Geography
This is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea by surface area.
What is Sicily?
Sicily (Italy): ~25,711 sq km
Sardinia (Italy): ~24,100 sq km
Cyprus (Island nation): ~9,251 sq km
Corsica (France): ~8,681 sq km
Crete (Greece): ~8,312 sq km
Named after the Koyukon Athabaskan word for "the Tall One", this is the tallest mountain in the United States.
What is Denali?
20,310 feet (6,190 m) above sea level.
This extremely treacherous body of water sits between the southernmost tip of South America and Antarctica, connecting the Pacific to the Atlantic.
What is the Drake Passage?
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current, which runs through it, meets no resistance from any landmass, and waves top 40 feet (12 m), giving it a reputation for being "the most powerful convergence of seas"
Founded in 1610, this US city is the oldest state capital and the earliest European settlement west of the Mississippi River.
What is Santa Fe, New Mexico?
Also the tallest state capital located at 7,199 feet (2,194 m) above sea level.
Blending indigenous, Spanish, and American influences, Santa Fe is considered the cultural capital of the Southwestern United States, and is widely regarded as one of the country's major art cities. In 2005, it was the first U.S. city inducted into the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.
This is the name of the only tropical rainforest in the United States
What is Puerto Rico’s El Yunque National Forest?
El Yunque is also the object of Puerto Rican folklore and pop culture. Along with the coqui and the Puerto Rican parrot, El Yunque is considered a symbol of Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans.
El Yunque National Forest has been incorrectly called the only rainforest in the United States National Forest Service, but it is actually the only tropical rainforest. There are others that are temperate rainforests including some in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.