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Twin Rivers
Twin Rivers, also Twin Rivers Kopje, is a Middle and Later Stone Age archaeological site 24 km southwest of Lusaka, Zambia, with one of Africa's largest early pigment assemblages.
Two Buddhist Mounds Close To the Konwaru Tal
Two Buddhist mounds close to the Konwaru Tal: centrally protected ASI monument (entry 3306) at Ramnagar, ancient Ahichchhatra, Bareilly district, Uttar Pradesh, excavated in 1891-92 under A. Führer.
Two Oceans Aquarium
Two Oceans Aquarium: public aquarium at the V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa, opened 13 November 1995. Named for the nearby Indian-Atlantic ocean meeting point; over 8,000 animals, kelp forest exhibit, Turtle Conservation Centre, and PADI dive school.
Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes
Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes, a rock engraving site in Damaraland, Kunene Region, Namibia; Afrikaans for "doubtful spring". Namibia's first World Heritage Site (2007), with over 2,000 San-era petroglyphs.
Tykkimäki amusement park
Tykkimäki is an amusement park in Kouvola, Finland, opened in 1986 by the Children's Day Foundation; Finland's third largest, with Aquapark, Actionpark, Tykkimäki Resort, free entry, and over 250,000 annual visitors.
Tytkesken-VI
Tytkesken-VI (Тыткескень-VI) is a multi-period kurgan cemetery and settlement at the mouth of the Tytkesken river, a left Katun tributary in Russia's Altai Republic, with mainly Pazyryk-culture burials plus Afanasyevo, Bulan-Kobinskaya, and Turkic remains.
Tzentralnosibirskii Biosphere Reserve
Tzentralnosibirskii Biosphere Reserve (Центральносибирский заповедник) is a UNESCO biosphere reserve in the middle taiga of Krasnoyarsk Territory, Russia, straddling the Yenisey River and established in 1985.
Ub(...)uum
Ub(...)uum is the conventional name for an ancient Roman road station in the territory of the Arverni in Gallia Aquitania, known today only from a damaged entry on the Tabula Peutingeriana.
Uberaba UNESCO Global Geopark
Uberaba UNESCO Global Geopark, or Terra de Gigantes, is a 2024 UNESCO geopark in Minas Gerais, Brazil, covering Uberaba municipality, with over 10,000 Late Cretaceous fossils including Uberabatitan ribeiroi, Brazil's largest dinosaur.
Ubirr
Ubirr is an Aboriginal rock art complex at the northeastern edge of Kakadu National Park, Australia, with thousands of paintings up to 18,000 years old.
Ubsunorskaya Kotlovina Biosphere Reserve
Ubsunorskaya Kotlovina (Убсунурская котловина), the Ubsunur Hollow Biosphere Reserve, is a 925,546-ha UNESCO biosphere reserve in Tuva, Russia, designated in 1997 and paired with Mongolia's Uvs Nuur Basin in a transboundary reserve.
Ubud Monkey Forest
Ubud Monkey Forest (Mandala Suci Wenara Wana), a sacred 12.5-hectare temple sanctuary in Padangtegal, Ubud, Bali, home to about 1,000 long-tailed macaques, managed via Tri Hita Karana, sterilization, and an on-site veterinary clinic.
Uele (protected area)
Uele is a freshwater ecoregion in the Freshwater Ecoregions of the World classification, covering the Uele River basin in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic.
Ueno Park (上野公園)
Ueno Park (上野公園), formally Ueno Onshi Park, is a Tokyo public park designated Japan's first park in March 1873 on the former Kan'ei-ji temple grounds after Dr. Bauduin's proposal; it holds major museums, Ueno Zoo, Shinobazu Pond, and famous cherry blossoms.
Uffington Castle
Uffington Castle is an Iron Age univallate hillfort of about 3.2 ha on Whitehorse Hill, Oxfordshire, with ramparts dated c. 8th/7th and c. 4th century BC, beside the Uffington White Horse and Dragon Hill.
