The most beautiful geographical names. The most interesting geographical objects. Russia and its uniqueness

Spring is approaching and the desire for change appears. I really want to change my usual surroundings and go on a trip somewhere. There are many unique, interesting places that are worth seeing with your own eyes. We will present some of them - the most unusual, the most extraordinary.

1. The most high mountain In Canada

In Canada, Mount Logan is the highest at 5959m. it belongs to the St. Elias Range system located in the southwestern Yukon Territory. The name of the mountain was given in honor of William Edmond Logan, a Canadian geologist.

2. Most Southern City in the world

Ushuaia (Argentina) is the southernmost city in the world. The population of this administrative center of the province Tierra del Fuego is 45 thousand people.

3. The most low point Africa

Lake Assal in Djibouti is located 155 meters below sea level - the lowest point in Africa.

4. The most big lake on an island in the lake

The system of these lakes resembles a nesting doll - in Canada on Lake Huron there is Manitoulin Island, on Manitoulin Island there is Lake Manitou. Manitou turns out to be the most big lake in a lake with an area of ​​104 square kilometers.

5. The richest city in the world

The richest and most beautiful city world - Dubai. It is not at all difficult to buy cheap in Dubai, and therefore this city is the most visited in the world. What’s interesting is that its population is 80% foreigners.

6. The longest lake in the world

Lake Tanganyika is located on the border of Zambia, Tanzania, Burundi and Democratic Republic Congo is the longest in the world. It was discovered in 1858 by English explorers John Speke and Richard Burton. The lake is interesting not only for its length (673 km), but it is the second in the world in depth (1470 m) and volume of water.

Tanganyika is also famous for its interesting and diverse fauna, colorful and unusual fish.

7. Most high waterfall in Africa

On the territory of the Republic of South Africa in Drakensberg Mountains Tugela Falls is located. Here water falls in five cascades from a height of 948 meters. The largest cascade has a height of 411 meters.

8. The most deep depression on Earth not filled with water

We have heard a lot about deep sea depressions, but there are also the deepest faults on the surface of the Earth. The deepest of them was discovered in Antarctica in 1961. Deepest point The Bentley depression is 2540 meters below sea level and it is all filled with ice.

9. Highest peak of the Scandinavian mountains

In the Scandinavian mountains high peak is Gallhöpiggen. This 2469-meter mountain in Norway was first climbed in 1850 by Arnesen, Flaatten and Solheim.

10. The longest river in Eurasia

The deepest and long river in Eurasia is the Yangtze. It carries its waters from its sources in Tibet to the East China Sea across China for a distance of 6,300 km.

11. The longest braid in the world

The world's longest spit is located in Ukraine. The Arabat Spit, located on the Crimean peninsula, 112 km long and 270 m to 8 km wide, separates Sea of ​​Azov Sivash Bay.

12. Most Small town in the world

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UNUSUAL
GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Funny and weird

Name A They simultaneously have rivers in the Netherlands, Germany, places on the Lofot Islands of Norway, as well as in France, Denmark and Sweden.

There are also two small towns with the name AND- one is located in the north of France, and the other in west coast Finland.

There is also a village in France ABOUT, however, this is how it is read, although it is written not with one, but with four letters: Nauh.

Towns YU located in France and Sweden.

E- this is the name of a town in Belgium and one of the ports of Burma.

On Caroline Islands V Pacific Ocean you can visit a town called U. The left tributary of the great river has a similar name South-East Asia Mekong, in the Lao Republic and a city in South Korea.

Dad- a city in Hungary.

Tyatya(old Russian "father") is a volcano on the Kuril Island Iturup.

Mother- city and river, left tributary of the Vitim River in Irkutsk region Russia. By the way, the sources of this river are called Right Mama and Left Mama.

Daughter- a river in the Bryansk region, a tributary of the Desna, and a river in the Moscow region.

Woman- cape in the west of the peninsula Asia Minor(Türkiye). Has the same name mountain range in the Hindu Kush system of Afghanistan. By the way, “Baba” means “Father” in Arabic.

Grandmothers- a village in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine.

Great Grandmother- also in Ukraine - a tributary of the Seversky Donets and a village of the same name in the Kharkov region. Babka is a river in the Perm region of Russia and a city in the west of the island New Guinea.

