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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.

Contents 1 Links to landmarks around the world 1.1 Natural phenomena 1.2 Man-made features 1.2.1 Africa 1.2.2 Asia 1.2.3 Australasia 1.2.4 Europe 1.2.5 North America 1.2.6 South America 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.

[edit] Natural phenomena

• 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
• The Twelve Apostles (Victoria), Victoria, Australia
• 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 /
• Matterhorn, Alps, Switzerland/Italy /

[edit] Man-made features

[edit] Africa

• Great Pyramids, Cairo, Egypt

[edit] Asia

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

[edit] Australasia

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

[edit] Europe

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

[edit] North America

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

[edit] South America

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

[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 Hemisphere at 328 m
Burj al-Arab Hotel in Dubai, UAE	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	Oriental Pearl Tower, Located in the Bund in Shanghai, China,	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,	Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, South West England, United Kingdom
Sigiriya, an ancient rock fortress and ruined palace located in Central Sri Lanka,

[edit] See also

• Waypoint
• National Historic Landmark
• Tourism