Uffington White Horse
Uffington White Horse: prehistoric chalk hill figure on White Horse Hill, Oxfordshire, about 111 m long, OSL-dated to the late Bronze or early Iron Age, Europe's only confirmed prehistoric geoglyph, maintained by scouring for some 3,000 years.
Ugra Biosphere Reserve
Ugra Biosphere Reserve (Биосферный резерват «Угра»), a UNESCO MAB site in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, based on Ugra National Park (founded 1997, designated 2002), covering 153,832 ha along the Ugra, Zhizdra, and Oka river valleys with bison reintroduction and 1480 Great Stand heritage.
Uhuru Park
Uhuru Park is a public park in central Nairobi, Kenya, opened in 1969 and known as the site of landmark protests led by Wangari Maathai.
Ujung Kulon National Park
Ujung Kulon National Park (Taman Nasional Ujung Kulon), a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1991 on Java's south-western tip, holds Java's largest lowland rainforest, the Krakatau reserve, and the world's only wild Javan rhinoceros population.
Ulcisia Castra/Castra Constantia
Ulcisia Castra, later Castra Constantia (Hungarian Farkasvár), a Roman auxiliary fort on the Danube limes at Szentendre, Hungary; built early 2nd century AD, 134 x 205 m, garrisoned by Syrian archers and other cohorts, renamed in the 4th century, abandoned early 5th century.
Uley Bury Camp (United Kingdom)
Uley Bury Camp (Uleybury) is a large Iron Age multivallate hillfort on a Cotswold plateau near Uley, Gloucestershire, England; scheduled monument 1004866 since 1927, with Neolithic flint occupation, 1976 Saville and Ellison excavations, and entrances at north, east and south.
Ulsan Grand Park
Ulsan Grand Park (울산대공원) is an ecotype city park in Nam-gu, Ulsan, South Korea, built 1997-2006 with SK funding, run by Ulsan Infrastructure Corporation, and known for its Rose Festival.
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (protected area)
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is a national park in the Northern Territory of Australia, home to Uluru and the Kata Tjuta rock domes and jointly managed with the Aṉangu.
Uluzibbira Roman amphitheater
Uluzibbira (Ulissipira, Henchir Zembra) amphitheater: a second-century Roman amphitheater near Sidi Bou Ali, Sousse governorate, Tunisia; ca. 69 x 53 m, arena 48 x 32 m, seating roughly 2,800 to 5,400, partly rock cut.
Um er-Rasas (Kastrom Mefa'a)
Um er-Rasas (Umm ar-Rasas, أم الرصاص; ancient Kastron Mefa'a/Mephaat) is a UNESCO World Heritage site in Jordan, inscribed 2004: a Roman castrum turned Byzantine-Umayyad town with 16 churches, the St Stephen mosaic floor, and a 14 m stylite tower.
Umbennum
Umbennum, or Mutatio Umbenno, was a Roman road station (mutatio) in Gallia Narbonensis, attested in the 333 Itinerarium Burdigalense on the Rhône valley road, tentatively identified with Étoile-sur-Rhône or Ambonil in the Drôme, France.
Umbilicus urbis Romae
Umbilicus urbis Romae (Umbilicus Romae), the 'navel of the city of Rome': circular brick monument at the north end of the Rostra hemicycle in the Roman Forum, Severan reconstruction marking the symbolic center of city and empire, debated with the mundus and Milliarium Aureum.
Umm Balad
Umm Balad, called Domitianè in antiquity, is a Roman fort and quarry site in Egypt's Eastern Desert near Hurghada, founded under Domitian around 88-92 CE and abandoned after its granite proved poor quality.
Umm Qasr Zoo
Umm Qasr Zoo (حديقة الحيوانات) is a zoo in Umm Qasr, Basra Governorate, Iraq, on al-Hindiya al-Shamaliya at 30.0335°N, 47.91076°E, mapped as OpenStreetMap way 371917417, near the city's port, hospital, and mosque.
Umm Ubaydah
Umm Ubaydah (Umm Ubayda, Umm Ubayd) is the ruined temple of Amun at Egypt's Siwa Oasis, built under Nectanebo II, linked by a causeway to the Oracle temple, largely destroyed in the 1800s.