Watercraft

The Suez Canal is a 193km long waterway in Egypt which connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, allowing ship traffic to pass between Asia and Europe without having to travel all the way around Africa. The narrow width…

The Three Gorges Dam spans the Yangtze River in China and is the largest power generating plant in the world. While much of China's vast countryside is only covered by low-res imagery, Google recently released new high-res images of the…

The Rideau Canal is a World Heritage Site waterway which connects Canada's capital Ottawa to the city of Kingston on Lake Ontario. The route consists of a combination of several lakes, numerous rivers and dams, and 19km of man-made canals,…

The 156th annual Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Clubs will take place this Saturday, April 3rd, on the River Thames in London. The first Boat Race between the two rowing clubs took place in 1829, followed by…

We took a look at the world of huge cruise ships early in 2008. However, the recent launch of Royal Caribbean's MS Oasis of the Seas is changing the world of cruising. This 360m long, 72m high behemoth weighing 220,000…

New writer: Keith Tyler Keith is a Software QA Engineer based near Seattle, and is originally from Boston. He's a veteran geocacher, and a prolific submitter of Google Maps sights on VirtualGlobetrotting.com. The rocky East Coast of North America is…