"Adam, the first Ancestor, set foot as he was exiled from the Garden of Eden . The legends of Adam are connected to the idea that Sri Lanka was the original Eden, and in the Muslim tradition that Adam was 30 ft tall. A shrine to Saman, a Buddhist ""deity"" (People who have spent spiritual life during their life on earth and done pacificism service to regions are deified by Sri Lankan Buddhists) charged with protecting the mountain top, can be found near the footprint. Adam's Peak Adam's Peak is a tall conical mountain located in central Sri Lanka. It"
"Adam's Peak Adam's Peak is a tall conical mountain located in central Sri Lanka. It is well known for the Sri Pada, i.e., ""sacred footprint"", a rock formation near the summit, which in Buddhist tradition is held to be the footprint of the Buddha, in Hindu tradition that of Shiva and in Islamic and Christian tradition that of Adam, or that of St. Thomas. The mountain is located in the southern reaches of the Central Highlands in the Ratnapura District and Nuwara Eliya district of the Sabaragamuwa Province and Central Province —lying about 40 km northeast of the city of"
"Adams Island (Nunavut) Adams Island (Inuit: ""Tuujjuk"") is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. The island is located in Baffin Bay off the northeastern coast of Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Nearby are Dexterity Island (northeast), Dexterity Fiord and Baffin Island (east), Tromso Fiord (south), Paterson Inlet (west), Bergesen Island (northwest), and Isbjorn Strait (north). Adams Island is irregularly shaped, its eastern and western sides split by the Ratcliffe Arm. Coastlines slope sharply while the interior mountains are over in height. The island comprises an area of , measuring in length and to in"
"Adam's Peak, where Adam supposedly fell to earth and describes Adam as crossing from Sri Lanka to India on what became known as Adam's Bridge. The bridge starts as a chain of shoals from the Dhanushkodi tip of India's Pamban Island and ends at Sri Lanka's Mannar Island. Pamban Island is semi-connected to the Indian mainland by 2 km long Pamban Bridge. Mannar Island is connected to mainland Sri Lanka by a causeway. The border between India and Sri Lanka is said to pass across one of the shoals constituting one of the shortest land borders in the world. Ramasetu"
"Adam Rock Adam Rock (he: סלע אדם – ""Sela Adam""; ar: حجر آدم) or Adam Island (he: אי אדם – Ie Adam; ar: جزيرة آدم) is a tiny Israeli island about half a kilometer west of Bat Yam. A smaller rock (island) is located 10 m west of Adam Rock. Adam Rock is a protrusion in an abrasion platform, a remnant of an ancient kurkar ridge. This ridge was uneven destroyed in a process of grinding and erosion called abrasion. The beach opposite the island is known as Rock Beach, after the tiny island opposite the beach. Until the breakwaters"
"width. Another, much smaller, Adams Island is located off the northeastern tip of Baffin Island. Adams Island (Nunavut) Adams Island (Inuit: ""Tuujjuk"") is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. The island is located in Baffin Bay off the northeastern coast of Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Nearby are Dexterity Island (northeast), Dexterity Fiord and Baffin Island (east), Tromso Fiord (south), Paterson Inlet (west), Bergesen Island (northwest), and Isbjorn Strait (north). Adams Island is irregularly shaped, its eastern and western sides split by the Ratcliffe Arm. Coastlines slope sharply while the interior mountains are over"
"surveyed by British Antarctic Survey in 1975-76. Named after Alec Edward Simon, British Antarctic Survey aircraft mechanic, who worked on nearby Adelaide Island during the summers of years 1972 to 1976. Simon Peak (Antarctica) Simon Peak () is a mountain rising to about 1,000 m on the west side of the Havre Mountains, situated in the northwest portion of Alexander Island, Antarctica. The peak lies northeast of Umber Island, an island situated in Lazarev Bay off the west coast of Alexander Island. It is situated 9.9 km east-southeast of Buneva Point, 6.4 km northeast of Kamhi Point, 14.65 km west"
