geography

/geography52

The study of the Earth and its features, inhabitants, and phenomena.

Did you know a mountain in Antarctica has ice caves and tunnels carved by steam heated from volcanic activity?

That and many more fun facts about the least understood continent in the world
https://youtu.be/KOnB47PyZJw?si=59rBaixuk9QZQl8x
Climbed Guadalupe peak for the 3rd time - best view in Texas.
TIL Leander (suburb of Austin) had one of oldest and most complete human skeletal remains in NA. The site of the find is - *checks notes* an apartment complex now

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leanderthal_Lady
500 DEGEN to whoever can tell me what the Texas Hill Country, Northeast Vietnam, Southeast China, and Yucatan Peninsula have in common.
Giving out my full $DEGEN tip allo to people posting fun facts or locations in /geography for rest of week. Let’s see the 🌎
For fellow geography enjoyers to post maps, musings, pictures of the world its features, inhabitants, and phenomena.