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Earth · All Worlds · Explore · 1926–2026 · 143 of 242 located marks in focus · editorial corpus · no live source connected

Xi'an Stele (Jingjiao / 'Nestorian' Stele)AksumAlexandriaAntioch on the OrontesBirminghamBukharaCanberraCanton (historical) — modern GuangzhouCarthageChang'anConstantinopleCórdobaDunhuangGoaHavanaJerusalem (Old City)KashgarLisbonLiverpoolLondiniumMalacca (Melaka)ManchesterManilaMecca (Makkah)MervPotosíRio de JaneiroRomeSamarkandSevilleShanghaiTenochtitlanHumboldt (Peru–Chile) CurrentKuroshioBasque (Euskara)International Telecommunication UnionAcapulcoCherbourg — transatlantic roadsteadNew York — Chelsea Piers (Piers 54 and 59)Queenstown (Cobh) — Roche's Point anchorageSouthampton — White Star Dock (Berth 44)AssamDarjeelingThe Fulda GapWestern Corridor and Grumeti ReservesThe Moluccas (Maluku Islands)Ogliastra and the Nuoro highlands, SardiniaOkinawaSouthern Serengeti Short-Grass PlainsYunnanThe Mediterranean Sea (Mare Nostrum)Bhadla Solar ParkBorobudurThe Broad Street pump, SohoCape Canaveral Space Force StationCape of Good HopeChartres CathedralCongo Square, New OrleansCosta Rica Thermal DomeCromford MillDenmark Strait SillDSS-43, Canberra Deep Space Communication ComplexDurham CathedralFairview Lawn Cemetery, HalifaxGare de l'Est, ParisGoldstone Deep Space Communications ComplexHadrian's WallHagia Sophia, Constantinople / IstanbulHarland and Wolff shipyard, Queen's Island, BelfastHattusa (Boğazkale)The Heart's Content cable stationThe Iron Bridge, CoalbrookdaleJohn F. Kennedy Space CenterKilwa KisiwaniLeptis MagnaMadrid Deep Space Communications ComplexMarathon and the Tumulus of the AtheniansMausoleum at HalicarnassusMeeting of the Waters (Encontro das Aguas)Ostia AnticaThe Pantheon, RomePikialasorsuaq (the North Water Polynya)Point ConceptionPont du GardPorthcurno cable stationRaja AmpatBasilica of Saint-DenisSalar de AtacamaSimplon TunnelSirkeci Terminal, IstanbulStatue of Zeus at OlympiaStegra green steel plant, BodenTemple of Artemis at Ephesus (the Artemision)Treasury of Atreus, MycenaeTurfan oasisThe Valentia Island cable stationWhite City StadiumWindsor CastleYaroslavsky Station, MoscowThe Luzon StraitThe Red Sea cable corridorThe Strait of MalaccaAhmedabadBerlinBostonBrasíliaChicagoCuritibaIstanbulJakartaLagosLondonManausMarka (Merca), SomaliaMarseilleMedellínMoscowNew OrleansNew York CityNusantaraParisSingaporeSongdoTokyoVladivostokXi'anAmboseli–Tsavo–Kilimanjaro dispersal corridorKavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA)Gulf StreamBerlin MarathonBoston MarathonChicago MarathonLondon MarathonNew York City MarathonTokyo MarathonAlphaFold Protein Structure DatabaseLagos Blue LineMetrocable Line K, MedellínMalagasyAustralian Institute of Marine ScienceArctic CouncilGreat Barrier Reef Marine Park AuthorityICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites)INPE (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais)IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature)Jet Propulsion LaboratoryUNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)World Health OrganizationAmboseli National ParkChobe National ParkEtosha National ParkHwange National ParkKruger National ParkMaasai Mara National ReserveNgorongoro Conservation AreaOkavango DeltaSerengeti National ParkEl Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO)ITERJoint European Torus (JET)National Ignition FacilityAnatoliaAntarcticaArctic OceanCubaLabrador SeaNgorongoro Conservation Area — Western PlainsNorthern Virginia data-centre corridorThe Pontic–Caspian steppeSouth GeorgiaTaiwanWeddell SeaZambezi RiverAbu Simbel temples (Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae)Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter ArrayAngkorArabian Oryx Sanctuary, Oman (delisted 2007)Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO)Baikonur CosmodromeBayan Obo mining districtThe Bornholmer Strasse crossingBottaccione Gorge, GubbioBurgess Shale, Yoho National ParkBurj KhalifaLaunch Complex 41, Cape CanaveralChallenger DeepCheckpoint CharlieChengjiang fossil site, YunnanChichen ItzaChicxulub impact crater, YucatánChrist the Redeemer, Rio de JaneiroColosseum (Flavian Amphitheatre), RomeDrake PassageDresden Elbe Valley (delisted 2009)Dresser Formation, North Pole Dome, PilbaraEdiacara Hills, Flinders RangesEko AtlanticEnewetak AtollFortune Head GSSP, NewfoundlandFrancevillian Basin, GabonGalápagos IslandsGalapagos RiftGemini North telescope, MaunakeaLaboratori Nazionali del Gran SassoGreat Pyramid of Giza (Pyramid of Khufu)Great Wall of ChinaGrytviken Whaling StationGuiana Space Centre, KourouHome Insurance Building, ChicagoIsua supracrustal belt, southwest GreenlandKamioka Observatory, Mozumi mineKennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39AKennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39BLanding Zone 1, Cape CanaveralLighthouse of Alexandria (the Pharos)LIGO Hanford ObservatoryLIGO Livingston ObservatoryLiverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (delisted 2021)Bahia de Loreto National ParkMachu PicchuMakokoMariana TrenchMcMurdo StationMeishan GSSP, Changxing, ZhejiangMogao CavesMoss Landing battery storage complexNevado MismiNotre-Dame de ParisNuvvuagittuq greenstone belt, NunavikSite of PalmyraPetraPhilae temple complex (relocated to Agilkia Island)Siberian Traps large igneous provinceStonehengeTaj MahalTempelhof AirportTimbuktuTitanic wreck siteVenice and its LagoonParanal Observatory and the GRAVITY interferometerVostok StationWaldschlösschen Bridge, Dresden

