Overview and biographical facts on the life of Vasco de Balboa, the first European to lead an expedition to reach the Pacific Ocean from the New World.

Learn about storms and cyclones with this website. Understand how storms are classified and predicted. Also learn about tropical cyclones which are revolving storms that occur in the Southwest Pacific and Indian Ocean. Site focuses on...

Learn about the world's five great oceans: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic on this site.

Learn about the five oceans of the Earth, life in the oceans, and why oceans are salty.

Identify the world's oceans through this interactive quiz.

Information on the Ring of Fire, what caused it, where it is located, and the active volcanoes.

Kids learn about the Clownfish, orange and white famous coral reef fish from Finding Nemo.

A brief biography of the life of Vasco Nunez de Balboa.

A biography of the life of explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa.

Kids learn about the Gold Poison Dart Frog, poisonous amphibians from South America.

Kids learn about the Lionfish, beautiful but poisonous reef fish with stripes.

La Nina is characterized by unusually cold ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific, as compared to El Nino, which is characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific. Find more general info, Forecasts,...

Geographic information systems (GIS), once used predominantly by experts in cartography and computer programming, have become pervasive in everyday business and consumer use. This unit explores GIS in general as a technology about which...

A map from 1912 showing the various drainage basins across the Asian region. This map is color-coded to show watersheds draining to the Pacific Ocean in pink, to the Indian Ocean in green, to the Arctic Ocean in purple and inland basins...

A map from 1916 showing the various drainage basins across the Asian region. This map is keyed to show watersheds draining to the Bering Sea, Sea of Okhotsk, Sea of Japan, South China Sea, and Pacific Ocean, watersheds draining to the...

This portion of Fort Shafter housed the headquarters of the commanding general and his staff, U.S. Army forces, Pacific Ocean Areas, during World War II. By 1944 this command was responsible for the supply and administration of all U.S....

A map exercise from 1872 for drawing North America. The map shows the general outline of the coasts, major waters and rivers, and a vertical profile cross-section of the continent from the San Francisco Bay area to Cape Hatteras....

"Kamchatka, a peninsula comparable in size to Japan, is washed by the Pacific Ocean and the Bering and Okhotskoe Seas." This site provides good geographical information about Eurasia with clickable links for maps and more related pages.

"Kamchatka, a peninsula comparable in size to Japan, is washed by the Pacific Ocean and the Bering and Okhotskoe Seas." This site provides good geographical information about Eurasia with clickable links for maps and more related pages.

"Kamchatka, a peninsula comparable in size to Japan, is washed by the Pacific Ocean and the Bering and Okhotskoe Seas." This site provides good geographical information about Eurasia with clickable links for maps and more related pages.

A facsimile of an early map (1651) showing the discoveries of Sir Francis Drake in North America, including the coastline of Ould Virginia and Maryland, the Bay of Checepiake (Chesapeake Bay), Lord Delaware Bay, Cape Hatteras and Cape...

A map from 1898 showing the heat belts in North America. The map gives the boundary isotherms of the hot belt as a mean temperature of 70 degrees Fahrenheit and the cold belt as a mean temperature of 30 degrees Fahrenheit, indicating the...

A map of South America from 1901 showing the political boundaries of the time. The map shows capitals, major cities, ports, railroads, rivers, and coastal features. An inset map shows the Isthmus of Panama with the railroad from the...

A sketch map from 1899 of the Philippine Islands, showing the position of the island group between the South China Sea, Pacific Ocean, Sulu Sea, and Celebes Sea. The map shows the city of Zamboanga on Mindanao, and the railways and...