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Xi'an Stele (Jingjiao / 'Nestorian' Stele)AhmedabadAksumAntioch on the OrontesBerlinBirminghamBostonBrasíliaBukharaCanberraCanton (historical) — modern GuangzhouCarthageChang'anChicagoConstantinopleCórdobaCuritibaDunhuangGoaHavanaIstanbulJakartaJerusalem (Old City)KashgarLagosLisbonLiverpoolLondiniumManausManchesterManilaMarka (Merca), SomaliaMecca (Makkah)MedellínMervMoscowNew OrleansNusantaraParisPotosíRio de JaneiroRomeSamarkandSevilleShanghaiSongdoTenochtitlanTokyoVladivostokXi'anAmboseli–Tsavo–Kilimanjaro dispersal corridorKavango–Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA)Berlin MarathonBoston MarathonChicago MarathonLondon MarathonNew York City MarathonTokyo MarathonAlphaFold Protein Structure DatabaseLagos Blue LineMetrocable Line K, MedellínBasque (Euskara)MalagasyAustralian 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 ParkAcapulcoITERJoint European Torus (JET)National Ignition FacilityAnatoliaAntarcticaArctic OceanAssamCubaDarjeelingThe Fulda GapWestern Corridor and Grumeti ReservesThe Moluccas (Maluku Islands)Ngorongoro Conservation Area — Western PlainsNorthern Virginia data-centre corridorOgliastra and the Nuoro highlands, SardiniaOkinawaThe Pontic–Caspian steppeSouthern Serengeti Short-Grass PlainsYunnanZambezi 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)Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO)Baikonur CosmodromeBayan Obo mining districtBhadla Solar ParkThe Bornholmer Strasse crossingBorobudurBottaccione Gorge, GubbioThe Broad Street pump, SohoBurgess Shale, Yoho National ParkBurj KhalifaLaunch Complex 41, Cape CanaveralCape Canaveral Space Force StationCape of Good HopeChartres CathedralCheckpoint CharlieChengjiang fossil site, YunnanChichen ItzaChicxulub impact crater, YucatánChrist the Redeemer, Rio de JaneiroColosseum (Flavian Amphitheatre), RomeCongo Square, New OrleansCromford MillDresden Elbe Valley (delisted 2009)Dresser Formation, North Pole Dome, PilbaraDSS-43, Canberra Deep Space Communication ComplexDurham CathedralEdiacara Hills, Flinders RangesEko AtlanticEnewetak AtollFortune Head GSSP, NewfoundlandFrancevillian Basin, GabonGalápagos IslandsGare de l'Est, ParisGemini North telescope, MaunakeaGoldstone Deep Space Communications ComplexLaboratori Nazionali del Gran SassoGreat Pyramid of Giza (Pyramid of Khufu)Great Wall of ChinaGuiana Space Centre, KourouHadrian's WallHagia Sophia, Constantinople / IstanbulHattusa (Boğazkale)Home Insurance Building, ChicagoThe Iron Bridge, CoalbrookdaleIsua supracrustal belt, southwest GreenlandKamioka 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)Machu PicchuMadrid Deep Space Communications ComplexMakokoMarathon and the Tumulus of the AtheniansMausoleum at HalicarnassusMcMurdo StationMeeting of the Waters (Encontro das Aguas)Meishan GSSP, Changxing, ZhejiangMogao CavesMoss Landing battery storage complexNevado MismiNotre-Dame de ParisNuvvuagittuq greenstone belt, NunavikOstia AnticaSite of PalmyraThe Pantheon, RomePetraPhilae temple complex (relocated to Agilkia Island)Pikialasorsuaq (the North Water Polynya)Pont du GardRaja AmpatBasilica of Saint-DenisSalar de AtacamaSiberian Traps large igneous provinceSimplon TunnelSirkeci Terminal, IstanbulStatue of Zeus at OlympiaStegra green steel plant, BodenStonehengeTaj MahalTempelhof AirportTemple of Artemis at Ephesus (the Artemision)TimbuktuTreasury of Atreus, MycenaeTurfan oasisVenice and its LagoonParanal Observatory and the GRAVITY interferometerVostok StationWaldschlösschen Bridge, DresdenWhite City StadiumWindsor CastleYaroslavsky Station, MoscowThe Luzon StraitThe Red Sea cable corridorThe Strait of MalaccaAlexandriaLondonMalacca (Melaka)MarseilleNew York CitySingaporeGulf StreamHumboldt (Peru–Chile) CurrentKuroshioInternational Telecommunication UnionEl Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO)Cherbourg — transatlantic roadsteadNew York — Chelsea Piers (Piers 54 and 59)Queenstown (Cobh) — Roche's Point anchorageSouthampton — White Star Dock (Berth 44)Labrador SeaSouth GeorgiaTaiwanWeddell SeaChallenger DeepCosta Rica Thermal DomeDenmark Strait SillDrake PassageFairview Lawn Cemetery, HalifaxGalapagos RiftGrytviken Whaling StationHarland and Wolff shipyard, Queen's Island, BelfastThe Heart's Content cable stationBahia de Loreto National ParkMariana TrenchPoint ConceptionPorthcurno cable stationTitanic wreck siteThe Valentia Island cable 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.
TimeAll timeLast 100 yearsBefore 1926Full timeline →
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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Arctic Amplification

The observation that the Arctic has warmed substantially faster than the global mean - work published in 2022 put the factor at close to four times over the period since 1979, higher than…

No recorded place · 1979-present (satellite era assessment)

Connections

  • located in Arctic Ocean — The effect is defined for the Arctic and has no Antarctic equivalent, because the southern hemisphere has a high ice-covered continent where the north has an ocean.
  • caused by Sea Ice — Retreating bright ice exposes dark ocean that absorbs more solar energy - the ice-albedo feedback is a principal contributor, though the lapse-rate feedback and changes in poleward heat transport also contribute and their relative weight is contested.
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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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area
— A region, drawn as one. The centre is not a location.
point
— A surveyed position. The mark is where the thing is.
soft
— 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 · 37

Outside the current lens or window · 205

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

Every claim carries its evidence on the record it belongs to. Record-level revision history is not yet kept, and nothing here is generated or inferred — every figure above is counted from the records themselves. About Atlas →