Dedovsk- a village in the Moscow region.

Sister- rivers in Moskovskaya and Leningrad regions.

Brothers- islands nearby south coast Republic of Vietnam.

Vnukovo- a village near Moscow.

Husbands- a village on the Ob River in Siberia and a left tributary of the Tagus River in Portugal.

Godfather- a river in Turkey. Kuma is a river in the North Caucasus and a city in the Australian state of Victoria.

Cousin- island in the group Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.

Matchmaker- a river in Eastern Slovakia and Pakistan.

Twins- a village in the Kharkov region of Ukraine.

Stepmother- a village in the Volgograd region.

Relatives- village in Kaliningrad region Russia.

Village Neighbor is located in Penza region.

River Boy flows through the Magadan and Kamchatka regions of the Far East.

Village Maid is located in Voronezh region Russia.

City Virgo- in Western Romania.

A tributary of the Abakan River in the Krasnoyarsk Territory is called She, and the village on the Rioni River in Georgia is called They.

In Massachusetts (USA) there is small lake, the name of which is not easy to pronounce without stopping, because it consists of 42 letters, and in English transcription- even longer (44 letters). Judge for yourself: Chargoggagogg. Translated from the local Indian language, this abracadabra means: “I will fish on this side, you will fish on that side, and in the middle no one catches anything.” Thus, the name of the lake records an agreement between two Indian tribes that once lived on its shores.

The long name is associated with one of the villages North Island New Zealand: Taumatavkakapikiahu(83 letters!). Translated from the local Maori language, it means: "The place where Tamatea, the man with long shins, the famous mountain eater who moved mountains, climbed them and swallowed them, played the flute for his beloved."

The longest among the Gulliver names is the name of the capital located in Southeast Asia of the Republic of Thailand - Bangkok. Translated, it sounds like this: “Place of the wild plum,” but the full local name has as many as 147 (!) letters and means: “The great city of angels, the highest repository of divine treasures, a great land that cannot be conquered, a great and prosperous kingdom, a magnificent and the wonderful capital of the nine gems, the place where the greatest rulers live and is located Grand Palace, the home of gods who can transform into spirits." It is this geographical name that is registered in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest in the world.

River Volga, in addition to the well-known one, flows in the state of Iowa (USA). The right tributary of the Mississippi has the same name. The city of the same name is located on the banks of the American Volga.

River Don flows in Scotland, in the north of the island of Great Britain, and the famous tributary of the Volga Oka has a “namesake” - a large tributary of the Angara in Eastern Siberia.

City Moscow is located in Vyatka region Russia.

You can get to Russia from Berlin V Paris without leaving the territory Chelyabinsk region. Is here also Leipzig, Varna and other cities. All of these are usually small towns, received their names in honor of the outstanding victories of the Russian army in the Patriotic War of 1812.

There are railway stations in the Odessa region of Ukraine Borodino, Leipzig, Paris and others. Village Paris is also located in the Krasnokutsky district of the Kharkov region.

In the Fergana region of Uzbekistan there is a village with a great name Baghdad, in the Aktobe region of Kazakhstan - railway station Cairo, in Moldova - railway station - Sofia, in Latvia and the Yekaterinburg region of Russia - towns Nice, V Novosibirsk region- village Shanghai, V Oryol region- village Panama, in Irkutsk - railway station Malta.

Nile- a settlement in the Amur region of Russia, Chad- railway station in the Perm region, Sahara- river in Yakutia, Africa- cape on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Victoria- a village in the Aktobe region of Kazakhstan.

Bay America- on Far East, Danube Islands- at the mouth of the great Siberian river Lena, Eldorado village- on the middle Yenisei, lake china- in the Odessa region of Ukraine.

On railway Perm - Nizhny Tagil yes Eurasia station(on the border of Europe and Asia).

An interesting road sign is located in the vicinity of the American city of Linchula (Maine). He indicates that from here to Peru- 90, up to Poland - 50, Denmark - 35, Norway- 25 km. All these settlements are in this state, not countries.

There are villages in the states of Indiana, Minnesota and North Dakota Russia, Belarus And Kyiv. They were founded over 100 years ago by natives of these areas who moved to America in search of a happy life.

