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.geo
.geo is a generic top-level domain proposed by SRI International to be used to associate Internet resources with geographical locations, via a system of "georegistrars" and "georegistries" with hierarchical addresses representing locations in a grid encircling the Earth. These addresses are not i..
GEO
GEO or Geo may refer to any of the following: GEO (magazine), a popular scientific magazineGeo (automobile), a brand of entry-level cars from General MotorsGeo (marketing), a discipline within marketing analysisGEO 600, a detector for gravitational radiationGeo TV, a private television Channel in Pa..
Geo-Force
Geo-Force is a fictional character, a superhero from DC Comics. His real name is Brion Markov, Prince of Markovia, and is one of the founding members of the Outsiders, and the half-brother of Terra. Contents 1 Character history1.1 Batman and the Outsiders1.2 The Outsiders2 ..
Geo-Political web-based simulator
A true Geo-Political web-based simulator is a nation-simulation game in which players take the roles of leaders of nations or organizations. Most geopolitical simulators are forum-based and are a form of computer-assisted gaming. A few are play-by-email (also referred to as play-by-mail, or PBM). ..
Geoagiu
Geoagiu (Hungarian: Algyógy; German: Gergersdorf) is a town in Hunedoara County, Romania, located on the Mureş river at an altitude of 217 meters over the sea level. The river with the same name (Geoagiu) flows in this place into the Mureş. The town has a population of about 6,500. History The ..
Geoarchaeology
right Geoarchaeology is a sub-field of archaeology which uses the techniques and subject matter of the earth sciences to examine topics which inform archaeological knowledge and thought. Geoarchaeologists study the natural physical processes that affect archaeological sites such as geomorphol..
Geobacter
Geobacter is a genus of proteobacteria. Geobacter are an anaerobic respiration bacterial species which have capabilities that may make them useful in bioremediation. The geobacter was found to be the first organism with the ability to oxidize organic compounds and metals, including iron, radioact..
Geobiology
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Broadly defined, geobiology is an interdisciplinary field of scientific research that explores interactions betw..
Geoblogging
A combined listing of images and location to create a visual image of the globe. Currently based around Flickr and Google Earth. Special tags applied to Flickr images (longitude and latitude) allow Google Earth to map these images onto a global image. This process is referred to as Geotagging. See..
Geobotanical Prospecting
A technique unique to China called geobotanical prospecting was used starting in the 5th century BC. People in the region noticed a connection between vegetation and the minerals located underground. There were particular plants that thrived on and indicated areas rich in copper, nickel, zinc, a..
Geobreeders
|} is an OVA anime based off the manga by Akihiro Ito. It is distributed in Japan by Shonen Gaho-sha and JVC and in North America by U.S. Manga Corps. Plot Ayagane City is overrun by phantom cats and are causing havoc throughout the city. That's when a young and overzealous group of entrepren..
Geocaching
A Geocache in Germany Geocaching is an outdoor treasure-hunting game in which the participants use a Global Positioning System receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (called "geocaches" or "caches") anywhere in the world. A typical cache (pronounced /kæʃ/, or "..
Geocaching Software
Geocaching is an outdoor sport that involves the use of a Global Positioning System ("GPS") receiver to find a "geocache" (or "cache") placed anywhere in the world. A typical cache is a small, waterproof container containing a logbook and "treasure". Geocaching is a unique take on a traditional East..
Geocapromys
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Geocast
Geocast refers to the delivery of information to a group of destinations in a network identified by their geographical locations. It is a specialized form of multicast used by some routing protocols for mobile ad hoc networks. External link [A Survey of Geocast Routing Protocols] ..
Geocentric coordinates
Geocentric coordinates are an Earth-centered system of locating objects in the solar system in three-dimensions along the Cartesian X, Y and Z axes. They are differentiated from topocentric coordinates which use the observer's location as the reference point for bearings in altitude and azimuth. Bo..
Geocentric Coordinate Time
Geocentric Coordinate Time (TCG) is a coordinate time standard intended to be used as the independent variable of time for all calculations pertaining to precession, nutation, the Moon, and artificial satellites of the Earth. It is equivalent to the proper time experienced by a clock at rest in a c..
Geocentric model
This artistic representation of the geocentric model shows signs of the zodiac and the solar system with world at centre. Early printed rendition of the Ptolemaic system. In astronomy, the geocentric model (in Greek: geo = earth and kentron = center) of the universe is the theory that t..
Geocentric orbit
Geocentric orbit refers to any object revolving around Earth, such as the Moon or artificial satellites. ..
Geochang County
You may also be looking for the county of Gochang. Hangul: 거창군 Hanja: 居昌郡 Revised Romanization: Geochang-gun McCune-Reischauer: Kŏch'ang-gun Statistics Area: 804.09 km² Population: 67,2242002 registration [link]..
Geochang Polytechnic College
Geochang Polytechnic College, also Keochang Polytechnic College, is a small technical college located in Geochang County, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It is affiliated with the nationwide Korean Foundation for Polytechnic Colleges. It first opened its doors in 1997. Contents 1&n..
Geochelone
Geochelone is a genus of tortoises. Geochelone Tortoises, which are also known as geoclelone tortoises or typical tortoises, can be found in Africa, America, Asia, and several Oceanic islands. They primarily eat plants. Measured by the length of their shell, the species in this genus are some of t..
Geochemistry
The field of geochemistry involves study of the chemical composition of the Earth and other planets, chemical processes and reactions that govern the composition of rocks and soils, and the cycles of matter and energy that transport the Earth's chemical components in time and space, and their intera..
Geochronology
Geochronology is the science of determining the age of rocks, fossils, and sediments. A variety of dating methods are used by geologists to achieve this. Geochronological units - examples: eon - Phanerozoicera - Paleozoicperiod - Ordovicianepoch - Late Ordovicianage - Ashgill You can wri..
GeoCities
GeoCities External links [Yahoo! GeoCities][A list of all the GeoCities Neighborhoods and Suburbs] ..
Geoclemys hamiltonii
Black Pond turtle or Spotted Pond turtle Geoclemys hamiltonii is a species of turtle. Distribution: S Pakistan (Indus and Ganges river drainages), N India (Assam), Bangladesh External links [EMBL reptile database]http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Geoclemys_hamiltoni_juv.j..
Geococcyx
The roadrunners are two species of bird in the genus Geococcyx of the cuckoo family, Cuculidae, native to North and Central America. These two species are the ground foraging cuckoos. Greater Roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus (southwestern United States)Lesser Roadrunner, Geococcyx velox (Mexic..
Geocode
A geocode is a geographical code to identify a point or area at the surface of the earth. The code systems can be described by: how the area is coded (number, letter, mixture of both, other)which part of the earth is covered (whole earth, land, water, a continent, a country)what kind of area or loc..
Geocoded photo
Geocoded photos are images which are associated with a geographical location. A geocoded image can be associated to geographical coordinates such as latitude and longitude or a physical address. Methods of geocoding images: Using a location-aware device such a GPS receiver. This is the most precis..
Geocoding
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Geocoding is the process of assigning geographic identifiers (e.g., codes or geographic coordinates expressed as latitude-longitude) to map features and other data records, such as street addresses. You can also geocode media, for example where a picture w..
Geocoding (disambiguation)
The word Geocoding can refer to: Geocoding - the process of mapping addresses and other spatial features, allowing input into Geographic Information Systems.GeoTagging - the process of adding geographical identification metadata to various media such as websites, RSS feeds or images. This is a ..
Geocoin
A 2004 USA Geocoin A Geocoin is a token used in geocaching. They can be used for one of several purposes. They can be a signature item used by geocachers, left in geocaches to be found by others and kept as trophies or traded. Geocoins are often minted with the name of their state or coun..
GeoComputation
GeoComputation is an emergent paradigm for multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary research that enables the exploration of previously insoluable, extraordinarily intricate problems in geographic context. Introduction As with any revolution in the sciences, the emergence of a new paradigm is hotly deba..
Geoconnector
The geoConnector is a node in Maya that provides an interface between ordinary geometry objects (such as NURBS surfaces) and the dynamics system. A geoConnector node is associated with any such geometry which is emitting particles, exerting a force field, or colliding with particles. The geoConnec..
Geocoris
Geocoris is a genus of insects in the family Lygaeidae (although sometimes the subfamily is elevated to the family "Geocoridae"). Commonly known as the big-eyed bug, Geocoris is a beneficial predator often confused with the true Chinch Bug, which is a pest. External links http://www.entomology.um..
Geocrawler
Geocrawler located at [www.geocrawler.com] was a mailing list archive owned by the Open Source Technology Group. The site is now defunct, and redirects to SourceForge.net[link]. ..
Geocrinia
Geocrinia is a genus of frogs in the family Myobatrachidae. These frogs are endemic to Australia. All the species in this genus were originally refered to as Crinia. Further studies showed there was some considerable differences between this group of frogs and Crinia. These differences included; a..
Geocronite
Geocronite is a mineral, a mixed sulfosalt contaning lead, antimony, and arsenic with a formula of Pb14(Sb,As)6S23. Geocronite is the antimony rich endmember of a solid solution series. The arsenic rich endmember is named jordanite. It occurs as grey, black, to silvery white monoclinic crystals. It ..
Geodashing
Geodashing is an outdoor sport in which players use GPS receivers on a playing field that covers the entire planet. The waypoints, or dashpoints, to be reached are randomly selected. The win goes to the team that reaches the most dashpoints in a given time. The game started in early June 2001. Th..
Geodatabase
A geodatabase is a database with extensions for storing, querying, and manipulating geographic information and spatial data. The geodatabase was popularized by ESRI's ArcGIS version 8. Geodatabases allow behavior to be assigned to structures and objects in ways that more closely relate to the way ..
Geode
There is also a line of microprocessors called Geode. Geode, halved and polished. Geode, halved and polished. Geodes (Greek geoides, "earthlike") are geological rock formations which occur in sedimentary and certain volcanic rocks. Geodes are essentially rock cavities or vugs with in..
Geodemographic Segmentation
Geodemographic segmentation is a multivariate statistical classification technique for discovering whether the individuals of a population fall into different groups by making quantitative comparisons of multiple characteristics with the assumption that the differences within any group should be les..
Geodemography
Geodemography includes the application or study of geodemographic classifications for business, social research and public policy but has a longer history in academic research seeking to understand the processes by which settlements (notably, cities) evolve and neighborhoods are formed. It links the..
Geodesic
In mathematics, a geodesic is a generalization of the notion of a "straight line" to "curved spaces". Definition of geodesic depends on the type of "curved space". If the space carries a natural metric then geodesics are defined to be (locally) the shortest path between points on the space. The ..
Geodesic (general relativity)
In physics, and specifically general relativity, geodesics are the world lines of a particle free from all external force. In this theory, gravity is not a force but is instead a curved spacetime geometry where the source of curvature is the stress-energy tensor. Thus, for example, the orbital pat..
Geodesic (general relativity)/Proofs
This mathematics article is devoted entirely to providing mathematical proofs and support for claims and statements made in the article geodesic (general relativity). This article is currently an experimental vehicle to see how we might be able to provide proofs and details for math articles withou..
Geodesic Airship Design
Geodesic Airship Design is an airship design superior to its predecessors. Typical early airship design consisted of a tube of constant diameter with rounded caps at the ends. Such tubes often buckled because the length was too long for the diameter. At the other extreme, a purely spherical airship..
Geodesic curvature
In differential geometry, the geodesic curvature vector is a property of curves in a metric space which reflects the deviance of the curve from following the shortest arc length distance along each infinitesimal segment of its length. The vector is defined as follows: at a point P on a curve C, the..
Geodesic deviation equation
This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one, or improve this page yourself}} if you can. See [discussion page] for details. In differential geometry, the geodesic deviation equation is an equation involving the Riemann curvatur..
Geodesic dome
The Montreal Biosphère, formely the American Pavilion of Expo 67, by R. Buckminster Fuller, on Île Sainte-Hélène, Montreal A geodesic dome (IPA: /ʤiədɛsɪk/ or /ʤiədizɪk/ /dəʊm/) is an almost spherical structure based on a network of struts arranged on great circles (geodesics) ly..
Geodesic Foam Scenery
GEODESIC FOAM SCENERY was developed by Joel & Jenny Bragdon of Bragdon Enterprises in 1995. Geodesic Foam Scenery is a revolutionary, modern system for making strong, realistic, super lightweight scenery in any scale. Scenery made with the Geodesic Foam Scenery™ system is extraordinarily ligh..
Geodesic structures
Geodesic structures are structures similar to the geodesic sphere or geodesic dome that are designed for strength. Consisting of triangles of metal rods, they resemble a geodetic triangulation network on the surface of the Earth. See also Geodesic Airship Design. ..
Geodesy
See also the main article on history of geodesy. Geodetic pillar (1855); Ostend, Belgium Archive with lithography plates for maps of Bavaria in the Landesamt für Vermessung und Geoinformation in Munich Geodesy (IPA /dʒiˈɑdɪsi/), also called geodetics, is the scientific discipline ..
Geodetic astronomy
Geodetic astronomy is the application of astronomical methods into [[Wiktionary:Network|network]]s and technical projects of geodesy. The most important topics are: Establishment of geodetic datum systems (e.g. ED50) or at expeditionsapparent places of stars, and their proper motionsprecise astrono..
Geodetic network
A geodetic network is a network of triangles which are measured exactly by techniques of terrestrial surveying or by satellite geodesy. In "classical geodesy" (up to the sixties) this is done by triangulation, based on measurements of angles and of some spare distances; the precise orientation to g..
Geodetic system
This article describes a concept from surveying and geodesy. Datum is also the singular form of data. For the Austrian magazine, see Datum. Geodetic systems or geodetic data are used in geodesy, navigation, surveying by cartographers and satellite navigation systems to translate positions indicat..
Geodeung of Geumgwan Gaya
Geodeung of Gaya, also called Geodeung Wang, was the king of Gaya, a confederacy of chiefdoms that existed in the Nakdong River valley of Korea during the Three Kingdoms era, from 199 to 259. Legend holds that he was one of ten sons of King Suro of Gaya, and Suro's queen, Heo Hwang-ok. See also His..
Geode (processor)
National Semiconductor Geode GX1, 233 MHz The Geode is the brand given to series of x86-compatible microprocessors produced by AMD which it targets at the embedded computing market. The series was originally launched by National Semiconductor as the Geode family in 1999. The Geode processor c..
Geodiversity
Geodiversity or geological diversity is the diversity of minerals, rocks (whether 'solid' or 'drift'), fossils, soils, land forms and geological processes that constitute the topography, landscape and the underlying structure of the Earth. This term can be applied to any particular region, county o..
Geodns
Geodns is a patch for BIND to allow split horizon (different responses for different requesters, the requester generally being the ISPs dns recursive resolver which is usually fairly close to the user in network terms) to be based on MaxMind's geoip (commercial) or geolite (free) databases. In t..
Geodomain
The term geodomain refers to domain names that are the same as those of geographic entities, such as cities and countries. Examples of geodomains are Atlanta.com, LosAngeles.com, Texas.com, Spain.info and country specific names like Sverige.com. Since geographical names are limited in number, and h..
Geoduck
The geoduck (pronounced /'guː.iː.dʌk/),[link] Panopea abrupta or Panope generosa, is a species of large saltwater clam, also known as the king clam or elephant trunk clam. The name is derived from a Nisqualli Indian word meaning "dig deep", and its phonemically counterintuitive spell..
Geodude
is a fictional character from the Pokémon franchise. In Gold and Silver onward, it can be found by using the move Rock Smash to destroy cracked rocks. The only other Pokémon that can be found this way are Krabby, Shuckle and Nosepass. Geodude's name may be a combination of the prefix geo, earth..
Geodætisk Institut
Geodætisk Institut (1928-1987) was a Danish state-run cartographic institute. It was created by law number 82, of March 31, 1928, combining Generalstabens Topografiske Afdeling and Den danske Gradmaaling, two institutions that did somewhat overlapping cartographic and topographic mapping of Denmar..
Geoeconomics
Contents 1 GEOECONOMICS,GEO-ECONOMICS1.1 The economics of geology and geography as understood on a global basis (Geo)1.2 An analysis of geographic power conditions under neoliberal globalization1.3 Research Centers1.3.1 Greenberg Center2 Other Centers -transnational..
Geoemyda silvatica
Cochin Forest Cane Turtle Geoemyda silvatica is a species of turtle found in the Western Ghats of India. Type locality: "Near Kavalai in the Cochin State Forests, inhabiting dense forest, at an elevation of about 1500 feet above sea level," India. External links [EMBL reptile database]..
Geoemydidae
Geoemydidae, (formerly known as Bataguridae), is the largest and most diverse family in the order Testudines (turtles) with about 75 species. It includes the Eurasian pond and river turtles and Neotropical wood turtles. Contents 1 Characteristics2 Systematics and evolution3 Ecology..
Geoethical
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GeoEye
GeoEye is a space imaging firm based in Dulles, Virginia. It was formed when ORBIMAGE (an Orbital Sciences spinoff) acquired Space Imaging, of Thornton, Colorado. See also DigitalGlobeSpot ImageIKONOS External links [Official site]."[ORBIMAGE Completes Acquisition of Space Imaging; C..
Geoffery Knauth
Geoffery S. Knauth is on the board of directors of Free Software Foundation, he is a Senior Software Engineer at SFA, Inc[link]. He contributed to the GNU Objective-C Collection library and has a degree in Economics from Harvard University. His hobbies include rowing, and he is fluent in ..
Geoffrey
Redirect [[Template:Merge]]"Geoffrey" is a common English given name, commonly abbreviated as "Geoff". [#endnote_geoff] Geoffrey originated from an Old French form of a Germanic name. Although the name's second element is "frid", meaning "peace", the first element of the name is disputed. P..
Geoffrey, Archbishop of York
Geoffrey, Archbishop of York (c. 1152 – 12 December 1212) was an illegitimate son of Henry II, King of England. He was distinguished from his legitimate half-brothers by his consistent attachment and fidelity to his father. His mother was Ykenai, who Walter Map described as 'a base-born, comm..
Geoffrey, Count of Conversano
Geoffrey the Elder (died after 1085), a nephew of Robert Guiscard through one of his sisters, was the count of Conversano, Brindisi, and Nardò from 1068 to his death. According to Goffredo Malaterra, Geoffrey conquered most of his lands (castra) with his own energy (sua strenuitate) and without t..
Geoffrey, Count of Ragusa
Geoffrey or Godfrey was the second eldest son of Roger I of Sicily. He was probably a bastard, like his elder brother Jordan, but he may have been legitimate, either the son of Judith of Évreux or Eremburga of Mortain. Either way, he stood no chance of inheriting, for he had leprosy or some similar..
Geoffrey A. Landis
Geoffrey A. Landis emerged in the late 1980s as one of the foremost scientist-writers in the science fiction genre. Landis holds undergraduate degrees in physics and electrical engineering from MIT and a Ph.D. in solid-state physics from Brown University. He works for the NASA John Glenn Research ..
Geoffrey Allen
Sir Geoffrey Allen is a top British chemist who has also served as a Vice-President of the Royal Society.He is primarily known for his work on chemistry of polymers ..
Geoffrey Allison
Geoffrey Allison is a minor, sympathetic character in James Clavell's novel Noble House. Allison is the highly competent Governor of Hong Kong. A seasoned diplomat, he is very polite and sociable, but at the same time very alert and shrewd. He has a hands-off style of leadership, and uses his aut..
Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy
The Reverend Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy, MC (June 27, 1883 - March 8 1929), was an Anglican priest and poet. He was nicknamed 'Woodbine Willy' during World War I for giving Woodbine cigarettes along with spiritual aid to injured and dying soldiers. Born in Leeds in 1883, Kennedy was the sev..
Geoffrey Arbuthnot
Sir Geoffrey Schomberg Arbuthnot KCB, DSO, Legion of Honour (18 January, 1885, Havant, Hampshire - 4 October, 1957) was a British Vice Admiral. Arbuthnot, the son of Admiral Charles Ramsay Arbuthnot, was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in 1919 and went on to serve the Royal Navy in a ..
Geoffrey Ashe
Geoffrey Ashe is a writer of non-fiction books. Many of these books are centered on factual analysis of the Arthurian Legend, and the archaeological past of King Arthur. ..
Geoffrey B. Cain
Writer, artist, and educator Geoffrey B. Cain (born Mar. 26, 1961) is the author of numerous poems and short stories. He is also the author of the novel, The Wards of St. Dymphna. His work is known for its surrealist leanings (e.g. the one-act play Ten to Nine), and among his influences are counted ..
Geoffrey Baker
Field Marshal Sir Geoffrey Harding Baker, GCB , CMG , CBE , MC was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1968 and 1971. |-style="text-align: center; background: #C3B091;" |align="center" colspan="3"|Military Offices |- style="text-align: center;" |- st..
Geoffrey Ballard
Photo of Dr. Geoffery Ballard Geoffrey Ballard, CM, OBC (born 1932) is a Canadian businessman and the founder of Ballard Power Systems, where he served as chairman until 1997. Born in Niagara Falls, Ontario, he is acknowledged worldwide as the father of the fuel cell industry. He has numerou..
Geoffrey Barraclough
Geoffrey Barraclough (1908-1984) was a British historian, known as a medievalist and historian of Germany. He was Chichele Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford, 1970–73. Other positions were Professor of Medieval History, University of Liverpool, 1945–1956, Stevenson Research Prof..
Geoffrey Bawa
Geoffrey Bawa is considered Sri Lanka's most prolific architect. His work has had tremendous impact upon architecture throughout Asia and is acclaimed by connoisseurs of architecture worldwide. Contents 1 Architectural Style and Notable Projects2 Biographical Information3 Architec..
Geoffrey Bayldon
Geoffrey Bayldon Geoffrey Bayldon (born January 7, 1924 in Leeds, Yorkshire) is a British actor. After playing roles in dramas of Shakespeare, he became famous with the role of Catweazle in the early 1970s, after turning down the opportunity to follow William Hartnell by becoming the second Dr..
Geoffrey Beane
Geoffrey Beene (born 1927, died 2004) was a noted fashion designer for 40 years, successfully creating a brand under his name that is still strong today. ..
Geoffrey Beene
Geoffrey Beene (August 30 1927 – September 28 2004) was an American fashion designer. Beene was born in Haynesville, Louisiana. He studied medicine at Tulane University, but dropped out in 1946, after three years. He moved to New York in 1947 to attend the Traphagen School of Fashion. He then wo..
Geoffrey Beevers
Geoffrey Beevers is a British actor who has appeared in many different television roles. He has appeared in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who a couple of times, the most notable playing the Master in the serial The Keeper of Traken. He has also appeared in some of the Big Finish Production..
Geoffrey Bell
Geoffrey L Bell, born 1939, is an economist, banker, and Executive Secretary of the Washington based Group of Thirty economic and financial body. Born in Grimsby, he was educated at the London School of Economics, before working at Her Majesty's Treasury, and later returning to the LSE to lecture o..
Geoffrey Bennington
Geoffrey Bennington is Asa Griggs Candler Professor of French and Professor of Comparative Literature, Emory University, as well as a member of the International College of Philosophy. He is a literary critic and philosopher, best known as an expert on deconstruction and the works of Jacques Derrid..
Geoffrey Bilson Award
The Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young Readers is a Canadian literary award that goes to the best work of historical fiction written for youth each year. The award is named after Geoffrey Bilson, a writer of historical fiction for youth and a history professor at the University ..
Geoffrey Bingham
Reverend Geoffrey C. Bingham (AM) MM, (6 January 1919- , born Goulburn, New South Wales) is an Australian author and Minister in the Anglican Church of Australia. He was awarded the Military Medal for service in Singapore before its fall in World War 2, after which he was a prisoner of war at Cha..
Geoffrey Blainey
Professor Geoffrey Blainey AO (born 11 March 1930), is one of Australia's most significant, and yet still popular, historians who is best known for a controversy over immigration policy. Blainey was raised in a series of Victorian country towns before attending Wesley College and the University of ..
Geoffrey Bolton
Geoffrey Curgenven Bolton, OA is an Australian historian born on 5th November 1931 in Claremont, Perth, Western Australia. He has been publishing works on Australian history since 1952, and has authored 13 books, most recently Edmund Barton: The One Man for the Job (a biography of Australia's first ..
Geoffrey Borg
Geoffrey Borg (b. 1963 in Malta) is Vice President of FIDE, the World Chess Federation. He is also President of the Malta Chess Federation and General Secretary of the Mediterranean Chess Association (MCA) and Small Nations Chess Association (SNACA). He was a candidate for Treasurer of FIDE, the Wor..
Geoffrey Bourne
Geoffrey Howard Bourne (November 17, 1909-July 19, 1988) was Australian-born American anatomist whose studies of the mammalian adrenal gland made him a pioneer in the histochemistry. ..
Geoffrey Boycott
Geoffrey BoycottEngland (ENG) Batting style Right-handed batsman (RHB) Bowling type Right arm medium Tests ODIs Matches 108 36 '''Runs scored 8114 1082 Batting average 47.72 36.06 100s/50s 22/42 1/9 Top score 246* 105 ..
Geoffrey Brennan
Geoffrey Brennan is currently a professor of Philosophy at both the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University in the Department of Philosophy. A visitor in the Department in the Fall of 2003, he will be returning on a regular basis for a semester a year for (at least) five year..
Geoffrey Burbidge
Geoffrey Ronald Burbidge (born September 24 1925) is a British-American physics professor in the University of California, San Diego. He is the husband of Margaret Burbidge. In 1957 he and his wife were co-authors, together with Fred Hoyle, the British astronomer, and William Fowler, the American ..
