Bohai Bay (simplified Chinese: 渤海湾; traditional Chinese: 渤海灣; pinyin: Bóhǎi Wān) is one of the three major bays of the Bohai Sea, the northwestern and innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea. It is bounded by the coastlines of eastern Hebei province (Tangshan and Cangzhou), Tianjin municipality and northern Shandong province (Binzhou and Dongying) south of the Daqing River estuary (which is an old mouth of Luan River in Laoting County) and north of the Yellow River estuary. It is the most southerly...
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Grape Island Marina off the coast of Funing District is located in the central area of Qinhuangdao City, facing the Bohai Sea to the south, Yanshan Mountain to the north, and the Great Wall to the north. It is 407 kilometers north of Shenyang City, 163 kilometers from Huludao City, 478 kilometers south of Shijiazhuang, 240 kilometers west of Beijing, and 23 kilometers east of Qinhuangdao City.
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The Chengdu J-20 (Chinese: 歼-20; pinyin: Jiān-Èrlíng), also known as Mighty Dragon (...
The Second Vermont Republic (SVR, 2VR) is a secessionist group within the U.S. state of Vermont which seeks to restore the formerly independent status of the Vermont Republic (1777–91). It describes itself as "a nonviolent citizens' network and think tank opposed to the tyranny of Corporate America and the U.S. government, and committed to the peaceful return of Vermont to its status as an independent republic and more broadly the dissolution of the Union."[citation needed] The organization...
Imamzadeh Saleh Mosque (Persian: امامزاده صالح, romanized: Imāmzādeh Ṣāleh) is a imamzadeh mosque in Iran. The mosque is located at Tajrish Square in Tehran's northern Shemiran district. The mosque entombs the remains of Saleh, a son of the Twelver Shia Imam, Musa al-Kazim, and is one of the most popular Shia shrines in northern Tehran.[1][2][3]
Rabat (Persian: ربط)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Rabat District of Sardasht County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, in the northeastern...
Kaliningrad (/kəˈlɪnɪnɡræd/ kə-LIN-in-grad; Russian: Калининград, IPA: [kəlʲɪnʲɪnˈɡrat]), known as Königsberg until 1946 (German pronunciation: [ˈkøːnɪçsbɛʁk] ⓘ; Russian: Кёнигсберг, romanized: Kyonigsberg, IPA: [ˈkʲɵnʲɪɡzbʲerk]; Polish: Królewiec), is the largest city and administrative centre of Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave between Lithuania and Poland. The city sits about 663 kilometres (412 mi) west of the bulk of Russia. The city is situated on the Pregolya River, at the head of...
Convoys in the modern era: As part of the U.S. exercise Defender Europe, the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG-72) transited the North Atlantic with three roll-on, roll-off vessels from Military Sealift Command (MSC), carrying troops and matériel to Europe. The U.S. Navy advertised this transit as a convoy operation and linked it to the previous transit of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), stating that the carrier and other units in the strike group “cleared the maritime...
The Kaesŏng Industrial Region (KIR) or Kaesŏng Industrial Zone (KIZ) is a special administrative industrial region of North Korea (DPRK). It was formed in 2002 from part of the Kaesŏng Directly-Governed City. On 10 February 2016, it was temporarily closed by the South Korean government and all staff recalled by the Park Geun-hye administration,[1] although the former President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, signalled his desire to "reopen and expand" the region in 2017. This never happened, and...
Yuzhno-Kurilsk (Russian: Южно-Курильск; Japanese: 古釜布, romanized: Furukamappu) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Yuzhno-Kurilsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. Population: 5,832 (2010 Russian census);[2] 5,751 (2002 Census);[7] 6,344 (1989 Soviet census).[8] It is the largest settlement on the Kunashir Island of the Kuril Islands.
Yuzhno-Kurilsk Mendeleyevo Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Южно-Курильск, Japanese: メンデレーエフ空港) (IATA: DEE, ICAO: ...
Kunashir Island (Russian: Кунашир, romanized: Kunashír; Japanese: 国後島, romanized: Kunashiri-tō; Ainu: クナシㇼ, romanized: Kuna=sir), possibly meaning Black Island or Grass Island in Ainu, is the southernmost island of the Kuril Archipelago. The island has been under Russian administration since the end of World War II, when Soviet forces took possession of the Kurils. It is claimed by Japan (see Kuril Islands dispute).
The Four Guardian Gods of Kyoto: ...