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 | Also see Chucicamata One of these two copper mines in the north of Chile is the largest man made hole, the other is the largest open pit mining operation. La Escondida has a convenient location on the Salta (Argentina) to Antofagasta (Chile) Railway Line. The famous Tren a las Nube... |  | 08/05/2005 | 1,055 | 
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 | South America´s (6.880m = 22.572ft.) second highest mountain and considered the world´s highest volcano.
It is located at the edge of the chilean Atacama Desert, the world´s driest area.
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 | This is the highest peak in Costa Rica. The Cerro Chirripó reaches a height of 3820 meters (12,532 ft) and is visited every year by hikers. | | 10/01/2005 | 552 |
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 | Possibly the highest road in the world -- 5603m / 18380 feet.
See the photos on http://www.indiatravelogue.com/trav/trav8.html |  | 08/16/2005 | 605 |
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 | Today, if Spaniards speak of something very expensive, they say 'vale un porosi'. In the 16th century, the area around Potosi, Bolivia, was regarded as the world's largest industrial complex. The processed silver from the ore out of the Cerro Rico would have been sufficient to build a silver bridge with a silver road across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe, with enough more to haul the same amount ... |  | 08/02/2005 | 315 |
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 | Semo La (La means "pass" in Tibetan, the local language) is situated in the central part of Tibet and gives access to the Chang Tang region. The pass is motorable rising to an altitude of 5565m (18,258 feet) at 30°06′36″N, 85°25′54″E. It is found on the so-called Northern Route, north of Raka and south of Coqen in Central Tibet. Travellers use this route as an alternativ... | | 07/28/2006 | 524 |
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 | Possibly the highest lake in the world -- 5670m / 18700 feet. |  | 08/16/2005 | 411 |
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 | This is Siachen Glacier area in Himalayas which is the highest battlefield in the world. It is some 5 Kms above MSL and is on the boundry of India-Pakistan and is permenently manned by Indian Army. | | 11/17/2006 | 646 |
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 | The highest ferris wheel in Asia, the second highest in the world.
Height:120m
Diameter:112m
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Dream_Fukuoka | | 12/16/2006 | 177 |
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 | Rongbuk Monastery (at elevation 5000 meters ) is the highest monastery in the world. It is also the last inhabited spot before Everest Base Camp, about 7 km distant. From Rongbuk Monastery the huge north face of Everest is clearly seen. | | 08/16/2005 | 1,028 |
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 | The Nurek dam in Tajikistan is 300 meters (984 feet) tall and at the moment (9/2005) the highest dam of the world (the Rogun dam (335 meters / 1,099 feet) still is under construction). |  | 07/31/2005 | 1,469 |
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 | The fourteen highest mountains in the world.All above 8 000 meters high. | | 12/23/2005 | 1,692 |
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