"Simon Peak (Antarctica) Simon Peak () is a mountain rising to about 1,000 m on the west side of the Havre Mountains, situated in the northwest portion of Alexander Island, Antarctica. The peak lies northeast of Umber Island, an island situated in Lazarev Bay off the west coast of Alexander Island. It is situated 9.9 km east-southeast of Buneva Point, 6.4 km northeast of Kamhi Point, 14.65 km west of Mount Pontida and 6.15 km north-northeast of Gazey Nunatak, and surmounts Pipkov Glacier to the north and Oselna Glacier to the southwest. Possibly sighted by FAE, 1908–10, in January 1909;"
"Adams Island, New Zealand Adams Island is the second largest island of New Zealand's Auckland Islands archipelago. The southern end of Auckland Island broadens to a width of where a narrow channel, known as Carnley Harbour or the Adams Straits, separates it from the roughly triangular Adams Island (area approximately ), which is even more mountainous, reaching a height of at Mount Dick. The channel is the remnant of the crater of an extinct volcano, with Adams Island, and the southern part of Auckland Island forming the crater rim. Two large indentations, Bolton's Bay and Fly Harbour, are the most"
"Anvil Peak Anvil Peak is a cone volcano located in Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States. The volcano was originally named in 1951, on a map by the United States Geological Survey. Its name was taken after a plateau located on the northern side of the volcano's main summit, taking the appearance of an anvil. Anvil Peak is located on Semisopochnoi Island, in the Rat Islands of the western Aleutian Islands. It is one of the seven hills with a summit crater on the island. It is the highest point on the island as well as the highest point on all"
"Mount Adam, Falkland Islands Mount Adam (Spanish: ""Monte Independencia/Monte Beaufort"") is a mountain on West Falkland, part of the Hill Cove Mountains range. It is the highest mountain on West Falkland and is the second highest in the islands. It has the remains of glacial cirques on it, and is of similar height to Mount Usborne on East Falkland. Its summit is at . It is south west of Mount Edgeworth. The closest settlements are Hill Cove to the North, and Chartres to the South. As one of the highest mountains of the Falklands, it experienced some glaciation. The handful"
"Adam's Bridge Adam's Bridge (; Sinhala: ""adamgay palama""), also known as Rama's Bridge or Rama Setu (, Sanskrit: ), is a chain of limestone shoals, between Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island, off the south-eastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar Island, off the north-western coast of Sri Lanka. Geological evidence suggests that this bridge is a former land connection between India and Sri Lanka. The bridge is long and separates the Gulf of Mannar (south-west) from the Palk Bay (northeast). Some of the sandbanks are dry and the sea in the area is very shallow, being only"
"Antim Peak Antim Peak (, ‘Vrah Antim’ \'vr&h an-'tim\) () is the ice-covered peak rising to 2080 m in Imeon Range on Smith Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Situated 2.25 km and 1.3 km northeast of the summit Mount Foster and Evlogi Peak respectively, 5.4 km south-southwest of Mount Pisgah, 16 km southwest of Cape Smith, and 16 km northeast of Cape James. The peak surmounts Chuprene Glacier to the west and northwest, Krivodol Glacier to the northeast and east, and Pashuk Glacier to the southeast. Precipitous and partly ice-free southeast slopes. Confirmed to be a separate peak"
"of mountains and plateaus by broad valleys, lies the Knuckles Massif: steep escarpments, deep gorges, and peaks rising to more than 1,800 meters. South of Adam's Peak lie the parallel ridges of the Rakwana Hills, with several peaks over 1,400 meters. The land descends from the Central Highlands to a series of escarpments and ledges at 400 to 500 meters above sea level before sloping down toward the coastal plains. Most of the island's surface consists of plains between 30 and 200 meters above sea level. In the southwest, ridges and valleys rise gradually to merge with the Central Highlands,"
"Amak Island Amak Island () is an uninhabited island in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, United States. The island lies north of the western tip of the Alaska Peninsula, and northwest of the mainland city of Cold Bay. The island's land area is and its maximum elevation is . The island's volcano, Mount Amak, last erupted in 1796. The local population of the song sparrow was last seen on the island around New Year's Eve, 1980/1981, and has not been seen since; devegetation of the island played a part in its demise. These birds were formerly considered a separate subspecies, ""Melospiza"