In the California desert there is stop station Siberia. It must be admitted that the authors of this title were humorists. After all, the hottest place in the entire Western Hemisphere is located nearby.

Located in the south of Brazil city ​​America.

In the USA there are cities such as London, Boston, Newcastle, Cambridge, Oxford, Baltimore, Bristol, Greenwich and many others whose “parents” are in Europe.

Geographical names came from France to the American continent Orleans, Nancy, Toulon, Lyon, A Paris occurs over ten times.

Found seven times on the US map Moscow and repeatedly numerous towns called Petersburg, Rome, Cairo, Athens, Odessa and others.

From Spain to Latin America"moved" such geographical names How Barcelona, Valencia, Venice, Granada, Cordoba, Seville and others.

In Ukraine in the Chernivtsi region there is Mamalyga village, and in Poltava - Pie.

Cockroach- Name small island And city ​​of the same name at eastern shores Indonesian island of Kalimantan.

Gang- one of the seas washing the shores of the islands of Sulawes, New Guinea and Timor.

An island with an attractive name Paradise can be seen off the coast of the Republic of Vietnam.

In the Gulf of Thailand in the west of the island, New Guinea rises mountain house.

Sombrero- this is the name of the strait in Nicobar Islands Indian Ocean.

Rivers Dream And Barack flow in India.

Pech City located in Hungary, Cabinet- in Sweden, and cities with no less strange, in our opinion, names Salo located in Finland and Northern Italy.

There are towns in Italy Bank, Fortune And Mirage.

Madonna- a city in Latvia.

Duma city located in Syria.

Village Game- in Udmurtia.

Give- in Romania.

Moi River flows in Ireland, and islet Mak is located in the Hebrides group of islands off the coast of Great Britain.

Kucha city is located in Western China, Tank- in Pakistan, Tea And Chan- in Turkey, city ​​of Limon- in Guatemala.

Subject - sea ​​port in the African republic of Ghana.

Marine name Squid assigned to land French city in Alsace.

On geographical map Russian Federation you will see nearby Summer And Winter shores, as well as the city Winter in Eastern Siberia.

Stump- a village in the Novosibirsk region, Miracle- in Smolenskaya, Baklushi And Turks- in Saratovskaya, Kalach- in Volgogradskaya, boot- in Ryazan, Wand- in Tomsk, Bottom- in Pskovskaya, Mud- in Lipetskaya, A cap- in Leningradskaya, Wasp- V Perm regions, Barysh- a river in the Ulyanovsk region.

In Ukraine - Paradise in Ternopil region, Bar- in Vinnytsia, Platypus, Partying, Benefit- in Odessa, Wise heads- in Khmelnytskyi, Good afternoon- in Chernigovskaya, Brawler, Bucha And Kozhanka- in Kievskaya, Money- in Cherkasy, Happiness- in Lugansk regions.

Stomach can be found in the Grodno region of Belarus.

Note flows in Murmansk, Dark in Tverskaya, Pair in Ryazan, Leather in Arkhangelsk and even Shish- the right tributary of the Irtysh - in the Omsk regions.

Villages are located in the Gomel region of Belarus Mars, Venus and even Capricorns. Villages with names Mars we find in the Sharansky district of the Nizhnenovgorod region of Russia and the Novoaidarsky district of the Lugansk region of Ukraine.

Cape The end of the world located on the extreme eastern island Kuril ridge Shikotane.

Half- this is the name of a village in the Irkutsk region of Russia, halfway between Moscow and Vladivostok.

In the Far East, on the Moscow - Vladivostok railway, one of the cities is called by name and patronymic - Erofey Pavlovich.

Some geographical names reflect the shape of objects. For example, in Siberia, in Eastern Sayan There is Mount Pyramid, in the Arctic Ocean - Yugorsky and Matochkin Shary straits, in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk - Cone Island, and in the east, on the Lysyansky Peninsula, there is Cape Duga Zapadnaya. River Krivaya flows in the Republic of Macedonia and Serbia.

There are also names on the geographical map that consist of only vowels. This Wye- river in England, cities Aue(Germany), Aya("Saint" in Greece), island Eui in the Tonga archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, village Ii- in Australia, island Eiao in the group of Marquesas Islands.

