Geography Facts and Trivia

GEOGRAPHY FACTS AND TRIVIA

[ Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 ] The four oceans of the world are The Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and Artic.

The four countries that boast half the world's population are China, India, the Soviet Union and the U.S.

Alaska was known as Russian America before 1867.

Leningrad, a Russian city, used to be called St. Petersburg and Petrograd.

Goat Island splits the Niagara Falls.

St. Peter is buried beneath the altar of St. Peter's Basilica.

West Germany was the country that bordered Denmark to the South.

San Francisco was named for St. Francis of Assisi.

Atoll is the geographical term for a ring-shaped coral island.

Ireland was called Hibernia by the Romans.