"Blodwen Peak Blodwen Peak is a peak on the Alexander Island, the largest island of Antarctica. Blodwen Peak rises to situated just over west-northwest of Khufu Peak and west of Pearce Dome, situated on the east coast of Alexander Island, overlooking George VI Sound and the George VI Ice Shelf, Antarctica. It is snow and ice free on the north slopes, and is named for one of the three muskeg tractors used in the area in 1974. It was referred to as ""The 2nd Pyramid"" in scientific reports in the early 1960s, whilst ""The 1st Pyramid"" was the nickname given"
"of mountains over 2,000 feet (610 m) have: Mount Adam, Falkland Islands Mount Adam (Spanish: ""Monte Independencia/Monte Beaufort"") is a mountain on West Falkland, part of the Hill Cove Mountains range. It is the highest mountain on West Falkland and is the second highest in the islands. It has the remains of glacial cirques on it, and is of similar height to Mount Usborne on East Falkland. Its summit is at . It is south west of Mount Edgeworth. The closest settlements are Hill Cove to the North, and Chartres to the South. As one of the highest mountains of"
"Diana's Peak Diana's Peak is the highest point, at , on the island of Saint Helena, a British overseas territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is of volcanic origin. Mountain and its surroundings with a total area of 81 ha were proclaimed a national park in March 1996, the first on the island. It is covered in tree fern thicket. The peak is located at the tripoint where the districts Sandy Bay (southwest), Levelwood (east) and Longwood (north) meet. The closest settlements are Bamboo Hedge (the main settlement of Sandy Bay District), Hutt's Gate (in Longwood District) and Levelwood"
"melodia amaka"", but are now considered to fall into the range of variation of the Aleutian song sparrow (""M. m. sanaka""). Unconfirmed reports from the late 1980s suggest that the island, should habitat quality improve, would in time be recolonized by the species. Amak Island Amak Island () is an uninhabited island in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, United States. The island lies north of the western tip of the Alaska Peninsula, and northwest of the mainland city of Cold Bay. The island's land area is and its maximum elevation is . The island's volcano, Mount Amak, last erupted in 1796."
"shingle beaches at the northernmost point, the Point of Ayre. The island has one mountain higher than , Snaefell, with a height of . According to an old saying, from the summit one can see six kingdoms: those of Mann, Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales, and Heaven. Some versions add a seventh kingdom, that of the sea, or Neptune. At the 2016 census, the Isle of Man was home to 83,314 people, of whom 26,997 resided in the island's capital, Douglas and 9,128 in the adjoining village of Onchan. The population decreased by 1.4% between the 2011 and 2016 censuses. By"
"Coast. British mapping in 1978. Darzalas Peak Darzalas Peak (, ‘Vrah Darzalas’ \'vr&h dar-'za-las\) is the rocky, mostly ice-free peak rising to 1300 m in the south foothills of Detroit Plateau on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica. The peak is situated between Bombardier and Dinsmoor Glaciers, and surmounting Mundraga Bay to the southeast. The peak is named after the Thracian god Darzalas. Darzalas Peak is located at , which is 11.28 km southwest of Trave Peak, 6.16 km north of Mount Elliott, 7.17 km east-northeast of Kavlak Peak, and 29.87 km southeast of Mount Ader in the border area"
"Adak Island Adak Island () is an island near the western extent of the Andreanof Islands group of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. Alaska's southernmost town, Adak, is located on the island. The island has a land area of , measuring on length and on width, making it the 25th largest island in the United States. Due to harsh winds, frequent cloud cover, and cold temperatures, vegetation is mostly tundra (grasses, mosses, berries, low-lying flowering plants) at lower elevations. The highest point is Mt. Moffett, near the northwest end of the island, at an elevation of 3,924 feet (1,196 m)."
