Landmarks of the world

Iguazu is a national park in Argentina, located in the province of Misiones. The park was founded back in 1934 and its main part is the Iguazu Falls, which stretches for one and a half kilometers, going beyond the border of Brazil, which also declared its part of the waterfall a national park. The p...

Viñales Valley - Cuban National Park, occupying a 132 km valley2, surrounded by the mountains of Sierra de los Organos. The cultural lanshaft of the valley is listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Located in the province of Pinar del Rio, making it famous throughout the planet. Here, land under ...

Desembarco del Granma is a national park in southeastern Cuba in Granma province. The name of the park can be translated into Russian as « Disembarkation from Granma ». Granma is a yacht on which Raul Castro, Che Guevara and another 79 associates arrived in Cuba to organize a revolution. The park wa...

Torcal de Antequera is a national park in Spain, founded in 1989. The park covers an area of only 20 km2, but nature has worked hard in this small space. Under the influence of erosion, over tens of millions of years, rocks and stones of bizarre forms have formed here, which are a vivid example of k...

Thingvellir is a national park in southwestern Iceland, created in 1928. The park is located among a large number of volcanoes, among which it is worth noting Hengil near Lake Thingvallavatn. The Jöksara River flows through the park, forming the Jöksaraurfoss waterfall. This area is characterized by...

Ordesa y Monte Perdido is a national park in Spain, in the province of Huesque. The park was founded in 1918 according to the Royal Decree, which declared the Ordesa Valley a national park. Then its territory occupied 21 km2, but in 1982 the park was increased to 156 km2 and received its current nam...

Mount Cook is a national park near the town of Twizel in New Zealand. In October 1953 the territory was declared a national park. The park covers just over 700 km2. Glaciers occupy 40% of the park's territory, in particular the Tasman Glacier on the slope of Mount Cook (3754 m). Of the 20 New Zealan...

Doñana is a national park in Spain, 90 kilometers south of Seville. Formed in 1963. Covers an area of 75,800 hectares. The park protects pine forests on the dunes of the ocean coast and freshwater swamps at the mouth of the Guadalquivir River. Doñana National Park was included in the World Heritage ...

Vatnajökull is the largest national park in Iceland, as well as throughout Europe. Its area is 12,000 km2 - almost 12% of the territory of Iceland. The park was founded on June 7, 2008 and included the former national parks of Skaftafell, founded in 1967, and Jökulsargljuvur, founded in 1973. In ter...

Valkmusa is a national park in Finland in the Kymenlaakso region. It was founded in 1996 to preserve a unique local wetland system containing over 30 different types of wetlands with water ranging in color from blue to emerald. The park covers an area of 17 km2 and contains a huge number of plants. ...