But there are also names consisting of only consonants, for example Croatian island Krk in the Adriatic Sea and mountain Smrk(1204 m) in the Czech Republic.

There are geographical names starting with the letter “Y”, for example, rivers Õhne in Estonia, Yrgaity in Kyrgyzstan, Yngata in Yakutia (Right tributary of the Vilyuya), as well as villages Eundin in the Komi Republic, Uizhou in Northern and Eunsung in South Korea.

Purely Russian geographical names can be found on the world map. Villages God, Vershok, Morning- in France, Dream- in Spain, Moan- in England, Favorite- in Germany, Rich- in Hungary, Plan- an island off the coast of the Republic of Tunisia in Africa.

based on materials from the book "Entertaining Geography"

And last summer I discovered this in Nizhny Novgorod region.
and couldn't pass by.

There are geographical names that we use in everyday life with a different meaning. There are many such words that came into our language from maps and geography textbooks. Let's look at the most interesting of them.

The name of alabaster, which is a valuable building material, comes from the name of the city of Basra in Iraq. Translated from Arabic, the word “al-basra” means “soft” and is associated with the characteristics of the local soil. The word “kaolin” is associated with the Kaolian area in China, where white clay was first mined for the purpose of making porcelain. The name of the city of Faenza in Italy is associated with the word “faience”. Intended rock as a facing material during the construction process and during the construction of monuments. The rock is called labradorite from the name of the peninsula of the same name..

If we turn to the periodic table of chemical elements D.I. Mendeleev, you can see a large number of names that attest to certain parts of the world, for example, americium, europium, and certain countries, gallium (the ancient name of France), ruthenium, translated from Latin meaning Russia, France, polonium, meaning Poland. The element lutetium (from the Latin “lutetia”) is named in honor of Paris, and the element magnesium is named in honor of the Greek city of Magnesium. Chemical elements such as californium and scandium also indicate the geographical name of the same name.

The names of the four chemical elements - ytterbium, yttrium, erbium and terbium - come from the small town of Ytterby, which is located on the Swedish island of Roslagen. In 1787, in the vicinity of this city, an unusual heavy mineral containing these rare earth elements was found.

The town of Ytterby became famous thanks to this miracle of nature. An example of a chemical named after a city is veronal (from the Italian city of Verona); cologne, which means "water from Cologne". In 1972, cologne was first produced in Cologne. Cologne today is the largest industrial centre

Germany, where various kinds of machine tools, cars, television and radio equipment are produced. However, Cologne is known throughout the world for “Cologne water.”

The name of the valuable topaz stone comes from the island of the same name in the Red Sea.

What about the names of the fabrics? Not everyone knows that the name tulle fabric comes from the French city where it was first made. In the state of northwestern India, the name of fine woolen fabric - cashmere - was born, from the name of the state of Kashmir. Madepolam fabric is also of Indian origin. It got its name from a small town of the same name. The name of the silk fabric, crepe de Chine, means “Chinese crepe.” Crepe Moroccan means “Moroccan crepe”. In the 60-60s. In the Italian city of Bologna, raincoats made of synthetic material, which received the same name, first appeared. The name of the breed of indoor dogs has the same origin.

In the old spelling, the capital of Turkey sounds like Angora, hence the origin of Angora cats.

From the name of the city of Bruges, in a slightly modified pronunciation, came the word trousers. In this city, a special “Bruggish” fabric was produced for sewing trousers. The city of Bruges itself comes from the ancient Norwegian language of the Normans and is translated as bridge (“brygia”). The origin of the word jeans also has a connection with geography. The appearance of the first jeans dates back to the 50s. last century, and San Francisco (USA) is their homeland. Jeans in those days were made only for laborers. The material was tarpaulin. The country that supplied the fabric for sewing was

Italian city

Genoa. The names were somewhat distorted by the Americans, so the end result was the emergence of the word jeans. From the name of the city of Fez, which is located in Morocco, the name of the men's fez hat was formed, made of red felt in the shape of a truncated cone with a tassel, until recently common in the countries of North America and the Middle East. The name of a hat with a feather - Tyrolean - comes from the Austrian province of Tyrol. Geographical sound is also inherent in

a large number

food products.