Geoffrey Burgon
Geoffrey Burgon (born 15 July, 1941) is a British composer notable for his television and film themes. Contents 1 Life1.1 Career highlights2 Works3 Selected recordings4 External links Life Burgon was born in Hampshire in 1941, and taught himself the trumpet in order t..
Geoffrey Burridge
Geoffrey Burridge (born 1949-died 1987) is a British actor noted for his performances on television. He appeared as Mark Proctor in early episodes of Emmerdale Farm and is also remembered for his guest appearance in Blake's 7 (as Dorian in the episode "Rescue"). He died of an AIDS-related illness ..
Geoffrey C. Grabowski
Geoffrey C. Grabowski is a roleplaying game writer and editor, and a teacher born in 1973. He was the line developer and a major author of the Exalted RPG from White Wolf Game Studio. He has also contributed to White Wolf's [[Hunter: The Reckoning]], Kindred of the East, [[Vampire: The Masquerade]],..
Geoffrey Charles Lawrence
Geoffrey Charles Lawrence (b. 1915-d. 1994) was acting Chief Minister of Zanzibar from 23 February 1961 to 5 June 1961. ..
Geoffrey Charles Tasker Keyes
Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Charles Tasker Keyes, VC, MC, CdeG SCOTS GREYS, (18 May 1917 - 18 November 1941) was awarded the Victoria Cross during the Second World War. Contents 1 Family2 Previous Actions3 Award of Victoria Cross4 Further information5 References6 See..
Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – October 25, 1400) was an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat (courtier), and diplomat. He is often referred to as the Father of English Literature. Although he wrote many works he is best remembered for his unfinished frame narrative The Canterbury Ta..
Geoffrey Chevalier Cheshire
Professor Geoffrey Chevalier Cheshire, DCL, LLD, FBA (27 June 1886–27 October 1978) was an English barrister, scholar and influential writer on law. He is also known as the father of Leonard Cheshire, VC, the English war hero and founder of the Cheshire Homes charity. Contents 1 Biogra..
Geoffrey Chew
Geoffrey Chew (born 1924) is an American theoretical physicist. He was a student of Enrico Fermi, and his students include David Gross and John Schwarz. He was known as a leader of the S matrix approach to the strong interaction and the associated bootstrap principle, a theory whose popularity pe..
Geoffrey Chubb
Geoff ChubbSouth Africa (RSA) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm medium-fast Tests First-class Matches 5 49 '''Runs scored 63 835 Batting average 10.50 18.15 100s/50s -/- -/5 Top score 15* 71* Balls bowled 1425 9423 Wickets 21..
Geoffrey Claeys
Geoffrey Claeys (born October 5, 1974 in Brugge, Belgium) is a football player for Melbourne Victory Football Club. He wears the number 5 shirt, and is a central Defender. Claeys is a former Belgian international and was capped 10 times. He began his careers at Belgian club Cercle Brugge where so..
Geoffrey Claremont Parsons
Geoffrey Claremont Parsons was a lyricist. He worked at the Peter Maurice Music Company run by James Phillips, who wrote under the pseudonym John Turner. The company specialized in adapting songs originally in foreign languages into the English language. Phillips would usually assign a song to Pars..
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Geoffrey Robert Clifton-Brown (born March 23, 1953) British politician and farmer. He is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Cotswold. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown was born in Cambridge and was educated at Tormore School, in Upper Deal, Kent and Eton College before attending the Royal Agricultural ..
Geoffrey Connard
The Honourable Geoffrey Connard MLC (Geoff Connard) is a former Member for Higinbotham Province in the Parliament of Victoria. He played a crucial role in a number of health reforms during the Kennett Government and has continued to work in the health sector following his retirement from parliament..
Geoffrey Cornewall
Geoffrey Cornewall was a British archer. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Cornewall entered the men's double York round event in 1908, taking 15th place with 430 points. References ..
Geoffrey Corrigan
Geoffrey Corrigan was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. He was elected in 2003, in a close run election after the retirement of Elizabeth Kernohan. Former Mayor of Camden, Eva Campbell, stood against him as an independent. Geoffery is also a ..
Geoffrey Cowan
Geoffrey Cowan is former director of the Voice of America and current Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California. External link [USC Center on Public Diplomacy Profile] ..
Geoffrey Cox
(Charles) Geoffrey Cox, QC (born April 30, 1960) is a British Conservative politician and barrister. He is the Member of Parliament for Torridge and West Devon. Geoffrey Cox was educated at King's College, Taunton and Downing College, Cambridge. In 1982 he became a barrister, and in 1992 founded Th..
Geoffrey Cox (Australian politician)
Geoffrey Cox was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. ..
Geoffrey Crawford
Geoffrey Crawford was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. ..
Geoffrey Cushing-Murray
Geoffrey Cushing-Murray is a songwriter born 1946 in New York. He served as decorated Army officer in Vietnam and studied English at UCLA,where he was a member of the varsity fencing team. He has songs such as "Hot Night In A Cold Town" which has been covered by John Mellencamp and Steppenwolf. He ..
Geoffrey D. Falk
Geoffrey D. Falk is an author, critic, music composer, and electrical engineer. He studied Electrical Engineering and Physics at the University of Manitoba, and did research into the design of computer microchips under the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. He is author ..
Geoffrey Dabelko
Geoffrey Dabelko is director of the Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP), a nonpartisan policy forum on environment, population, and security issues at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. During his time there, he has helped facilitate diaogue among ..
Geoffrey Davies
For the Australian judge who led an inquiry into Bundaberg Base Hospital, see Davies Commission. Geoffrey Davies (born December 15 1942 at Yorkshire, England), is a British actor who studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. He is probably best known for his role as "Dr. Dick Stuart-Clark" in ..
Geoffrey Davion
Geoffrey Davion was a successful British television and Shakespearean stage actor, notably starring alongside Hollywood actor Alun Armstrong in the popular series The Stars Look Down. He also acted in the cult classic film Clockwise. His niece is British actress Rebecca Davison ..
Geoffrey Da Silva
Geoffrey Da Silva is a politician and administrator in Guyana. He was the Guyanese Minister of Trade, Tourism and Industry from 1999 to 2001, and now serves as head of Guyana Investment (Go-Invest). Da Silva has a degree from York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada."Metro area voters to decide..
Geoffrey Dearmer
Geoffrey Dearmer (March 21, 1893 - 18 August, 1996) was a British poet. He was the son of Anglican liturgist and hymnologist Percy Dearmer. During World War I, Dearmer fought at Gallipoli and on the Western Front. Most of his poems dealt with the over all brutality of war and violence, to which he ..
Geoffrey Dearmer award
Geoffrey Dearmer Award was established in 1997 by the estate of Geoffrey Dearmer to award an annual prize to the Poetry Review "new poet of the year" who has not yet published a book. This award is administered by the Poetry Society UK. Awards 1998 Paul Farley1999 Sarah Wardle2000 Anna Wigley2001 ..
Geoffrey Deuel
Geoffrey Jacob Deuel is an American actor born 17 January, 1943. Deuel is best-known for playing Billy the Kid in the movie Chisum (1970). He has been in several movie and television productions through the years including The Mod Squad, Ironside, and The Name of the Game. He was the brother of Pe..
Geoffrey de Bellaigue
Sir Geoffrey de Bellaigue (b. 12 March 1931) GCVO MA FBA FSA, was Surveyor of the Queen's Works of Art from 1972 to 1996. His was the first full-time appointment to the office, and he did much to professionalise the Royal Collection department after being made the Director of the Royal Collection in..
Geoffrey de Clinton
Geoffrey de Clinton was a Norman noble, prominent in the reign of King Henry II of England. ..
Geoffrey de Freitas
Sir Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas (7 April, 1913 - 10 August, 1982) was a British politician and diplomat. For many years a Labour Member of Parliament, he also served as British High Commissioner in Accra, and later as President of the Council of Europe. Contents 1 Family and early career2&nb..
Geoffrey de Havilland
Geoffrey de Havilland (left) with Frederick Handley Page. Sir Geoffrey Raoul de Havilland (b. 27 July, 1882, Buckinghamshire - d. 21 May, 1965) was one of England's aviation pioneers. After engineering school, his first interest was in automotive engineering, building cars and motorcycles. H..
Geoffrey de Mandeville
Geoffrey de Mandeville is the name of several important medieval English barons. Geoffrey de Mandeville, (d. c. 1100) was one of the great magnates of the reign of William the Conqueror.Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex (d. 1144) was famous (or infamous) for changing sides several times duri..
Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex
Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex (d. 1144) was one of the prominent players during the Anarchy of the reign of King Stephen of England. His biographer, the 19th-century historian J. H. Round, called him "the most perfect and typical presentment of the feudal and anarchic spirit that stamps ..
Geoffrey de Mandeville (11th century)
Geoffrey de Mandeville (d. c. 1100) Constable of the Tower of London. Important Domesday tenant-in-chief, was one of the great magnates of the reign of William the Conqueror. William granted him large estates, primarily in Essex, but in 10 other shires as well. He served as sheriff in London and Mid..
Geoffrey de Montbray
Geoffrey de Montbray (d. 1093), bishop of Coutances (Constantiensis), a right-hand man of William the Conqueror, was a type of the great feudal prelate, warrior and administrator at need. Orderic says he knew more about marshalling mailed knights than edifying psalm-singing clerks. Obtaining as a y..
Geoffrey de Runcey
Geoffrey de Runcey (134? – 1384) was the writer of a valuable medieval chronicle of East Anglia. Contents 1 Life2 Background3 The Chronicle4 External links Life Little is known about his ancestry, but his name suggests that he originated from the town of North Runcton in N..
Geoffrey de St. Omer
Geoffrey de St Omer (also known as Gaufred, Godefroi, or Godfrey de St Omer, Saint Omer, or Saint-Omer) was a Flemish knight, one of the founding members of the Knights Templar in 1118. He is said to have also come from the family of the Lords of Saint-Omer (in today's northern France): William I, L..
Geoffrey Dickens
Geoffrey Kenneth Dickens (26 August 1931 - 17 May 1995) was a British Conservative politician. He was MP for Huddersfield West from 1979 until the seat was abolished in 1983. He was then elected for Littleborough and Saddleworth and held the seat until his death in 1995. References "Times Guide t..
Geoffrey Dodsworth
Geoffrey Hugh Dodsworth (born 7 June 1928) was Conservative Party (UK) Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire South West from 1974 to 1983, preceding Richard Page. Sources: Times Guide to the House of Commons 1979. This page incorporates information from [Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page] ..
Geoffrey Douglas Madge
Geoffrey Douglas Madge (born 3 October, 1941) is an Australian classical pianist. Madge is a virtuoso who delights in performing long and arduous works. He has recorded Sorabji's Opus Clavicembalisticum, one of the longest and most difficult works ever written for the piano. He gave the work its ..
Geoffrey Drummond
Geoffrey Heneage Drummond was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 32 years old, and a Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during the First..
Geoffrey Dummer
Geoffrey W.A. Dummer, MBE (1909 – February, 2002) is credited as being the first person to conceptualise the integrated circuit, commonly called the microchip, in the late-1940s and early 1950s. Dummer was also a pioneer of reliability engineering at the Telecommunications Research Establishme..
Geoffrey Durham
Geoffrey Durham (born 22 July 1949) is a comedy magician who was known for many years as The Great Soprendo. Durham was born in East Molesey, Surrey. He presented a magic act as an outrageous Spanish magician for at least 15 years before performing as himself. His catchphrase was "Piff Paff Poof!"...
Geoffrey Dyer
Geoffrey Dyer, Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize in 2003 with a portrait of Richard Flanagan. The painting of Richard Flanagan has an orange background with a figure with arms on his hips and almost silhouetted in dark colours of browns and blacks. ..
Geoffrey E. Hinton
Geoffrey E. Hinton is an English computer scientist, known for his work on neural networks. He was one of the inventors of the Backpropagation algorithm for training multi-layer neural networks. Hinton was the first recipient of the Rumelhart Prize and the 2005 recipient of the IJCAI Award for Res..
Geoffrey Eastop
Geoffrey Eastop (born 1921) is a British potter . Eastop was born in London, where he studied at Goldsmiths' College. He also studied at the Academie Ranson, Paris. Geoffrey Eastop has been a potter throughout his life and collaborated with the artist John Piper. His work has been exhibited at the..
Geoffrey Edelsten
Geoffrey Edelsten was an entrepreneurial medical practitioner based in Sydney, Australia. He accumulated significant wealth in the late 1980s as the owner and operator of a chain of medical centres. Dr Edelsten's medical centres were notable for their opulent furnishings, featuring gold-metallic..
Geoffrey Edge
Geoffrey Edge (born 26 May 1943) was British Labour Party Member of Parliament for Aldridge-Brownhills from 1974 to 1979, when he lost the seat to the Conservative Richard Shepherd. To this day, Labour have not managed to regain Aldridge-Brownhills, even at the 1997 general election landslide - ind..
Geoffrey F. Brown
Geoff is widely considered to be the only pro-consumer [link] Commissioner of the CPUC. Official Bio Geoffrey F. Brown Born May 20 1943 in San Francisco. Mr. Brown attended schools both in San Francisco and Marin Counties. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley 1964 an..
Geoffrey Faber
Sir Geoffrey Cust Faber (1889-1961) was a British academic, publisher and poet. He was educated at Rugby School and Christ Church, Oxford. He joined Oxford University Press in 1913. A Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, he was the founding editor of Faber and Gwyer, shortly afterwards Faber and Fa..
Geoffrey Fenton
Sir Geoffrey Fenton (c. 1539–19 October 1608) was an English writer and politician, the son of Henry Fenton of Nottinghamshire, and brother of Edward Fenton the navigator. Geoffrey is said to have visited Spain and Italy in his youth; possibly he went to Paris in Sir Thomas Hohy's train in 1..
Geoffrey Fieger
Geoffrey Fieger Geoffrey Fieger is an American attorney. Based out of Southfield, Michigan, he represented Dr. Jack Kevorkian in his doctor-assisted suicide trial, and later ran unsuccessfully as the Democratic nominee for governor of Michigan in 1998. He has announced his candidacy for the ..
Geoffrey Finsberg
Sir Geoffrey Finsberg, Baron Finsberg, MBE, JP (13 June 1926—8 October 1996) was a British Conservative politician. Finsberg was educated at the City of London School and was a 'Bevin Boy' 1945-47. From a young age he was active in the Conservative Party and was founder chairman of Mansfield ..
Geoffrey Fisher
Geoffrey Francis Fisher, Baron Fisher of Lambeth GCVO (May 5, 1887 – September 15, 1972) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1945 to 1961. Geoffrey Fisher had a successful career in the Church of England, culminating in a relatively long tenure of position of Archbishop of Canterbury, but has s..
Geoffrey Fisken
Geoffrey Bryson Fisken born February 17, 1916, was New Zealand and the British Commonwealth’s leading air ace in the Pacific theatres of World War II. Contents 1 Early Life2 Singapore and Malaya3 ..
Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex
Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex, (Piers de Lutegareshale), (b. ca. 1162), d. 1213), was a prominent member of the government of England during the reigns of Richard I and John. The patronymic is sometimes rendered Fitz Piers. He was from a modest landowning family that had a tradition of se..
Geoffrey Fletcher
From the years of 1996-2003, Geoffrey Fletcher was employed in several menial jobs at the Hockey Hall of Fame. Beginning as a glorified custodian (which was so eloquently titled Building Services), he eventually persuaded the hapless management team to hire him as a PC and IT support technician. A..
Geoffrey Freer Stakes
The Geoffrey Freer Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1 mile 5 furlongs and 61 yards (2,671 metres) at Newbury Racecourse in August. It was first run in 1949 as the Oxfordshire Stakes and was re-named in 1969 i..
Geoffrey Gaimar
Geoffrey Gaimar (flourished 1140?), was an Anglo-Norman chronicler. Gaimar's most significant contribution to medieval literature and history is as a translator from Old English to Anglo-Norman. His L'Estoire des Engles translates extensive portions of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as well as using Lat..
Geoffrey Giuliano
Geoffrey Giuliano (born September 11, 1953 in Rochester, New York) is a American writer and actor. Raised in Albion and Olcott Beach, New York, Giuliano was the youngest of five children. He and his mother, Myrna Oneita Juliano, moved to Tampa, Florida at the age of twelve where he first became int..
Geoffrey Green
Geoffrey Green (May 12, 1911 - May 9, 1990) was the first and foremost English football writer. Geoffrey Green started writing for the The Times in 1930's when football was not regarded as a mainstream sport. He is considered to be the godfather of football reporting and the worlds first anointed ..
Geoffrey Griffin (cricketer)
Geoff GriffinSouth Africa (RSA) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm fast Tests First-class Matches 2 42 '''Runs scored 25 895 Batting average 6.25 17.89 100s/50s -/- -/5 Top score 14 73 Balls bowled 432 - Wickets 8 108 Bowl..
Geoffrey Grigson
Geoffrey Grigson (2 March 1905 – 25 November 1985) was a Cornish writer. He first came to prominence in the 1930s as a poet, then as editor from 1933 of New Verse. Fiercely combative, he made many literary enemies. Later in life he was a noted critic, reviewer (for the New York Review of Books..
Geoffrey Harold Woolley
(Gallaher Cigarette Cards) Geoffrey Harold Woolley (VC, OBE, MC) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 22 years old, and a Second Lieutenant ..
Geoffrey Hartman
Geoffrey H. Hartman (b. 1929) is a German born American literary theorist, sometimes identified with the Yale School of deconstruction, but also characterized as something of an individualist and maverick. He was born in Germany, in an Ashkenazi Jewish family. He came to the United States in 1946, a..
Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith
Geoffrey Francis Hattersley-Smith D.Phil, FRSC (1923-) is an English born geologist and glaciologist. He attended Winchester College in Hampshire and graduated from New College, Oxford. From 1948-1950 he was the base leader for the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (now the British Antarctic Sur..
Geoffrey Hayes
Geoffrey Hayes (born: 13 March, 1942 in Cheshire, England) is an English television presenter and actor, best known as the host of Thames Television's top-rated children's show Rainbow from 1973 to 1992. Before that, he had much other work, including a recurring role in BBC1's police drama Z Cars. ..
Geoffrey Hendricks
Geoffrey Hendricks is an American artist born in Littletown, New Hampshire in 1931. He currently resides in New York City where he is the curator of the Silverman Collection of Fluxus art. Hendricks is a professor emeritus at Rutgers University where he was closely associated with Allan Kaprow, Ro..
Geoffrey Hill
Geoffrey Hill (born June 18, 1932) is a British poet, Professor of English Literature and Religion, and co-director of the [Editorial Institute] at Boston University, Massachusetts, USA. Contents 1 Biography2 Writing3 Bibliography3.1 Poetry3.2 Essays4 Exter..
Geoffrey Hinsliff
Geoffrey Hinsliff (born 1937 in Leeds, England) is a British actor best known for his portrayal of 'Don Brennan' in Coronation Street from 16 August 1987 to 8 October 1997. He had previously played other characters in the same programme, in 1963 and 1977. He originally trained at RADA, before makin..
Geoffrey Hinton
Geoffrey Hinton is a British born computer scientist most noted for his work on the mathematics and applications of neural networks, and their relationship to information theory. A simple introduction to Geoffrey Hinton's research can be found in his articles in Scientific American in September 199..
Geoffrey Hodgson
Geoffrey M. Hodgson (born 28 July 1946) is a Research Professor of Business Studies in the University of Hertfordshire, and also the head of the Centre for Research in Institutional Economics. He is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Institutional Economics. Prof. Hodgson is recognized as one of..
Geoffrey Holder
Geoffrey Holder as Baron Samedi in Live and Let Die. Geoffrey Holder (born August 1, 1930 in Port of Spain), is an American (Trinidad-born) character actor, choreographer, dancer, designer, singer and voice-over artist. Holder is known for his unconventional looks (he is 6'6" tall and bald wi..
Geoffrey Horrocks
Geoffrey Horrocks is a mathematician whose work on vector bundles has been important for the ADHM construction. See also Horrocks-Mumford bundle References Construction of Instantons, Michael Atiyah, Vladimir G. Drinfel'd, Nigel. J. Hitchin, Yuri I. Manin ..
Geoffrey Hosking
Geoffrey A. Hosking (born 1942, Scotland) is a historian of Russia and the Soviet Union. He became professor of Russian history at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies - now part of University College, London - in 1984. Hosking studied Russian at Cambridge University and European histor..
Geoffrey Household
Geoffrey Edward West Household (November 30, 1900 — October 4, 1988) was a prolific British novelist who specialized in thrillers. He is best known for his 1939 novel Rogue Male. Born in Bristol, Household was educated at Clifton College and at Magdalen College, Oxford, from which he received..
Geoffrey Howard
Cecil Geoffrey Howard (14 February 1909 - 8 November 2002) was an English cricketer and cricket administrator. Geoffrey Howard was born in Hampstead Garden Suburb, a grandson of Sir Ebenezer Howard, a founder of the Garden City Movement who taught him a respect for people and a love for cricket. A..
Geoffrey Howe
redirect [[Template:Infobox President]]Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, CH, PC, QC (born 20 December 1926), usually known until 1992 as Sir Geoffrey Howe, is a senior British Conservative politician. He was Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving Cabinet minister, successively holdi..
Geoffrey Hughes
Geoffrey Hughes as his character Onslow in Keeping Up Appearances. Geoffrey Hughes (born February 2, 1944 in Wallasey, Cheshire, England) is an English actor, best known to UK TV viewers of a certain age, for his portrayal of Eddie Yeats, Hilda Ogden's scallywag lodger in Granada Television's..
Geoffrey Hulett
Geoffrey Hulett is the Labour Party District Councillor for the Catshill Ward of Bromsgrove. ..
Geoffrey Humphries
Geoffrey Humphries - Artist (born Amersham, England) 1945. Humphries attended: the High Wycombe School of Art,the London College of Printing, andthe Chelsea School of Art. In 1963 he visited Italy for the first time, and took his degree from the [Accademia di Belle Arti] in Venice, where..
Geoffrey Hutchings
Geoffrey Hutchings (born 1939 in Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom) is a British actor from stage, movies and television. He studied French and Physical Education at Birmingham University before he became a member of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1968. A..
Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany
Geoffrey I of Rennes (980 – November 20 1008) was duke of Brittany, from 992 to his death. He was son of Duke Conan I and Ermengarde of Anjou. He married Havise of Normandy and had at least two sons: Alan III his successor, and Eudes, Count of Penthievre. See also: Dukes of Brittany family tr..
Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany
House of Plantagenet Henry II Children    William, Count of Poitiers Henry, Count of Anjou Richard I Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany John Matilda, Duchess of Saxony Leonora, Queen of Castile Joan, Queen of Sicily Richard I John Children Henry III Richard, Earl ..
Geoffrey III of Anjou
Geoffrey III of Anjou, called le Barbu ("the Bearded"), count of Anjou was the eldest son of Ermenegarde, the daughter of Fulk III of Anjou, and of the count of Gâtinais. He succeeded his uncle Geoffrey II in 1060, but his power was limited by attacks from his own brother Fulk IV. A serious confron..
Geoffrey II of Anjou
Geoffrey II of Anjou, called Martel ("the Hammer"), was Count of Anjou from 1040 to 1060. He was the son of Fulk the Black. He was bellicose and fought against the Duke of Aquitaine, the Count of Blois, and the Duke of Normandy. During his twenty-year reign he especially had to face the ambitions of..
Geoffrey II of Vendôme
Geoffrey II, surnamed Jordan, was the lord of Preuilly from 1067 (as Geoffrey III) and count of Vendôme from 1085, the son of Geoffrey II of Preuilly and Almodis of Blois. When his brother-in-law Bouchard III died, he inherited Vendôme. He took part in the war between the brothers, the counts of..
Geoffrey II of Villehardouin
Geoffrey II Villehardouin was a Prince of Achaea, the first son of Geoffrey I Villehardouin (1218-1245). He was recognized by the Latin emperor of Constantinople Peter of Courtenay. In 1217 he married the daughter of Peter of Courtenay and Yolanda of Flanders, Agnes de Courtenay. Following his fath..
Geoffrey Ingram Taylor
Sir Geoffrey Ingram Taylor (7 March 1886 - 27 June 1975) was a physicist, mathematician and expert on fluid dynamics and wave theory. He has been described as "one of the greatest physical scientists of the 20th century". Born in St. John's Wood, London, his father was an artist, and his mother, Ma..
Geoffrey Inkin
Sir Geoffrey David Inkin, OBE is a member of the Judicial Appointments Commission. Inkin is a former commander of the Royal Welch Fusiliers. He was Chairman of the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation from 1987 until 2000. He was Chairman of the Land Authority of Wales between 1987 and 1998 and a f..
Geoffrey Irwin
Geoffrey Irwin was an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. ..
Geoffrey IV of Anjou
Geoffrey IV of Anjou, called Martel ("the Hammer"), was count of Anjou with his father Fulk IV from 1098 to 1106. He revolted against the policies of his father and was assassinated in 1106, possibly at the instigation of his father. ..
Geoffrey I of Anjou
Geoffrey I of Anjou (d. July 21, 987), known as Grisegonelle ("Greymantle"), was count of Anjou from 958 to 987. He succeeded his father Fulk II. He allied with the County of Nantes against the County of Rennes, and allied with Hugh Capet, fearing an invasion by the Count of Blois. He was one of the..
