Volcanoes by region Volcanoes by region The Azores ( Portuguese: Açores, pron. IPA / / or / /) are an archipelago of Portuguese islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,500 km from Lisbon and about 3,900 km from the east coast of North America. ...more on Wikipedia about "Azores"
The Golan Heights ( Arabic: هضبة الجولان Hadhbat al-Jaulan, Hebrew: רמת הגולן Ramat HaGolan) or Golan, formerly also known as the Syrian Heights ** ** , are a plateau on the border of Israel, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria. Israel captured the Heights from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War (and again in the 1973 Yom Kippur War). In 1981, it applied its "laws, jurisdiction and administration" in the Golan Heights ** . Syria asserts that the Heights are part of the governorate of Al Qunaytirah. The international community considers the area Syrian territory under Israeli occupation, but Israel has a more complex position. (See Current status below). ...more on Wikipedia about "Golan Heights"
The Snake River Plain is a geological feature of (primarily) the American state of Idaho. It stretches 400 miles (650 km) westward from northwest of the state of Wyoming to the Idaho- Oregon border. The plain is a wide flat bow-shaped depression, and covers about a quarter of Idaho. Three major buttes dot the plain east of Arco, the largest being Big Southern Butte. ...more on Wikipedia about "Snake River Plain"
The Swabian Alb ( German: Schwäbische Alb) is a plateau in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, extending 220 km from southwest to northeast and 40 to 70 km in width. It occupies the region bounded by the Danube in the south and the upper Neckar in the north. In the southwest it rises to the higher mountains of the Black Forest. The highest mountain of the Swabian Alb is the Lemberg (1015 m). The Alb's profile resembles a high plateau, which slowly falls away to the east. The western edge is a steep cliff (called the Albtrauf or Albanstieg, rising up 300 m, covered with forests), while the top is flat or gently hilled. ...more on Wikipedia about "Swabian Alb"
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