Читать книгу The Book Of Lists - David Wallechinsky - Страница 16
10 People With the Most Square Miles of the Earth’s Surface Named After Them
ОглавлениеSquare miles
| 1. | AMERIGO VESPUCCI, Italian explorer | |
| Total area: | 16,243,000 | |
| North America | 9,360,000 | |
| South America | 6,883,000 | |
| 2. | VICTORIA, British queen | |
| Total area: | 1,188,100 | |
| Queensland (Australia) | 666,790 | |
| Victoria (Australia) | 227,620 | |
| Great Victoria Desert (Australia) | 127,000 | |
| Victoria Island (Canada) | 83,000 | |
| Victoria Island (Antarctica) | 60,000 | |
| Lake Victoria (Africa) | 26,000 | |
| Victoria Strait (Canada) | 6,000 | |
| 3. | MAUD, Norwegian queen | |
| Total area: | 1,102,000 | |
| Queen Maud Land (Antarctica) | 1,081,000 | |
| Queen Maud Mountains (Antarctica) | 15,000 | |
| Queen Maud Gulf (Canada) | 6,000 | |
| 4. | JAMES WEDDELL, British seal hunter and explorer Weddell Sea (Antarctica) | 1,080,000 |
| 5. | ABEL JANZOON TASMAN, Dutch explorer | |
| Total area: | 925,100 | |
| Tasman Sea (Pacific Ocean) | 900,000 | |
| Tasmania (Australia) | 24,900 | |
| Tasman Peninsula (Australia) | 200 | |
| 6. | CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, Italian explorer | |
| Total area: | 920,200 | |
| Colombia | 440,830 | |
| British Columbia (Canada) | 365,950 | |
| Columbia Plateau (US) | 100,000 | |
| Colon department (Honduras) | 3,430 | |
| Colon department (Panama) | 3,150 | |
| District of Columbia and 10 US counties named for Columbus (combined area) | 6,790 | |
| 7. | VITUS BERING, Russian explorer | |
| Bering Sea (Arctic Ocean) | 879,000 | |
| 8. | IBN-SAUD, Saudi king | |
| Saudi Arabia | 865,000 | |
| 9. | CHARLES WILKES, US naval officer | |
| Wilkes Land (Antarctica) | 660,000 | |
| 10. | WILLEM BARENTS, Dutch explorer | |
| Barents Sea (Arctic Ocean) | 592,000 |
