Landmark

Landmark

Originally, a landmark literally meant a geographic feature used by explorers and others to find their way back or through an area.

In modern usage, it includes anything that is easily recognizable, such as a monument, building, or other structure. In American English it is the main term used to designate places that might be of interest to tourists due to notable physical features or historical significance. Landmarks in the British English sense are often used for casual navigation, such as giving directions. This is done in American English as well.

A variant is a "seamark" or "daymark", a structure usually built intentionally to aid sailors navigating featureless coasts. An example is the tower at Walton-on-the-Naze in England.

Links to landmarks around the world

Landmarks may be split into two categories: natural phenomena (physical features such as waterfalls and mountains) and man-made features, like buildings, bridges, statues, public squares, and so forth.

Natural phenomena

*Cotton Tree, Freetown, Sierra Leone flagicon|Sierra Leone
*Uluru, Northern Territory, Australia flagicon|Australia
*Stone Mountain, Atlanta, Georgia, USA flagicon|United States
*Giants Causeway, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
*Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa flagicon|South Africa
*The Twelve Apostles (Victoria), Victoria, Australia flagicon|Australia
*Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Queensland, Australia flagicon|Australia
*Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA flagicon|United States
*Niagara Falls, Ontario/New York, Canada/USA flagicon|Canada/flagicon|United States
*Victoria Falls, Zambia/Zimbabwe flagicon|Zambia/flagicon|Zimbabwe
*Angel Falls, Canaima National Park, Gran Sabana, Bolivar State, Venezuela flagicon|Venezuela
*Mount Everest, Himalayas, Nepal/China flagicon|Nepal/flagicon|China

Man-made features

Africa

*Great Pyramids, Cairo, Egypt flagicon|Egypt

Asia

*Baalbek, Baalbeck, Lebanon flagicon|Lebanon
*Persepolis, Fars, Iran flagicon|Iran
*Azadi Tower, Tehran, Iran flagicon|Iran
*Taj Mahal, Agra, India flagicon|India
*Gateway of India, Mumbai, India flagicon|India
*Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban, Dhaka, Bangladesh flagicon|Bangladesh
*Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai, China flagicon|China
*The Great Wall of China, Beijing, China flagicon|China
*Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong flagicon|Hong Kong
*63 Building/N Seoul Tower, Seoul, South Korea flagicon|South Korea
*Tokyo Tower, Tokyo, Japan flagicon|Japan
*Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand flagicon|Thailand
*Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia flagicon|Malaysia
*Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan flagicon|Taiwan
*Sigiriya Fortress, Sigiriya, Sri Lanka flagicon|Sri Lanka
*Burj Al Arab, Dubai, UAE flagicon|UAE
*Petra, Arabah, Aqaba Governorate, Jordanflagicon|Jordan
*Western Wall, Jerusalem, Israel flagicon|Israel

Australasia

*Sydney Opera House, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia flagicon|Australia
*Harbour Bridge, Sydney, New South Wales Australia flagicon|Australia
*Q1 Tower, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia flagicon|Australia
*Eureka Tower, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia flagicon|Australia
*MCG, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia flagicon|Australia
*Flinders Street Station, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia flagicon|Australia
*Parliament house, Canberra, Australia flagicon|Australia
*Sky Tower, Auckland, New Zealand flagicon|New Zealand

Europe

*The Parthenon, Athens, Greece flagicon|Greece
*The White Tower of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece flagicon|Greece
*Eiffel Tower, Paris, France flagicon|France
*Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France flagicon|France
*The Colosseum, Rome, Italy flagicon|Italy
*Leaning Tower of Pisa, Pisa, Italy flagicon|Italy
*Big Ben, London, United Kingdom flagicon|United Kingdom
*Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom flagicon|United Kingdom
*Stonehenge, Wiltshire, United Kingdom flagicon|United Kingdom
*Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, United Kingdom flagicon|United Kingdom
*London Eye, London, United Kingdom flagicon|United Kingdom
*Tower Bridge, London, United Kingdom flagicon|United Kingdom
*St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, United Kingdom flagicon|United Kingdom
*Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest, Romania flagicon|Romania
*Red Square/Saint Basil's Cathedral, Moscow, Russia flagicon|Russia
*Mamayev Kurgan, Volgograd, Russia flagicon|Russia
*Saint Isaac's Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Russia flagicon|Russia
*Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia flagicon|Russia
*Peter and Paul Fortress, Saint Petersburg, Russia flagicon|Russia
*Kölner Dom, Cologne, Germany flagicon|Germany
*Frauenkirche, Munich, Germany flagicon|Germany
*Neuschwanstein Castle, Bavaria, Germany flagicon|Germany
*Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany flagicon|Germany
*Reichstag Building, Berlin, Germany flagicon|Germany
*Torre de Belém, Lisboa, Portugal flagicon|Portugal
*Sagrada Família, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain flagicon|Spain
*Mezquita de Córdoba, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain flagicon|Spain
*Alhambra, Granada, Andalusia, Spain flagicon|Spain
*St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City flagicon|Vatican City
*Pobednik, Belgrade, Serbia flagicon|Serbia
*Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey flagicon|Turkey

North America

*CN Tower, Toronto, Ontario, Canada flagicon|Canada
*Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada flagicon|Canada
*Canada Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, flagicon|Canada
*Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, USA flagicon|United States
*Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, New York City, New York, USA flagicon|United States
*Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, USA flagicon|United States
*Gateway Arch, St. Louis, Missouri, USA flagicon|United States
*Hoover Dam, Colorado River, ArizonaNevada, USA flagicon|United States
*Empire State Building, New York City, New York, USA flagicon|United States
*Sears Tower, Chicago, Illinois, USAflagicon|United States
*Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA flagicon|United States
*Chichen Itza, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico flagicon|Mexico
*White House, Washington, D.C., USA flagicon|United States
*Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan, USAflagicon|United States
*Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAflagicon|United States

outh America

*Macchu Picchu, Urubamba Valley, Peru flagicon|Peru
*Statue of Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil flagicon|Brazil
*Monserrate, Bogota, Colombia flagicon|Colombia

Photographs

See also

* Waypoint
* National Historic Landmark
* Tourism


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