Geography

Powerful 7.1 quake hits New Zealand's South Island

4 Sep 2010

A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake damaged buildings, cut power and knocked fleeing residents off their feet on New Zealand's South Island early Saturday, but there were so far no deaths and only two injuries reported.

Geography tourists come by the thousands to West Quoddy Head, Maine

3 Sep 2010

At the easternmost point of the United States, it stands sentinel. West Quoddy Head lighthouse is striped like a candy cane. It looks a lighthouse in a children’s book.

Lunar geography has standard Chinese translation for first time

3 Sep 2010

To meet the needs of the lunar exploration and scientific research, and to achieve the standardization of lunar geographical names, the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People’s Republic of China published the first batch of 470 standard Chinese translations of lunar geographical names.