National Geographic Bee

Geography competition held in American schools

National Geographic GeoBee

Status| Discontinued (2021)
Genre| Geography bee
Frequency| Annual (late May)
Location(s)| Washington, D.C.
Years active| 32
Inaugurated| 1989
Most recent| 2019
Participants| 2.4 million (as of the 2019 Bee)
Patron(s)| National Geographic Society
Website| www.nationalgeographic.org/bee

The National Geographic GeoBee (called the National Geographic Bee from 2001 to 2018,[1] also referred to as the Nat Geo Bee) was an annual geography contest sponsored by the National Geographic Society. The bee, held annually from 1989 to 2019, was open to students in the fourth through eighth grades in participating schools from the United States.[2]

The entities represented at the national level came from all fifty U.S. states, all the territories, the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS), and the District of Columbia.

The National Geographic Bee Finals were moderated by Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek for its first 25 years (1989–2013). At the 2013 National Geographic Bee, Trebek announced that 2013 would be his last year hosting the Finals. Newscaster Soledad O'Brien took his place the following year, moderating the bee in 2014 and 2015. O'Brien was then replaced by Mo Rocca, who would host from 2016 to the final competition in 2019.

In 2020, the Bee was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] The 2021 edition was also canceled after a 75 percent drop in school registrations.[4] The National Geographic Society later announced that the Bee had been "permanently discontinue[d]... to make way for new, transformative, and innovative geography education opportunities in which students around the globe can more equitably participate."[5]

## Procedure

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### School competitions

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The competition began at the elementary school and middle school levels (4th grade - 8th grade) and usually occurred in November, December, or January. This competition required at least 6 people to enter. Private schools, public schools, and homeschooled students were allowed to enter. Typically, between five and six million students entered each year (any number of competitors could enter this competition). The two major stages in this competition were called the preliminary and the final stages. Often, the preliminary competition was further split into preliminary rounds and a semi-final. In the event of a tie, a tiebreaker round was held at the end of the preliminary rounds.

In the preliminary rounds, competitors were divided into groups of twenty and each contestant is asked one question from each of the seven themed rounds. Categories included:

* Cultural Geography
* Economic Geography
* Across-the-Country, Around-the-World
* Science
* Geographic Comparisons
* Physical Geography
* Odd-Item-Out (a category where one contestant was given three choices, plus a description; the contestant had to determine which of the three choices does not fit)

Contestants were awarded 1 point per question. At the end of seven rounds, players with the top ten scores advance to the finals. In addition to the game, a player could ask for a repeat of a spelling during these rounds. However, they were restricted to only asking twice in duration of the entire geographic bee.

Quite often there was a tie, in which case a semi-final tiebreaker round was needed. For example, if six players finished the preliminary rounds with eight points and fifteen finished with seven points, the six who finished with eight points automatically advanced to the final competition. The fifteen with seven points moved into the semi-final round where the top four were determined to fill the remainder of the seats in the finals. This was done by asking every player the same question at the same time and giving each player twelve seconds to write down the answer. Each question was automatically repeated twice. Everyone revealed their answer at the end of the twelve seconds and players were eliminated on a single-elimination basis. If, using the above example of four open seats in the finals, there was a question where eight players are left in the semi-final round and three players got the question right, those three advance to the finals. The other five who got the question wrong continued with the single-elimination procedure to determine which competitor would take the last open seat in the finals. A player could not ask judges to spell or repeat words in the semi-final round.

The final competition consisted of two parts: the final round and the championship round. Each of the ten finalists started with a clean slate and was eliminated after the second incorrect answer. This continued until the number of contestants drops from ten to two and a third-place finisher was determined. A player was not officially eliminated until the end of a series of questions, since if all but one competitor made their second miss in that round, all the players stayed in the competition. Again, a player could ask for a spelling or repeat on any question, but only once per question. Earlier in the round, questions could require oral answers or written answers from all the competitors at one time. Quite often, many of the earlier questions in this round contained visuals as part of the question, such as maps or pictures. Question examples included pictures of state quarters with the name rubbed off and maps of the US with national forests shown and numbered. Contestants, at the time, were given the name of the national forest and had to match states with trees. At the national level, competitions could include items such as flags, musical instruments, hats, and even live animals. After a certain round, all questions required oral answers only.

