5th July 2016

How did the city of Montreal get its name?

Montreal is an island city on the Saint Lawrence River in Canada. The city was first named by European settlers as Ville Marie. However, the city is now named after one of the famous geographical features of the island, a hill consisting of three peaks named Mount Royal. It is situated at a height of 232 m above sea level.

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9th June 2016

The country with the lowest elevation point

The Maldives, located in the Indian Ocean, is the country with the lowest elevation point. The Maldives is an archipelago of 1,192 small coral islands grouped into 26 atolls. Only 200 of these islands are inhabited. All these islands are low-lying, none rising higher than 2.4 metres (about 8 feet) above sea level.

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