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Kiruna is located in the north of Sweden, 145 kilometres (90 mi) north of the Arctic Circle. The city centre is built on the Haukavaara hill at an altitude of 530 m, high above the Torne river to the north and the Kalix River to the south. Other parts of the town are Lombolo and Tuolluvaara. Near Kiruna are the mountains Kiirunavaara and ...
Archaeological sites in Asia by period (3 C)-Archaeological sites in Central Asia (8 C, 1 P) Archaeological sites in Southeast Asia (10 C) /
In medieval T and O maps, Asia makes for half the world's landmass, with Africa and Europe accounting for a quarter each. With the High Middle Ages, Southwest and Central Asia receive better resolution in Muslim geography, and the 11th century map by Mahmud al-Kashgari is the first world map drawn from a Central Asian point of view.
Archaeological sites in Asia by country. This is a container category. Due to its scope, ... Archaeological sites in the United Arab Emirates (4 C, 25 P)
Archaeology of Asia by region (8 C) + Archaeology of Korea (4 C, 9 P) C. Archaeological cultures of Asia (15 C, 3 P) D. Archaeological discoveries in Asia (26 C, 12 P) I.
Archaeological sites in Asia by country (49 C) A. Archaeology of Afghanistan (3 C, 4 P) Archaeology of Armenia (3 C, 9 P) Archaeology of Azerbaijan (3 C, 6 P) B.
These varying definitions are not generally reflected in the map of Asia as a whole; for example, Egypt is typically included in the Middle East, but not in Asia, even though the bulk of the Middle East is in Asia. The demarcation between Asia and Africa is the Suez Canal, the Gulf of Suez, the Red Sea, and the Bab-el-Mandeb.
South Asia is bounded on the south by the Indian Ocean and on land (clockwise, from west) by West Asia, Central Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. The Riwat site in Pakistan contains a few artifacts – a core and two flakes – that might date human activity there to 1.9 million years ago, but these dates are still controversial. [31]