Geoffrey I of Villehardouin
Geoffrey I Villehardouin (Geoffroi) was nephew to Geoffrey of Villehardouin, and a knight and crusader who went to Palestine and later came to help William of Champlitte to conquer Morea and became Prince of Achaea after William's death. Geoffrey came from Champagne, France, like his uncle Geoffrey..
Geoffrey Jellicoe
Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe (1900-1996) was an English landscape architect, garden designer and author. Jellicoe was born in Chelsea. He went to study at the Architectural Association in London in 1919 and won a Rome scholarship in 1923 which enabled him to write his first book on Italian Gardens of the..
Geoffrey Jenkins
Geoffrey Jenkins (1920-2001) was a South African novelist born in Port Elizabeth where he wrote his first novel by the age of seventeen. Jenkins first published novel, A Twist of Sand, was released in 1959 and became a motion picture in 1968 starring Richard Johnson and Honor Blackman. Ian Flemin..
Geoffrey Johnson Smith
Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith (born April 16, 1924) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. For over twenty years he was Chairman of the Churchill Chapter of the Primrose League. He served as Member of Parliament for East Grinstead from 1965 to 1983 and Wealden from 1983 to 2001. He serve..
Geoffrey John Kirkby
Captain GJ Kirkby, HMS Diana, 1961 Geoffrey Kirkby, Royal Navy, (August 26, 1918 - October 24, 1998). He had an action packed Second World War, spent mainly at sea in small ships. He was one of the Royal Navy's most decorated officers. Contents 0.0.1 First DSC (June 1940)0.0.2 Sec..
Geoffrey Keating
Seathrún Céitinn, known in English as Geoffrey Keating, was a 17th century Irish clergyman, poet and historian. He was born in Burgess, Ballylooby, just outside Cahir in County Tipperary in ca. 1569, and died ca. 1644. He is buried in Tubrid Graveyard in the parish of Ballylooby-Duhill. His major..
Geoffrey Keen
Geoffrey Keen (21 August 1916 – 3 November 2005) was a British actor who appeared in supporting roles in many famous films. Keen was born in Wallingford, Surrey, England, the son of the actor Malcolm Keen. He was educated at Bristol Grammar School. He then joined the Little Repertory Theatre ..
Geoffrey Keighley
William Geoffrey Keighley AO (10 January 1925-1 July 2005) was an English barrister, businessman, cricketer, farmer, grazier and legislator. Keighley was born in Nice, France. His family had business interests in Bradford, West Yorkshire and New South Wales. He was educated at the Tudor House prep..
Geoffrey Kelly
Geoffrey Kelly (born October 23, 1956 in Dumfries, Scotland) is a Canadian rock musician. He plays guitars, flutes and bodhran for the folk rock band Spirit of the West, for whom he is also the lead vocalist on some songs. He and John Mann are the band's primary songwriters. Kelly is also a somet..
Geoffrey Keyes
Geoffrey Keyes (October 30, 1888 – September 17, 1967) was a U.S. Army major general who commanded the U.S. II Corps during World War II. ..
Geoffrey Keynes
Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes (March 25, 1887 in Cambridge - July 5, 1982, in Cambridge) was an English surgeon, physician, scholar and bibliophile. He was the younger brother of the economist John Maynard Keynes. Biography Geoffrey Keynes was the son of John Neville Keynes (pronounced "Canes"), an..
Geoffrey King
Geoffrey King (sometimes spelled Geoffry) was an English protestant theologian, a Fellow and Regius Professor of Hebrew at King's College, Cambridge. He was among the First Westminster Company charged by James I of England with the translation of the first 12 books of the King James Version of the B..
Geoffrey King (composer)
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since June 2006. Geoffrey King was born in C..
Geoffrey Kirk
Geoffrey Stephen Kirk (December 3 1921-March 2003 ) was a British classical scholar. He is known for his books on Ancient Greek literature and mythology. He was educated at Rossall School and Clare College, Cambridge. His time at Cambridge was interrupted by service in the Royal Navy, much of it i..
Geoffrey Kloske
Geoffrey Kloske is the publisher of Riverhead Books in New York, a division of Penguin Group. He has edited authors such as David Sedaris, Dave Eggers, Bob Dylan, and Sarah Vowell. He was named "It" Editor by Entertainment Weekly and one of "35 under 35" by New York Magazine in 2001. ..
Geoffrey Lancaster
Geoffrey Lancaster AM (born 1954) is an Australian classical pianist. Born in Sydney, he studied piano in Canberra with Larry Sitsky. He also studied at the Sydney Conservatorium graduating with a Doctor of Philosophy, and also completed a Masters degree at the University of Tasmania. In 1984, he mo..
Geoffrey Lane, Baron Lane
Geoffrey Dawson Lane, Baron Lane AFC PC (17 July, 1918 – 22 August, 2005) was a British Judge who served as Lord Chief Justice of England from 1980 to 1992. The later part of his term was marred by the uncovering of a succession of miscarriages of justice. He will be remembered for his infam..
Geoffrey Lawler
Geoffrey John Lawler (born 30 October 1954) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. In the Conservative landslide election victory of 1983, he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford North. This was considered a surprise result in a normally safe Labour seat, but it wa..
Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey
The Nuremberg judges, left to right: John Parker, Francis Biddle, Alexander Volchkov, Iola Nikitchenko, Geoffrey Lawrence, Norman Birkett Geoffrey Lawrence, 3rd Baron Trevethin and 1st Baron Oaksey, DSO , KC (October 2, 1880 - August 28, 1971) was the main British Judge during the Nuremberg t..
Geoffrey Layton
Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton, GBE KCB KCMG DSO, (20 April 1884 - 4 September 1964), was a British Naval Officer. He was the son of a Liverpool solicitor, George Layton. He joined the Royal Navy as a naval cadet in May 1899 on HMS Britannia. Following this he served as a Midshipman aboard cruisers in..
Geoffrey Legge
Geoffrey LeggeEngland (ENG) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Legbreak Tests First-class Matches 5 147 '''Runs scored 299 4955 Batting average 49.83 24.89 100s/50s 1/- 7/16 Top score 196 196 Balls bowled 30 179 Wickets - 8 Bowling ..
Geoffrey Lewis
Geoffrey Lewis (born July 31, 1935) is a popular US character actor since the early 1970s, often featured in offbeat roles. He is also a member of the musical group Celestial Navigations, with Geoff Levin, known for their storytelling abilities, producing eloquent, unforgettable narratives accompan..
Geoffrey Lloyd
Geoffrey William Geoffrey-Lloyd, Baron Geoffrey-Lloyd PC (January 17 1902 - September 12, 1984) was a British Conservative politician. The eldest son of G. W. A. Lloyd of Newbury, Lloyd was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge (MA), during which time he was President of the Cam..
Geoffrey Lofthouse, Baron Lofthouse
Geoffrey Lofthouse, Baron Lofthouse (born 18 December, 1925) is a British Labour politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontefract and Castleford from a 1978 by-election until his retirement in 1997, when he was given a peerage. In the House of Commons, he served as a Deputy Speaker to B..
Geoffrey Marcy
Geoffrey W. Marcy (born September 29, 1954) is famous for discovering more extrasolar planets than anyone else, 70 out of the first 100 to be discovered, along with R. Paul Butler and Debra Fischer. He also confirmed Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz's discovery of the first extrasolar planet 51 Pegasi..
Geoffrey Martin
Geoffrey K. Martin is a mathematician currently working in the field of mathematical physics at the University of Toledo, as Associate Professor and Chair. His fields of study include differential geometry, relativity, and the foundations of physics. Martin earned his Ph.D. at the State University..
Geoffrey McCabe
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Geoffrey McGivern
Geoffrey McGivern is a British actor of film, radio and TV. He is well remembered for playing Ford Prefect in the radio series and subsequent LP releases of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which role he reprised for the three new series broadcast in 2004 and 2005. He has also appeared in TV ..
Geoffrey McSkimming
Geoffrey McSkimming is the author of the popular Cairo Jim chronicles and Jocelyn Osgood jaunts, a children's book series which delights and entertains readers around the world with its mix of archaeological oddities, historical quirks and funny and suspenseful plots. Since publication of the first ..
Geoffrey Michael Brooks
Geoffrey Michael Brooks (born 1944, Olney, Buckinghamshire) is a writer and translator. He was educated at Ilford County High School, Ilford, Essex. He has travelled throughout the world and now works as a freelance translator from German and Spanish. His first book, Hitler's Nuclear Weapons, was p..
Geoffrey Miller
There are several people named Geoffrey Miller: Geoffrey Miller (evolutionary psychologist)US Major General Geoffrey MillerGeoff Miller, English cricketer This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, yo..
Geoffrey Miller (evolutionary psychologist)
Geoffrey Miller is a widely recognised evolutionary psychologist whose work is in the tradition of scientists such as Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and Steven Pinker. In Miller's view, evolution is driven not just by natural selection for survival, but by an equally important process that Darw..
Geoffrey Miller (general)
Geoffrey D. Miller (born c. 1949) is a United States Army Major General who commanded the US detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and is currently in command of the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Miller was born in Menard, Texas. He attended Ohio State University where he got an undergraduate..
Geoffrey Moore
Geoffrey Moore is a Silicon Valley based, high technology consultant, and author. His books are derived from his Silicon Valley consulting work at The McKenna Group and The Chasm Group (which he founded), and earlier work by Everett Rogers on adopter categories and diffusion of innovations. Looki..
Geoffrey Moss
Major Geoffrey McNeill-Moss (1886-1954), British soldier and writer who published under the name Geoffrey Moss. Moss served in the British Army prior to and during the First World War, reaching the rank of Major, before retiring to devote himself to his writing. His first novel, Sweet Pepper (1923)..
Geoffrey Mulcahy
Sir Geoffrey Mulcahy is a former finance director, chairman and latterly chief executive of Kingfisher plc, the UK retail conglomerate. He has since been appointed chairman of the specialist retail consultancy Javelin Group. ..
Geoffrey Nares
Geoffrey Owen Nares (June 10, 1917 - August 20, 1942) was a British stage actor, a designer, and the younger son of actor Owen Ramsay Nares and his wife, actress Marie Pollini. Life and career Nares' stage debut was at the Adelphi Theatre on December 17, 1934 where he played The stable boy in The W..
Geoffrey Nunberg
Geoffrey Nunberg is a linguist who teaches at the UC Berkeley School of Information. As a linguist, he is best known for his work on lexical semantics, in particular on the phenomena of polysemy and indexicality. He has also written extensively about the cultural and social implications of new tech..
Geoffrey O'Hara
Geoffrey O'Hara (February 2, 1882 - January 31, 1967) was a Canadian American composer, singer and music professor. O'Hara was born in Chatham, Ontario, Canada. He moved to the USA in 1904, the same year he began performing in Vaudeville. He began recording for Edison Records in 1905. In 1913 O'Ha..
Geoffrey of Hauteville
Geoffrey of Hauteville (also Gottfried, Godfrey, Goffredo, or Gaufrido) was the second youngest son of Tancred of Hauteville by his first wife Muriella. He joined his brothers in the Mezzogiorno around 1053, arriving with his half-brothers Mauger and William. He was certainly present at the Battle..
Geoffrey of Monmouth
Geoffrey of Monmouth (c.1100 – c.1155) was a clergyman and one of the major figures in the development of British history and the popularity of tales of King Arthur. Contents 1 Biography2 Writings3 Notes4 References & further reading5 External links5.1 Engli..
Geoffrey of Paris
Geoffrey of Paris (Geoffroy de Paris) (d. c. 1320), French chronicler, was probably the author of the Chronique metrique de Philippe le Bel, or Chronique rimée de Geoffroi de Paris. This work, which deals with the history of France from 1300 to 1316, contains 7918 verses, and is valuable as that o..
Geoffrey of Villehardouin
Geoffrey of Villehardouin (in French Geoffroi de Villehardouin) (1160–c.1212) was a knight and historian who participated in and chronicled the Fourth Crusade. He was one of the main persons of the Fourth Crusade and his full title was: "Geoffrey of Villehardouin, Marshal of Champagne and of ..
Geoffrey of Vinsauf
Geoffrey of Vinsauf (fl. 1200) is a representative of the early medieval grammarian movement, termed preceptive grammar by James J. Murphy for its interest in teaching ars poetria (1971, vii ff.). Ars poetria is a subdivision of the grammatical art (ars grammatica) which synthesizes "rhetorical" a..
Geoffrey Orme
Geoffrey Orme (1904-1978) was a British screenwriter for television and film. Orme's prolific film work extended from the 1930s to the 1960s and included a number of the popular Old Mother Riley films starring Arthur Lucan. His script for the BBC television series Doctor Who, The Underwater Menace..
Geoffrey Oryema
Geoffrey Oryema (born April 16, 1953) is an internationally renowned Ugandan musician. At the age of 24, at the height of Idi Amin's power, Oryema was smuggled across the Ugandan border in the trunk of a car, following the death of his father, a prominent government minister, beginning a life in exi..
Geoffrey Owens
Geoffrey Owens is an American actor. Son of United States Congressman Major Owens. He is perhaps most remembered for his role as Elvin Tibideaux, husband of Sandra Huxtable on the final five seasons of NBC's sitcom, The Cosby Show. He played this role from 1987 until 1992. He taught classes in Sha..
Geoffrey Palmer
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Sir Geoffrey Palmer Personal Details Birth: 21 April 1942in Taranaki, New Zealand Marriage: 1963, to Eleanor Hinchcliff Children: Two Religion: Anglican Background: Lawyer from Nelson Political Details Electorates: Christchurch Central elector..
Geoffrey Palmer (actor)
Geoffrey Palmer as Lionel Hardcastle in As Time Goes By Geoffrey Palmer, OBE (4 June, 1927 in London) is a English actor, noted mostly for his extensive career in situation comedies. Contents 1 Biography2 Career highlights3 Awards and recognition4 Selected filmography4...
Geoffrey Palmer (disambiguation)
Geoffrey Palmer is a former Prime Minister of New Zealand. Geoffrey Palmer can also mean: Geoffrey Palmer (actor), British actorGeoffrey Palmer (attorney), English lawyer redirect [[Template:Disambig]]..
Geoffrey Parker
There is more than one person named Geoffrey Parker: Geoff Parker, biologistGeoffrey Parker, historian This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to t..
Geoffrey Parker (historian)
Geoffrey Parker (born 1943 in Nottingham, England) is a leading expert on military history. His best known book is Military Revolution. Military innovation and the rise of the West, 1500-1800, first published by Cambridge University Press in 1988. He also has four children: Richard, Edmund, Susie a..
Geoffrey Parrinder
Geoffrey Parrinder (April 10 1910–June 16 2005), was a professor of comparative religion at King's College London, Methodist minister, and author of over thirty books. At least one of his books, What World Religions Teach Us (1968) was considered a bestseller. He worked as a missionary in Ben..
Geoffrey Parsons
Geoffrey Claremont Parsons was a lyricist specializing in writing English language lyrics to foreign-composed songs.Geoffrey Parsons was a poet.Geoffrey Parsons was a classical pianist.Geoffrey Parsons was a Pulitzer Prize winning newspaper writer. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] ..
Geoffrey Pattie
Sir Geoffrey Edwin Pattie (born 17 January, 1936) is a former British Conservative politician and Member of Parliament. He graduated from Durham School and St Catherine’s College, Cambridge with an MA Honours Degree in Law.[link] Contents 1 Public Service2 Military Service..
Geoffrey Pearson
Geoffrey Arthur Holland Pearson OC (born December 25, 1927 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian diplomat. He is the son of former Prime Minister of Canada Lester B. Pearson and Maryon Pearson. He was educated at Trinity College School, Port Hope, the University of Toronto and Oxford University, and j..
Geoffrey Perkins
Geoffrey Perkins is a comedy producer, writer, and performer, who has been a central figure in British comedy broadcasting. He worked for several years in BBC Radio Light Entertainment, producing such shows as The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Along with Angus Deayton, he wrote and performed in..
Geoffrey Perry
Geoffrey E. Perry (1927–January 18 2000) was a physics teacher at Kettering Grammar School, Northamptonshire, England who, together with his students, deduced the existence of the previously-secret Plesetsk Cosmodrome in 1966 by analyzing the orbit of the Cosmos 112 satellite. The New York T..
Geoffrey Philp
Geoffrey Philp (born March 14, 1958) is a Jamaican poet, novelist, and playwright. He is the author of the novel, Benjamin, My Son and five poetry collections: Exodus and Other Poems, hurricane center, Florida Bound, xango music, and Twelve Poems and A Story for Christmas. He has also written a boo..
Geoffrey Plantagenet
"Geoffrey" was the name of several members of the Plantagenet family of England, including: Geoffrey Plantagenet (1113-1151), Count of Anjou, was the father of Henry II of England.Geoffrey Plantagenet (1134-1158), was his second sonGeoffrey Plantagenet (1151-1212), Archbishop of York, was an illegi..
Geoffrey Potts
Geoffrey Franklin Potts, Ph.D., a cognitive psychologist, is a professor in the Department of Psychology at Rice University, in Houston, Texas. Potts earned his Ph.D. in 1994 from the Institute of Cognitive and Decision Sciences at the University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon). His thesis was titled, "..
Geoffrey Prime
In espionage, Geoffrey Prime was a spy for the Soviet Union while working for GCHQ, the UK cryptography agency, during the late 50s and early 60s. He was eventually detected due to his sexual interests in children and identified as supplying information to the Soviets. He was tried, convicted, and..
Geoffrey Proud
Geoffrey Proud (1946- ) born in Adelaide, Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1990 with a portrait of Dorothy Hewett, and the Sulman Prize in 1976 with Untitled Jane. Has held 41 solo exhibitions in his career. External links [biography] ..
Geoffrey Pullum
Professor Geoffrey K. Pullum (born in 1945 in Irvine, Scotland) is a linguist specialising in the study of English. Contents 1 Biography2 Selected publications3 References4 External links Biography Geoffrey Pullum had, by his own admission, a very mediocre academic career be..
Geoffrey Pyke
Geoffrey Nathaniel Pyke (1893–1948) was a British scientist and inventor (in British 1940s slang, a "boffin") whose generally unorthodox ideas were often very difficult to implement. In lifestyle and appearance, he fit the common stereotype of a "mad scientist". He was a student at Cambridge..
Geoffrey Radcliffe
Geoffrey Radcliffe is a fictional character who appears in the science fiction film The Invisible Man Returns. He is played by Vincent Price. Along with his beloved brother, Michael Radcliffe, and their cousin, Richard Cobb, Geoffrey ran a mining company in England. He also had a fiancé, Helen Man..
Geoffrey Reed
Geoffrey Reed is the name of Geoffrey Reed (recording) (born 1974)Geoffrey Reed (judge) (1892 - 1970) ..
Geoffrey Reed (judge)
Sir Geoffrey Sandford Reed (1892 - 1970) was a judge in the Supreme Court of South Australia and the first Director-General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). Early life He was born in Port Pirie on 14 March 1892, the first child of William Reed and his wife Elizabeth, né..
Geoffrey Reed (recording)
Geoffrey Robert Reed (born 1974, New Jersey) is the founder of Reedco Records, a goth-metal label operating out of Renton, Washington. The label was founded in 1987, and has put out vinyl only releases by; Sonic YouthButthole SurfersThe BugglesKorn Reed was arrested in 1992 for drunk driving, and..
Geoffrey Rees
Geoffrey Rees is the principal of [Ivybridge Community College] in Devon, England. In 2003 he was awarded a CBE at Buckingham Palace in recognition of his services to education. Liked by staff and students alike, Mr Rees has overseen large scale developments and improvements in recent ..
Geoffrey Ridel
Geoffrey Ridel (died 1189) was the nineteenth Lord Chancellor of England, from 1162 to 1173. He was also Archdeacon of Canterbury and Bishop of Ely. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Geoffrey Rippon
(Aubrey) Geoffrey Frederick Rippon, Baron Rippon of Hexham, PC, (May 28, 1924 - Jan 28, 1997) was a British Conservative politician. He was Chairman of the European-Atlantic Group. Educated at King's School, Taunton, and Brasenose College, Oxford where he was president of the University Conservativ..
Geoffrey Robertson
Geoffrey Ronald Robertson QC (born September 30 1946 in Sydney) is an Australian human rights lawyer, academic, author and broadcaster. He holds dual Australian and British citizenship. Geoffrey Robertson is head of Doughty Street Chambers. He serves as a Master of the Middle Temple, a Recorder an..
Geoffrey Robert Gardner
Geoffrey Robert Gardner (born 1960?) has been the chief minister of Norfolk Island since December 5, 2001. ..
Geoffrey Robinson
Geoffrey Robinson (born May 25, 1938 in Sheffield) has been a British Member of Parliament for Coventry North West, a safe Labour seat, since a by-election on 4 March 1976 caused by the death of former MP Maurice Edelman. Robinson was educated at Emanuel School, Clare College, Cambridge, and Yale U..
Geoffrey Rowell
The Right Reverend Dr Douglas Geoffrey Rowell (born 13 February, 1943) is an Anglican priest, currently the third Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe. Rowell was ordained priest in the Church of England in 1969. He became Canon, Chichester Cathedral, in 1981, and was Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of..
Geoffrey Rudolph Elton
Sir Geoffrey Rudolph Elton (August 17, 1921 – December 3, 1994) was a pre-eminent British historian of the Tudor period. -->Elton was born in Tübingen, Germany as Gottfried Rudolf Ehrenberg. His parents were the scholars Victor Ehrenberg and Eva Dorothea Sommer. In 1929, the Ehrenbergs move..
Geoffrey Rufus
Geoffrey Rufus was the tenth Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper of England, from 1123 to 1133. |- style="text-align: center;" |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Geoffrey Rush
Geoffrey Rush (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian Academy Award winning actor. He was born in Toowoomba, Queensland, the son of Roy and Merle Rush. He began his acting career with the Queensland Theatre Company in Brisbane. He also has an Arts Degree from the University of Queensland. While at..
Geoffrey Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill
Geoffrey Denis Erskine Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill, PC, CBE (born 15 October 1921) is a British peer and businessman. Educated at Stowe School, Russell served in the Irish Guards 1941-46, becoming Captain in 1944. He married Susan Winn in 1946, whom he divorced in 1971; they had three sons and a da..
Geoffrey Sax
Geoffrey Sax Geoffrey Sax (sometimes credited as Geoff Sax) is a British film and television director, who has worked on a variety of critically-acclaimed and popular drama productions in both the UK and the United States. He began his directing career in the late 1970s, initially working in ..
Geoffrey Saxton White
Geoffrey Saxton White was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 31 years old, and a Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Navy during the First World War wh..
Geoffrey Scoones
Sir Geoffrey Allen Percival Scoones, KCB, KBE, CSI, DSO, MC. 1893 - 1975 was a British Army officer. During the Second World War Scoones commanded the Indian 19th Infantry Division as a Major General before being promoted to Lieutenant General in command of the Indian IV Corps in General Slim's Fo..
Geoffrey Scott
For the American actor, see Geoffrey Scott (actor). Geoffrey Scott (1884 – 1929) was an English scholar and poet, known as a historian of architecture. He was educated at Rugby School and New College, Oxford. While still an undergraduate he was befriended by Mary Berenson, leading to his admissi..
Geoffrey Scott (actor)
Geoffrey Scott (born February 22, 1942 in Hollywood, California) is an American actor best known for playing Mark Jennings in the 1980s television series Dynasty. Scott played the role for two seasons of the show, from 1982 to 1984. He also played Sky Rumson on Dark Shadows in 1970. External l..
Geoffrey Scott (Canadian politician)
Geoffrey Scott is a former Canadian Member of Parliament for the riding of Hamilton—Wentworth, representing the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. The riding of Hamilton-Wentworth became open when Tory incumbent Sean O'Sullivan, who had resigned to become a Catholic priest in 1977. Scott ..
Geoffrey Squires
Geoffrey Squires (born 1942) is an Irish poet who works in what might loosely be termed the modernist tradition. Squires was born in Derry and grew up in Donegal. He has lived in a number of countries, including a long spell in Persia in the 1970s. He now lives in Hull, where he teaches at the univ..
Geoffrey St. George Shillington Cather
Photo submitted by Neil Hutton Geoffrey St. George Shillington Cather (born October 11 1890 - died July 2 1916) was born in the Streatham Hill area of south-west London. He was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the..
Geoffrey Stewart-Smith
(Dudley) Geoffrey Stewart-Smith (December 28, 1933 – March 13, 2004) was a British politician. He served one term as Conservative Member of Parliament for Belper in Derbyshire after he defeated the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party George Brown. In Parliament and outside it he was a fervent an..
Geoffrey Street
Geoffrey Austin Street (21 January 1894 – 13 August 1940) was an Australian Cabinet Minister and member of the House of Representatives, representing the Division of Corangamite from 1933 until his death in 1940. Street died in the Canberra air disaster, 1940, along with two other Cabinet minist..
Geoffrey Swain
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Geoffrey Tattersall
Geoffrey Tattersall QC is current the Judge of Appeal in the Isle of Man. He is also a member of the Byrom Street Chambers. He was educated at Christ Church Oxford and called to Lincoln's Inn in 1970. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1992 and a Deputy High Court Judge in England in 2003. ..
Geoffrey the Baker
Geoffrey the Baker (d. c. 1360), English chronicler, is also called Walter of Swinbroke, and was probably a secular clerk at Swinbrook in Oxfordshire. He wrote a Chronicon Angliae temporibus Edwardi II. et Edwardi III., which deals with the history of England from 1303 to 1356. From the beginning u..
Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby
Sir Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby GCB (February 10, 1825 – March 3, 1895), was British admiral of the fleet. He was the son of Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby, the first cousin and brother-in-law of Edward Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby, by a daughter of Lieutenant-General Burgoyne, commonly distingui..
Geoffrey Thorne
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Geoffrey Thorne is an American writer. He he has written short stories for several media tie-in anthologies in..
Geoffrey Tibble
Geoffrey Tibble, 1909, – 1952, artist. Geoffrey Arthur Tibble studied at the Slade School under Henry Tonks where he was a contemporary of William Coldstream. In 1934 he exhibited abstract works at the Objective Abstract Exhibition at the Zwemmer Gallery but by 1937 he had returned to figurative..
Geoffrey Tolwyn
Admiral Sir Geoffrey Tolwyn, Bt. is a fictional military officer in the universe of Wing Commander. Frequently he is a direct or nearly direct superior of the viewpoint character, Christopher Blair (and somewhat adversarial as well). Admiral Tolwyn first appears in Wing Commander II: Vengeance of ..
Geoffrey Toone
Geoffrey Toone was an Irish character actor. He was born in Dublin, Ireland on 15 November 1910 and died from natural causes in Northwood, Middlesex on 1 June 2005, aged 94. At the time of his death, Toone was one of the last survivors of the Old Vic theatre company of the 1930s, having appeared a..
Geoffrey Tozer
Geoffrey Tozer (born November 1954) is an Australian pianist of great international renown. He was born in the Indian Himalayas. Tozer's mother lived much of her life in India. She moved with her husband to Tasmania after Indian independence in 1949, only to have the marriage fail. When pregnant..
Geoffrey Trease
Geoffrey Trease (1909 - January 27, 1998), was a prolific writer, publishing over 110 books between 1934 (Bows Against the Barons) and 1997 (Cloak for a Spy). His work has been translated into 20 languages. He is best known for writing children's historical novels, whose content reflects his insist..
Geoffrey Tyler
Geoffrey Tyler (born 10 June 1920, Ilford, Essex) is an English educationalist. Education: Ilford County High School, Manchester University, University College, Oxford. Career Armament Supply Officer, Admiralty HQ, 1938-46Assistant Master, Barrow Grammar School, 1951-53Administrative Assistant, Sc..
Geoffrey Unsworth
Geoffrey Unsworth (1914-1978) was a British cinematographer who enjoyed a long and varied career in the British film industry, working on nearly 90 feature films spanning more than 40 years. After working as a camera operator on films for Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, Unsworth made his deb..
Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou
Geoffrey of Anjou Geoffrey V (August 24, 1113 – September 7, 1151), Count of Anjou and Maine, and later Duke of Normandy, called Le Bel ("The Fair") or "Geoffrey Plantagenet", was the father of King Henry II of England, and thus the forefather of the Plantagenet dynasty of English kings...
Geoffrey van Orden
Geoffrey van Orden MBE (born April 10, 1945 in Waterlooville, Hampshire) is a British politician, and Member of the European Parliament for the East of England region for the Conservative Party. He was first elected to the European Parliament in 1999. He used to be a brigadier in the British Army a..
Geoffrey Vaughan
Dr. Geoffrey Vaughan, associate professor at the University of Maryland Baltimore County Contents 1 Personal life2 Academic Career3 Personal Quotes4 Published works5 Personal Homepage Personal life Dr. Geoffrey Vaughan was born in Canada and studied at both Boston Colle..
Geoffrey Wainwright
[[image:Wainwright.Geoffrey.05.jpg|right|thumb|125px|[[help:contents]]]] Geoffrey Wainwright is the British Methodist theologian. Born in Yorkshire, England, in 1939, Geoffrey Wainwright is an ordained minister of the British Methodist Church. He received his university education in Cambridge, Ge..
Geoffrey Waldegrave, 12th Earl Waldegrave
Geoffrey Noel Waldegrave, 12th Earl Waldegrave KG GCVO TD (21 November 1905–23 May 1995) was a British peer and agriculturist. Waldegrave was the only son of the 11th Earl Waldegrave and was educated at Winchester and graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1928. In 1936, he succeeded to..
Geoffrey Walsh
Lieutenant-General Geoffrey Walsh CBE , Distinguished Service Order , CD (19 August 1909 – 3 April 1999) was a Canadian soldier and Chief of the General Staff, the head of the Canadian Army from 1961 until Unification in 1964. |- style="text-align: center;" External link [Biography..
Geoffrey Ward
Geoffrey C. Ward is a screenwriter specializing in documentary presentations of American history. He is best known for his work as screenwriter on mini-series since 1988 directed by Ken Burns, and as author of the companion books to them. This work won him four Emmy Awards. He has been editor of A..
Geoffrey Warnock
Sir Geoffrey Warnock was a philosopher and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. Before his knighthood he was commonly known as G. J. Warnock. Geoffrey Warnock was tutor in philosophy and in 1970 was elected to Principal of Hertford College, Oxford, where there is now a society and student house na..
Geoffrey West
Geoffrey West (b. 1943) is a physicist. He was born in "in a rural town in western England and moved to London when he was 13." He received a bachelor's degree in physics from Cambridge and pursued graduate studies in California at Stanford. He eventually became a Stanford faculty member before ..
Geoffrey Wheeler
Geoffrey Wheeler (1897-1990) was a preeminent historian of Central Asia and an officer in the British military. Contents 1 Life2 Writing3 Works and Related Materials4 Bibliography5 References6 External links Life Geoffrey Edleston Wheeler was born 22 Jun 1897. Whe..
Geoffrey Whitehead
Geoffrey Whitehead is an English actor born 1 October 1939 in Sheffield. He has appeared in many television, film and radio roles. His television appearances include Z-Cars (1964-1965 and 1972-1975), Holmes in the 1980 television series Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson and the The House of Eliott (..
Geoffrey Wickham
Geoffrey G. Wickham, AO was one of the pioneers of cardiac pacemaking and co-founder of Telectronics. He was born in Camperdown, Victoria, Australia on October 28th 1933. Co-founder Telectronics Pty Ltd 1963, Sydney, Australia and Technical Director 1963 - 1978. He is an Honorary Life Governor Roya..
Geoffrey Wilder
Geoffrey Wilder is a fictional character and villain appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. He is a villain of the West Coast-based Runaways and the father of former Runaways team member Alex Wilder. Character history Character history Geoffrey Wilder and his recent bride Catherine were lowly ..
Geoffrey Wilkinson
Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson was an English chemist. He was born 14 July 1921 in the village of Springside, near Todmorden in Yorkshire. His father, also a Geoffrey, was a master house painters and decorator; his mother worked in a local cotton mill. One of his uncles, an organist and choirmaster, had ma..
Geoffrey Willans
Herbert Geoffrey Willans (4 February 1911–6 August 1958), a British author and journalist, is best known as the co-creator, with the illustrator Ronald Searle, of Nigel Molesworth, the "curse of St. Custard's". Molesworth first appeared in Punch in the 1940s and was the chief protagonist and narra..
Geoffrey William Griffin
Geoffrey William Griffin (1933, Eldoret, Kenya - June 28, 2005) was the founding director of Starehe Boys' Centre and School. He founded the school in 1959 with the help of Geoffrey Geturo and Joseph Gikubu, the current director of the school. He also served as the founding director of the National..
Geoffrey Winthrop Young
Geoffrey Winthrop Young (1876-1958) was an English writer and mountaineer. Young was educated at Cambridge (during which he wrote The Roof Climber's Guide to Trinity) and later studied in Switzerland and France. Before World War I he made many new and difficult ascents in the Alps and during the Wa..
Geoffrey Wolff
Geoffrey Wolff is an author and professor of English at the University of California, Irvine. He additionally directs the university's acclaimed M.F.A creative writing program. His brother is fellow author Tobias Wolff. Partial bibliography Duke of Deception (1979), a memoir.The Age of Consent (19..
Geoffrey Wright
Geoffrey Wright is an Australian film director born in Melbourne in 1959. He gained cult success with the 1992 film Romper Stomper which starred a young Russell Crowe and later directed the teen horror film Cherry Falls starring Brittany Murphy. External links ..
Geoffroi de Charny
This article is about the French knight who died in 1356. For his Knight Templar uncle who was burned at the stake in 1314, see Geoffroy de Charney. Geoffroi de Charny (c1300? - 1356 ) was a French knight and author of several works on Chivalry. A knight in the service of King John II of France and..
Geoffroi Jacques Flach
Geoffroi Jacques Flach (b. February 16, 1846) was a French jurist and historian born at Strasbourg, Alsace, of a family known at least as early as the 16th century, when Sigismond Flach was the first professor of law at University of Strasbourg. G.J. Flach studied classics and law at Strasbourg, an..
Geoffroy
Geoffroy may refer to: Geoffrey I of Anjou (died 987).Geoffrey II of Anjou (died 1060).Geoffrey III of Anjou (died 1096).Geoffrey IV of Anjou (died 1106).Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou (1113–1151).Geoffroy du Breuil of Vigeois, 12th century French chronicler.Geoffroy de Charney (died 1314), Preceptor..
Geoffroy's Cat
Geoffroy's Cat in the Zoo Karlsruhe, in Germany. The Geoffroy's cat is probably the most common wild cat in South America. It is about the size of a domestic cat. Their fur has black spots, but the background color varies from region to region; in the north, a brownish yellow coat is most c..
Geoffroy's Rousette
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Geoffroy's Spider Monkey
Geoffroy's Spider Monkey, Ateles geoffroyi, is a species of spider monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central America. References Cuarón et al (2003). [Ateles geoffroyi]. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justi..
Geoffroy's Tamarin
Geoffroy's Tamarin (Saguinus geoffroyi), also known as the Panamanian or Rufous-naped Tamarin, is a black and white tamarin with a reddish nape. It is found from Costa Rica to Colombia. Some authors have treated it as a subspecies of the Cottontop Tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) but the most recent r..
Geoffroy de Charney
This article is about the Templar who died in 1314. For his nephew who died in 1356, see Geoffroi de Charny. Geoffrey de Charney, or Geoffroy de Charnay, was Preceptor of Normandy for the Knights Templar, burned alive along with Jacques de Molay in 1314. De Charney's nephew was Geoffroi de Charny,..
Geoffroy du Breuil of Vigeois
Geoffroy du Breuil of Vigeois was a 12th century French chronicler. He was trained at the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Martial of Limoges, the site of a great early library. Geoffroy became abbot at Vigeois (1170-1184) where he composed his Chroniques which trace in detail some great local families ..
Geoffroy IV de la Tour Landry
French literature French literary history Medieval 16th century - 17th century 18th century -19th century 20th century - Contemporary French Writers Chronological list - - [[Portal:France|France Portal]] [[Portal:Literature|Literature Portal]]This box: [ view] • &..
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire can refer to: Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772-1844), French naturalistIsidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805-1861), his son, French zoologist, who coined the term ethology This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same..
Geoffry Alexander Stafford Northcote
Sir Geoffry Northcote Sir Geoffry Alexander Stafford Northcote (羅富國 1881 - 1948) was a British colonial administrator. Contents 1 Early life, education, and early colonial services career2 Hong Kong governorship3 Personal life4 Honours5 Places named after him..
Geoff "Jeff" Hook
ˈˈˈGeoff "Jeff" Hookˈˈˈ (born in Tasmania on December 27, 1928) is a retired Australian cartoonist. Geoff is married to Pauline since 1961 and has five children. Career Starting as a cadet press artist on the Hobart Mercury, he completed a course in Graphic arts at the Hobart Technical Coll..
Geoff (Greyhawk)
The Grand Duchy of Geoff is a political state in the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. It is situated in the Sheldomar Valley region of the Flanaess, east of the Crystalmist Mountains and south of the Valley of the Mage. People The native folk of the G..
Geoff Allott
Geoff AllottNew Zealand (NZ) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Left-arm fast-medium Tests ODIs Matches 10 31 '''Runs scored 27 17 Batting average 3.37 3.39 100s/50s -/- -/- Top score 8* 7* ..
Geoff Appleford
Geoff Appleford (born 26 September 1977 in Dundee, South Africa) is a rugby union footballer who plays at centre for Northampton Saints and England. He was educated at Maritzburg College. A former Natal Shark and Mpumalanga Puma, he joined London Irish in 2000. He made his England Sevens debut in 2..
Geoff Arnold
Geoff ArnoldEngland (ENG) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm fast-medium Tests ODIs Matches 34 14 '''Runs scored 421 48 Batting average 12.02 16.00 100s/50s -/1 -/- Top score 59 18* ..
Geoff Aspel
Geoff Aspel is a British Radio DJ, and the brother of television personality Michael Aspel. ..
Geoff Bailey
Geoff Bailey is a British archaeologist. He currently holds the Anniversary Chair at York University in England. His research interests include palaeoeconomy and the archaeology of shell middens and prehistoric coastlines as wellmaritime environments as used by humans. Bibliography Bailey, G. N. ..
Geoff Barkway
Staff Sergeant Geoff Barkway DFM was a member of the Glider Pilot Regiment who achieved fame as the pilot of the third Horsa glider to land at Pegasus Bridge in the early hours of 6 June 1944. This remarkable achievement was described as "the greatest feat of flying of the second world war" by Ai..
Geoff Barrow
Geoff Barrow (born 9 December 1971 in Walton in Gordano, Somerset, England) is the producer/instrumentalist for the band Portishead. The band, formed in 1991, is named after the small town near Bristol where Barrow grew up. On his intentions in forming Portishead: "I just wanted to make interest..
Geoff Bartley
Geoff Bartley is an American acoustic guitarist and singer/songwriter whose musical style combines roots, blues, jazz, and traditional folk. He began performing in 1969 and lives in the Boston area. He can be seen every Monday night hosting an open mic night at [The Cantab Lounge] in Camb..
Geoff Beale
Geoffe Beale is the Artistic Director and co–founder (with Howard Gayton) of the Ophaboom Theatre Company. Based in London, Ophaboom specializes in creating and performing contemporary works in the Italian Commedia dell'Arte tradition. Working in a variety of languages, the company has traveled an..
Geoff Bent
Geoffrey Bent (27 September 1932 – 6 February 1958) was one of the eight Manchester United players that lost their lives in the Munich air disaster. Bent was born in Salford, Lancashire, and joined United on leaving school in the summer of 1948. After several seasons playing in the reserve a..
Geoff Bergman
Geoff Bergman played bass for both Curl Up and Die and Poison the Well. ..
Geoff Berner
Geoff Berner is a Canadian singer / songwriter / accordion player originating from Vancouver, British Columbia. His first album was titled Light Enough To Travel (2000). Vancouver band "The Be Good Tanyas" covered the title track, and had some chart success with their version in England, which helpe..
Geoff Blum
Geoffrey Edward Blum (born April 26, 1973 in Redwood City, California) is an infielder in Major League Baseball, currently playing for the San Diego Padres. He began his professional career when he was selected in the 7th round of the 1994 amateur draft by the Montreal Expos. After playing there f..
Geoff Bodine
Geoffrey Bodine Born: April 18, 1949 Birthplace: Chemung, New York Awards: 1982 NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year 1986 Daytona 500 Winner 1987 International Race of Champions champion Named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers Named one of NASCAR's Modified all-time Top 10 D..
Geoff Brabham
Geoff Brabham (born March 20, 1952) is an Australian racing driver. He is the son of three-time Formula One World Champion Jack Brabham. He spent the majority of his racing career in the United States. Although he raced successfully in CART earlier in his career - in 10 appearances in the Indianapol..
Geoff Braybrooke
Geoffrey Bernard Braybrooke (4 April 1935 - ) is a former New Zealand politician. He was an MP from 1981 to 2002, representing the Labour Party. He was one of the party's more conservative MPs. Braybrooke was born in Kent, England, and joined the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1952. In 1952, he became..
Geoff Brown Holdings
Geoff Brown Holdings Ltd was a holding company established in the late 1990s for game development. The founder Geoff Brown started the company with the acquisition of Silicon Dreams, a video game developer that he had founded some years earlier which was later acquired by Eidos Interactive as part ..
Geoff Buckland
Geoff Buckland Geoffrey Frederick Buckland (born 10 November 1947), was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate from 2000 to 2005, representing the state of South Australia. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and was blast furnace operator, and an official with the Feder..
Geoff Bullock
Geoff Bullock is an Australian Charismatic/Pentecostal singer-songwriter who mainly writes praise songs. He was the worship pastor for the Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia until he had a self-described "meltdown" in 1995 and his marriage subsequently broke down . His position at Hillsong Church..
Geoff Byrd
Geoff Byrd is a musician, born in Portland, Oregon. He is credited for being the first artist to break into mainstream music by way of the internet. He was voted the #1 independent artist on www.garageband.com for several weeks before being picked up by MSN music. External links [Artist's Off..
Geoff Cannell
Geoffrey Thornton Cannell is a former Member of the House of Keys and a sports broadcaster in the Isle of Man. He was born in Douglas in 1942 and educated on the Island. Apart from his brief spell in the House of Keys and another in the Tourist Board he was worked for Manx Radio since 1978 as Pr..
Geoff Capes
Geoff Capes Geoff Capes was born in Holbeach, Lincolnshire, on 23 August 1949, and is a former British shot put champion, and former two-time winner of the World's Strongest Man title. He represented his country many times over 11 years and put the shot 21.72 metres (71 ft. 3.5 in.) to gain ..
Geoff Clark
Geoff Clark (born in 1952) is an Australian Aboriginal and was the leader of the now defunct Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission from 2000 until he was suspended in 2003. ATSIC's powers were consistently curbed during the following year until it was officially abolished on 24th of March..
Geoff Collinson
Geoff Collinson is an Australian horn player and the Head of Brass at the University of Melbourne. He is one of the organizers for the Melbourne International Festival of Brass. ..
Geoff Collinson/Temp
Geoff Collinson is a Melbourne-based educator and French Horn player. A former student of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra's current principal French Horn, Hector McDonald of Australia, Geoff has held positions with several of Australia's top symphony orchestras and was the Principal French Horn horn ..
Geoff Collyer
Geoff Collyer is a Canadian computer scientist. He is the senior author of C News, a protocol-neutral news transport, and the designer of NOV, the News Overview database (article index) used by all modern newsreaders. In the past he worked as a Unix system programmer, but since 1994 has been living..
Geoff Cook
Geoff CookEngland (ENG) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Slow left-arm orthodox Tests ODIs Matches 7 6 '''Runs scored 203 106 Batting average 15.61 17.66 100s/50s -/2 -/- Top score 66 32 ..
Geoff Cooke
Geoff Cooke O.B.E. (born 11 June 1941) is a former England Rugby coach. He is married to Susan with two sons, one with an unknown name (born 1972) and David (born 1976). |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Geoff Cope
Geoff CopeEngland (ENG) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm offbreak Tests ODIs Matches 3 2 '''Runs scored 40 1 Batting average 13.33 - 100s/50s -/- -/- Top score 22 1* ..
Geoff Corrigan
Geoff Corrigan is an Australian politician. He is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Electoral district of Camden. ... ..
Geoff Courtnall
Geoffrey "Geoff" Courtnall was born on the 18th of August, 1962 in Duncan, British Columbia, Canada. He was a professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1983 to 2000. Position: Left wingShoots: LeftHeight: 6 ft 1 inWeight: 195 lb Playing career Geoff Courtnall was signed..
Geoff Crammond
Geoff Crammond signing copies of Grand Prix 2 Geoff Crammond is a computer game designer who specialises in motor racing games. He claims to have little interest in motor racing, but he holds a physics degree, which may explain the realism of some of his programming. Contents 1 Games1..
Geoff Crossley
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Geoff Davis
Rep. Geoff Davis (R-KY) Geoff Davis (born October 26 1958) is an American politician from the state of Kentucky, who was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from the 4th District of Kentucky with 54% of the vote on November 2 2004. The district includes 24 co..
Geoff Dixon
Geoff Dixon is an Australian corporate executive and current CEO and Managing Director of Qantas. Geoff was appointed to his current positions in March 2001. He has worked for Qantas since 1994, and held prior positions with Ansett and Australian Airlines. He also spent nine years in government pu..
Geoff Dolan
Geoff Dolan (born Geoffrey Patrick Dolan on December 29, 1964 in Lower Hutt, New Zealand) is a New Zealand actor, singer and corporate entertainer. He is 6' 2" and resides in Auckland, New Zealand. Geoffrey hails from New Zealand's rugby powerhouse Wainuiomata, home of Tana Umaga, Piri Weepu, Nee..
Geoff Downes
Geoff Downes Geoffrey Downes (born August 25, 1952 in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England) is a British rock keyboard player. He is best known as the keyboardist for the band Asia, and his stint with Yes in 1980. The son of musical parents (his father was a church organist and his mother ..
Geoff Duke
Geoff Duke OBE (born March 29, 1923 in St. Helens, Lancashire) was a British multi-time world champion Grand Prix motorcycle roadracer. The name of Geoff Duke is synonymous with powersport, for he dominated motorcycle racing in the 1950s, winning six world championships and five Isle of Man TT race..
Geoff Dyer
Geoff Dyer (born June 5, 1958) is an author. He lives in London. He is best known as the author of But Beautiful, which won the Somerset Maugham Award, and has been called (by Keith Jarrett, for example) the best book ever written about jazz. Other notable titles are Paris Trance, Out of Sheer Rage ..
Geoff Dymock
Geoff DymockAustralia (AUS) Batting style Left-hand bat Bowling type Left-arm fast-medium Tests ODIs Matches 21 15 '''Runs scored 236 35 Batting average 9.43 11.66 100s/50s -/- -/- Top score 31* 14* ..
Geoff Edrich
Geoffrey Arthur Edrich was born in Lingwood, Norfolk on 13 July 1918. He was an English cricketer who played 339 first-class matches for Lancashire between 1946 and 1958 as a right handed batsman. Geoff Edrich's three brothers Brian, Eric and Bill and his cousin John Edrich all played first-class c..
Geoff Edwards
Geoff Edwards (born on February 13, 1931 in Westfield, New Jersey) is an Emmy Award-winning American television actor, game show host and radio personality. Edwards began his career while in college, working for a radio station in Albany, New York. By the late 1950s, Edwards headed west to Southern..
Geoff Emerick
Engineer Geoff Emerick. Geoffrey Emerick (born 1946) is a recording studio audio engineer, who is best known for his work with the Beatles albums Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The White Album and Abbey Road. The first album he did with The Beatles working as main recording e..
Geoff Ferris
Geoff Ferris is a Northern Ireland football manager. He is the current manager of Tobermore. Through Geoff's successful career in Irish League football, he had spells with Carrick Rangers, Coleraine but he is known best for his contribution to Glenavon FC, at his spell there he scored over 200 goal..
Geoff Follin
This article lacks information on the [Importanceimportance] of the subject matter. If you are familiar with it, please expand the article, or discuss its significance on the talk page. Geoff Follin used to be a video game music composer. He wrote tracks for a variety of titles and home g..
Geoff Fox
Geoff Fox is a television meteorologist with NewsChannel 8, WTNH, the New Haven, Connecticut ABC-TV affiliate. External links [WTNH Channel 8][Geoff Fox's Permanent Record (His Personal Blog)] ..
Geoff Gallop
Dr Geoffrey Gallop at the Midland Railway Workshops, Nov 2002. Dr. Geoffrey Ian Gallop (born 27 September 1951), Australian politician, was the Premier of Western Australia from 2001 to 2006. Gallop was born in Geraldton and joined the Australian Labor Party in 1971. After studying economics ..
Geoff Geary
Geoffrey Michael Geary (born August 26, 1976) is a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He currently plays for the Philadelphia Phillies of the National League. Biography Geary graduated from Grossmont High School in 1994 in El Cajon, CA. He attended San Diego Mesa College and University..
Geoff Goodfellow
Geoff Goodfellow is an arpanet wireless email visionary. He came up with the idea in 1982 and published it in an article titled "Electronic Mail for People on the Move" in Telecom Digest, a widely read arpanet mailing list. In the early 1990s Mr. Goodfellow attempted to commercialize his concep..
Geoff Greenidge
Geoff GreenidgeWest Indies (WI) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Legbreak googly Tests First-class Matches 5 182 '''Runs scored 209 9,112 Batting average 29.85 29.39 100s/50s 0/1 16/45 Top score 50 205 Balls bowled 156 ? Wickets 0 1..
Geoff Hangartner
Geoffrey Thomas Hangartner (born April 22, 1982) is an American football player who currently plays center for the Carolina Panthers of the NFL. He attended Texas A&M University. High school career Hangartner attended New Braunfels High School in New Braunfels, Texas. He helped lead his team to two..
Geoff Hilton
John Geoffrey Hilton (born October 13, 1947) is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council since November 2002, representing Western Port Province. Hilton was born in St. Helens in the United Kingdom, and studied at the University of ..
Geoff Hoon
Geoff Hoon (right) at Pentagon briefing Geoffrey William "Geoff" Hoon (born December 6 1953) is a British politician. He is Labour Member of Parliament for Ashfield, and is the Minister of State for Europe. Contents 1 Early life and career2 Political career3 Role as the Secr..
Geoff Horsfield
Geoffrey Malcolm Horsfield (born November 1, 1973 in Barnsley) is an English footballer who plays for Sheffield United. He started at Scarborough before moving to Halifax Town in April 1994. His first stint with the Shaymen was less than successful and he was released after just one season. He rejo..