If there was a tie for the championship round or third place, there would be an elimination round. For example, if four players are left and three made their second mistake, the fourth advances to the championship round and the other three enter the tiebreaker. The moderator then asked each of the three players, at the same time, to write their answers to the same question. In this special round, questions could be repeated by players but they could not ask how to spell a given word. As a result, if one of three responses was correct, the player would rise to the championship round and the other two moved to the tiebreaker round until a third-place winner determined.

In the championship round, both players started with a clean slate again. The moderator asked both contestants the same question at the same time, repeated twice, and both players had fifteen seconds to write their answer. Both players then showed their answers and each player who wrote a correct answer received one point. There were three questions in the championship round. The player with the most points at the end was the champion. If both players were tied at the end, the competition entered the championship tiebreaker round. The rules were the same as for the championship round, except that the last player to answer a question incorrectly was the runner-up.

In 2010, National Geographic partnered with mobile development company Concentric Sky to launch a series of official app-based study tools titled Geobee Challenge.[6]

Qualifying Test

The Qualifying Test was the only part of the bee that is entirely written. Every school champion took this test in order to qualify for the state bee. The test comprised 70 multiple choice questions, to be completed in 60 minutes. The top 100 scorers in each state or territory advanced to the state level competition. Beginning with the 2016 Bee, the Qualifying test was administered online rather than on paper.[7]

### State and national competitions

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The winner of each school-level competition takes an online test, and the top 100 in each state or territory qualify for the State Bee. If there is a tie in the State Qualifying Test, all students in the tie get an invitation to the State Bee (i.e. there were 107 State Bee Qualifiers in the 2019 Michigan State Geographic Bee). The rules at the state level are same as that at the school level, except that there are eight preliminary rounds instead of seven and each player is limited to two repeats or spelling for all eight preliminary rounds. Players are also limited to two repeats or spellings in the final round if they qualify. All the state bees are held on the same date, at the same time (in early April or late March) at all locations. State bees originally occurred for the fifty states, five U.S. territories (Guam, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands), Washington, D.C., and the Department of Defense Dependent Schools (DoDDS), for a total of 57. In 1999, the state competitions for Guam, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana Islands were merged into one state competition known as the Pacific Territories, bringing the number down to 55. In 2009, the Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands competitions were merged into a single competition known as the Atlantic Territories, and since then there have only been 54 state and territory competitions. For completions that involve students spread out across wide areas, such as the competitions like the DoDDS and Pacific Territories competitions, there is no in person competition such as in other states. Instead, after winning the school bee, school champions from around these territories take a series of online tests to determine the territory champion. The third-place finisher from each state receives $100, the second-place finisher $300, and the winner $1000. The 54 state champions receive an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., for the national competition.

The rules at the national level are the same as those at the state, except that there are ten preliminary rounds instead of eight. There was previously a video part of the preliminary competition where students submitted a video worth six points, but was replaced by a written "GeoChallenge" worth ten points. The championship round can also consist of five questions instead of three. The competition is held over four days, with the preliminary rounds on the first day and the final rounds on the third. The national finals are held in late May at National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington, D.C. and are hosted by Mo Rocca. The ten finalists are guaranteed $1000. The third-place finisher receives a $5,000 college scholarship, the second-place finisher receives a $10,000 college scholarship, and the National Champion receives a $25,000 college scholarship, as well as a lifetime membership in the National Geographic Society. From 2009 to 2015, the National Champion also won a trip to the Galápagos Islands. In 2016, this changed when National Champion Rishi Nair won a trip to southeast Alaska instead, including a stop at Glacier Bay National Park. This was because 2016 was the centenary of the U.S. National Park Service. But from 2017 onwards, this was reverted back to the Galápagos Islands which the National Champion Pranay Varada received. The National Competition final round format is also different from the state. Originally, it was the same format, but in 2012, National Geographic changed the format so that answers were displayed on a blue screen, correct answers were worth points, and competitors could earn extra points with bonus questions, with eliminations being every few rounds. In 2015, the logo of the National Geographic Bee was updated, and they changed the format once again. Instead of ten blue answer screens for the final round, now there are alternating blue and green screens. There are no longer bonus questions, and the first five rounds are USA based and worth one point for most questions. The fifth round is a “lightning round” where you are asked three rapid fire questions. Then, four students with the lowest scores are eliminated, a tie being broken with a tiebreaker about estimation. The next four rounds are global and are all worth two points per question, and end again with another lightning round. After this, the top three are left. There are two "GeoChallenges" in the final competition, one worth three points in round 3, and for the top ten a 45-second oral response worth six points. The top two then compete in a normal championship round. In 2019, however, due to the introduction of a new competition that is called the GeoChallenge (which is about developing a collaborative team project to tackle a given issue) they once again changed the format of the Bee. The semifinals, which consists of the top 10 contestants, is held on one day. There are eight rounds of oral and written questions, and the four lowest scores are eliminated after these eight rounds. Afterwards, there is a GeoChallenge worth ten points, and three contestants are eliminated to narrow the competition down to the final three. The next day, the top three contestants compete in the finals. They have a series of five oral rounds, and then they have a GeoChallenge round and a mapmaker round. Afterwards, the lowest scoring contestant is eliminated, and a normal championship round occurs to determine the champion.

