Milky Way, flows into a bottomless void. Even as water keeps flowing into it, the amount of water in it never changes.
The Port City Pearl (Chinese: 港都明珠; pinyin: Gǎng Dū Míng Zhū) is a 29-storey, 108.65 m (356.5 ft) tall residential skyscraper located in Zhongzheng District, Keelung, Taiwan. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Construction of the building started on 28 April 2019, and it was completed in 2023. [ 4 ]
The settlements on the hill and those near the coast had a separate history in certain periods, as it was the case during the 14th century, when the hill castle was captured by the Aydinids, and the port city, with another castle, was held by the Genoese until its capture by Tamerlane in 1403. During the 19th century, Kadifekale was part of the ...
The poem is an important and rich source of historical information about the ancient Chola kingdom and its capital city. The Pattinappalai mentions the city's music and dance traditions, cock and ram fights, the thriving alcohol and fisheries business, the overseas and domestic trade among the Indian peninsular port cities.
Porcher Island is an island in Hecate Strait, British Columbia, Canada, near the mouth of the Skeena River and southwest of the port city of Prince Rupert. [1] The locality of Porcher Island is located near the island's northern tip at Humpback Bay , 54°05′11″N 130°23′23″W / 54.08639°N 130.38972°W / 54.08639; -130.38972 ...
In 1987, a contract was awarded for the construction of a standard gauge railway from the iron mines at Itakpe to the steelworks at Ajaokuta, continuing to the Atlantic Ocean port city of Warri. The Warri–Ajaokuta–Itakpe line is still incomplete as of August 2017 [update] , and the section from Itakpe to Ajaokuta has been vandalised.
Location of Kagoshima Bay Kagoshima Bay as seen from the International Space Station on January 10, 2013. Kagoshima Bay (鹿児島湾, Kagoshima-wan) also known as Kinkō Bay, Kinko Bay (錦江湾, Kinko-wan) is a deep inlet of the East China Sea on the coast of Japan.
[18] [19] The township is 73 nmi (135 km) from the Port of Taichung on Taiwan. [20] The closest territory under China (PRC) control is the neighboring Luci Island (Lusi Island), Xiuyu District, Putian, Fujian, which is 9 nmi (17 km) to the north-northwest. [21] [22] Greater Qiu Island is the site of the Wuqiu Lighthouse.