World mapping 2

01 Kilauea 

Volcano

The Kilauea volcano erupted recently. It is the youngest and most active shield volcano, located 

on the southern part of the Island of Hawai'i, known as Big Island. It has a large summit caldera 

with a central crater.

02 Al-Hakim 

mosque

Indian Prime Minister visited the 11th Century Al-Hakim mosque. It is located in Cairo, Egypt. It 

is named after Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, the Fatimid caliph. The mosque was inscribed as a UNESCO 

World Heritage Site in 1979.

03 Chhukha hydro 

project

India agreed to an upward revision of tariff of the Chhukha hydroelectric project. It is a run-of-

the-river project, located in the south-western part of Bhutan.

04 Mayon volcano Mayon volcano has erupted recently. It is an active volcano in southeastern Luzon, Philippines. It 

is called the world’s most perfect volcanic cone because of the symmetry of its shape.

05 Fraser island The government of the Australian has changed the name of Fraser Island to its traditional name 

K'gari. It is located on the southeast coast of Queensland, Australia, separated from the mainland 

and the port of Maryborough by Hervey Bay and Great Sandy Strait. It is the largest sandy island 

in the world. The island belongs to Butchulla people, who are also the guardians of the land.

06 Anak Krakatau 

volcano

Anak Krakatau volcano has erupted recently. It is located in Indonesia’s Sunda Strait between the 

main Java and Sumatra islands. 

07 Diego Garcia 

Island

It is a coral atoll, the largest and southernmost member of Chagos Archipelago, in Indian Ocean. 

It is a part of the British Indian Ocean Territory and discovered by the Portuguese in the early 

16th century.

08 Kafue National 

Park

Kafue National Park is witnessing a remarkable resurgence in its lion and leopard populations. It 

is the largest national park in Zambia. It is named for the Kafue River.

09 Signy Island Eretmopteramurphyi (tiny insect) has been altering the soil composition on Signy Island. It is a 

small subantarctic island in the Antarctica. The flora of the island is cryptogams i.e. plants 

reproduce via spores rather than seeds. And the island has only two flowering plant Antarctic 

hairgrass and Antarctic pearlwort.

10 Belize The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Belize as a malaria-free country. It is located 

on the northeast coast of Central America and south of the Yucatan Peninsula. Along the coast 

of this country, there is Belize Barrier Reef which is the 2nd-largest barrier reef in the world after 

the Great Barrier Reef