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Xi'an Stele (Jingjiao / 'Nestorian' Stele)The Luzon StraitThe Red Sea cable corridorThe Strait of MalaccaAhmedabadAksumAlexandriaAntioch on the OrontesBerlinBirminghamBostonBrasíliaBukharaCanberraCanton (historical) — modern GuangzhouCarthageChang'anChicagoConstantinopleCórdobaCuritibaDunhuangGoaHavanaIstanbulJakartaJerusalem (Old City)KashgarLagosLisbonLiverpoolLondiniumLondonMalacca (Melaka)ManchesterManilaMarka (Merca), SomaliaMarseilleMecca (Makkah)MedellínMervMoscowNew OrleansNew York CityNusantaraParisPotosíRio de JaneiroRomeSamarkandSevilleShanghaiSingaporeSongdoTenochtitlanTokyoVladivostokXi'anAmboseli–Tsavo–Kilimanjaro dispersal corridorKavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA)Gulf StreamHumboldt (Peru–Chile) CurrentKuroshioBerlin MarathonBoston MarathonChicago MarathonLondon MarathonNew York City MarathonTokyo MarathonAlphaFold Protein Structure DatabaseLagos Blue LineMetrocable Line K, MedellínBasque (Euskara)MalagasyICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites)International Telecommunication UnionIUCN (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 ParkNgorongoro Conservation AreaOkavango DeltaAcapulcoCherbourg — transatlantic roadsteadNew York — Chelsea Piers (Piers 54 and 59)Queenstown (Cobh) — Roche's Point anchorageSouthampton — White Star Dock (Berth 44)ITERJoint European Torus (JET)National Ignition FacilityAnatoliaAssamCubaDarjeelingThe Fulda GapLabrador SeaThe Moluccas (Maluku Islands)Northern Virginia data-centre corridorOgliastra and the Nuoro highlands, SardiniaOkinawaThe Pontic–Caspian steppeSouth GeorgiaTaiwanWeddell SeaYunnanZambezi RiverThe Mediterranean Sea (Mare Nostrum)Abu Simbel temples (Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae)Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter ArrayAngkorArabian Oryx Sanctuary, Oman (delisted 2007)Baikonur CosmodromeBayan Obo mining districtBhadla Solar ParkThe Bornholmer Strasse crossingBorobudurThe Broad Street pump, SohoBurj KhalifaLaunch Complex 41, Cape CanaveralCape Canaveral Space Force StationCape of Good HopeChallenger DeepChartres CathedralCheckpoint CharlieChichen ItzaChrist the Redeemer, Rio de JaneiroColosseum (Flavian Amphitheatre), RomeCongo Square, New OrleansCosta Rica Thermal DomeCromford MillDenmark Strait SillDrake PassageDresden Elbe Valley (delisted 2009)DSS-43, Canberra Deep Space Communication ComplexDurham CathedralEko AtlanticFairview Lawn Cemetery, HalifaxGalápagos IslandsGalapagos RiftGare de l'Est, ParisGemini North telescope, MaunakeaGoldstone Deep Space Communications ComplexLaboratori Nazionali del Gran SassoGreat Pyramid of Giza (Pyramid of Khufu)Great Wall of ChinaGrytviken Whaling StationGuiana Space Centre, KourouHadrian's WallHagia Sophia, Constantinople / IstanbulHarland and Wolff shipyard, Queen's Island, BelfastHattusa (Boğazkale)The Heart's Content cable stationHome Insurance Building, ChicagoThe Iron Bridge, CoalbrookdaleKamioka Observatory, Mozumi mineJohn F. Kennedy Space CenterKilwa KisiwaniKennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39AKennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39BLanding Zone 1, Cape CanaveralLeptis MagnaLighthouse of Alexandria (the Pharos)LIGO Hanford ObservatoryLIGO Livingston ObservatoryLiverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (delisted 2021)Bahia de Loreto National ParkMachu PicchuMadrid Deep Space Communications ComplexMakokoMarathon and the Tumulus of the AtheniansMariana TrenchMausoleum at HalicarnassusMogao CavesMoss Landing battery storage complexNotre-Dame de ParisOstia AnticaSite of PalmyraThe Pantheon, RomePetraPhilae temple complex (relocated to Agilkia Island)Point ConceptionPont du GardPorthcurno cable stationBasilica of Saint-DenisSalar de AtacamaSimplon TunnelSirkeci Terminal, IstanbulStatue of Zeus at OlympiaStegra green steel plant, BodenStonehengeTaj MahalTempelhof AirportTemple of Artemis at Ephesus (the Artemision)TimbuktuTitanic wreck siteTreasury of Atreus, MycenaeTurfan oasisThe Valentia Island cable stationVenice and its LagoonParanal Observatory and the GRAVITY interferometerWaldschlösschen Bridge, DresdenWhite City StadiumWindsor CastleYaroslavsky Station, MoscowManausAustralian Institute of Marine ScienceArctic CouncilGreat Barrier Reef Marine Park AuthorityINPE (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais)Maasai Mara National ReserveSerengeti National ParkEl Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO)AntarcticaArctic OceanWestern Corridor and Grumeti ReservesNgorongoro Conservation Area — Western PlainsSouthern Serengeti Short-Grass PlainsAmazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO)Bottaccione Gorge, GubbioBurgess Shale, Yoho National ParkChengjiang fossil site, YunnanChicxulub impact crater, YucatánDresser Formation, North Pole Dome, PilbaraEdiacara Hills, Flinders RangesEnewetak AtollFortune Head GSSP, NewfoundlandFrancevillian Basin, GabonIsua supracrustal belt, southwest GreenlandMcMurdo StationMeeting of the Waters (Encontro das Aguas)Meishan GSSP, Changxing, ZhejiangNevado MismiNuvvuagittuq greenstone belt, NunavikPikialasorsuaq (the North Water Polynya)Raja AmpatSiberian Traps large igneous provinceVostok Station

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 · 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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Thermal refugia

Locations where a local physical process holds reef temperature below the regional bleaching threshold during a marine heatwave: upwelling that pulls cool water onto the shelf, strong tidal…

No recorded place · concept in use since the 1998 event

Connections

  • is instance of of Raja Ampat — Strong tidal mixing between Pacific and Indian Ocean water masses in the archipelago disrupts the stable warm surface layer that mass bleaching requires, which is the physical basis of a thermal refugium.
  • constrained by Marine heatwave — A refugium is defined against a particular event: a site that buffers one heatwave may not buffer a longer or hotter one.
Inspect deeply — evidence & provenance →Read the story — Coral Reefs →How placeless things relate →

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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— A region, drawn as one. The centre is not a location.
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— A surveyed position. The mark is where the thing is.
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— A curatorial choice within a larger extent. The mark is near, not at.
waypoint
— A stop on a route. A single point does not describe it.

In focus · 33

Outside the current lens or window · 209

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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