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Urban view of Monrovia, the capital of Liberia.
Liberia · City or town

Monrovia

Monrovia is the capital of Liberia, located in Montserrado County. These details help identify the city when checking administrative and travel information.

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Historic buildings at Monte Café plantation in São Tomé
São Tomé and Príncipe · City or town

Monte Café

Monte Café, in the interior of São Tomé Island, offers a way to trace coffee from cultivation to processing and to understand how an agricultural roça was organized.

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Place du Casino
Monaco · Place of interest

Monte-Carlo

Monte-Carlo extends eastward at a different elevation from other parts of Monaco. The Casino gardens, between Place du Casino, the Boulingrins and Petite Afrique, offer a pause along the route.

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Montevideo
Uruguay · City or town

Montevideo

Montevideo is Uruguay’s capital and a geographic reference point for locating the country in South America. Spanish is the recorded language, and the Uruguayan peso is the currency.

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Historic stone building in Morija’s cultural precinct, Lesotho.
Lesotho · City or town

Morija

Morija brings together archives, collections and historic buildings in a town also associated with printing, education and Sesotho literature. A leisurely visit can take in the museum and the area around the former mission.

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Geothermal steam among the slopes of the Valley of Desolation in Morne Trois Pitons.
Dominica · Region or area

Morne Trois Pitons National Park

Morne Trois Pitons brings together Dominica’s uplands, humid forest and volcanic features. Options range from the demanding hike to Boiling Lake to the Freshwater and Boeri lakes or a shorter visit to Emerald Pool.

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Moroni
Comoros · City or town

Moroni

Moroni is the capital of Comoros, located on Grande Comore. The article describes it as a base for arranging contacts, cash and accommodation before an early departure to the Karthala massif.

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Morro de Arica
Chile · Place of interest

Morro de Arica

Morro de Arica brings together traces of pre-Hispanic occupation on its slopes and, at the summit, monuments and a museum recalling the 1880 Battle of Arica. Its landscape and history reward a thoughtful visit.

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Moscow
Russia · City or town

Moscow

Moscow is the capital of Russia and a reference point for locating the country. The travel guidance in the available information advises postponing tourist trips to Russia.

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Mount Elgon National Park
Uganda · Region or area

Mount Elgon National Park

Mount Elgon National Park ranges from forest walks to multi-day climbs towards the summits. The article advises postponing tourist travel to Uganda and checking official alerts before making any plans.

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Mount Karthala volcanic caldera beneath clouds on Grande Comore
Comoros · Place of interest

Mount Karthala

Karthala is an active volcano about 2,350 metres high on Grande Comore. Its slopes rise through humid forest and high-altitude vegetation to a large caldera; volcanic activity and conditions on the day determine whether an ascent is advisable.

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Sirimon Route trail through Mount Kenya’s Afro-alpine vegetation.
Kenya · Region or area

Mount Kenya

Mount Kenya is a massif of forests, afro-alpine moorland, lakes and glacial valleys. The Sirimon, Chogoria and Naro Moru routes differ in ascent pace, scenery and logistical needs.

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Sirimon Route trail through Mount Kenya’s Afro-alpine vegetation.
Kenya · Region or area

Mount Kenya National Park

Mount Kenya National Park encompasses a protected mountain landscape associated with forests, afro-alpine moorlands, lakes and glacial valleys. Its routes differ in ascent pace, scenery and logistics.

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Mount Yasur
Vanuatu · Place of interest

Mount Yasur

Mount Yasur is an active volcanic cone on Tanna. Guided visits reach an observation area, but permitted zones can change with volcanic activity; an outing may be postponed or cancelled.

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Moyogalpa
Nicaragua · City or town

Moyogalpa

Moyogalpa, on the Concepción side of Ometepe, commonly serves as an arrival point from the mainland port of San Jorge. It is a useful priority base for simplifying lake crossings.

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Msheireb Museums
Qatar · Place of interest

Msheireb Museums

Msheireb Museums brings together four historic houses in Doha’s former commercial centre. Their exhibitions explore domestic life, urban change, the beginnings of the oil industry, and slavery and its contemporary forms of exploitation.

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Mtkvari River
Georgia · Region or area

Mtkvari River

The Mtkvari is part of the upper-valley landscape where Vardzia and Khertvisi can be understood in relation to the river, the rock and a historic inhabited corridor.

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Brick structure of Candi Gumpung among grass and trees at Muara Jambi.
Indonesia · Place of interest

Muara Jambi

On the banks of the Batanghari, Muara Jambi spans nearly 4,000 hectares of brick structures, archaeological mounds, ponds, canals and present-day villages. This dispersed archaeological landscape rewards a slow visit focused on a few areas.

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