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“Sam Enterprise Group” signs secretive deal with government of Solomon Islands to lease an entire Tulagi island

A Chinese company “Sam Enterprise Group” has signed a secretive deal with the  government of the Solomon Islands to lease an entire Tulagi island for up to 75 years but the status of the lease remains unclear since it is a non-binding agreement. The deal was signed just a few days after the Solomon Islands ..

Topics: Countries • Invasion of Tulagi • Islands • Landforms • Solomon Islands • Tulagi

Junko Tabei

Junko Tabei was the first woman to climb the Mt Everest. She was also the first woman to climb all the Seven Summits. The seven summits are the highest mountains in all the seven continents. It includes Mt Everest – 8,848 meters in Asia Mt Aconcagua – 6,961 meters in South America. Mt Denali – ..

Topics: Climbers • David Liaño Gonzalez • Junko • Junko Tabei • Landforms • Mount Everest • Mountains • Seven Summits • Tabei • Yasuko Namba

Papua New Guinea highest number of ‘living’ indigenous languages in world

Ethnologue (a directory of languages) lists 7,111 living languages worldwide (languages that are still being used and spoken by people). According to it, Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has the highest number of ‘living’ indigenous languages in the world (840), while India stands 4th with 453. Interestingly, the U.S. (335 languages) and ..

Topics: Indigenous language • Indigenous languages • International Year of Indigenous Languages • Landforms • Language • Languages • Linguistic rights • New Guinea

The world’s highest operating weather stations installed on Mt Everest

The National Geographic Society has announced the successful installation of the world’s highest operating weather stations on Mount Everest to provide researchers, climbers, and the public with near real-time information about mountain conditions. The multi-disciplinary team installed the world’s two highest operating automated weather stations at Balcony area (8,430 m) and South Col (7,945 m), ..

Topics: Barometer • Everest • Everest base camps • Landforms • Mount Everest • Mountains • Physical geography • South Col • Weather station

2019 edition of World Oceans Day (WOD)

The World Oceans Day (WOD) is observed every year on June 8 to celebrate the majesty of the world’s oceans and raise awareness about their preservation. Oceans are important for mankind because they generate an estimated 70% of the earth’s oxygen. They regulate the globe’s climate and weather. They support marine life. They provide us ..

Topics: Bodies of water • Landforms • Oceans • Physical geography • Physical oceanography • Sea • World Oceans Day

2019 edition of International Everest Day (IED)

The International Everest Day (IED) is observed every year on May 29 to mark the first successful climb to the world’s highest peak Mount Everest. On this day in 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa reached the zenith of the mountain and became the first humans to achieve the feat in memory of ..

Topics: Edmund Hillary • Gurkhas • Jamling Tenzing Norgay • Landforms • Mount Everest • Mountaineering • Mountains • Peter Hillary • Sherpa people • Tenzing Norgay • Tibetan Buddhism