### List of moderators

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Moderator's name | Year(s) moderated | First National Champion | Last National Champion

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Alex Trebek | 1989–2013 | Jack Staddon  | Sathwik Karnik
Soledad O'Brien | 2014–2015 | Akhil Rekulapelli  | Karan Menon
Mo Rocca | 2016–2019 | Rishi Nair  | Nihar Janga

### International competition

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Main article: National Geographic World Championship

There was an international competition, which was also moderated by the late Alex Trebek, but it was run differently. The top finishers from each country's national competition formed a team representing their country and participated in an Olympic-style event which included a team written competition and a team oral competition. The 2013 competition was held in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The 2015 National Geographic World Championship, originally planned to take place in Stockholm, Sweden, was canceled, and the competition since has been put on hiatus.

### Criticism

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Some [who?] argue that the selection process of the National Geographic GeoBee competition is not well designed to reliably promote the most qualified contestants, as it leaves significant room for chance. This is due to the small number of questions and the fact that each contestant answers different questions.[8] Particularly, during the preliminary rounds contestants are eliminated with a single mistake if there are more than 9 perfect scores. The fact that a single mistake is not a reliable indicator for a contestant's incompetence was demonstrated during the 2014 National competition. The preliminary rounds resulted in 9 contestants with perfect score who accordingly became finalists. The 10th spot was filled by tie breaker rounds between contestants who made a single mistake during the preliminaries and went to the Virginia champion Akhil Rekulapelli, who then went on to win the finals. Again in 2019, Nihar Janga was involved in a tiebreaker to advance to the top 10, and he went on to win the entire competition. Some[who?] also argue that the GeoBee became too focused on GeoChallenge rounds instead of standard geography questions. This was demonstrated in 2019, where more than half the total points in the semifinal and final rounds were based on these open ended GeoChallenge questions. Some also criticize the gender imbalance of the GeoBee; only two girls have ever won the contest. There was also a racial imbalance which skewed National Champions Caucasian until around the mid 2000s, and every single year since 2005, either the National Champion or the runner-up was a South Asian.

## Champions

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### National Champions

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Of the thirty-one National Geographic GeoBee champions, twenty-nine have been male and two were female. Five each are from the states of Texas & Washington, four are from the state of Michigan, two each from Florida, Kansas & New Jersey and various other states have been home to one champion each.