Lines mark links and orders the records assert. No path between any two places is recorded, and none is drawn.

242 objects on Earth · 37 on another body · 33 undated · This reading plate draws no coastline — the graticule and the marks carry the record here; the interactive view draws the sourced Natural Earth outline. Select a mark to read its record.
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3005 BCE

Past → now. Now is 2026, the corpus’s latest recorded state · 1145 objects · 280 located (1 withheld) · 865 unlocated

Now · 2026

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Constantinople

Founded as the Greek colony of Byzantion around 660 BCE, refounded by Constantine I and dedicated in 330 CE as the eastern imperial capital.

41.0, 29.0 · approximate · c. 660 BCE - present

On the world

  • A place in: Silk Road · 9 places
  • Joined to: Antioch on the Orontes — Constantinople · 2 places
  • A place in: How Belief Travelled · 8 places
  • A place in: Roman Empire · 7 places
  • A place in: Architecture Through Time · 16 places

Lines mark links and orders the records assert; no path between any two places is recorded.

Connections · 3 of 4

  • is connects to of Antioch on the Orontes — Antioch transferred overland goods to Mediterranean shipping via Seleucia Pieria; Constantinople was the other great terminus, reached by sea and by the Anatolian land routes.
  • is located in of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople / Istanbul — The church was built as the cathedral of the imperial capital and stands in what is now the Sultanahmet district of Istanbul.
  • is superseded of Istanbul — The same settlement on the Bosphorus: the city the 1883 service was advertised to reach as Constantinople was officially renamed Istanbul in 1930, and the corpus holds the earlier identity separately.
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865 objects have no place. See why, and how they relate instead — a coordinate they do not have would be a claim, not a kindness. The count is corpus-wide; no lens or window changes it.One more object is located but its mark is withheld: the coordinate is declared, not yet verified, and an unverified pin reads as a fact.

The places on Earth

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In focus · 143

Outside the current lens or window · 66

No dated records · 33

1145 objects · 37 Knowledge Journeys · 852 recorded dated events (3005 BCE–2026), 51 imprecisely dated, and 16 declared future targets (a target never moves Now) · 280 located (1 of them withheld pending verification), 865 unlocated

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