Placenames Beginning With the Letter "J"

Map of England

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Youth Hostels

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Nature & Science News

'No bias' against UK astronauts - UK government opposition to human spaceflight will be no bar to its citizens becoming astronauts, Esa says.

Platypus genetic code unravelled - The genetic blueprint of one of the world's strangest mammals - the duck-billed platypus - is deciphered.

EU's sat-nav pioneer calls home - A demonstrator satellite for the European Galileo system begins transmitting navigation signals back to Earth.

Nasa set to join petaflop elite - Nasa has unveiled a plan to boost its supercomputer power to help plan and model future missions.

Food waste on 'staggering' scale - People are needlessly throwing away 3.6m tonnes of food each year in England and Wales, research suggests.

Cod fall may speed 'toxic tide' - Declining fish stocks could be partially responsible for algal blooms in parts of the oceans, researchers find.

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Ja - Jz

America:

Jewel Cave National Monument

Jimmy Carter National Historic Site

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument

John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park (Florida)

Joshua Tree National Park

Countries:

Jamaica

Jan Mayen

Japan

Jarvis Island

Jersey

Johnston Atoll

Jordan

Juandenova Island

Index:
Placenames Around the World