"in northern Anvers Island, Palmer Archipelago. First charted by the French Antarctic Expedition (1903–05) under J.B. Charcot, who named the bay for French naval officer Contre-amiral Richard d'Abnour. Anvers Island was the scene of the protagonist Grim Fiddle's ""kingdom"" and his later imprisonment in John Calvin Batchelor's novel ""The Birth of the People's Republic of Antarctica"". Fiddle was an adventurer in a dystopian future world with many references to Norse mythology. Anvers Island Anvers Island or Antwerp Island or Antwerpen Island or Isla Amberes is a high, mountainous island long, the largest in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. It was"
"Umnak Umnak () is one of the Fox Islands of the Aleutian Islands. With of land area, it is the third largest island in the Aleutian archipelago and the 19th largest island in the United States. The island is home to a large volcanic caldera on Mount Okmok and the only field of geysers in Alaska. It is separated from Unalaska Island by Umnak Pass. In 2000, Umnak was permanently inhabited by only 39 people. The earliest known settlement on Umnak Island is at Anangula and is 8,400 years old. Anangula was later abandoned and the Sandy Beach site became"
"Lamina Peak Lamina Peak () is a prominent pyramid-shaped peak, high, surmounting a stratified ridge which curves down from Mount Edred northeastward toward George VI Sound. The peak stands inland from the east coast of Alexander Island near the southern limit of the Douglas Range. It was first photographed from the air on November 23, 1935, by Lincoln Ellsworth and mapped from these photos by W.L.G. Joerg. It was roughly surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition and resurveyed in 1949 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), and was so named by the FIDS because of the"
"Pirámide Peak Pirámide Peak is a sharp rocky peak rising to 366 m at the southeast edge of Hurd Ice Cap on Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and surmounting False Bay to the southeast. The peak is descriptively named by personnel of the nearby Spanish base Juan Carlos Primero and appears in the 2009 Bulgarian map of Livingston Island. The peak is located at which is 710 m south-southeast of Dorotea Point, 2.33 km south-southeast of Mount Reina Sofía, 1.41 km southwest of Mirador Hill, 930 m west of Moores Peak, 430 m northwest of"
"on the island are named for characters in the book. Mount Arronax Mount Arronax () is an ice-covered, pointed peak, 1,585 m, standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) west-southwest of Nautilus Head and dominating the north part of Pourquoi Pas Island, off the west coast of Graham Land. Black Pass runs northeast–southwest, 3 nautical miles (6 km) west of Mount Arronax. It was first surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill. It was resurveyed in 1948 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and named after Professor Pierre Arronax, the central character in Jules Verne's"
"Anvers Island Anvers Island or Antwerp Island or Antwerpen Island or Isla Amberes is a high, mountainous island long, the largest in the Palmer Archipelago of Antarctica. It was discovered by John Biscoe in 1832 and named in 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Adrien de Gerlache after the province of Antwerp in Belgium. It lies south-west of Brabant Island at the south-western end of the group. The south-western coastline of the island forms part of the Southwest Anvers Island and Palmer Basin Antarctic Specially Managed Area (ASMA 7). Cormorant Island, an Important Bird Area, lies 1 km off"
"at the Rock Beach in Bat Yam were built in the late 1960s, the rock could only be reached swimming or sailing. Swimming there was and still is a common activity among bathers. The nature researcher and tour guide Yehuda Ziv wrote about the island: The legend and name were previously mentioned by Zev Vilnay, who dates these back to the Middle Ages. Adam Rock Adam Rock (he: סלע אדם – ""Sela Adam""; ar: حجر آدم) or Adam Island (he: אי אדם – Ie Adam; ar: جزيرة آدم) is a tiny Israeli island about half a kilometer west of Bat"
"Unimak Island Unimak Island () is the largest island in the Aleutian Islands chain of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the easternmost island in the Aleutians and, with an area of , the ninth largest island in the United States and the 134th largest island in the world. It is home to Mount Shishaldin, one of the ten most active volcanoes in the world. According to the United States Census Bureau, there were 64 people living on Unimak as of the 2000 census, all of them in the city of False Pass at the eastern end of the"
"Amak Volcano Amak Volcano is a basaltic andesite stratovolcano in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, USA, from Anchorage. It is located on the eponymous island, from Frosty Volcano and near the edge of the Alaskan Peninsula's western flank. Only boats are allowed to access the island with a certain permit. Blocky (dotted with flat blocks of minerals and crystals) lava flows stream from its summit to its flanks. Three historical eruptions have taken place – two within the 18th century, the first from 1700–1710, and the latter in 1796. The earliest prehistoric eruption was believed to have taken place between"
"Adam Stewart (business executive) Adam Stewart (born January 27, 1981) is the Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Chairman of the Caribbean-based resort company Sandals Resorts International and the ATL Group, a Jamaica-based automotive and commercial and domestic appliance distributor. Stewart was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1981. Stewart was raised in Jamaica and graduated from Florida International University’s Hospitality Management Program in Miami, FL. During his tenure as Chief Executive Officer, the company has witnessed numerous developments such as the addition of the Italian and Key West Villages at the company’s flagship Beaches Turks & Caicos Resort Villages & Spa,"
"displays no active hydrothermal system. Adams Seamount Adams Seamount is a submarine volcano above the Pitcairn hotspot in the central Pacific Ocean about southwest of Pitcairn Island. Adams is part of a field of about 90 seamounts east-southeast away from Pitcairn Island, and the largest of these. Adams lies southeast of another large seamount, Bounty Seamount. Most of these seamounts except for Adams and Bounty are less than high. They were discovered in 1989 by the RV Sonne research ship. It is a conical seamount rising from the sea floor to about below the surface of the ocean. The total"