David Ross specialises in maritime, engineering and railway history and he has written and contributed to numerous books on these subjects. His most recent books are Abandoned Industrial Places, Rail Journeys, Bridges, Coast, Lighthouses, Ships Visual Encyclopedia, Submarines, Great Warships and The World’s Greatest Battleships.

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• Introduction Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland Edava, Kerala, India The Americas Lake Argentino, Argentina Cormorants, Patagonia, Argentina Perito Moreno Glacier, Lake Argentino, Argentina ‘La Portada’, Antofagasta, Chile Bottlenose Dolphins, Peru Cabo de la Vela, La Guajira, Colombia Pacific Coast, Costa Rica Corumbau, Bahia, Brazil Bartolomé Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador Pinnacle Rock, Bartolomé Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador Punta del Diablo Beach, Uruguay Cozumel Island, Yucatán, Mexico Malibu, California, USA Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico Thor’s Well, Oregon, USA Florida, USA Exuma Keys, Bahamas Driftwood Beach, Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA Lake Michigan, USA Indian River, Dagsboro, Delaware, USA Acadia National Park, Maine, USA York Beach, Maine, USA Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA Grand Island, New Hampshire, USA Castle Hill Lighthouse, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Wildwood, New Jersey, USA Manhattan, New York, USA Na Pali, Kauai, Hawaii, USA Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, USA Knight Inlet, British Columbia, Canada Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada Frobisher Bay, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada Ilulissat, GreenlandEurope Ponta de São Lourenço Madeira, Portugal Fajã do Ouvidor, São Jorge, Azores, Portugal Ria Formosa, Algarve, Portugal Costa Quebrada, Cantabria, Spain Denia, Alicante Province, Spain Flysch Coast, Zumaia, Basque Country, Spain Vulcano, Aeolian Islands, Italy Grand Canal, Venice, Italy Montenegro, Adriatic Sea Ploumanac’h Lighthouse, Brittany, France Bonifacio, Corsica, France Mont St Michel, Normandy, France Banc d’Arguin, Bassin d’Arcachon, Gironde, Aquitaine, France Grand Crohot Beach, Lège-Cap-Ferret, Gironde, Aquitaine, France Calanques National Park, Provence, France St Agnes, Cornwall, England Lizard Point, Cornwall, England Ladram Bay, Devon, England Chesil Beach, Dorset, England Durdle Door, Lulworth Cove, Dorset, England Bat’s Head, Devon, England Blackpool, Lancashire, England Southwold, Suffolk, England Beach Huts, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England Crosby Beach, Merseyside, England Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, England Bow Fiddle Rock, Moray, Scotland Loch Ness, Inverness-shire Scotland Giant’s Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Republic of Ireland Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Fischland, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Múlafossur Waterfall, Vágar, Faroe Islands, Denmark Near Gothenburg, Sweden Porkkala Peninsula, Finland Hel Peninsula, Pomerania, Poland Jurkalne, Latvia Kaliningrad, Russia Reine, Lofoten Islands, Norway Segla Peak, Senja Island, Troms, NorwayAsia Seaweed farm, Xiapu, Fujian, China Chaka Saline Lake, Haixi, Qinghai, China Qingdao, Shandong, China Repulse Bay, Hong Kong Rai Leh Beach, Krabi, Thailand Ha Long Bay, Vietnam Near Nha Trang, Vietnam Daepo Jusangjeolli, Jeju Island, South Korea Haedong Yonggungsa Temple, Gijang-gun, Busan, South Korea Horseshoe Island, Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar Mannar Island Lighthouse, Talaimannar, Mannar Island, Sri Lanka Gokarna, Karnataka, India Stilt fishing, Sri Lanka Clifton, Karachi, Pakistan Chittagong Shipbreakers, Bangladesh Le Morne, Mauritius Caspian Sea, near Baku, Azerbaijan Near Aktau, Kazakhstan Cape Duana, Aral Sea, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan Batumi, Georgia Kobuleti, Adjara, Georgia Rubini Rock, Hooker Island, Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia Ust-Barguzin, Lake Baikal, Russia Biya River, Lake Teletskoye, Altai Republic, Russia Tobizin Cape, Russkiy Island, near Vladivostok, Russia Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia Vilyuchinski volcano, Kamchatka, RussiaAfrica & The Middle East Legzira Beach, Tiznit, Morocco Rabat, Morocco Bay of Tangier, Morocco Oran, Algeria Blue Hole Diving Site, Sinai, Egypt Nile River, Aswan, Egypt Beached Ship, Somalia Nabuyatom Crater, Lake Turkana, Kenya Lamu Archipelago, Kenya Pangane, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique Anse Source d’Argent Beach, La Digue, Seychelles Hawsbill Turtles, Cousine Island, Seychelles Inhassorro, Inhambane, Mozambique Mossel Bay, Western Cape, South Africa Cape Town, South Africa Skeleton Coast, Namibia Volta River, Ghana Lobé Falls, Kribi, Cameroon Dead Sea, Israel Assad Reservoir, Euphrates Valley, Ar Raqqah, Syria Mediterranean Coast, Turkey Narlikuyu, Mersin, Turkey Salt Lake, Iran Musandam, Oman Al-Jalali Fort, Bandar al Khayran, Muscat, Oman Qalansiya Beach, Detwah Lagoon, Socotra Island, Yemen Qalansiya Beach, Socotra Island, YemenThe Pacific, Atlantic and Antarctica Miho No Matsubara Beach, Shizuoka, Japan Kushimoto, Wakayama, Japan Hatago Iwa Rock, Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa, Japan Hualien, Taiwan Near Hatta Island, Maluku, Indonesia Padar Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia Sanur Beach, Bali, Indonesia Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia Near Narooma, New South Wales, Australia Noosa National Park, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia Antarctic Sound Koekohe Beach, Otago, South Island, New Zealand Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand Punakaiki, South Island, New Zealand Mitre Peak, Milford Sound, South Island, New Zealand Muriwai Beach, North Island, New Zealand Orongo, Easter Island The Neck, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands Astrolabe Needle, Brabant Island, British Antarctic Territory Andersson Island, Antarctic Sound St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia