English

Noun

landmarks

1. Plural of landmark

Originally, a landmark literally meant a geographic feature used by explorers and others to find their way back or through an area.

In modern usage, it includes anything that is easily recognizable, such as a monument, building, or other structure. In American English it is the main term used to designate places that might be of interest to tourists due to notable physical features or historical significance. Landmarks in the British English sense are often used for casual navigation, such as giving directions. This is done in American English as well.

A variant is a seamark or daymark, a structure usually built intentionally to aid sailors navigating featureless coasts. An example is the tower at Walton-on-the-Naze in England.

Links to landmarks around the world

Landmarks may be split into two categories: natural phenomena (physical features such as waterfalls and mountains) and man-made features, like buildings, bridges, statues, public squares, and so forth.

Natural phenomena include:

• Cotton Tree, Freetown, Sierra Leone flagicon Sierra Leone
• Uluru, Northern Territory, Australia flagicon Australia
• Stone Mountain, Atlanta, Georgia, USA flagicon United States
• Giants Causeway, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom flagicon Northern Ireland
• Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa flagicon South Africa
• Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Queensland, Australia flagicon Australia
• Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA flagicon United States
• Niagara Falls, Ontario/New York, Canada/USA flagicon Canada/flagicon United States
• Victoria Falls, Zambia/Zimbabwe flagicon Zambia/flagicon Zimbabwe
• Angel Falls, Canaima National Park, Gran Sabana, Bolivar State, Venezuela flagicon Venezuela
• Mount Everest, Himalayas, Nepal/China flagicon Nepal/flagicon China

Landmarks in the man-made group include:

Africa

• Great Pyramids, Cairo, Egypt flagicon Egypt

Asia

• Baalbek, Baalbeck, Lebanon flagicon Lebanon
• Persepolis, Fars, Iran flagicon Iran
• Azadi Tower, Tehran, Iran flagicon Iran
• Taj Mahal, Agra, India flagicon India
• Gateway of India, Mumbai, India flagicon India
• Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai, China flagicon China
• The Great Wall of China, Beijing, China flagicon China
• Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong flagicon Hong Kong
• 63 Building/N Seoul Tower, Seoul, South Korea flagicon South Korea
• Tokyo Tower, Tokyo, Japan flagicon Japan
• Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand flagicon Thailand
• Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia flagicon Malaysia
• Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan flagicon Taiwan
• Sigiriya Fortress, Sigiriya, Sri Lanka flagicon Sri Lanka
• Burj Al Arab, Dubai, UAE flagicon UAE
• Petra, Arabah, Aqaba Governorate, Jordanflagicon Jordan
• Western Wall, Jerusalem, Israel flagicon Israel

Australasia

• Sydney Opera House, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia flagicon Australia
• Harbour Bridge, Sydney, New South Wales Australia flagicon Australia
• Q1 Tower, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia flagicon Australia
• Eureka Tower, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia flagicon Australia
• Parliament house, Canberra, Australia flagicon Australia
• Sky Tower, Auckland, New Zealand flagicon New Zealand

Europe

• The Parthenon, Athens, Greece flagicon Greece
• Eiffel Tower, Paris, France flagicon France
• Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France flagicon France
• The Colosseum, Rome, Italy flagicon Italy
• Leaning Tower of Pisa, Pisa, Italy flagicon Italy
• Big Ben, London, United Kingdom flagicon United Kingdom
• Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom flagicon United Kingdom
• Stonehenge, Wiltshire, United Kingdom flagicon United Kingdom
• London Eye, London, United Kingdom flagicon United Kingdom
• Tower Bridge, London, United Kingdom flagicon United Kingdom
• St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, United Kingdom flagicon United Kingdom
• Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest, Romania flagicon Romania
• Red Square/Saint Basil's Cathedral, Moscow, Russia flagicon Russia
• Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany flagicon Germany
• Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany flagicon Germany
• Reichstag Building, Berlin, Germany flagicon Germany
• Sagrada Família, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain flagicon Spain
• St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Rome, Italy flagicon Vatican City

North America

• CN Tower, Toronto, Ontario, Canada flagicon Canada
• Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada flagicon Canada
• Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, USA flagicon United States
• Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, New York City, New York, USA flagicon United States
• Mount Rushmore, North Dakota, USA flagicon United States
• Gateway Arch, St. Louis, Missouri, USA flagicon United States
• Hoover Dam, Colorado River, Arizona\Nevada, USA flagicon United States
• Empire State Building, New York City, New York, USA flagicon United States
• Chichen Itza, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico flagicon Mexico
• White House, Washington, D.C., USA flagicon United States

South America

• Macchu Picchu, Urubamba Valley, Peru flagicon Peru
• Statue of Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil flagicon Brazil

Photographs

CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada flagicon Canada had been the Tallest Building and Freestanding Structure (553.3 m) for over 30 years, and has the highest observation deck. Parliament House in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia flagicon Australia

See also

• Waypoint
• National Historic Landmark
• Tourism