Geoff Howarth
Geoff HowarthNew Zealand (NZ) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm offbreak Tests ODIs Matches 47 70 '''Runs scored 2531 1384 Batting average 32.44 23.06 100s/50s 6/11 -/6 Top score 147 76 ..
Geoff Huegill
Geoff Huegill (born March 4, 1979 in Gove, Northern Territory) is a swimmer from Australia who won a silver medal and a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Huegill also competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics. ..
Geoff Humpage
Geoff HumpageEngland (ENG) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm medium Tests ODIs Matches - 3 '''Runs scored - 11 Batting average - 5.50 100s/50s - -/- Top score - 6 ..
Geoff Hunt
Geoff Hunt (born March 11 1947) is a retired squash player from Australia who is widely considered to be one of the greatest squash players of all time. Hunt won the World Open title four times (1975, 1976, 1979 and 1980), and the World Amateur Individual Championship title three times (1967, 1969,..
Geoff Hurst
Sir Geoffrey Charles Hurst, MBE (born December 8, 1941 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire) is a footballer enshrined in the game's history as the only player to have scored a hat-trick in a World Cup final. His three goals came in the 1966 final for England in their 4-2 win over #redirect [[Template:n..
Geoff Jansz
Geoff Jansz (born 1958) is a Sri Lankan-born Australian chef and television presenter. Formerly a pharmacist, graduating with a Bachelor of Pharmacy from the University of Sydney in 1984, Jansz instead turned to things epicureal and opened a restaurant in Picton, New South Wales. Although working ..
Geoff Jenkins
This article is about the baseball player; see also Geoff Jenkins (climatologist). Geoff Jenkins (born July 21, 1974 in Olympia, Washington) is an outfielder in Major League Baseball who has played solely for the Milwaukee Brewers since 1998. College Career Jenkins attended the University of Sout..
Geoff Jenkins (climatologist)
Geoffrey (Geoff) Jenkins is a climatologist and former head of climate change prediction at the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, part of the Met Office. In answer to What makes you believe the recent rise [in temperature] is due to human activity? he said: Feeding in th..
Geoff Johns
Geoff Johns in an interview about the Batman character. Geoff Johns (born 25 January 1973 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American writer of comic books. He graduated from Clarkston High School in 1991 and from Michigan State University in 1995. Johns has written issues of The Avengers, JSA, Th..
Geoff Keighley
--> Geoff Keighley is perhaps the most respected videogame journalist working today. His work spans online, print and TV outlets, and he has been writing about games since the year 1992. He is most well known as the host of the Spike TV video game show Game Head, which is consistently the highest ..
Geoff Kresge
Geoff Kresge is a bassist who played with AFI for most of their early career, from 1992 through 1997, and co-wrote the majority of their early material alongside Davey Havok. During an AFI hiatus in 1993, he moved to New Jersey to play for Blanks 77. He later went on to play with Canadian horror roc..
Geoff Lawson
There is more than one person called Geoff Lawson: Geoff Lawson (cricketer) - Australian cricketerGeoff Lawson (designer) - British car designer ..
Geoff Lawson (cricketer)
Geoff LawsonAustralia (AUS) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm fast Tests ODIs Matches 46 79 '''Runs scored 894 378 Batting average 15.96 11.11 100s/50s -/4 -/- Top score 74 33* ..
Geoff Lawson (designer)
Geoff Lawson (1944 – June 24, 1999) was a British car designer . He was a graduate of the British Royal College of Art, London . Some of his cars Jaguar XJ220Jaguar XJ6Jaguar XJ8Jaguar XK8Jaguar S-Type References ..
Geoff Lees
Geoff Lees was a Formula One driver from England. He participated in 12 Grands Prix, debuting on July 16, 1978. He scored 0 championship points. Complete Formula One results Yr Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Team 1978 Ensi ARG BRA SAF SAW MON BEL SPA SW..
Geoff Lindsey
Geoff Lindsey is a British writer and director, currently involved in writing episodes for the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders and for The Bill, while developing feature film projects with BreakThru films. Geoff studied at University College London and at the University of California, Los Angele..
Geoff Lloyd
Geoff Lloyd (b. 20 April 1973, Macclesfield) is a British radio presenter. Until winter 2005, co-presented the Virgin Radio breakfast show with Pete Mitchell (the show was known as the Pete And Geoff breakfast show), but now presents his own show from 10pm until 1am, Monday-Thursday. Contents ..
Geoff Lord
Geoff Lord is the current chairman of the Australian football (soccer) club the Melbourne Victory in the newly formed A-League. A well know corporate identity in Melbourne and former chairman of Hawthorn AFL club, he founded the Belgravia Group in 1990. It now employs over 3000 people in a wide var..
Geoff Love
Geoff Love lived on Commercial Street and has a plaque dedicated to his memory outside his old house. [link] He even did Star Wars! [link] Lots more info on this page. ..
Geoff Mack
Albert Geoffrey McElhinney (born December 20, 1922 in Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia), better known as Geoff Mack, is a country music singer and songwriter. Geoff "Tangletongue" Mack’s greatest claim to fame is that he wrote the 1959 hit song I've Been Everywhere recorded by Lucky Starr. A 19..
Geoff Marsh
Geoff MarshAustralia (AUS) Batting style Right-handed batsman (RHB) Bowling type Right arm off-spin Tests ODIs Matches 50 117 '''Runs scored 2854 4357 Batting average 33.18 39.97 100s/50s 4/15 9/22 Top score 138 126* ..
Geoff McHenry (Valiant Comics)
Geoff McHenry is a character created for the Valiant Comics universe. He, like his great-great uncle (Buck McHenry), lived the role of a Geomancer, a person who talks to the Earth and speaks its will. Story In 1985, a child named Geoff McHenry was taken by his "uncle", Buck McHenry, to be trained..
Geoff McIntosh
Geoffrey (Geoff) George McIntosh was born on 15 April 1953 in South Kensington, London, England and has dual British/New Zealand Citizenship. He is President of Binary Research International Inc (in the USA), Managing Director of Binary Resource (UK) Ltd and has varying involvements with Skunklabs ..
Geoff McQueen
Geoff McQueen (born July 241947 died July 6 1994) was a TV series scriptwriter and dramatist. A carpenter and joiner by trade he worked abroad for many years before he began writing in 1978. His first success came in 1982 when an episode of The Gentle Touch he'd written was aired. He is probably be..
Geoff Metcalf
Geoff Metcalf is a nationally syndicated radio talk show host based in Washington, D.C. Geoff Metcalf is a ninth generation commissioned officer in the U.S Armed Services and a former Green Beret. He is a retired USAR LTC and has commanded a Special Forces Operational Detachment, and a Military ..
Geoff Miller
Geoff MillerEngland (ENG) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm offbreak Tests ODIs Matches 34 25 '''Runs scored 1213 136 Batting average 25.80 8.50 100s/50s -/7 -/- Top score 98* 46 ..
Geoff Millman
Geoff MillmanEngland (ENG) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm offbreak Tests First-class Matches 6 282 '''Runs scored 60 7771 Batting average 12.00 18.86 100s/50s -/- 3/25 Top score 32* 131* Balls bowled - 39 Wickets - - B..
Geoff Moore
Geoff Moore Geoff Moore (born c.1961 in Michigan) is a Contemporary Christian music artist and songwriter. Contents 1 Biography1.1 Early years1.2 The Distance1.3 Solo Again2 Trivia3 Discography4 The Distance Members5 External link Biography Early yea..
Geoff Morrell
Geoff Morrell is an Australian film and theatre actor. Morrell began his career in theatre acting, becoming a founding member of the Theatre South organisation. In 1983, he briefly moved to England, featuring in a number of productions there. In 1985, he branched into film acting, with a minor rol..
Geoff Muldaur
Geoff Muldaur is a founding member of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band of Cambridge, Massachusetts, a member of Paul Butterfield's Better Days, as well as an accomplished solo guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Emerging from the Kweskin band with his then-wife, Maria Muldaur, Geoff established an impressi..
Geoff Mulgan
Geoff Mulgan is director of the Young Foundation based in London and Visiting Professor at University College, London, London School of Economics and University of Melbourne. Previously he was: Director of Policy at 10 Downing Street,Director of the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit (formerly known a..
Geoff Murphy
Geoff Murphy (born 13 June 1946) is a New Zealand film director, writer and assistant director. Murphy is best known for his 1981 film Goodbye Pork Pie. Most of Murphy's films are filmed on location in New Zealand; for instance, in Goodbye Pork Pie, he used the entire country for his locations. Mu..
Geoff Nicholls
Geoff Nicholls is a musician and keyboardist, who is best known as the longtime sideman for the heavy metal band Black Sabbath. Nicholls was originally considered to replace original bassist Geezer Butler in 1980, but he became the band's unofficial keyboardist after Butler decided not to leave..
Geoff Nutkins
Geoff Nutkins (12 June 1951–) is a British aviation artist, working in watercolours and pencil. He has been painting for over 20 years. Geoff's works focus on World War II, and in particular the Battle of Britain period. A number of his works feature the Supermarine Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane..
Geoff Ogilvy
Geoff Ogilvy (born June 11 1977 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian golfer who now resides in Scottsdale, Arizona, in the United States. Ogilvy turned professional in May of 1998 and he won a European Tour card at that year's Qualifying school. He played on the European Tour in 1999 and..
Geoff Page
Geoffrey Donald Page (born July 7, 1940) is an Australian poet. He has held residencies at numerous academic institutions, including Edith Cowan University, Curtin University, the Australian Defence Force Academy, and the University of Wollongong. From 1974 to 2001 Page was head of the English depar..
Geoff Parker
Professor Geoffrey Alan Parker FRS (born 24 May 1944) is a professor of biology at the University of Liverpool. He has a particular interest in population evolutionary biology, and is most noted for introducing the concept of sperm competition in 1970. Parker was educated at Lymm Grammar School i..
Geoff Peters
Born in April 1973, Geoff Peters is a broadcaster, journalist, author and club DJ. He works for a variety of radio stations, including British radio station talkSPORT, and writes for Leicester City Football Club. In 1998, he wrote and published O'Neill: Crest of a Wave about Martin O'Neill's first ..
Geoff Petrie
Geoff Petrie Geoffrey Michael Petrie (born April 17, 1948 in Darby, Pennsylvania) is the Sacramento Kings President of Basketball Operations (as of 2006) and a former NBA player for the Portland Trail Blazers. At 6'4 he could play either guard or forward positions and was a deadly long range s..
Geoff Pevere
Geoff Pevere is a Canadian and arts and media critic. He is currently a film critic for the Toronto Star, and a host of the movie review series Reel to Real on Rogers Television. In the 1980s, Pevere hosted Prime Time, a nightly pop culture magazine series on CBC Radio. He was also a film critic fo..
Geoff Platt
Geoff Platt (born 10 July 1985 in Mississauga, Ontario) is an ice hockey player. OHL Priority Selection- North Bay Centennials 1st Round(11th) 2001 Season Team League GP G A PTS PIM GP G A PTS PIM 2001-2002 North Bay Centennials OHL 63 4 6 10 34 5 0 0 0 6 2002-2003 Saginaw Spirit OHL 62 32 22..
Geoff Pope
Geoff Pope is a Liberal Democrat politician and member of the London Assembly. Pope works as a management consultant in the Voluntary Sector and was a councillor in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, where he served as Mayor in 1989-1990 and chair of Social Services. He took his seat on t..
Geoff Prosser
Hon Geoff Prosser Geoffrey Daniel Prosser (born 6 November, 1948), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since July 1987, representing the Division of Forrest, Western Australia. He was born in Bunbury, Western Australia, and was a self-e..
Geoff Pryor
Geoffrey Pryor (born 1944) is an Australian political cartoonist who has spent many years in (and still lives in) Canberra. Said to have been influenced by fellow cartoonist Larry Pickering, Pryor currently appears most days in The Canberra Times. His graphic style is ornate, much more detailed and ..
Geoff Pullar
Geoff PullarEngland (ENG) Batting style Left-hand bat Bowling type Legbreak Tests First-class Matches 28 400 '''Runs scored 1974 21528 Batting average 43.86 35.34 100s/50s 4/12 41/111 Top score 175 175 Balls bowled 66 659 Wickets 1 10 Bowl..
Geoff Rabone
Geoff RaboneNew Zealand (NZ) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Right-arm offbreak, Legbreak Tests First-class Matches 12 82 '''Runs scored 562 3425 Batting average 31.22 28.30 100s/50s 1/2 3/19 Top score 107 125 Balls bowled 1385 - Wicke..
Geoff Ramsey
Geoff Ramsey, previously Geoff Fink before taking his stepfather's surname, is a staff member and voice actor for Rooster Teeth Productions machinima series, including Red vs Blue, The Strangerhood and PANICS. Ramsey often posts under the handle gfunk and is known for having numerous tattooes all ov..
Geoff Regan
Geoff P. Regan, PC, MP (born November 22, 1959 in Windsor, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian politician. He is the son of former Nova Scotia Premier Gerald Regan. Regan is a current member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Halifax West since 200..
Geoff Rickly
Geoff Rickly (born March 8, 1979) is the lead singer and lyricist of the post-hardcore band Thursday. He has also produced several hardcore/emo albums for other bands, most notably My Chemical Romance's 2002 debut album "I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love". He has battled several ..
Geoff Rowley
Geoffery Joseph Rowley (born June 6, 1976 in Liverpool, England) is a professional skateboarder. Geoff has been skateboarding from a young age; footage of a young Geoff skateboarding can be found on the 'Thrasher S.O.T.Y. dvd'. Geoff is also a vegan. Geoff won Thrasher Skater of the Year award in 20..
Geoff Ryman
Geoffrey Charles Ryman (born 1951) is a writer of science fiction, fantasy and slipstream fiction. He was born in Canada, and has lived most of his life in England. His science fiction and fantasy works include The Warrior Who Carried Life (1985), the novella The Unconquered Country (1986) (winner ..
Geoff Sanderson
Geoff Sanderson (born February 1, 1972 in Hay River, Northwest Territories) is a player in the National Hockey League. He is a leftwinger, and has been in the league since the 1990-91 season. He was selected in the 2nd round of the 1990 NHL Entry Draft by the Hartford Whalers. Sanderson has play..
Geoff Schaefer
Geoffrey Schaefer is the legendary guitarist known for his speed, technique, style, and resemblence to Johnny Depp. He is best know for his work with prog metal bands Dark Euphoria and Carpe Aevum. ..
Geoff Senior
Geoff Senior is a British artist, best known for his work in the comic book field in the 1980s, mainly for Marvel UK. Senior is perhaps best remembered for his art for the Marvel Transformers series. He debuted on the British title drawing #42, and would become one of the title's most prolific and p..
Geoff Sewell
Geoff Sewell Geoff Sewell an accomplished New Zealand tenor and a member and founder of the band Amici Forever. Sewell began singing as a boy soprano, performing in his school choir at the age of 18. He was coached by renowned New Zealand opera singer Geoffrey de la Tour. In college, he obtai..
Geoff Shepherd
Air Marshal Geoffrey Shepherd is Chief of Air Force (CAF) of the Royal Australian Air Force, as of 4 July 2005, replacing Air Marshal Angus Houston. Service History Shepherd commenced his RAAF service with the 1971 RAAF Academy intake, graduating in December 1974 with a Bachelor of Science (Physics..
Geoff Shipton
Men's Swimming Silver 1960 4x100 metres medley relay Geoffrey Shipton (born June 4 1941) was an Australian sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1950s and 1960s, who won a silver medal in the 4x100m medley relay at the 1960 Rome Olympics. The New South Welshman combined with David Theile, ..
Geoff Shreeves
Geoff Shreeves is a presenter as well as reporter on Sky Sports. He is one of Sky's more notable faces and joined the channel in 1992, the first season of The Premiership. He eventually made his reporting debut in 1999 along side Clare Tomlinson. He can now be seen reporting at the touch-line in..
Geoff Simkins
Geoff Simkins (13 October 1948–) is a British jazz musician who plays alto saxophone. Contents 1 Career2 Selected recordings3 Sources4 External links Career Geoff Simkins started playing jazz in his early teens. His first instrument was drums, but he quickly changed to ..
Geoff Smith
Geoff Smith is a musical performer and composer from Brighton, England. He was previously a member of the group Attacco Decente. Smith is considered to be one of the world's leading players of the hammered dulcimer. In performance, he plays three custom-built prototype dulcimers sequentially - di..
Geoff Spencer (motorcycle racer)
Geoff Spencer is an English motorcycle racer, who competes in the Ducati Sporting Club DesmoDue Championship. His racing number is 8. Geoff was the 2005 Champion and is the most successful rider in class with 10 wins, 13 podiums and 6 pole positions. Geoff rides a Ducati 620 Sport prepared by..
Geoff Stephens
Geoff Stephens (born October 1, 1934, London), began writing during his amateur theatrical days when he wrote songs and sketches for musical revues presented by his own company, the Four Arts Society, while working as a school teacher, air traffic controller and silk screen printer. This led to BBC..
Geoff Stirling
Geoffrey William Stirling (born St. John's, 1921) is the owner of a number of radio and television stations (including CJON-TV St. John's) and a weekly newsmagazine in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. In some circles, Stirling is regarded as an eccentric for the way in which he ha..
Geoff Strong
Geoffrey Hugh "Geoff" Strong (born September 19, 1937) is an English former footballer. Born in Kirkheaton, Northumberland, Strong played as an amateur for his local club, Stanley United, before being spotted by Arsenal, signing for the club in 1958. He played mainly in the youth and reserve sides,..
Geoff Stults
Geoffrey Manton "Geoff" Stults (born December 15, 1977) is an American actor. He was born in Detroit, Michigan and raised in Colorado. He moved to Los Angeles and began to perform in the college theatre productions while attending Whittier College, in Whittier, California, on a football scholarshi..
Geoff Tate
Geoff Tate (born Geoffrey Wayne Tate, on January 14, 1959, in Stuttgart, West Germany) is an American singer, best known for his work with the progressive metal band Queensrÿche. Shortly after his birth his family relocated to Tacoma, Washington. He joined Queensrÿche in 1981. In 1982 the band re..
Geoff Taylor
Geoff Taylor (born 1946 in Lancaster, England) is a fantasy artist. He has illustrated books for famous fantasy writers such as Robert Holdstock, Philip K. Dick, David and Leigh Eddings, Graham Edwards, Raymond E. Feist, Katharine Kerr, J. R. R. Tolkien, Roger Zelazny, and David Zindell. Taylor..
Geoff Thomas
Geoff Thomas (born August 5, 1964) is a former English footballer who captained Crystal Palace to the F.A Cup final in 1990, where they drew 3-3 with Manchester United at Wembley before losing 1-0 in the replay. He later turned out for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Nottingham Forest, Barnsley and finally..
Geoff Thompson
Geoff Thompson is a writer, film director and self-defence expert. He was born in Coventry, England in 1960. Geoff has received acclaim for writing dozens of books on self-defense, martial arts, fear control, and his most popular book, Watch My Back, an autobigraphy about his early years and how he ..
Geoff Thompson (football)
Geoff Thompson is best known as the Chairman of The Football Association. He has long been associated with football especially in South Yorkshire having previously been General Manager of Doncaster Rovers. He subsequently became Chairman of Sheffield & Hallamshire Football Association before being e..
Geoff Walsh
Geoffrey David Walsh AO is an Australian politician and journalist. Educated at Caulfield Grammar School and La Trobe University, Walsh worked as a political journalist for the Herald Sun, The Age and The Australian Financial Review before serving as an advisor to Australian Labor Party politicians..
Geoff Watt
Geoff Watt (died 1969) was a local distance runner from Warragul, Victoria of some international note who died from exposure in 1969 while training on Mount Erica in Baw Baw National Park. Major force behind Warragul Amateur Athletics Club.First to run up and down Mount Kilimanjaro.Father to Kathy ..
Geoff Whitty
Geoffrey "Geoff" James Whitty (born 31 December 1946) is the Director of the Institute of Education, University of London in the United Kingdom. Born in 1946, Whitty was educated at Latymer Upper School and graduated from St John's College, Cambridge. After postgraduate study at the Institute of Ed..
Geoff Willis
Geoffrey "Geoff" Willis (born December 23, 1959) is the former Technical Director of the Honda Formula One team. Prior to working for Honda, Willis was employed as chief aerodynamicist by the Williams Formula One team and also worked as a consultant at the Leyton House team in the early 1990s. Whi..
Geoff Wilson (professor)
Professor Geoff Wilson is an internationally distinguished Nuclear Physicist who made contributions to nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry and low temperature physics. His research team achieved the lowest temperature ever recorded in Australia. Vice-Chancellor and President of Deakin Universi..
Geoff Wolinetz
Geoff Wolinetz is a writer and co-founder of Yankee Pot Roast, an online magazine devoted to literary and pop-culture satire. A 1998 graduate of Binghamton University, Wolinetz has written for several online publications including McSweeney's, the Black Table, Flak magazine and the now-defunct Hayp..
Geoff Zahn
Geoffery Clayton Zahn (born December 19 1945 in Baltimore, Maryland) was a pitcher who had a 13-year career from 1973 to 1985. He played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs of the National League and the Minnesota Twins and California Angels of the American League. Geoff won 10 or more gam..
Geofiction
Geofiction is a hobby where people design imaginary cities, countries or entire worlds, including placenames, culture, social and political structures and even constructed languages (conlangs), primarily for personal enjoyment. It may by contrasted with the creation of constructed worlds, which are..
Geof Darrow
Cover art by Geof Darrow Geof (Geoffrey) Darrow (October 21, 1955) is a comic artist and designer born in Iowa, USA. He was a student at Hanna-Barbera cartoon studios after studying at the American Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago. In 1982, he met renowned French comic book writer and artist ..
Geof Isherwood
Geof Isherwood (born 1960 ) is a painter, sculptor and comic book illustrator. Born in Quantico, Virginia, he lived in Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey. Since 1971 he has lived in Montreal, Quebec. Isherwood attended John Abbott College and received a Fine Arts degree from Concordia University. Mu..
Geogaddi
Geogaddi, released February 2002, was the second widely distributed album by the enigmatic electronic music duo Boards of Canada. Contents 1 Overview2 Track listing3 Samples4 Trivia5 External links Overview The theme of the album continues the exploration of innocent,..
GeoGebra
GeoGebra is a free interactive geometry software that joins geometry, algebra and calculus. It is developed for education in secondary schools by Markus Hohenwarter at the University of Salzburg. Contents 1 Geometry/Algebra System2 GeoGebraWiki3 Awards4 External links Geom..
Geoglobus
Geoglobus is a hyperthermophilic member of the Archaeoglobaceae within the Euryarchaeota. It consists of one species, G. ahangari, isolated from the Guaymas Basin hydrothermal system located deep within the Gulf of California. As a hyperthermophile, it grows best at a temperature of 88ºC and cann..
Geoglyph
A geoglyph is a drawing on the ground, or a large motif, (generally greater than 4 metres) or design produced on the ground, either by arranging clasts (stones, stone fragments, gravel or earth) to create a positive geoglyph (stone arrangement/alignment, petroform, earth mound) or by removing patin..
Geognosy
Geognosy is the geological study of the earth's structure, specifically its exterior and interior construction. The term was coined by Abraham Werner. A geognost is one versed in the study of geognosy. ..
Geografija Slovenije
The book series (collection) Geografija Slovenije (English Geography of Slovenia), published by Anton Melik Geographical Institute, was founded in 1998 in order to publish the newest results of scientific research work in geography. It focuses on physical, human and regional geography of Slovenia as..
Geographer
See also: List of geographers. A geographer is a scientist whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's physical environment and human habitat. Though geographers are historically known as people who make maps, mapmaking is actually the field of study of cartography, a subset of geography..
Geographer's A–Z Street Atlas
“A-Z” redirects here. For alphabetical sequencing of text, see Collation. The cover of the 2004 Edition of the London A to Z The A–Z, or in full, the Geographers' A–Z Street Atlas is an atlas of streets in London. It was first compiled in the 1930s by Phyllis Pearsall. The company sh..
Geographe Bay, Western Australia
Geographe Bay is located in the south west of Western Australia, around 220 km south west of Perth. The bay was named in May 1801 by French explorer Nicolas Baudin, Baudin named the bay after his ship the Le Géographe. The bay is a wide curve of coastline extending from Cape Naturaliste past the to..
Geographia (Ptolemy)
The Geographia is Ptolemy's main work besides the Almagest. It is a compilation of what was known about the world's geography in the Roman Empire of the 2nd century. Ptolemy relied mainly on the work of an earlier geographer, Marinos of Tyre, and on gazetteers of the Roman and ancient Persian emp..
Geographica
Geographia may refer to: The work Geographia by Ptolemy.The work Geographia by Strabo. redirect [[Template:Disambig]]..
Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex
GDPS is a Disaster Recovery manager. It is a service offering supplied by IBM, rather than a software product. GDPS runs as a Netview application, making full use of SA390. It monitors all the LPARs in the Sysplex, both OSs and Coupling Facilities, it also monitors the DASD whether PPRC or XRC is..
Geographically Dispersed Team
A Geographically Dispersed Team (GTD) – also known as a Virtual Team – is a group of individuals who work across time, space, and organizational boundaries with links strengthened by webs of communication technology. They have complementary skills and are committed to a common purpose, h..
Geographically Separate Unit
Geographically Separate Unit (GSU) is a United States military term describing a base that is physically separated from, yet not autonomous of its "parent" base. GSUs are "owned" by their parent organization and are typically quite small. Assignment to a GSU can be a mixed blessing. The distance fr..