In the city of Mayon on the island of Menorca, part of the Spanish Balearic Islands, mayonnaise, widely known today, was made for the first time.

The name of the ice cream variety - ice cream - was derived from the French city of Plombieres. The name Torto, which flows on the island of Sicily, is derived from the river Torto. Roquefort cheese owes its name to the French city of the same name. The names of such cheeses as Dutch, Poshekhonsky, Uglich, Kostroma, Swiss have a similar origin. And also sausages: Hamburg, Odessa, Krakow, Lviv, Moscow, Odessa, Minsk, etc.

To this day, the name landau has come down to the name of the body of a passenger car with a convertible top. The closed body of a high-class passenger car received its name from the historical French province of Limousin.

From a geographical point of view there will also be interesting name US dollar. The name of this monetary unit is not of American origin and is not at all associated with the English language. In the small German town of Joachimsthal (present-day Czech Republic), they minted a large silver coin called the Joachimsthaler. The name was later shortened to "thaler", which later became "dollar" in English pronunciation. The village of Dollar is located in Great Britain.

For the most part, place names have a meaning that corresponds to them.

But there are a large number of them that appeared on the geographical map by accident and were the result of errors and misunderstandings.


There are settlements on the planet with such amazing names that it is difficult to believe in their existence. And to live in the city of Swastika or in the city of the Kingdom of Satan, perhaps, only people with a good sense of humor can live. And it should be noted that these are not the strangest names out there.

1. Swastika


Swastika town in Ontario, Canada - pretty strange place. In fact, this is not a Nazi haven at all - the city was founded almost 30 years before Adolf Hitler began using the swastika. The name of the city was chosen in honor of the ancient Indian sign of prosperity and fertility.

2. Kingdom of Satan


What's funny and strange is that there are cities and geographic places on Earth named after hell. For example, two cities in the United States (in the states of Vermont and Massachusetts) are called the Kingdom of Satan.

3. Peniston


The name of the town of Penistone in Yorkshire, England, probably derives from older forms of Welsh and English. The name originally meant "Hilltop Village". Today, everyone is giggling at him.

4. Nothing


The previously populated (although very few people lived in it) village of Nothing in Arizona, was completely abandoned in 2005. The sign at the entrance to the city reads: “The dedicated citizens of Nothing are full of hope and faith in the necessity of work. For many years these people believed in Nothing, hoped for Nothing and worked in Nothing."

5. North Pole


Cities with name North Pole available in the states of Alaska and New York. New York's North Pole has theme park with live reindeer and Santa Claus.

6. Nameless


Nameless is a small town in Colorado, which got its name when a highway was planned to be built in this place with a turn to a city that does not yet exist. During the construction of the road, a temporary sign with the inscription “Unnamed” was installed at the bend. As a result, the name stuck.

7. Moon


Northwest of Pittsburgh there is a town called Luna, which was probably so named because it is located in a crescent-shaped bend of the river.

8. Mars


Tourists have recently often visited the city of Mars in Pennsylvania. Not only is there a non-working former spaceship installed in the city, but you can also say that you visited the Martians (that’s what the locals are called).

9. George Washington


George Washington is the only city in the United States that bears the full name of its Founding Father.

10. Ganja


The city with the most Rastafarian name can be found in Azerbaijan. Moreover, this is not even a village that was named as a joke, but the second largest city in the country.

11. Chinatown

Chinatowns or Chinatowns exist in major cities all over the world, but in Wisconsin there is the whole city, which bears a similar name.

12. Batman


Everyone knows the famous comic book hero, but few people know that in Turkey, in the province of Batman, on the banks of the Batman River (a tributary of the Tigris River) there is a city called Batman. The main local attractions are oil refineries and a large military air base.

13. Bastardtown


Bastardtown in County Wexford, despite its name, is a picturesque Irish seaside village.

14. Å


The settlement with such a laconic name is a beautiful seaside village in the very north of Norway. Six other Norwegian towns, a Swedish and a Danish town also have a similar name.

15. Accident


Interestingly, the town of Casualty was built in the 1770s in Western Maryland by accident. Two surveyors marked out the ground, randomly choosing the same oak tree as a reference point. It was on that spot that the city was founded.

