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In 1787 a Scientist Cut the Summit of Mont Blanc, Which Is Now Displayed in a Museum

The Teylers Museum in Haarlem is the oldest museum in the Netherlands, founded in 1778. Its collection includes fossils, coins, minerals, scientific instruments, and a selection of paintings by famous artists such as Michelangelo, Ribera, Claude Lorrain, and Guercino, among others. However, the most curious piece on display at the Teylers Museum is the one […]

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The Ancient Transantarctic Mountains That Split Antarctica in Two, A World You’ll Likely Never See Yourself

Hidden beneath the vast ice sheet that characterizes Antarctica, the Transantarctic Mountains rise as one of the longest and oldest mountain ranges on the planet. This range, extending over 3,500 kilometers from Cape Adare in Victoria Land to Coats Land in the Weddell Sea, forms a crucial geographic and geological boundary: the divide between East […]

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A Mountain That Sank Millions of Years Ago off the Coast of Lanzarote May Have Inspired the Myth of Atlantis

A team of researchers, led by the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain (IGME-CSIC), has made a significant discovery in the waters of the North Atlantic, specifically in the region north of the Canary Islands. During a research campaign conducted aboard the oceanographic vessel Sarmiento de Gamboa, three new underwater volcanoes were identified, which have […]

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Australia’s Highest Peak is in a Remote Place in the Indian Ocean, between Madagascar and the Antarctic

In the southernmost reaches of the Indian Ocean, nearly 2,500 nautical miles (4,700 kilometers) southwest of Perth and halfway between Madagascar and Antarctica (from which is separated by 1,550 kilometers), lies Australia’s tallest mountain. This is Mawson Peak, located not on the Australian mainland but in the Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, a […]

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Puncak Jaya, the Highest Island Mountain in the World and the Highest Point on Earth Between the Himalayas and the Andes

Due to its geographical location, between Southeast Asia and Australia in the Pacific Ocean and south of the equator, the island of New Guinea has a tropical climate with average temperatures of about 24 degrees Celsius all year round. However, it also has high peaks where temperatures can drop below zero, with abundant rainfall. One […]