Geographical Association
The Geographical Association is a Sheffield, United Kingdom-based organisation that aims to further the teaching of geography and to communicate the value of learning geography for all. It has nearly 10,000 members including teachers in primary and secondary schools as well as further education, a..
Geographical centre of Europe
This map shows the locations of claimants to the title of Centre of Europe An ongoing debate concerns where the geographical centre of Europe is to be found. Different opinions are based on differing measurements, on the definition of the borders and extreme points of Europe, and on differen..
Geographical constituency
In Hong Kong, geographical constituencies, as opposed to functional constituencies, are elected by all eligible voters according to geographically demarcated constituencies. See also: List of constituencies of Hong Kong ..
Geographical Fugue
The Geographical Fugue or Fuge aus der Geographie is the most famous piece for spoken chorus by Ernst Toch. Toch was a prominent composer in 1920s Berlin, and singlehandedly invented the idiom of the "Spoken Chorus". The piece was a sensation when it was first performed, and remains Toch's most-per..
Geographical index of Toril
This article is about the fictional fantasy setting of Forgotten Realms. Places can be listed twice: once in political regions and once in geographical regions. Contents 1 Geopolitical sorting (Faerûn only)2 Political Regions2.1 Countries2.2 Defunct Countries and Cities2.3&n..
Geographical indication
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Geographical isolation
Geographic isolation, or allopatry, is a term used in the study of evolution. When part of a population of a species becomes geographically isolated from the remainder, it may over time evolve characteristics different from the parent population (due to natural selection). This is particularly lik..
Geographical Magazine
For other geographical magazines, please see Geographic magazine. Geographical Magazine is the magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), and was founded by Michael Huxley in 1935. The publishers pay a licence fee to the Society, which is used to fund th..
Geographical mile
The geographical mile is a unit of length determined by 1 minute of arc along the Earth's equator, approximately equal to 1855 metres (6087.15 international feet). The unit is not used much; it is closely related to the nautical mile, which was originally determined as 1 minute of arc along a grea..
Geographical Names Board of NSW
The Geographical Names Board of New South Wales was established in 1966 as the official body for naming and recording details of places and geographical names in New South Wales. The Board consists of eight members and is chaired by the Surveyor General of New South Wales. Other members include nom..
Geographical pole
For other uses of the word pole, see Pole (disambiguation). A geographical pole is either of two fixed points on the surface of a spinning body or planet, at 90 degrees from the equator, based on the axis around which a body spins. For the purposes of cartography, it provides an agreed upon absolut..
Geographical pricing
Geographical pricing, in marketing, is the practice of modifying a basic list price based on the geographical location of the buyer. It is intended to reflect the costs of shipping to different locations. There are several types of geographic pricing: FOB origin (Free on Board origin) - The ship..
Geographical regions in Montenegro
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Geographical regions in Serbia
This article is part of the series: Republic of Serbia History*of Serbia*of Vojvodina*of KosovoPolitics*of Serbia*of Vojvodina*of KosovoPresident*Boris TadićPrime Minister*Vojislav KoštunicaGovernmentNational AssemblyPolitical partiesElectionsForeign relationsSubdivisions*Regions*DistrictsE..
Geographical regions in Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro are now separate independent countries following the dissolution of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. For a list of regions in those two countries, see: Geographical regions in SerbiaGeographical regions in Montenegro This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] ..
Geographical renaming
Geographical renaming is the act of changing the name of a geographical feature or area. This can range from the uncontroversial change of a street name to a highly disputed change to the name of a country. Some names are changed locally but are not recognised by other countries, especially when t..
Geographical segregation
Geographical segregation exists whenever the proportions of population rates of two or more populations are not homogenous throughout a defined space. Populations can be considered any plant or animal species, human genders, followers of a certain religion, stone types, ethnic groups, etc. ..
Geographical Survey Institute of Japan
The Geographical Survey Institute of Japan, abbreviated GSI (Japanese: 国土地理院, Kokudo Chiri-in) is the national institution responsible for surveying and mapping the national land of Japan. Its main offices are situated in Tsukuba City of Ibaraki Prefecture. It also runs a museum, situate..
Geographical terms
Geographical terms can refer to: Terms in geographyNames of geographical placesNames of geographical regions ..
Geographical usage of television
Geographical usage of television is a description of where and how television is to be found. Contents 1 North American networks and stations1.1 Canadian networks and stations1.2 United States networks and stations2 Latin American networks and stations2.1 Mexican networks..
Geographica (album)
Geographica is the debut album of New Zealand rock band, Weta released in 2000. Song Information Track listing ''Let It Go''Calling OnGeographicaIf I Will I CanSweet SurrenderConversationsSnapshotHoleSleepGot the JuMissed Again (Joy's Song) ..
Geographica (Strabo)
The Geographika is an extensive work by Strabo, spanning 17 volumes, and can be regarded as an encyclopedia of the geographical knowledge of his time; except for parts of Book 7, it has come down to us complete. Yet while it does cover the entire world known to the Greeks and Romans of his time..
Geographic centers of the United States
This is a list of geographic centers of each U.S. state. Note that the geographical center of the entire U.S. is west of Castle Rock in Butte County, South Dakota, while that of the lower 48 is near Lebanon in Smith County, Kansas. State Geographic Center Alabama Chilton County, 12 miles so..
Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States
The Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States is pinpointed by a historical marker that is located within a small park near the town of Lebanon, Kansas. In actuality, the measured center is about 1/2 to 3/4 mile away on a private farm, but the owner did not want tourists trudging throug..
Geographic Center of the U.S
Geographic Center of the Continental U.S. The geographic center of the Continental United States is located off Highway 36 in North-Central Kansas. It is about 2 miles from the town of Lebanon, KS. At this site there is a small monument with an attached plaque telling how the geographic center wa..
Geographic coordinate conversion
Geographic coordinates consist of latitude and longitude. There are many ways of writing coordinates, and converting between the different ways is non-obvious but also quite trivial. Contents 1 Ways of writing coordinates2 Basic forms3 Components of a typical coordinate3.1 De..
Geographic coordinate system
Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; [large version] (pdf, 1.8MB) A geographic coordinate system expresses every location on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which is aligned wi..
Geographic data
Geographic data is about much more than electronic pictures of maps. The geographic data that describes our world allows for city planning, flood prediction and relief, emergency service routing, environmental assessments, wind pattern monitoring and many other applications. Geographic data is pr..
Geographic Data Files
Geographic Data Files or GDF is a file format for geographic files. It is much more than a generic GIS standard, because GDF gives rules for how to capture the data, how the features, attributes and relations have been defined. Its primary use is for Automotive navigation systems, but it is very us..
Geographic distribution of Portuguese
Portuguese language territories Country/Region Speakers (native) Total speakers Population (2005) Africa Angola1 7 60% ND 11,190,786 Cape Verde5 4% 72% 418,224 Guinea-Bissau2 6 ND 14% 1,416,027 Mozambique1 9% 40% 19,406,703 São Tomé and Príncipe2 5 50% 95% 187,410 ..
Geographic information system
GIS redirects here. For other meanings, see GIS (disambiguation). A geographic information or geographical information system (GIS) is a system for creating, storing, analyzing and managing spatial data and associated attributes. In the strictest sense, it is a computer system capable of integrating..
Geographic Locator Codes
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Geographic magazine
Geographic magazine may refer to: Africa GeographicAustralian GeographicCanadian GeographicGéographicaGeographical Magazine, from the United KingdomIcelandic GeographicNational Geographic, from the United StatesNew Zealand Geographic This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list ..
Geographic Names Board
A Geographic Names Board is an official body established by a government to decide on official names for geographical areas and features. Most countries have such a body, which is commonly (but not always) known under this name. Also, in some countries (especially those organised on a federal basi..
Geographic Names Information System
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) contains name and locative information about almost two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its Territories. GNIS was developed by the United States Geological Survey in cooperation with the United ..
Geographic profiling
Geographic profiling is a criminal investigative methodology that analyzes the locations of a connected series of crimes to determine the most probable area of offender residence. Typically used in cases of serial murder or rape (but also arson, bombing, robbery, and other crimes), the technique he..
Geographic targeting order
A Geographic targeting order (or GTO) is an order issued by the United States Secretary of Treasury requiring any United States domestic financial institutions that exist within a geographic area to report on transactions any greater than a specified value. GTOs are defined in the Bank Secrecy Act i..
Geographic tongue
Geographic tongue (Migratory glossitis) is a medical condition that affects the tongue. Contents 1 Symptoms2 Histopathology3 Cause4 Treatment5 References Symptoms The top side of the tongue is covered in small protrusions called papillae. In a tongue affected by geo..
Geographic Tounge
Geographic tongue (Latin: Lingua geographica), also known as benign migratory glossitis refers to an autoimmune inflammatory disease of the tongue manifested by annular desquamation of the filiform papillae of the tip, lateral borders and dorsum of the tongue. Co-existence of fissures of the tongue ..
Geography
Map of the Earth ([Medium]) ([Large 2 MB]) Since place matters for everything from economics and health, to climate, plants and animals, geography is highly interdisciplinary. Geography draws upon and contributes to numerous other knowledge disciplines. Geography..
Geography (U.S.) (Graphs)
Interesting facts Exploring Underground Mammoth Cave in central Kentucky is the longest cave system in the world, with 345 miles (555 km) of underground passageways, which contain entire lakes and rivers! Stuck in the Middle The geographic center of the 50 states, which includes the continen..
Geography and climate of Singapore
Map of Singapore The geography of Singapore is marked by a small, heavily urbanised, island city-state in Southeast Asia, located at the southern tip of the Malayan Peninsula between Malaysia and Indonesia. Singapore has a total land area of 699 km² and 193 km of coastline. It is separated fr..
Geography and climate of Toronto
The City of Toronto covers an area of 641 km² (247 square miles) and is bounded by Lake Ontario to the south, Etobicoke Creek and Highway 427 to the west, Steeles Avenue to the north, and the Rouge River to the east. In addition to Etobicoke Creek and the Rouge River, the city is intersected by t..
Geography and early childhood education
Geography while not seen to be as central as basic skills such as mathematics, and language skills is an important part of early childhood education. Geography is a large and complex subject. For students it is generally divided into sub-sections such as physical geography, human geography, cultura..
Geography and environment of New York City
The geography and environment of New York City is characterized by its coastal position at the meeting of the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean in a naturally sheltered harbor. The city's geography, with its scarce available land surrounded mostly by water, is a factor in making New York the city ..
Geography and maps of the Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands are located in the Atlantic mid-way between Iceland, Norway and the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Its coordinates are 62°00′ N 06°47′ W. The total area of the Faroes is 1,399 km². There are 18 islands that make up the Faroe Islands, plus the islets of Gáshólmur, Skerhólmu..
Geography in the Suikoden series
The Suikoden series of RPGs contains a consistent geographical world. However, some of this is so far only available in lore or the various Suikoden-related publications. The following areas are included in the respective games: In Suikoden I, you journey around the Toran Region. The major series ..
Geography joke
Geography jokes are a subset of gags which require two people, one of them being a straight man to give a predictable response to the person telling the joke. The joke requires a name of a place which also sounds as though it has another meaning; these jokes can be seen as gag-based puns. Examples ..
Geography Markup Language
The Geography Markup Language (GML) is the XML grammar defined by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) to express geographical features. GML serves as a modeling language for geographic systems as well as an open interchange format for geographic transactions on the Internet. Contents 1 St..
Geography of Afghanistan
Afghanistan is located in Central Asia and specifically upon the geologic Iranian plateau, and is 647,500km² (similar to the Australian state of New South Wales, or the Canadian province of Manitoba, and slightly smaller than the U.S. state of Texas). The country is landlocked and mountainous, co..
Geography of Africa
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: [media] Africa is a continent comprised of 61 political territories (including 53 countries), representing the largest of the three great southward projections from the main mass of Earth's surface. It includes, within its remarkably regular ou..
Geography of Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad is located on the banks of the River Sabarmati in the northern part of Gujarat and the western part of India. It is located at [23.03° N 72.58° E] spanning an area of 205 km². The average elevation is 53 metres. There are 2 main lakes located in the city ..
Geography of Alabama
Physiographic regions in Alabama Contents 1 Physical features2 Climate and soil3 Public lands4 See also5 External links Physical features The surface of Alabama in the north and northeast, embracing about two-fifths of its area, is diversified and picturesque; the re..
Geography of Åland
The Åland Islands occupy a position of great strategic importance, as they command one of the entrances to the port of Stockholm, as well as the approaches to the Gulf of Bothnia, in addition to being situated near the Gulf of Finland. The Åland archipelago consists of nearly three hundred inhabi..
Geography of Albania
Albania has a total area of 28,750 square kilometers. It shares a 287-kilometre border with Serbia and Montenegro to the north, a 151-kilometre border with the Republic of Macedonia to the north and east, and a 282-kilometre border with Greece to the south and southeast. Its coastline is 362 kilomet..
Geography of Alberta
Alberta is a province in western Canada with an area 661,190 km² (260,000 mi²). It is bounded to the south by the United States boundary line, 49° north. Eastwards at 110° west it borders the province of Saskatchewan. At 60° north it is separated from the Northwest Territories. To the west by..
Geography of Algeria
Map of Algeria Algeria comprises 2,381,741 square kilometers of land, more than four-fifths of which is desert, in northern Africa, between Morocco and Tunisia. It is the second largest country in Africa, after Sudan. Its Arabic name, Al Jazair (the islands), derives from the name of the cap..
Geography of American Samoa
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Geography of Andorra
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Geography of Angola
Map of Angola Angola is located on the South Atlantic Coast of West Africa between Namibia and the Republic of the Congo. It also is bordered by the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia to the east. The country is divided into an arid coastal strip stretching from Namibia to Luanda; ..
Geography of Anguilla
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Geography of Antarctica
Photo of Booth Island in Antarctica The Blue ice covering Lake Fryxell, in the Transantarctic, comes from glacial meltwater from the Canada Glacier and other smaller glaciers. The fresh water stays on top of the lake and freezes, sealing in briny water below. The continent of Antarctic..
Geography of Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda lie in the eastern arc of the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, separating the Atlantic Ocean from the Caribbean Sea. Antigua is 650 km southeast of Puerto Rico; Barbuda lies 48 km due north of Antigua, and the uninhabited island of Redonda is 56 km southwest of Antigua. Th..
Geography of Argentina
Argentina by subject Economy History Politics Geography Demographics Culture Religion Education Tourism Transport Communications Military Foreign relations Argentina is a country in southern South America, situated between the Andes in the west and the southern Atlantic Ocean in the east. It i..
Geography of Armenia
Modern-day Armenia is a landlocked country in Asia Minor, between the Black and Caspian Seas, bordered on the north and east by Georgia and Azerbaijan and on the south and west by Iran and Turkey. This article refers to that area, but it should be noted that, prior to 1915, Armenia encompassed t..
Geography of Aruba
Aruba - NASA NLT Landsat 7 (Visible Color) Satellite Image This article describes the geography of Aruba. Location Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, north of Venezuela Geographic coordinates [12°30′N 69°58′W] Map references Central America and the Caribbean Area * To..
Geography of Asia
Asia is the central and eastern part of Eurasia, comprising approximately fifty countries. It has an area, including islands, of roughly 49,694,700 km². Asia is joined to Africa by the Isthmus of Suez and to Europe by a long border generally following the Ural Mountains. Asia is the largest and ..
Geography of Australia
This article deals with the geography of the Commonwealth of Australia. For a treatment of the continent, see Australia (continent). Geography of Australia Continent Australia Region Oceania Coordinates [27° S 144° E] Area Ranked 6th7,686,850 km²2 967 909.38 miles..
Geography of Austria
Austria is a small, predominantly mountainous country geographically located in Central Europe, approx. between Germany, Italy and Hungary. It has a total area of 83,859 km², about twice the size of Switzerland and slightly smaller than the state of Maine. The landlocked country shares national ..
Geography of Azerbaijan
Map of Azerbaijan with cities and regions. Detailed map of Azerbaijan Subtle changes due to rising sea level can be seen along this coastline Azerbaijan is situated in Southwestern Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Russia. Three physical features dominate Azerbaijan..
Geography of Babylonia and Assyria
The Geography of Babylonia, like its ethnology and history, enclosed between the two great rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, forms but one country. The writers of antiquity clearly recognized this fact, speaking of the whole under the general name of Assyria, though Babylonia, as will be seen, would..
Geography of Bahrain
Map of Bahrain Bahrain (from the Arabic word for "two seas")--itself an inaccurate folk etymology for the much older, non-Semitic term, Bahran]]--comprises an archipelago of thirty-three islands situated midway in the Persian Gulf close to the shore of the Arabian Peninsula. The islands are a..
Geography of Bangladesh
Map of Bangladesh Bangladesh is a low-lying, riverine country located in South Asia with a largely marshy jungle coastline of 710 kilometers (440 mi) on the northern littoral of the Bay of Bengal. Formed by a deltaic plain at the confluence of the Ganges (Padma), Brahmaputra (Jamuna), and Meg..
Geography of Barbados
This article describes the geography of Barbados. Barbados is the easternmost island of the Lesser Antilles, situated 480 kilometers north of Guyana, 160 kilometers east of St. Vincent, and 965 kilometers southeast of Puerto Rico. This isolated pear-shaped island extends for 34 kilometers along a ..
Geography of Beijing
Beijing from NASA's Landsat The geography of Beijing Municipality is characterized by flat land, except for hills that dominate in the north, northwest and west of Beijing. The mountains to the west are known as Xishan, which is Chinese for Western Hills. The city's centre is Tian'anmen, and t..
Geography of Belarus
Detailed map of Belarus Satellite image of Belarus in December 2002. Belarus, a generally flat country (the average elevation is 162 meters above sea level) without natural borders, occupies an area of 207,600 square kilometers, or slightly smaller than the United Kingdom or the state o..
Geography of Belgium
This article is about the geography of Belgium. Belgium is located in Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between France and the Netherlands. Geographic coordinates: [50°50′N 4°00′E] Map references: Europe Area: total: 32,545 km² land: 30,278 km² surface water: 250 km² (..
Geography of Belize
Belize is a small Central American nation, located at 17°15′ north of the equator and 88°45′ west of the Prime Meridian. It borders the Caribbean Sea to the east, with 386km of coastline. It has a total of 516km of land borders—Mexico to the north-northwest (250km) and Guatemala..
Geography of Benin
Benin, a narrow, north-south strip of land in West Africa, lies between the Equator and the Tropic of Cancer. Benin's latitude ranges from 6°30′ N to 12°30′ N and its longitude from 1° E to 3°40′ E. Benin is bounded by Togo to the west, Burkina Faso and Niger to the nort..
Geography of Bermuda
The coast of Callan Glen, Hamilton Parish, Bermuda. Map of Bermuda North America with Bermuda circled Bermuda's climate is characterised by the prevailing easterly wind (with cold, dry air sweeping from the Canadian plains across the island), the warm, northward-moving Gulf Stre..
Geography of Bhutan
Topgraphic map of Bhutan The Kingdom of Bhutan is a Himalayan nation, located towards the eastern extreme of the aforementioned mountain range. It is fairly evenly sandwiched between the sovereign territory of two nations: first, the People's Republic of China on the north and northwest. There..
Geography of Bolivia
Map of Bolivia The geography of Bolivia is unique among the nations of South America. Bolivia is one of two landlocked countries on the continent, and also has the highest average altitude. The main features of Bolivia's geography include the Altiplano, a highland plateau of the Andes, and L..
Geography of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Geography of Botswana
Map of Botswana Location: Southern Africa, north of South Africa Geographic coordinates: [22° S 24° E] Map references: Africa Area: total: 600,370 km² land: 585,370 km² water: 15,000 km² Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Texas Land boundaries: total: 4,0..
Geography of Brazil
The country of Brazil occupies a large portion of northern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil covers a total area of 8,514,215 km² (3,287,357 sq. mi) which includes 8,456,510 km² (3,265,076 sq. mi) of land and 55,455 km² (21,411 sq. mi) of water. The highest point in Brazil is ..
Geography of British Columbia
Geography of Continent America Region North AmericaWestern Canada Coordinates [48°50′N 114°03′W] --[60°00′N 139°03′W] Area Ranked 3rd among provinces944,735 km²364 764 miles²97.9% land2.1% water Coastline 27,000 km (16,800 miles) Borders T..
Geography of British Indian Ocean Territory
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Geography of Brunei
Brunei is in Southeastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and Malaysia. Its geographical coordinates are [4°30′N 114°40′E]. Brunei shares a 381 km border with Malaysia and has a 161 km coastline. The climate in Brunei is hot, humid and tropical with heavy rainfall. Most of ..
Geography of Bulgaria
Bulgaria is a country situated in south-eastern Europe, bordering Romania, Serbia, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Turkey and the Black Sea. Its northern border with Romania follows the Danube river until Silistra. The land area of Bulgaria is 110,550 square kilometers, slightly larger than that..
Geography of Burkina Faso
Map Of Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) is a landlocked Sahel country that shares borders with six nations. It lies between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea, south of the loop of the Niger River. The land is green in the south, with forests and fruit trees, and desert..
Geography of Burundi
Location: Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo Geographic coordinates: [3°30′S 30°0′E] Map references: Africa Area: total: 27,830 km² land: 25,650 km² water: 2,180 km² Land boundaries: total: 974 km border countries: Democratic Republic of th..
Geography of California
Digitally colored elevation map of California The Geography of California is rich and diverse. There are alpine mountains, foggy coastlines, hot deserts, and a fertile central valley. The U.S. state of California is home to the world's tallest (coast redwood), most massive (Giant Sequoia), and..
Geography of Cambodia
Cambodia is a country in Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, between Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos. Its approximate geographical coordinates are [13° N 105° E]. Its 2,572 km border is split among Vietnam (1,228 km), Thailand (803 km) and Laos (541 km), as we..
Geography of Cameroon
Map Of Cameroon Location: Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria Geographic coordinates: [6° N 12° E] Map references: Africa Area: total: 475,440 km² land: 469,440 km² water: 6,000 km² Area - comparative: slightly lar..
Geography of Canada
Canada Continent North America Subregion Northern America Geographic coordinates ..
Geography of Cape Verde
This article describes the geography of Cape Verde. The Cape Verde Islands are located in the mid-Atlantic Ocean some 620 kilometers (385 mi.) off the west coast of Africa. The archipelago consists of 10 islands and 5 islets, divided into the windward (Barlavento) and leeward (Sotavento) groups. T..
Geography of Chad
Map of Chad Chad is a land-locked country in north central Africa measuring 1,284,000 square kilometers (496,000 sq. mi.), roughly three times the size of California. Most of its ethnically and linguistically diverse population lives in the south, with densities ranging from 54 persons per s..
Geography of Chicago
Geography of Chicago and Chicagoland The city of Chicago is located in northern Illinois at the south western tip of Lake Michigan. It sits on the St. Lawrence Seaway continental divide at the site of the Chicago Portage, an ancient trade route connecting the Mississippi River and the Great La..
Geography of Chile
Map of Chile Shaded relief map of Chile Topography This SeaWiFS image shows phytoplankton blooms running the length of the coast of Chile. Vegetation map of Chile Chile is a country situated in southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean and South Pacific..
Geography of China
''Readers should be careful that some contents and figures in this article may refer to *''the entirety of historical China, or *''territories administered by the People's Republic of China, excluding territories administered by the Republic of China (Taiwan), or *only mainland China excluding the s..
Geography of Colombia
Shaded relief map of Colombia Flooding in Colombia, April 2004 Land use map of Colombia, 1970 Economic activity map of Colombia, 1970 Colombia is located in the North of South America (4 00 N, 72 00 W) and part of Caribbean South America. It is the only South American co..
Geography of Colorado
Colorado is one of only three states (the others are Wyoming and Utah) that have only lines of latitude and longitude for borders. It stretches exactly from 37°N to 41°N, and 102°W to 109°W. The Four Corners Monument at its southwestern-most point is at 37°N and 109°W. East of the Front R..
Geography of Comoros
--> The Comoros archipelago consists of four main islands aligned along a northwest-southeast axis at the north end of the Mozambique Channel, between Mozambique and the island of Madagascar. Still widely known by their French names, the islands officially have been called by their Swa..
Geography of Costa Rica
Political map of Costa Rica. Shaded relief map of Costa Rica. Map of Costa Rica. Costa Rica is located on the Central American Isthmus, 10° north of the Equator and 84° west of the Prime Meridian. It borders both the Caribbean Sea (to the east) and the North Pacific Ocean (to the..
Geography of Côte d'Ivoire
Geography of Côte d'Ivoire Continent Africa Region West AfricaSub-Saharan Africa Coordinates 8°00'N, 5°00'W Area Ranked 67th322,460 km²124,503 miles²98.62% land1.38% water Coastline 515 km (320 miles) Borders Total land borders:3110 km (1932 miles)Liberia:&nb..
Geography of Croatia
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Geography of Cuba
Map of Cuba Cuba is an island nation located in the Caribbean Sea, with the geographic coordinates 21°3N, 80°00W. Cuba has a total land area of 110,860 km²–slightly smaller than the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It has 3735 km of coastline and 29 km of land borders–all with the..
Geography of Cyprus
Map of Cyprus Topography of Cyprus Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after the Italian islands of Sicily and Sardinia. In the Eastern Basin of the Mediterranean, it is located south of the Anatolian peninsula (Asia Minor), or modern-day Turkey, of the Asian (o..
