Wiencke Island lies off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, separated from Anvers Island by the narrow Gerlache Strait. The island is mountainous and heavily glaciated, with steep slopes rising from a rugged coastline of rocky shores, snowfields, and ice. Several sheltered coves provide access for expedition vessels, while the surrounding waters are often dotted with icebergs and sea ice.

Yangshuo lies along the Li River in southern China’s Guangxi region, long known for landscapes that have shaped Chinese art and poetry for centuries.

St Ouen is a rural parish on the northwestern side of Jersey, occupying much of the island’s largest bay and a broad area of open countryside. Its landscape is defined by long beaches, dunes, heathland, fields, and a rugged Atlantic coastline. St Ouen’s Bay stretches for about eight kilometres and is closely associated with Jersey’s surfing tradition, while the parish’s inland lanes lead through farmland and small settlements.

The Peak District National Park occupies a large area in central England, mainly across Derbyshire with smaller sections extending into Cheshire, Staffordshire, and Yorkshire. It is divided broadly into the gritstone moorlands of the Dark Peak, the limestone dales of the White Peak, and the rolling farmland of the South West Peak. Unlike a wilderness park, it is a lived-in landscape containing villages, farms, roads, reservoirs, and historic buildings.

Carcross is a small community in Yukon’s Southern Lakes region, located at the narrow passage between Bennett Lake and Nares Lake. Its setting combines sandy dunes, forested mountains, and glacier-fed lakes, with the community lying along the South Klondike Highway between Whitehorse and Skagway. Carcross is within the Traditional Territory of the Carcross/Tagish First Nation and remains closely connected to the surrounding land and waterways. Th