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The Southeast Indian Ridge (SEIR) is a mid-ocean ridge in the southern Indian Ocean. A divergent tectonic plate boundary stretching almost 6,000 km (3,700 mi) between the Rodrigues triple junction (25°S 70°E) in the Indian Ocean and the Macquarie triple…
The east coast of Honshu, Japan, refers to the eastern seaboard of Japan’s largest island, facing the Pacific Ocean, and includes the populous metropolitan areas of Tokyo and the scenic, mountainous Tōhoku region in the northeast. Major cities like Tokyo…
Culturally, the Ryukyuans have been subjected to both Japanese and Chinese influence. Nonetheless, they developed indigenous musical forms and, on Okinawa, a local textile craft. In ancient times the islands formed an independent kingdom. Chinese and Japanese sovereignty were successively…
Many important hominid fossils have been found in Tanzania. In the Stone and Bronze Age, prehistoric migrations into Tanzania included Southern Cushitic speakers similar to modern day Iraqw people who moved south from present-day Ethiopia; Eastern Cushitic people who moved into Tanzania from north of Lake Turkana about…
The coast of Northern Peru offers a fantastic mix of stunning beaches, world-class surfing (Máncora, Cabo Blanco), rich pre-Columbian history (Chan Chan, Sipán), and a warm, dry climate perfect for year-round visits, with key hubs like Piura and Trujillo serving…
Taiwan has been settled for at least 25,000 years. Ancestors of Taiwanese indigenous peoples settled the island around 6,000 years ago. In the 17th century, large-scale Han Chinese immigration began under Dutch colonial rule and continued under the Kingdom of Tungning, the first predominantly Han Chinese state…
The province borders the provinces of Jambi to the north, Bengkulu to the west and Lampung to the south, as well a maritime border with the Bangka Belitung Islands to the east. It is the largest province in the island of Sumatra, and it is slightly smaller than Portugal, the…
Fiji is an archipelago in the South Pacific, sitting to the north of New Zealand and the north-east of Australia. It is made up of about 300 islands, only about 100 of which are inhabited. The islands feature a central…
The largest city on Hokkaido is its capital, Sapporo, which is also its only ordinance-designated city. Sakhalin lies about 43 kilometres (27 mi) to the north of Hokkaidō, and to the east and northeast are the Kuril Islands, which are…
South of the Mariana Islands chain lies Guam, a separate U.S. territory, with the Mariana Trench (Earth’s deepest point) generally to the east and south; the islands themselves stretch from volcanic northern isles like Agrihan down through inhabited ones like…