Geography of Denmark
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Geography of Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado is located at 39°43'35" North, 104°57'56" West (39.726287, -104.965486)[Geographic references#1GR1] in the Colorado Front Range region. It has the Rocky Mountains to the west and the great plains to the east. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a..
Geography of Djibouti
Map of Djibouti Djibouti is in Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, between Eritrea and Somalia. Its coordinates are [11°30′N 43°00′E]. Djibouti shares 113 km of border with Eritrea, 337 with Ethiopia and 58 with Somalia (total 506 km). It also has..
Geography of Dominica
Map of Dominica Dominica is an island in the Caribbean Sea, located about halfway between Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago. Its coordinates are 15 25 N, 61 20 W. The island is roughly four times the size of Washington, DC (in area, not population). There are no significant lakes on the i..
Geography of East Timor
This article describes the geography of East Timor. Location Southeastern Asia, northwest of Australia in the Lesser Sunda Islands at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago; note - East Timor includes the eastern half of the island of Timor, the Ocussi-Ambeno region on the northwest porti..
Geography of Ecuador
Map of Ecuador Bridge over the river Pastazas between Puyo and Macas, Ecuador Ecuadorian highland. Photo: Roar Johansen Mount Imbabura (Ecuador) from south-east Imbabura, Imbabura Province, Ecuador Sulfur laguna on the site of AguaBlanca, Machalilla National Park, ..
Geography of Egypt
The Georgraphy of Egypt is split. It is located in North Africa and includes the Sinai Peninsula, which is considered part of Southwest Asia. Therefore, most of Egypt is in North Africa but the Sinai Peninsula is in Southwest Asia. Egypt has shorelines on the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. I..
Geography of El Salvador
Shaded relief map of El Salvador Satellite image of El Salvador in April 2002 Economic activity of El Salvador, 1980 Vegetation and land use, 1980 The geography of El Salvador is unique among the nations of Central America. The country is in borders the North Pacific Ocean..
Geography of England
The overlapping Geography of the United Kingdom article is more extensive than this article. The geography of England England comprises the central and southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain, plus offshore islands of which the largest is the Isle of Wight. It is bordered to the nor..
Geography of Equatorial Guinea
República de Guinea EcuatorialRépublique de la Guinée Équatoriale Continent Africa Geographic coordinates ..
Geography of Eritrea
Map of Eritrea Eritrea is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered on the northeast and east by the Red Sea, on the west and northwest by Sudan, on the south by Ethiopia, and on the southeast by Djibouti. The country has a high central plateau that varies from 1,800 to 3,000 meters (6,0..
Geography of Estonia
Detailed map of Estonia Satellite image of Estonia in April 2004 North-west coast of Estonia near Nõva, Lääne county Between 57.3 and 59.5 latitude and 21.5 and 28.1 longitude, Estonia lies on the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea on the level northwestern part of the rising eas..
Geography of Ethiopia
Map of Ethiopia Ethiopia is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered on the north and northeast by Eritrea, on the east by Djibouti and Somalia, on the south by Kenya, and on the west and southwest by Sudan. The country has a high central plateau that varies from 1,800 to 3,000 m (6,000..
Geography of Europe
Geographically Europe is a part of the larger landmass known as Eurasia. The continent begins at the Ural Mountains in Russia, which define Europe's eastern boundary with Asia. The southeast boundary with Asia isn't universally defined. Most commonly the Ural or, alternatively, the Emba R..
Geography of Fiji
([Detailed version]) Fiji's location in Oceanea Fiji is a group of volcanic islands in the South Pacific, lying about 4,450 km (2,775 mi) southwest of Honolulu and 1,770 km (1,100 mi) north of New Zealand. Of the 322 islands and 522 smaller islets making up the archipelago, ..
Geography of Finland
Map of Finland - click to enlarge Click for larger satellite image The geography of Finland differs from that of other Nordic countries. Bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Sweden and Russia, Finland is the northernmost country on the European contine..
Geography of France
Contents 1 Location2 Area3 Boundaries4 Internal Divisions5 Climate6 Terrain7 Natural resources8 Land use9 Natural hazards10 Environment11 Cities and towns include12 Picture from space13 Extreme points14 See also Location Weste..
Geography of French Guiana
Geography of French Guiana. Contents 0.1 Location0.2 ..
Geography of French Polynesia
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Geography of Gabon
République Gabonaise Continent Africa Geographic coordinates ..
Geography of Gästrikland
Gästrikland is often called the gate to Norrland and consists of forests, mountains (about 300 meters high) and small lakes. Smaller parts of Gästrikland consists of fertile plains. See also Gästrikland. ..
Geography of Georgia
Georgia is situated in Southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Turkey and Russia. Located in the region known as the Caucasus or Caucasia, Georgia is a small country of approximately 69,875 square kilometers--about the size of West Virginia. To the north and northeast, Georgia borders t..
Geography of Germany
This article describes the geography of Germany. Location of Germany Contents 1 Location2 Area3  [ v]·[ d]·[ e] The Danube Countries: Germany · Austria · Slovakia · Hungary · Croatia · Serbia ·..
Geography of Ghana
Republic of Ghana Continent Africa Geographic coordinates Ghana is drained by a large number of streams and rivers. In addition, there are a number of coastal lagoons, the huge man-made Lake Volta, and Lake Bosumtwi, southeast of Kumasi and which has no outlet to the sea. In the wetter s..
Geography of Glasgow
Geography of Glasgow, relates to the geography, climate and demographics of Glasgow, Scotland Glasgow is located on the banks of the River Clyde, in West Central Scotland. Contents 1 Climate1.1 Temperature2 Demographics2.1 Population Density2.1.1 Historical Population2.1..
Geography of Gosport
This article describes the geography of the town of Gosport. Gosport is a town in Hampshire, on the south coast of England. Gosport lies on the peninsula which forms the western side of Portsmouth harbour. At the southern tip of Gosport is Gilkicker Point. West of here is Stokes Bay. On the east..
Geography of Gothenburg
The city of Gothenburg is situated on the western coast by Kattegat, an arm of the North Sea, at the outlet of the river Göta älv and the Göta Canal. Due to the Gulf Stream the city has a mild climate and quite a lot of rain. The archipelago of Gothenburg consists of rough, barren rocks and cliff..
Geography of Greece
composite satellite image of Greece Greece is located in southeastern Europe on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula. Greece is bounded in the north by Bulgaria, the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia, and Albania; in the east by Turkey; and in the west by the Ionian Sea, south by th..
Geography of Greenland
Outline Map of Greenland with ice sheet depths Greenland, the largest island in the world, is located between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada and northwest of Iceland. Greenland has no land boundaries and 44,087 km of coastline. The vegetation is generally sp..
Geography of Grenada
Grenada - NASA NLT Landsat 7 (Visible Color) Satellite Image This article describes the geography of Grenada. Grenada is a Caribbean island (one of the Grenadines) between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago. It is located at [12°07′N 61°40′W]. ..
Geography of Guadeloupe
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Geography of Guam
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Geography of Guatemala
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Geography of Guinea
Map of Guinea Guinea is located on the Atlantic Coast of West Africa and is bordered by Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The country is divided into four geographic regions: A narrow coastal belt (Lower Guinea); the pastoral Fouta Djallon highlands (M..
Geography of Guinea-Bissau
Map Of Guinea Bissau This article describes the geography of Guinea-Bissau. Location Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal Geographic coordinates [12°00′N 15°00′W] Map references Africa Area * Total: 36,120 km² * Land: 28..
Geography of Guyana
Map of Guyana Guyana is a country in Northern South America and part of Caribbean South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Suriname and Venezuela. With a land area of approximately 197,000 square kilometres, Guyana is about the size of Idaho. The country is situated b..
Geography of Haiti
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Geography of Helsinki
Helsinki has a total area of 686 km² (264.8 mi²). 186 km² (71.8 mi²) of it is land and 500 km² (193 mi²) of the area is covered with water. It is located at [60°10′N 24°56′E]. Suburbs This is a listing of the suburbs and localities in the city of Helsinki in alphabetical ord..
Geography of Himachal Pradesh
Contents 1 Location2 Political geography3 Physical geography4 Geology5 Natural resources6 Climate7 Rivers8 Districts9 External links Location Political geography Physical geography Geology Natural resources Himachal Pradesh, spread over 55,673 km². i..
Geography of Honduras
Map of Honduras Shaded relief map of Honduras, 1985 Economic activity map of Honduras, 1983 Land use map of Honduras, 1983 Honduras is a country situated in Central America Honduras borders the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean. Guatemala lies to the west, Nicaragua..
Geography of Hong Kong
This article is part of the Geography of Hong Kong series Climate Ecology Country parks and conservation Beaches Rivers Bays Islands and peninsulas Administrative divisions Cities and towns AreasBuildings and structures The name Hong Kong, literally meaning fragrant harbour, is derived f..
Geography of Houston
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 601.7 square miles (1,558.4 km²) — 579.4 square miles (1,500.7 km²) of it is land and 22.3 square miles (57.7 km²) of it is water. The total area is 3.7 percent water. Houston is located in the gulf..
Geography of Hungary
Map of Hungary Satellite image of Hungary in December 2002 With a land area of 93,030 square kilometers, Hungary is a country in Central Europe. It measures about 250 kilometers from north to south and 524 kilometers from east to west. It has some 2,258 kilometers of boundaries, shared w..
Geography of Iceland
A true colour image of Iceland captured by NASA's Aqua satellite on January 28, 2004. CIA World Factbook map of Iceland The ridge between the tectonic plates of Eurasia and North America Iceland is rich in sulfur deposits. Iceland is a large island with extens..
Geography of Illinois
Illinois is in the north-central U.S. and borders on Lake Michigan. Surrounding states are Wisconsin to the north, Iowa and Missouri to the west, Kentucky to the south, and Indiana to the east. Illinois also borders Michigan, but only via a water boundary in Lake Michigan. Nearly the entire wester..
Geography of India
Geography of India Continent Asia Region Southern AsiaIndian subcontinent Coordinates 20°00'N 77°00' E Area Ranked 7th3,287,590 km²1,269,345.60 miles²90.44% land9.56% water Coastline 7,516 km (4,670.23 miles) Borders Total land borders:14,103 km (8,763 miles)B..
Geography of Indonesia
Indonesia is situated in Southeast Asia, in the Malay Archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Oceans. It is in a strategic location astride or along major sea lanes from Indian Ocean to Pacific Ocean. The country's variations in culture have been shaped--although not specifically det..
Geography of Iran
The Iranian landscape is predominantly mountainous, with high contrasting green oases. (Image was taken in the southern Alborz range near Firouzkuh) Iran is situated in Southwest Asia, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan. Iran is o..
Geography of Iraq
Map of Iraq The geography of Iraq is diverse. The country slopes from mountains over 3,000 meters (10,000 ft) above sea level along the border with Iran and Turkey to the remnants of reedy marshes in the southeast. So-called "Marsh Arabs" have migrated through this region into moder..
Geography of Ireland
[Featured articles   ] Ireland is sometimes known as the "Emerald Isle" because of its green scenery. The geography of Ireland describes an island in northwest Europe in the North Atlantic Ocean. The ocean is responsible for the rugged western coastline, along whi..
Geography of Israel
Geography of Israel Historical Land of IsraelKingdom of IsraelKingdom of JudahIudaea ProvincePalestineIsrael Districts List of districtsJerusalem DistrictNorth DistrictHaifa DistrictCenter DistrictTel Aviv DistrictSouthern DistrictJudea/Samaria District Bodies of water Sea of GalileeMediterra..
Geography of Italy
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Geography of Jamaica
Map Of Jamaica Jamaica lies 145 kilometers south of Cuba and 160 kilometers west of Haiti. Its capital city, Kingston, is about 920 kilometers southeast of Miami. At its greatest extent, Jamaica is 235 kilometers long, and it varies between 35 and 82 kilometers wide. With an area of 10,911 sq..
Geography of Japan
Geography of Japan Continent Asia Region East Asia Coordinates 36 00 N, 138 00 E Area Ranked 61st377,835 km²145,882.91 miles²99.18% land0.82% water Coastline 29,751 km (18,486.41 miles) Borders 0km² Highest point Mount Fuji (富士山) 3,776 m Low..
Geography of Jersey
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Geography of Jordan
Detailed map of Jordan, 2004 Jordan is situated in Southwest Asia, northwest of Saudi Arabia. It is considered one of the fifteen states that comprise the so-called "Cradle of Humanity". The territory of Jordan covers about 91,880 square kilometers. Until 1988, when King Hussein relinquished ..
Geography of Karafuto
The prefecture of Karafuto incorporated several smaller islands, including Kaihyo Island, Hinode Bana Rock in Aniwa Gulf, Totomi-Shiri or Kaiba Island, and Kiken Island. Contents 0.1 Mountains0.2 Lakes0.3 Rivers0.4 Bays and Gulfs0.5 Capes and Peninsulas0.6 Plains0.7..
Geography of Kazakhstan
Map of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan is a landlocked country situated in Central Asia, northwest of China. With an area of about 2,717,300 square kilometers, Kazakstan is more than twice the combined size of the other four Central Asian states, or about twice the size of Alaska. The country borders T..
Geography of Kenya
Map of Kenya This article describes the geography of Kenya. Location Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Somalia and Tanzania Geographic coordinates [1°00′N 38°00′E] Map references Africa Area * Total: 582,650 km² * Land: 569,250 km² * Water:..
Geography of Kerala
Kerala's districts, shaded by biome and soil types. Source: (Government of Kerala 2001). This page deals with the geography of Kerala. Kerala’s 38,863 km² (1.18% of India’s landmass) are wedged between the Arabian Sea to the west and the Western Ghats to the east. Kerala’s coast ru..
Geography of Kiribati
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Geography of Kochi
Location of Kochi in India Kochi ([pronunciation][Media help?]·[i]; Malayalam: കൊച്ചി [Kocci]); formerly known as Cochin) is a city in the Indian state of Kerala. Kochi is located in the district of Ernakulam, about 220 km north of the state ..
Geography of Kolkata
Kolkata is located in the eastern part of India at [22°82′N 88°20′E]. It has spread linearly along the banks of the river Hooghly. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has an area of 185 square kilometres. The city is at sea level, the average elevation being 17 feet[Calcuttaweb ..
Geography of Kuwait
Satellite image of Kuwait Kuwait is situated in Southwest Asia, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. It is considered to be one of the fifteen states that comprise the so-called "Cradle of Humanity". Once a small gulf shaykhdom known locally as a center for pearl div..
Geography of Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked nation in Central Asia, west of China. The smallest of the newly independent Central Asian states, Kyrgyzstan is about the same size as the state of Nebraska, with a total area of about 198,500 square kilometers. The national territory extends about 900 kilometers from e..
Geography of Ladakh
Ladakh is the highest altitude plateau region in India (much of it being over 3,000 m), straddling the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges and the upper Indus River valley. The mountain ranges in this region were formed over a period of 45 million years by the folding of the Indian plate into..
Geography of Laos
Laos is a landlocked nation in Southeast Asia, northeast of Thailand, west of Vietnam, that covers 236,800 square kilometers in the center of the Southeast Asian peninsula, is surrounded by Burma, Cambodia, China, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its location has often made it a buffer between more power..
Geography of Lappland
The geography of Laponia covers the western parts of Västerbotten County and Norrbotten County in Sweden, and Lapland Province in Finland. The Laponian area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Northern Laponia within Norrbotten County National parks: AbiskoMuddusPadjelantaPieljekaiseSarekStora Sjöf..
Geography of Latvia
Between 55.40 and 58.05 latitude and 20.58 and 28.14 longitude, Latvia lies on the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea on the level northwestern part of the rising East European platform, between Estonia and Lithuania. About 98% of the country lie under 200 m elevation (640 ft.). The damp climate..
Geography of Lebanon
Having a rectangular-like shape, Lebanon stretches along the east side of the Mediterranean Sea, with its length almost three times its width. As it stretches from North to South, the width of its terrain becomes narrower. Lebanon's mountainous terrain, proximity to the sea, and strategic location ..
Geography of Lesotho
Location: Southern Africa, an enclave of South Africa Geographic coordinates: [29°30′S 28°30′E] Map references: Africa Area: total: 30,355 km² land: 30,355 km² water: 0 km² Area - comparative: one and a half times the size of Wales; slightly smaller than Maryland Lan..
Geography of Liberia
Liberia is a small Sub-Saharan nation in West Africa located at 6 30°N, 9 30°W. The country is shaped like a rectangle, with a shape similar to El Salvador. It borders the north Atlantic Ocean to the southwest (579 km of coastline) and three other African nations on the other three sides. The t..
Geography of Libya
With an area of 1,760,000 square kilometers and a Mediterranean coastline of nearly 1,800 kilometers, Libya is fourth in size among the countries of Africa and fifteenth among the countries of the world. It lies between Egypt and Tunisia. Although the oil discoveries of the 1960s have brought i..
Geography of Liechtenstein
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Geography of Lincolnshire
The ceremonial county of Lincolnshire (composed of the administrative county of Lincolnshire, plus the unitary authorities of North Lincolnshire and North-East Lincolnshire) is the second largest of the English counties and one that is predominantly agricultural in character. Despite its relatively ..
Geography of Lithuania
The largest and most populous of the Baltic states, Lithuania has 60 miles of sandy coastline, of which only 24 miles face the open Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia. Lithuania's major warm-water port of Klaipėda lies at the narrow mouth of Curonian Lagoon, a shallow lagoon extending south t..
Geography of London
London is the largest urban area and capital city of the United Kingdom. Greater London covers an area of 609 square miles (1,579 square km). London is a port on the Thames, a navigable river. The river has had a major influence on the development of the city. London began on the Thames' north ba..
Geography of Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is a city in Jefferson County, Kentucky. It is located at the Falls of the Ohio River. Contents 1 Geography2 Climate3 Cityscape3.1 Future development projects3.1.1 Recreation infrastructure3.1.2 Roadway infrastructure3.1.3 Urban infrastructure4 R..
Geography of Luxembourg
Contents 1 Fast Facts2 More Indepth2.1 Topography2.2 Green Heart of Europe2.3 Rivers And Lakes2.4 Climate of Luxembourg2.5 Flora And Fauna Fast Facts Location: Western Europe, between France and Germany Geographic coordinates: [49°45′N 6°10′E�..
Geography of Macau
Macau is a city on the southern coast of China. It is located at the south of Guangdong Province, on the tip of the peninsula formed by the Zhujiang (Pearl River) estuary on the east and the Xijiang (West River) on the west. Macau is situated sixty kilometers west of Hong Kong and 145 kilometers s..
Geography of Madagascar
Map of Madagascar Madagascar is an island in the Indian Ocean, off the eastern coast of southern Africa, east of Mozambique. It was formed when it broke off from the African continent around 165 million years ago due to continental drift. The highest point is Maromokotro, in the Tsaratanana ..
Geography of Madhya Pradesh
Geography of Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh in hindi can be translated to Central Province, and it is located in the geographic heart of India. The state straddles the Narmada River, which runs east and west between the Vindhya and Satpura ranges; these ranges and the Narmada are the traditional bo..
Geography of Malawi
thumb Malawi is situated in southeastern Africa. The Great Rift Valley traverses the country from north to south. In this deep trough lies Lake Malawi, the third-largest lake in Africa, comprising about 20% of Malawi's area. The Shire River flows from the south end of the lake and joins the ..
Geography of Malaysia
Location: Malaysia is located in Southeastern Asia. There are two distinct parts to Malaysia being Peninsular Malaysia to the west and East Malaysia to the East. Peninsular Malaysia is located south of Thailand, north of Singapore and east of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. East Malaysia is loca..
Geography of Mali
Map of Mali Location: Western Africa, southwest of Algeria Geographic coordinates: [17°00′N 4°00′W] Map references: Africa Area: total: 1.24 million km² land: 1.22 million km² water: 20,000 km² Area - comparative: slightly less than twice the size of Texas Land bounda..
Geography of Malta
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Geography of Martinique
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Geography of Mauritania
Mauritania, a country in the western region of the continent of Africa, is generally flat, its 1,030,700 square kilometers forming vast, arid plains broken by occasional ridges and clifflike outcroppings. It borders the North Atlantic Ocean, between Senegal and Western Sahara, Mali and Algeria. ..
Geography of Mauritius
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Geography of Mayotte
Location: Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about one-half of the way from northern Madagascar to northern Mozambique Geographic coordinates: [12°50′S 45°10′E] Map references: Africa Area: total: 374 km² land: 374 km² water: 0 km² Area - comparative: slightly ..
Geography of Mexico
Map of Mexico Mexico is a country situated in North America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the United States and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the US. (Note: Mexico is not part of "Northern America".) As well as numerous nei..
Geography of Missouri
Physiographic map of Missouri (Legend)Courtesy USGS Missouri, a state near the geographical center of the United States, has three distinct physiographic divisions: a north-western upland plain or prairie region part of the Interior Plains' Central Lowland (areas Osage Plain 12f and Dissected Ti..
Geography of Moldova
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Geography of Monaco
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Geography of Mongolia
The map showing the major cities and the neighbouring countries of Mongolia The southern part of the territory of Mongolia is desert. Mongolia is a landlocked country in Northern Asia, strategically located between China and Russia. The terrain is one of mountains and rolling plateaus, ..
Geography of Montenegro
The Republic of Montenegro (Serbian: Црна Гора, Crna Gora, meaning "black mountain") is a small, mountainous state in south-west Balkans, bordering Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Albania and the Adriatic Sea. Contents 1 Terrain1.1 The Coast1.2 Rocky tablelands1.3..
Geography of Montserrat
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Geography of Morocco
True-color image of Morocco from Terra spacecraft Location: Morocco is a Northern African country, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and the annexed Western Sahara A large part of Morocco is mountainous, the Atlas Mountains are located mainly in t..
Geography of Mozambique
Map of Mozambique Location: Southern Africa, bordering the Mozambique Channel, between South Africa and Tanzania Geographic coordinates: [18°15′S 35°00′E] Map references: Africa Area: total: 801,590 km² land: 784,090 km² water: 17,500 km² Capital Maputo (Lourenço Marq..
Geography of Mumbai
Rivers and lakes of the city. Mumbai is India's most populous city. It is located on Salsette Island off the coast of Maharashtra. Originally seven islands, they were merged in the 18th century to form one large island. Contents 1 Hills2 Lakes3 Bays4 Creeks5 Island..
Geography of Myanmar
Geography of Myanmar Continent Asia Region Southeast Asia Coordinates 22°00'N 98°00'E Area Ranked 39th678,500 km²261,970.32 miles²96.94% land3.06% water Coastline 1930 km (1199.25 miles) Borders Total land borders:5876 km (3651.18 miles) Bangladesh: 193 km (119.92 ..
Geography of Namibia
This Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) image is centred over the Namib Desert. Credit ESA. Location: Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and South Africa Geographic coordinates: [22°00′S 17°00′E] Map references: Africa Area: t..
Geography of Nauru
Nauru is a tiny phosphate rock island located in the South Pacific Ocean south of the Marshall Islands in Oceania. It is only 53 km south of the Equator at coordinates [0°32′S 166°55′E]. Nauru is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean — the others ar..
Geography of Nepal
Map of Nepal Topography Geographic regions Sandwiched between two Asian giants--China and India--Nepal traditionally has been characterized as "a yam caught between two rocks." Noted for its majestic Himalayas, which in Sanskrit means the abode of snow, Nepal is very mountainous an..
Geography of New Caledonia
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Geography of New South Wales
New South Wales (NSW) is Australia's most populous state, located in the east coast of the continent. It is in the southern hemisphere between latitudes 28 and 38 degrees south of the equator and longitudes 143 and 154 degrees east of the Universal Prime Meridian (formerly known as the Greenwich ..
Geography of New York Harbor
Major New York City waterways: 1. Hudson River, 2. East River, 3. Long Island Sound, 4. Newark Bay, 5. Upper New York Bay, 6. Lower New York Bay, 7. Jamaica Bay, 8. Atlantic Ocean This article provides an index of natural geographic features of the extended area of New York Harbor. The area o..
Geography of New Zealand
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Geography of Nicaragua
Shaded relief map of Nicaragua Political map of Nicaragua Satellite image of Nicaragua in March 2003 Economic activity map of Nicaragua, 1979 Land use map of Nicaragua, 1979 Nicaragua is a country in Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Paci..
Geography of Niger
Niger is a landlocked nation in West Africa located along the border between the Sahara and Sub-Saharan regions. Its geographic coordinates are a longitude of 16°N and a latitude off 8°E. Its area is 1.267 million square kilometers, of which 1,266,700km² is land and 300km² water. This makes ..
Geography of Nigeria
Map of Nigeria Location: Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon Geographic coordinates: [10°00′N 8°00′E] Map references: Africa Area: total: 923 768 km² land: 910 768 km² water: 13 000 km² Area - comparative: slightly more than twice ..
Geography of Niue
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Geography of Norrbotten (province)
The geography of Norrbotten covers the area of the Province of Norrbotten (historically the Northern part of Västerbotten province), in the eastern part of Norrbotten County, Sweden. Province of Norrbotten National park: Haparanda Archipelago National Park See also Geography of LapplandGeograp..
Geography of North Carolina
The Geography of North Carolina, a state of the United States, falls naturally into three divisions or sections -- the Appalachian mountains formed mostly by the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains, the Middle or Piedmont Plateau, and the Eastern or Tidewater section, also known as the Coastal Plai..