For travelers, the key role is most often played by the vacation spot, its characteristics and features, rather than the name. In this case, the principle “it’s not the name that makes the place beautiful, but the place that makes the name” applies, and in connection with this we often fall in love with the names of those cities in which we had the best time. Beautiful city names are most often found in Europe; they are pleasant and melodious to our ears. But many Russian settlements also fall into this category, the names of which sound charming in our native language.

Romanesque museum cities

It is believed that the most beautiful names cities of the world are concentrated in historical region, in the Mediterranean. It is noteworthy that this region is located between two parts of the world - Europe and Asia, and all the settlements that have ever been here or still exist here have very beautiful names. Many cities of the former Roman Empire have survived to this day. Among them are Rome, Florence, Venice. Along with them, we can highlight very beautiful names of regions: Liguria, Tuscany, Sicily. A delight for the ears, don't you agree?

Italy's neighbor, Greece, also has beautiful names of cities that are located on its territory. These are Athens, Kallithea, Heraklion. It is noteworthy that, in addition to the most beautiful names, these settlements managed to preserve architectural monuments of stunning beauty on their territories. You can admire them forever, and gradually they will become synonymous with the names of cities.

Ancient East - sophistication and beauty

It’s surprising that beautiful names were much more sweet in the Middle East. Firstly, it is the center of the birth of the Akkadian civilization. Several centuries later, it was replaced by the majestic Nineveh. In the south of the same Mesopotamia was located the king of all powers of that time - Babylon with its famous tower, which has not yet been excavated from the golden sands. On the territory of Egypt, two megacities with beautiful names can be distinguished - Memphis and Alexandria. In present-day Turkey, which once bore the names of Anatolia and Cappadocia (also very attractive names to the ear), there was the legendary city of Troy, famous for its history with a wooden horse.

Well, Syria has such beautiful city names as Damascus, Alalakh, Amarna and others. It is noteworthy that most of the above names have survived to this day. An exception can be considered Memphis, which changed its name to an equally beautiful one - Cairo.

Spain is a modern storehouse of uniqueness

The country, located in the southwest of the European continent, is famous for having beautiful city names. We will not list them, but will only go through the most famous ones, which are unique not only for their sound, but also for their architecture.

It’s probably worth starting your trip to Spain from Catalonia, where the metropolis of Barcelona is located. This name has been thundering throughout the world for many centuries and appears either in the creative sphere of life, or in sports, or in tourism.

Below is Valencia, and regions stretch even closer to the south. Among the cities of this country, one can distinguish a complex but very beautiful name - La Manga del Mar Menor. It is important to note that Spanish colonization caused the spread of this culture to larger territories. Thus, beautiful city names that are pronounced and written in this language can be found in Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and many other countries.

Distant and mysterious North

The names of Scandinavian settlements are also recognized as the most beautiful. It is important to note that Romano-Germanic and Finno-Ugric peoples coexist on this peninsula, so the names of local geographical units are fundamentally different. The city of Stockholm is filled with severity and grandeur. Along with it are Östersund, Malmö, Skellefteå and Sundsvall. Finland is famous famous cities Helsinki, Viitasaari, Tornio, Rovaniemi and Nilsiä. The most important thing is that in many settlements of these cold countries, even in the smallest ones, the primitive traditions and culture of these peoples have been preserved, which gives them even more charm and charm.

Surprise of the new century - South Africa and its assets

Who would have thought that in the vastness of southern point The African continent will grow into real urban jungles that will bear beautiful names. Among the cities that are more reminiscent of America with their panoramas, we highlight Johannesburg, Cape Town, Pretoria, Port Elizabeth and East London. These settlements owe these unique names to the synthesis of local dialects and in English, which appeared here after British colonization.

Russia and its uniqueness

For our compatriots, the most beautiful are the names of Russian cities and mainly the native one, which is unique and individual in every letter.

St. Petersburg is an ancient and incredibly beautiful city.

Remote megacities also have beautiful names: Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg, Astrakhan, Arkhangelsk, Kaliningrad. We can say with complete confidence that in Russia where more places, regions and cities with beautiful names, but it is simply impossible to list them in one article.

 

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