Famous
Bridges
Bridges
Completed in 1937, this orange-red suspension bridge crosses the strait connecting San Francisco Bay with the Pacific Ocean.
Golden Gate Bridge
Bridgetown
Barbados
This narrow country forms the land bridge connecting Central America to South America.
Panama
This narrow West African country follows the Gambia River and is surrounded by Senegal except for its Atlantic coast.
The Gambia
This U.S. city on the Mississippi River has neighborhoods that lie below sea level and rely heavily on levees and pumps.
New Orleans
The Øresund separates this Danish capital from Sweden, with Malmö just across the water.
Copenhagen
Broad inlet of the North Pacific on the south coast of Alaska, U.S. Bounded by the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island (west) and Cape Spencer (east), it has a surface area of 592,000 square miles (1,533,000 square km).
Gulf of Alaska
This Southeast Asian city-state is widely known as the “Lion City,” a translation associated with the name Singapura.
Singapore
Often confused with London Bridge, this famous Thames crossing has two towers and movable roadway sections called bascules.
Tower Bridge
Suva
Fiji
This Central American country is the smallest by land area.
El Salvador
Within some Belgian enclaves at Baarle are smaller pieces of territory belonging to this country, creating counter-enclaves.
Netherlands
This European country is famous for dikes, pumps, and polders because large portions of it lie below sea level.
Netherlands
This European microstate's capital is surrounded by France on its landward sides.
Monaco
Inlet of the Atlantic Ocean between the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick (north and west) and Nova Scotia (south and east).
Bay of Fundy
Because its name and national symbolism have long been associated with the sun, this East Asian country is famously called the “Land of the Rising Sun.”
Japan
Nicknamed “The Coathanger,” this giant steel arch opened in Australia in 1932.
Sydney Harbor Bridge
Valletta
Malta
This country is the only Central American nation where English is the official language.
Belize
This Russian territory on the Baltic Sea is separated from the rest of Russia and lies between Poland and Lithuania.
Kaliningrad Oblast
This ancient city near the Dead Sea sits roughly 250 meters below sea level and is often described as the world’s lowest city.
Jericho
This Slovak capital sits directly on the borders with both Austria and Hungary, an unusual distinction among world capitals.
Bratislava
Largest inlet in the Atlantic Coastal Plain of the eastern United States.
Chesapeake Bay
This island nation south of India is often called the “Pearl of the Indian Ocean.”
Sri Lanka
Japan’s enormous “Pearl Bridge” connects Kobe with Awaji Island across the Akashi Strait
Akashi Kaikyo Bridge
Majuro
Marshall Islands
At about 4,220 meters above sea level, Tajumulco is the highest volcano and highest mountain in this Central American country.
Guatemala
This U.S. community in Washington State can be reached by land from the rest of the United States only by traveling through Canada.
Point Roberts
This sea’s coastline helps explain why Baku sits below global sea level—the sea itself occupies a deep continental depression.
Caspian Sea
This capital of the Republic of the Congo faces Kinshasa across the Congo River.
Brazzaville
Name the 2 of the 4 bays off South Africa
Alexander Bay
False Bay
Saldanha Bay
Table Bay
Aotearoa, a Māori name widely used for this country, is commonly translated as “Land of the Long White Cloud.”
New Zealand
Begun in 1135, this medieval crossing over the Danube is considered the oldest preserved bridge in Germany.
Stone Bridge of Regensburg (Steinerne Brücke)
Port Vila
Vanuatu
Located off Belize, this famous nearly circular marine sinkhole lies within Lighthouse Reef
Great Blue Hole
In Baarle, this country owns 22 enclaves completely surrounded by Dutch territory.
Belgium
This country shares the eastern shoreline of the Dead Sea.
Jordan
This capital of Togo lies next to Ghana, with the border town of Aflao immediately to its west.
Lomé
Long inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, southwestern County Cork, Ireland.
Bantry Bay
Clue: The “Land of the Morning Calm” is a traditional English nickname associated with this East Asian country and its historical name Joseon.
South Korea