Landmark

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Big Ben

Saint Basil's Cathedral

Azadi Square in Tehran

Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro

For other senses of this word, see landmark (disambiguation).

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.

1 Links to landmarks around the world
2 Photographs
3 See also

[edit] 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 include:

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

Landmarks in the man-made group include:

[edit] South America

[edit] Photographs

Taipei 101, the world's tallest office building (509 m) since its completion in 2004, is located in Taipei, Taiwan	The CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada had been the Tallest Building and Freestanding Structure (553.3 m) for over 30 years, and has the highest observation deck.	The Q1 Tower in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Is the second tallest residential tower in the world (323 m)	The Colosseum in Rome, Italy
The Persepolis in Fars, Iran	Parliament House in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia	The Sphinx and Great Pyramids in Giza, Egypt	The Statue of Liberty in New York City, New York, USA
The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France	The Leaning Tower of Pisa in Pisa, Italy	The Harbour Bridge in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia is the widest long-span bridge in the world	The Sky Tower in Auckland, Auckland Region, New Zealand is the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere at 328 m
Burj al-Arab Hotel in Dubai, UAE	Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, USA	Sydney Opera House in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, Romania is the largest building in Europe	Eureka Tower in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia is the tallest residential tower in the world	Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Uluru in Northern Territory, Australia is the largest rock in the world	Grand Palace, the official residence of the king of Thailand from the 18th century to the mid-20th century and the home of the Emerald Buddha, Bangkok, Thailand,	Cotton Tree, Cotton Tree in Freetown in the distance, Freetown, Sierra Leone,	Shanghai oriental pearl tower.jpg Oriental Pearl Tower, Located in the Bund in Shanghai, China,
Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, South West England, United Kingdom	Sigiriya, an ancient rock fortress and ruined palace located in Central Sri Lanka,