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List of caves

List of caves: catalogs of named caves kept by national registries (Slovenia 10,260 caves; Australia ~6,500 features), state surveys, and show-cave associations, with US federal cave locations withheld under 43 CFR Part 37.

List of caves in the United States

List of caves in the United States, also called American cave records: Mammoth Cave (426 mi) is the longest, Lechuguilla the deepest limestone cave, Delissea the deepest US entry; NSS lists, karst extent, and protection.

List of Colorado fourteeners

Colorado fourteeners (14ers): 53 officially ranked peaks above 14,000 ft meeting the 300-foot prominence rule, plus 5 named unranked summits such as Mt. Cameron, for 58 total; elevations updated by NGS LiDAR surveys.

List of Curaçaoans

Curaçaoans are people born on Curaçao, with family roots there, or closely tied to its culture; also called Lijst van bekende Curaçaoënaars. Notable figures include Louis Brion, Izaline Calister, Churandy Martina, and the 2026 World Cup squad, with a Dutch diaspora of nearly 100,000.

List of deserts

The list of deserts covers the world's major deserts and how they are classified by the USGS and other schemes, from the largest desert, Antarctica, to the driest, the Atacama.

List of fells in the Lake District

Lists of Lake District fells: the 214 Wainwrights from Alfred Wainwright's Pictorial Guides, plus Birketts (541), Fellrangers (230), Synges, Outlying Fells (116), and metric lists such as Nuttalls and Hewitts used for peak bagging.

List of gravity hills

The list of gravity hills, also known as magnetic hills, covers sites worldwide where an optical illusion makes downhill slopes look uphill, drawing cars and water apparently upward.

List of Himalayan peaks and passes

The Himalayan peaks and passes are the high summits and cols of the Asian range whose Sanskrit name means "abode of snow." It contains all fourteen of the world's eight-thousanders.

List of islands in the Mediterranean

List of islands in the Mediterranean: about 3,000 islands, nine over 1,000 km2 (Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, Corsica, Crete, Euboea, Majorca, Lesbos, Rhodes), Aegean groups, volcanic arcs, and the sovereign islands Cyprus and Malta.

List of islands in the Pacific Ocean

List of islands in the Pacific Ocean: around 25,000 islands, over half the world's total, across Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. Largest is New Guinea (~786,000 km²); highest Mauna Kea (4205 m); 1,779 catalogued under a ≥1 ha definition.

List of islands of Australia

Islands of Australia: 8,222 islands counted by Geoscience Australia, largest being Melville (5,786 km2) and Kangaroo (4,416 km2); includes K'gari, the world's largest sand island, Torres Strait islands, and remote Macquarie Island.

List of islands of England

Islands of England: offshore and tidal islands excluding the mainland of Great Britain. Largest is the Isle of Wight (380 sq km); England has nine islands over 5 sq km; the Isles of Scilly are England's only archipelago.

List of islands of France

Islands of France: Corsica (8,680-8,722 km², largest metropolitan island), Atlantic islands like Île de Ré and Noirmoutier, overseas islands such as French Polynesia, and the TAAF and Scattered Islands.

List of islands of Greece

List of islands of Greece: the roughly 6,000 Greek islands and islets, 227 inhabited, organized by GNTO into eight groups: Argosaronic, Crete, Cyclades, Dodecanese, Evia, Ionian, North Aegean, and Sporades.

List of islands of Hawaii

Islands of Hawaii (Mokupuni Hawaiʻi): the Hawaiian archipelago of 8 major islands, 7 inhabited, plus 124 named islets, from Hawaiʻi Island northwest to Kure Atoll over 2,400 km, with island sizes, ages, and Papahānaumokuākea protection.

List of islands of India

Islands of India: the Andaman & Nicobar archipelago (836 islands, Bay of Bengal) and Lakshadweep (12 atolls, Arabian Sea), plus coastal islands such as Abdul Kalam Island.

List of islands of Indonesia

The islands of Indonesia, also called the Indonesian Archipelago, number about 17,000, with Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Papua the largest; the 2024 official count was 17,380.

List of islands of Italy

Islands of Italy: Sicily and Sardinia, the two largest Mediterranean islands, plus 79 minor islands (Eurostat definition, 26 uninhabited) grouped in archipelagos such as the Tuscan, Aeolian, Aegadian, Pontine, and La Maddalena.

List of islands of Japan

Islands of Japan: the Japanese archipelago, also called Nihon retto, comprises 14,125 counted islands per GSI's 2023 recount (previously 6,852 from 1987), defined as natural land above high tide with perimeter over 0.1 km, dominated by Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku.

List of islands of Michigan

Islands of Michigan: over 3,000 Great Lakes islands; largest are Isle Royale (139,021 acres, Lake Superior), Drummond, Beaver, Sugar, and Bois Blanc; includes Mackinac, Belle Isle, and the Manitou Islands.

List of islands of New Zealand

Islands of New Zealand: the North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui), South Island (Te Waipounamu), Stewart Island/Rakiura, and offshore groups from the Kermadecs to Campbell Island, with their Māori and European naming history and conservation status.

List of islands of Scotland

Islands of Scotland: over 790 offshore islands, 93 inhabited at the 2011 census, in Shetland, Orkney, and the Inner and Outer Hebrides; official Scottish Government geographies list 160–161 islands in nine regions.

List of islands of the Philippines

Islands of the Philippines: 7,641 islands (formerly 7,107) in three groups, Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao; largest islands, 2020 census populations, extreme points, and NAMRIA inventory.

List of islands of the United Kingdom

The list of islands of the United Kingdom covers the several hundred UK islands, from Great Britain to islets, with the Isle of Wight the most populous.

List of lava tubes

List of lava tubes: notable volcanic tunnel caves including Kazumura Cave, Hawaii (world's longest), Geomunoreum on Jeju, La Corona in Lanzarote, Nāhuku, ice caves, and lunar, Martian, and Venusian candidates.

List of longest mountain chains on Earth

Longest mountain chains on Earth: the mid-ocean ridge system, about 65,000 km and over 90% underwater, leads; the Andes, about 7,000 km, are the longest above-water range.

List of Marilyns in the British Isles

The Marilyns are the British Isles hills of any height with a topographic prominence of at least 150 meters, listed by Alan Dawson in his 1992 book The Relative Hills of Britain.

List of mountain peaks by prominence

List of mountain peaks by prominence: rankings of summits by topographic prominence, the rise above the key col to higher ground. Led by Everest (8849 m), Aconcagua, Denali, Kilimanjaro; Ultras exceed 1500 m prominence.

List of mountain ranges

List of mountain ranges: major ranges by continent, including the Andes (longest continental range, about 7,000 km), Himalayas, Alps, Rockies, Appalachians, Atlas, and Transantarctic Mountains, with definitions and measurement caveats.

List of mountains in India

Mountains in India: Himalaya and Karakoram peaks plus peninsular ranges. Highest is Nanda Devi 7,816 m; Himalayan wall 2,400 km; Western Ghats rise above 2,440 m; Anamudi 2,695 m.