Tokyo is located at latitude 35.6895 and longitude 139.69171. It is part of Asia and the northern hemisphere.

The five continents located in the Southern Hemisphere are Antarctica, Africa, Australia, South America, and Asia….List of Countries Located Completely in the Southern Hemisphere.

Tokyo does not have a nickname in the same sense that New York City has the nickname, the Big Apple. Tokyo can occasionally be referred to by its old name 「 江戸えど 」 when that fits the speaker/writer’s aesthetic purposes.

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tsuki

the Land Down Under

Sheila –slang for “woman”, derived from the Irish girls’ name Síle (IPA: [ʃiːlʲə], anglicised Sheila).

In Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Ireland, the word is pronounced /ˈɒzi/, hence the alternative form Ozzie; however, in the United States, it is most often pronounced /ˈɔːsi/ AW-see. Pronouncing the word with a /s/ is considered by Australians to be a canonically American error.

Terra Australis

Willem Janszoon

It was formed from the 16th century term, Aborigine, which means “original inhabitants”. It derives from the Latin words ‘ab’ (from) and ‘origine’ (origin, beginning). The word was used in Australia to describe the original people of the land as early as 1789.

Instead of inventing a new name to replace it, they took the name Australia from the south polar continent, leaving it nameless for some eighty years. Eventually Antarctica was adopted as the continental name in the 1890s—the first use of the name is attributed to the Scottish cartographer John George Bartholomew.

Antarctica is known for being the highest, driest, coldest and windiest continent on earth. Although there are no native Antarcticans and no permanent residents or citizens of Antarctica, many people do live in Antarctica each year.

Polar bears live in the Arctic, but not Antarctica. Down south in Antarctica you’ll find penguins, seals, whales and all kinds of seabirds, but never polar bears. Even though the north and south polar regions both have lots of snow and ice, polar bears stick to the north. Polar bears don’t live in Antarctica.

Australia is nearly four times as large as Greenland. If they were much closer in area, Greenland might have more of a case for continent status (and Australia for island status).

Greenlandic

How many people live in Greenland? You will find one of the world’s smallest populations in Greenland. Only about 56,500 people live here and most residents were born in Greenland. About 11% of the population comes from Denmark and other countries.

Greenland, the world’s largest island, lying in the North Atlantic Ocean. Greenland is noted for its vast tundra and immense glaciers. Map of Greenland highlighting the major geographic regions and the locations of human settlement. Called Grønland in Danish, an official language of Greenland prior to June 21, 2009.

There are tarmac roads in all towns in Greenland. That is why cars are popular and well used as transportation means, especially in the larger towns such as Nuuk, Sisimiut, Ilulissat and Qaqortoq. In the larger towns, you can go by taxi as well as by bus.

The temperatures vary all year around, and the arctic winter can offer some very fresh days with degrees below zero. The summers are often really nice, with very pleasant temperatures. The air in Greenland is dry, which is why even a few degrees above zero will feel warmer in here, than in the rest of the world.

22 fun facts about Greenland

• The name Greenland means “Land of People” and was discovered by vikings in the 10th century.
• Almost 80 percent of the land mass is covered by an ice cap and glaciers.
• The Ilulissat Icefjord, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the biggest glacier outside of Antarctica.