Geography of North Dakota
North Dakota's Geography consists of three major geographic regions; in the east is the Red River Valley, west of this, the Missouri Plateau. The southwestern part of North Dakota is covered by the Great Plains, accentuated by the Badlands. There is also much in the way of geology and hydrology. N..
Geography of North Korea
Map of North Korea North Korea is located in eastern Asia, on the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. North Korea shares a border with three countries, including China along the Yalu River, Russia along the Tumen River, and South Korea along the DMZ. The Yellow Sea and the Korea Bay are of..
Geography of Norway
right Norway is located in Northern Europe on the western and northern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula, bordering the North Sea in southwest and the Skagerak inlet to the south, the North Atlantic Ocean (Norwegian Sea) in the west and the Barents Sea to the northeast. Norway has a long land..
Geography of Öland
This is a list of the historical districts or härader on the island of Öland, Sweden. Each district was also subdivided into congregations. Provincial Districts AlgutsrumGräsgårdMöcklebyRunstenSlättboÅkerbo See also Geography of SmalandiaProvinces of SwedenList of islands of Sweden ..
Geography of Oman
Oman is a country situated in Southwest Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, and Persian Gulf, between Yemen and United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is considered one of the fifteen states that comprise the so-called "Cradle of Humanity." Contents 1 Location2 Geographical regions..
Geography of Ostrobothnia
Due to the fact that the whole Ostrobothnia is actually ice age (Weichsel glaciation) seabed, its topography is flat with few hills, and characterized by South-East to North-West running rivers, which were formed by waters at the end of the glaciation. The bedrock in the area, where exposed, featur..
Geography of Pakistan
Pakistan geologically overlaps onto both South Asia and the Eurasian landplate. The provinces of Sind and Punjab are found in the northwestern corner of the Indian tectonic plate, while Balochistan and most of the North West Frontier Province exist on the Eurasian Plate tectonic plate, and on the..
Geography of Palau
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Geography of Panama
Map of Panama Panama is a country located in Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Colombia and Costa Rica. Panama is located on the narrowest and lowest part of the Isthmus of Panama that links North America and South America. This S-shaped pa..
Geography of Papua New Guinea
The geography of Papua New Guinea describes the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, the islands of New Ireland, New Britain and Bougainville, and smaller nearby islands. Together these make up the nation of Papua New Guinea in tropical Oceania, located at approximately [6°00′S 147°..
Geography of Paraguay
Shaded relief map of Paraguay Satellite image of Paraguay in January 2003 Political map of Paraguay Paraguay is a landlocked country situated in South America, northeast of Argentina, between Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil. Although landlocked, Paraguay is bordered and criss-cros..
Geography of Peru
Geography of Peru Continent Americas Region South America Coordinates 10°00′ S 76°00′ W (See: Extreme points of Peru) Area Ranked 19º1 285 220 km² miles²% land% water Coastline 2,414 km ( miles) Borders Total land borders:5 536 kmBolivia:900 km Brazil:1 5..
Geography of Poland
Administrative map of Poland Shaded relief map of Poland, 2000 Satellite photo of Poland taken from Landsat7 Topography Hypsometry Poland is a country in Central Europe, east of Germany. Generally speaking, Poland is an unbroken plain reaching from the Baltic Sea in th..
Geography of Portugal
Hot, dry conditions sparked dozens of devastating wildfires in southern and central Portugal and central Spain in the summer of 2003. By the time this image was taken on January 19, 2004, the scars had begun to fade in areas, though the scars in Central Portugal and across the border in Spain are..
Geography of Puerto Rico
Geography of Puerto Rico Continent Americas Region CaribbeanGreater Antilles Coordinates 18°15'N 66°30' W Area Ranked 169th9,104 km²3,515.07 miles²98.41% land1.59% water Coastline 501 km (311.3 miles) Borders Total land borders:0 km (0 miles) Highest point C..
Geography of Qatar
A massive sandstorm sweeping over the Persian Gulf state of Qatar as it races southward toward southeastern Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on February 15, 2004 Qatar is a peninsula in the east of Arabia, bordering the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia, in a strategic location near m..
Geography of Quebec
Quebec, Canada's largest province, occupies a vast territory (nearly three times the size of France), most of which is very sparsely populated. More than 90 percent of Quebec's area lies within the Canadian Shield, and includes the greater part of the Labrador peninsula. The addition of parts of ..
Geography of Réunion
Location: Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar Geographic coordinates: [21°06′S 55°36′E] Map references: World Area: total: 2,512 km² land: 2,502 km² water: 10 km² Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Rhode Island Land boundaries: 0 km Coast..
Geography of Romania
Map of Romania Administrative map of Romania Transylvania is green, Wallachia blue, the Moldavian region red, and Dobrogea yellow Satellite map of the Carpathians Romania extends inland halfway across the Balkan Peninsula and covering a large elliptical area of 237,499 square kilo..
Geography of Rosario
This article is about the geography and urban structure of Rosario, which is the largest city of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, and the third most populous in the country, after Córdoba and Buenos Aires. It is located about 300 km north of Buenos Aires, on the Western shore of the Paraná ..
Geography of Russia
Map of Russia. Russia is a country located in Europe and in North Asia. The European part of the country includes the territories to the west of the Ural Mountains. Russia is the largest country in the world in terms of area, but is unfavorably located in relation to major sea lanes of the ..
Geography of Rwanda
Satellite image of Rwanda Rwanda's countryside is covered by grasslands and small farms extending over rolling hills, with areas of rugged mountains that extend southeast from a chain of volcanoes in the northwest. The divide between the Congo and Nile drainage systems extends from north to..
Geography of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
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Geography of Saint Helena
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Geography of Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Geography of Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia - NASA NLT Landsat 7 (Visible Color) Satellite Image St. Lucia is one of many small land masses composing the insular group known as the Windward Islands. Unlike large limestone areas such as Florida, Cuba, and the Yucatan Peninsula, or the Bahamas, which is a small island group ..
Geography of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Geography of Salt Lake City
Photo taken by NASA of Salt Lake City, Utah. North is to the left of the photo. Salt Lake City is located in a large valley, the Salt Lake Valley, separated by the Wasatch Mountains to the east and the Oquirrh Mountains to the west. Salt Lake City is located at 40°45'17" North, 111°53'33" W..
Geography of Samoa
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Geography of San Marino
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Geography of São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe is a small nation composed of an archipelago located in the Gulf of Guinea of equatorial Atlantic Ocean. The nation's main islands are São Tomé and Príncipe, for which the country is named. These are located about 300 and 250 km (200 and 150 mi), respectively, off the..
Geography of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is a country situated in Southwest Asia, largest country of Arabia, bordering the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, north of Yemen. It is considered one of the fifteen states that comprise the so-called "Cradle of Humanity." Its extensive coastlines on the Persian Gulf and Red Sea pr..
Geography of Scotland
Although Scotland is a relatively small country, with a land area of 78 772 km², its geography is highly varied, from the rural lowlands, to the barren highlands, and from large cities to uninhabited islands. Contents 1 Location and Context2 Physical Geography2.1 Geolo..
Geography of Senegal
thumb Senegal is a coastal West African nation located 14 degrees north of the Equator and 14 degrees west of the Prime Meridian. The country's total area is 196,190 km,² of which 192,000 km² is land and 4,190 km² is water, making the nation slightly smaller than Britain or the U.S. state..
Geography of Serbia
This article is part of the series: Republic of Serbia History*of Serbia*of Vojvodina*of KosovoPolitics*of Serbia*of Vojvodina*of KosovoPresident*Boris TadićPrime Minister*Vojislav KoštunicaGovernmentNational AssemblyPolitical partiesElectionsForeign relationsSubdivisions*Regions*Districts..
Geography of Serbia and Montenegro
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Geography of Seychelles
Map of Seychelles Map of Africa showing the location of Seychelles The Seychelles is a small island nation located in the Indian Ocean northeast of Madagascar and about 1,600 km (1,000 miles east of Kenya The nation is an archipelago of 115 tropical islands, some granite and some of cor..
Geography of Sheffield
Sheffield is the most geographically diverse city in England[#endnote_GEO]. The city nestles in a natural amphitheatre created by seven hills and the confluence of five rivers: Don, Sheaf, Rivelin, Loxley and Porter. As such, much of the city is built on hillsides, with views into the cit..
Geography of Sierra Leone
Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Liberia Geographic coordinates: [8°30′N 11°30′W] Map references: Africa Area: Total: 71,740 km²; Land: 71,620 km²; Water: 120 km²; Area - comparative: Slightly smaller than South Carolina L..
Geography of Slovakia
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Geography of Slovenia
Slovenia is situated in Central Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean . The Alps — including the Julian Alps, the Kamnik-Savinja Alps and the Karavanke chain, as well as the Pohorje — dominate Northern Slovenia along its long border to Austria. Slovenia's Adriatic coas..
Geography of Somalia
Map of Somalia including the self-proclaimed boundary of Somaliland Geography of Somalia - Africa's easternmost country, Somalia has a land area of 637,540 square kilometers, slightly less than that of the state of Texas. Somalia occupies the tip of a region commonly referred to as the Horn..
Geography of South Africa
Southern Africa seen from Aqua and Terra satellites. South Africa occupies the southern tip of Africa, its long coastline stretching more than 2,500 kilometres (1,553 miles) from the desert border with Namibia on the Atlantic coast southwards around the tip of Africa and then north to the b..
Geography of South America
Geographically, South America is generally considered a continent forming the southern portion of the American landmass, south and east of the Panama Canal transecting the Isthmus of Panama. Depending on source, South and North America are sometimes considered a single continent or supercontinent..
Geography of South Korea
Map of South Korea South Korea is located in Eastern Asia, on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula jutting out from the far east of the Asian land mass. Being on a peninsula, the only bordering country is North Korea to the north with 238 km of border running along the DMZ. South Korea i..
Geography of Spain
Geography of Spain Continent Europe Region Southern EuropeIberian Peninsula Coordinates 40°00'N 4°00' W Area Ranked 50th504,782 km²194,897.42 miles²98.96% land1.04% water Coastline 4964 km (1916.61 miles) Borders Total land borders:1917.8 km (1191.67 miles) Portugal..
Geography of Sri Lanka
Map of Sri Lanka Map of Asia showing the location of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka is an island in the Indian Ocean, located in Southern Asia, southeast of India, in a strategic location near major Indian Ocean sea lanes. It has a total area of 65,610 km², with 64,740 km² of land and 870 ..
Geography of St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is located at [38°38′53″N, 90°12′44″W] (38.648056, -90.212222).[Geographic references#1GR1] The city is built primarily on bluffs and terraces that rise 100-200 feet above the western banks of the Mississippi River, just south of the Missouri-Mississippi c..
Geography of Stockholm
The City of Stockholm is situated on fourteen islands and on the banks to the archipelago where Lake Mälaren meets the Baltic Sea. The city centre is virtually situated on the water. Contents 1 Islands2 Places3 Divisions4 Coordinates5 See also Islands BeckholmenDju..
Geography of Sudan
Map of Sudan Sudan is located in northeastern Africa. It borders the Red Sea between Egypt on the north and Eritrea and Ethiopia on the southeast; it borders Chad and the Central African Republic on the west. It is the largest country in Africa. Geographic coordinates: [15°00′N 30°..
Geography of Suriname
Contents 1 Location1.1 Area1.2 Land boundaries:1.3 Maritime claims2 Climate and Terrain2.1 Climate2.2 Terrain2.2.1 Elevation extremes2.3 Natural resources2.4 Land use2.4.1 Irrigated land2.4.2 Natural hazards3 Environment3.5 Cur..
Geography of Svalbard
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Geography of Swaziland
Satellite image Swaziland is a country in Southern Africa, lying between Mozambique and South Africa. Geographic coordinates: [26°30′S 31°30′E] Map references: Africa Area: total: 17,363 km² land: 17,203 km² water: 160 km² Area - comparative: slightly smaller than New..
Geography of Sweden
Contents 1 Location2 Lands of Sweden3 Historical lands of Sweden3.1 See also4 Counties5 Cities6 Municipalities7 Area8 Land boundaries9 Maritime claims10 Elevation extremes11 Railways12 Natural resources13 Land use14 Natu..
Geography of Switzerland
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Geography of Syria
Syria Detailed map of Syria Continent Asia Region Southwest Asia Coordinates [35°00′N 38°00′E] Area Ranked 87185,180 km includes 1,295 km² of Israeli-occupied territory miles²99.4% land.6% water Coastline 193 km; / miles² Borders 2,253 km Iraq 605 km, Isra..
Geography of Taiwan
Demographics - Economy - Education - Languages - Military - Politics - Transportation Culture Arts - Cinema - Currency - Dance - Funeral - Historic sites - Literature - Religions - Theater Geography Environmental conservation Hot springs History Pre-history Dutch and Spanish settle..
Geography of Tajikistan
Map of Tajikistan At 39'40' northern latitude and 71'14' eastern longitude, Tajikistan is nestled between Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan to the north and west, China to the east, and Afghanistan to the south. Mountains cover 93 percent of Tajikistan's surface area. The two principal ranges, the P..
Geography of Tanzania
Tanzania's geography is one of the most varied and unique in the world; it contains Africa's highest and lowest points, and contains lakes, mountains and many nature reserves. The north-east of Tanzania is mountainous, and includes Mount Meru and Mount Kilimanjaro, both of which are active volcano..
Geography of Tasmania
Tasmania map The geography of Tasmania is rugged and varied. Tasmania is an island of temperate climate, so similar in some ways to pre-industrial England that it was referred to by some English colonists as "a Southern England". The bigger settlements are however located in regions where the ..
Geography of Texas
The geography of Texas covers a wide and far reaching scope. Occuping about 7 percent of the total water and land area of the U.S., it is the second largest state after Alaska, and is the southernmost part of the Great Plains, which ends in the south against the folded Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexi..
Geography of Thailand
Thailand's 514,000 square kilometers lie in the middle of mainland Southeast Asia. The nation's axial position influenced many aspects of Thailand's society and culture—it controls the only land route from Asia to Malaysia and Singapore. Contents 1 Geographic coordinates2 Histor..
Geography of the Alps
The Alps cover a large area. This article describes the delimitation of the Alps as a whole and of subdivisions of the range, follows the course of the main chain of the Alps and discusses the lakes and glaciers found in the region. Contents 1 Delimitation2 Subdivision2.0.1 Easte..
Geography of the Bahamas
The Bahamas from space The Bahamas are a group of about 700 atolls and cays in the western Atlantic Ocean, of which only between 30 and 40 are inhabited. The largest of the islands is Andros Island, located 120 miles south-east of Florida. The Bimini islands are to its northwest. To the North ..
Geography of the British Virgin Islands
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Geography of the Cayman Islands
Geography of the Cayman Islands Continent — Region Central AmericaCaribbean Sea Coordinates 19°30'N, 80°30'W Area Ranked 186th259 km²101.2 miles²100% land0% water Coastline 160 km (99.42 miles) Borders Total land borders:0 km (0 miles) Highest point Th..
Geography of the Central African Republic
Map Of Central African Republic Location: Central Africa, north of Democratic Republic of the Congo Geographic coordinates: [7° N 21° E] Map references: Africa Area: total: 622,984 km² land: 622,984 km² water: 0 km² Area - comparative: slightly smalle..
Geography of the Cook Islands
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Geography of the Czech Republic
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Geography of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo includes the greater part of the Congo River Basin, which covers an area of almost 1 million square kilometers (400,000 sq. mi.). The country's only outlet to the Atlantic Ocean is a narrow strip of land on the north bank of the Congo River. The vast, low-l..
Geography of the Dominican Republic
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Geography of the European Union
Life in the European Union CitizenshipCultureDemographicsEconomyEducationEnlargementForeignrelations GeographyHistoryLanguagesMilitaryPoliticsSportStatistics The 25 member states of the European Union occupy most of Western Europe and parts of Central and Eastern Europe. For the geography..
Geography of the Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands are an island group off the coast of Northern Europe, between the Norwegian Sea and the north Atlantic Ocean, about one-half of the way from Iceland to Norway. Its coordinates are [62° N 7° W]. It is 1,399 square kilometres in area, and includes no major la..
Geography of the Federated States of Micronesia
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Geography of the Gambia
Map of The Gambia The Gambia is a very small and narrow country with the border based on the Gambia River. The country is less than 48km wide at its greatest width. The country's present boundaries were defined in 1889 after an agreement between the United Kingdom and France. Apart from its..
Geography of the Interior United States
Physiographic regions of the U.S. InteriorSee:legend For purposes of description, the physical geography of the United States is split into several major physiographic divisions, three of which being the Laurentian Highlands, Interior Highlands and the Interior Plains (see subdivisions 1 and 11-15..
Geography of the Isle of Man
Map of the Isle of Man Satellite image The Isle of Man is an island in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland in Western Europe, with a population of over 75 000. It has a small islet, the Calf of Man, to its south. It is located at [54°15′N 4°30′W]. Contents ..
Geography of the Maldives
300px Maldives is a country of South Asia, situated in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India. It consists of approximately 1,196 coral islands grouped in a double chain of 27 atolls, spread over roughly 90,000 square kilometers, making this one of the most disparate countries in the world..
Geography of the Marshall Islands
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Geography of the Netherlands
The Geography of the Netherlands makes the Netherlands one of the most unique countries on Earth. This is due to the fact that much of its land was reclaimed from the sea and is below sea level, protected by dikes. thumb Contents 1 See also2 External links2.1 Maps2.2 S..
Geography of the Netherlands Antilles
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Geography of the Palestinian territories
Geography of the Palestinian territories West Bank Location: Middle East, west of Jordan Geographic coordinates: [32°00′N 35°15′E] Map references: Middle East Area: total: 5,860 km² land: 5,640 km² water: 220 km² note: includes West Bank, Latrun Salient, and the northwest qua..
Geography of the Philippines
Map of the physical geography of the Philippines. The Philippines is an archipelago of 7,107 islands with a total land area of 300,000 km². The 11 largest islands contain 94% of the total land area. The largest of these islands is Luzon at about 105,000 km². The next largest island is Mindanao a..
Geography of the Pitcairn Islands
Map of Pitcairn Islands. Source:CIA World Factbook The Pitcairn Islands consist of five islands: Pitcairn Island, Sandy Island, Oeno Island, Henderson Island and Ducie Island: Pitcairn Islands as a group of islands ([25°04′00″S, 130°05′00″W]) Pitcairn Island (main island) (..
Geography of the Republic of Ireland
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Geography of the Republic of Macedonia
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Geography of the Republic of the Congo
Location: Western Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and Gabon Geographic coordinates: [1°00′S 15°00′E] Map references: Africa Area: total: 342,000 km² land: 341,500 km² water: 500 km² Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Montana Land bou..
Geography of the Solomon Islands
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Geography of the Soviet Union
Workers in a field in the Kazakh SSR in the 1960s The Soviet Union was located in the middle and northern latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, and was on the whole was much closer to the North Pole than to the equator. Individual country comparisons are of little value in gauging the enorm..
Geography of the Turks and Caicos Islands
The Turks and Caicos Islands lie in the Caribbean, southeast of the Bahamas and north of Haiti. Bay CayBelle IsleBig Ambergris CayBig Cameron CayBig Sand CayBird IslandBlue Hills IslandBooby IslandBreeches IslandBush CayConch CayDellis CayDikish CayDonna CayEast CaicosEast CayFish CaysFive CaysFor..
Geography of the United Arab Emirates
Map of United Arab Emirates Emirates of the UAE The United Arab Emirates is situated in Southwest Asia, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia; it is in a strategic location along southern approaches to the Strait of Hormuz, a vital transit poi..
Geography of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom occupies a substantial part of the British Isles. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or UK, is in Western Europe. It comprises the island of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and the northeastern one-sixth of the island of Ireland (Northern I..
Geography of the United States
Geography of the United States Area Total 9,629,091 km² 3,717,813 sq. mi Land 9,158,960 km² 3,536,294 sq. mi Water 470,131 km² 181,519 sq. mi Latitude 38°0' N Longitude 97°0'W Borders Canada 8,893 km 5,526 miles Mexico 3,326 km 2,067 miles Coastlines 19,924 km 12,380 miles Maritim..
Geography of the United States Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic regions of the U.S. Interior. (See legend) For purposes of description, the physical geography of the United States is split into several major physiographic divisions, one being the Pacific Mountain System. Please refer to the Geography of the United States for the other areas. C..
Geography of the United States Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic regions of the U.S. InteriorSee:legend For purposes of description, the physical geography of the United States is split into several major physiographic divisions, one being the Rocky Mountain System. Please refer to the Geography of the United States for the other areas. Rocky Mou..
Geography of the United States Virgin Islands
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Geography of the Vatican City
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Geography of the Western United States
Physiographic regions of the U.S. InteriorSee:legend The Geography of the Western United States is split into three major physiographic divisions: the Rocky Mountain System (areas 16-19 on map),the Intermontane Plateaus (20-22), andthe Pacific Mountain System (23-25). See also Geography of the Uni..
Geography of the Yukon
A map of Yukon The Yukon Territory is in the northwestern corner of Canada. The sparsely populated territory abounds with natural scenic beauty, with snowmelt lakes and perennial whitecapped mountains, including many of Canada's highest mountains. Although the climate is arctic and subarctic a..
Geography of Tibet
This article concerns the geography of Historic Tibet, which includes, but is not the same as the present-day Tibet Autonomous Region. The Tibetan plateau lies between the Himalayan range to the south and the Taklamakan plain to the north Tibet is a region of central Asia. It is often called..
Geography of Togo
thumb Togo is a small Sub-Saharan nation compising a long strip of land in West Africa. Togo's geographic coordinates are a latitude of 8° north and a longitude of 1°10′ east. It is bordered by three countries: Benin to the east, with 644 km of border; Burkina Faso to the north, wi..
Geography of Tonga
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Geography of Trinidad and Tobago
Map of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic republic consisting of 23 islands in the southern Caribbean between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela. They are the southernmost islands of the Lesser Antilles, located close to the South Amer..
Geography of Tunisia
Location: Tunisia is located in Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya Geographic coordinates: [34°00′N 9°00′E] Area: total: 163,610 km² land: 155,360 km² water: 8,250 km² Land boundaries: total: 1,424 km border countries: Algeria ..
Geography of Turkey
-->Turkey is situated in Anatolia and Southeastern Europe (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosphorus is geographically part of Europe, and Anatolia is part of Southwestern Asia), bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, betwee..
Geography of Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan is a landlocked country of Central Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Kazakhstan. It is the southernmost republic of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the loose federation created at the end of 1991 by most of the post-Soviet states. Its longest border is w..
Geography of Tuvalu
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Geography of Uganda
Uganda is located Eastern Africa, west of Kenya and east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is in the heart of the Great Lakes region, and is surrounded by three of them, Lake Edward, Lake Albert, and Lake Victoria. While much of its border is lakeshore, Uganda is landlocked with no ac..
Geography of Ukraine
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Geography of Uruguay
right Map of Uruguay Shaded relief map of Uruguay Political map of Uruguay Uruguay is a country in Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil. Uruguay is located in the Southern Hemisphere on the Atlantic seaboard of South America..
Geography of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh is India's fifth largest state, located in the north-western part of the country. It spreads over a large area, and the plains of the state are quite distinctly different to the high mountains in the north. The climate of Uttar Pradesh can also vary widely, with temperatures as high as..
Geography of Uzbekistan
Map of Uzbekistan Uzbekistan is a country of Central Asia, located north of Afghanistan. With an area of 447,000 square kilometers (approximately the size of France or California), Uzbekistan stretches 1,425 kilometers from west to east and 930 kilometers from north to south. Bordering Turkm..
Geography of Vanuatu
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Geography of Västerbotten
The geography of Västerbotten covers the area of the Province of Västerbotten, in the eastern part of Västerbotten County, Sweden. Province of Västerbotten, in Västerbotten County Highest mountain: Åmliden 550 metersLargest lake: Bygdeträsket See also Geography of LapplandGeography of N..
Geography of Venezuela
Shaded relief map of Venezuela Political map of Venezuela Economic activity map of Venezuela, 1972 Vegetation map of Venezuela, 1972 Petroleum map of Venezuela, 1972 Venezuela is a country in Northern South America, and part of Caribbean South America, bordering the C..
Geography of Vietnam
For historical geography of Vietnam, see History of Vietnam. regions Vietnam is located in the southeastern extremity of the Indochinese peninsula and occupies about 331,688 square kilometers, of which about 25 % was under cultivation in 1987. It borders the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin,..
Geography of Vojvodina
Vojvodina is located in the Pannonian plain (a region of central Europe). It shares borders with Romania in the east, Hungary in the north, Croatia in the west, and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the southwest. The southern border is administrative line to Central Serbia. Contents 1 Geo..
Geography of Wales
Map of Wales Wales is located on a peninsula in central-west Great Britain. The entire area of Wales is about 20,779 km² (8,023 square miles). It is about 274 km (170 miles) long and 97 km (60 miles) wide. Wales borders England to the east and the sea in the oth..
Geography of Washington, D.C.
Map showing Washington, D.C.'s location in relation to the surrounding states of Maryland and Virginia Washington, D.C. is located at [38°53′42″N, 77°02′11″W] (the coordinates of the Zero Milestone, on The Ellipse). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city h..
Geography of Western Sahara
thumb Geography of Western Sahara Location: Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, Morocco proper, Algeria (Tindouf region), and Mauritania. Coastline: 1,110 km; land boundaries: 2,046 km. Geographic coordinates: [24°30′N 13°00′W] Area: total: 266,000 km² la..
Geography of West Bengal
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