Year | Winner's Name | State | Grade | Final Question | Answer | Notes

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1989 | Jack Staddon  |  Kansas | Eighth  | Name the flat intermontane area located at an elevation of about 10,000 feet (3,050 m) in the central Andes.  | Altiplano | First champion
First Kansas champion
1990 | Susannah Batko-Yovino  |  Pennsylvania | Sixth  | Mount Erebus is a volcano on which continent?  | Antarctica | First sixth grade and female champion and youngest champion for a dozen years until 2002
First Pennsylvania champion
1991 | David Stillman  |  Idaho | Eighth  | What type of landform is commonly associated with orographic precipitation?  | Mountain | First Idaho champion
Had a perfect score in the finals
1992 | Lawson Fite  |  Washington | Eighth  | Many coastal countries have established so-called EEZs—areas extending 200 nautical miles (370 km) from shore over which countries have sovereign rights for resource exploration. What do the initials EEZ stand for?  | Exclusive Economic Zone | First Washington champion
Had a perfect score in the finals
1993 | Noel Erinjeri  |  Michigan | Eighth  | Tagalog is one of the three main native languages of which island country in Asia?  | The Philippines | First Michigan champion
First South Asian champion
Finished 4th place in 1992
1994 | Anders Knospe  |  Montana | Eighth  | The Tagus River roughly divides which European country into two agricultural regions, grain and potatoes in the north, and grapes in the south?  | Portugal | First Montana champion
1995 | Chris Galeczka  |  Michigan | Eighth  | Pashtu and Dari are the official languages of which mountainous, landlocked country in southwestern Asia?  | Afghanistan | Was a finalist in 1994
1996 | Seyi Fayanju  |  New Jersey | Seventh  | Name the European co-principality whose heads of state are the President of France and the Bishop of Urgell.  | Andorra | First New Jersey champion
Had a perfect score in the finals
Presented an object in the 1994 finals as the New Jersey state champion
Was a contestant on the Figure It Out
1997 | Alex Kerchner  |  Washington | Seventh  | Asia's most densely populated country has about three million people and an area of less than 250 square miles (402 km2). Name this country.  | Singapore | Finished 4th place in 1996
1998 | Petko Peev  |  Michigan | Eighth  | More than 80 million people live in the European Union's most populous member country. Name this country.  | Germany |
1999 | David Beihl  |  South Carolina | Eighth (homeschooled)  | The condition characterized by unusually cold ocean temperature in the equatorial region of the eastern Pacific Ocean is known by what Spanish name?  | La Niña | First South Carolina champion
First home-schooled champion
Competed in 1999 Scripps National Spelling Bee championship later in the same month
2000 | Felix Peng  |  Connecticut | Eighth  | Name two of the three largest sections of Denmark, which include its mainland peninsula and two largest islands.  | Jutland, Zealand and Fyn | First Connecticut champion
Won after 7 tiebreaker questions in the Championship Round, the all-time record
The 2nd place finisher that year, George Thampy, ended up winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee that year.
2001 | Kyle Haddad-Fonda  |  Washington | Eighth  | Below the equilibrium line of glaciers there is a region of melting, evaporation, and sublimation. Name this zone.  | Zone of ablation | Rhodes Scholar
Harvard graduate
Was in the finals in 1999
2002 | Calvin McCarter  |  Michigan | Fifth (homeschooled)  | Lop Nur, a marshy depression at the east end of the Tarim Basin, is a nuclear test site for which country?  | China (People's Republic)  | Youngest champion
This year marked the first time that a competitor in the championship round caught up after falling behind. Calvin lost his one-point lead, but later regained it.
2003 | James Williams  |  Washington | Eighth (homeschooled)  | Goa, a state in southwestern India, was a possession of which country until 1961?  | Portugal | Also a competitor in the National Middle School Science Bowl and National Science Olympiad.
2004 | Andrew Wojtanik |  Kansas | Eighth  | Peshawar, a city in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, has had strategic importance for centuries because of its location near what historic pass?  | Khyber Pass | Wrote Afghanistan to Zimbabwe guide with important information for each country.
2005 | Nathan Cornelius  |  Minnesota | Seventh (homeschooled)  | Lake Gatún, an artificial lake that constitutes part of the Panama Canal system, was created by damming which river?  | Chagres River | First Minnesota champion
2006 | Bonny Jain  |  Illinois | Eighth  | Name the mountains that extend across much of Wales, from the Irish Sea to the Bristol Channel.  | Cambrian Mountains | First Illinois champion
Was in the finals in 2005
Placed 13th in 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee
2007 | Caitlin Snaring  |  Washington | Eighth (homeschooled)  | A city that is divided by a river of the same name was the imperial capital of Vietnam for more than a century. Name this city, which is still an important cultural center.  | Huế | Second female champion
Had a perfect score in the finals
2008 | Akshay Rajagopal  |  Nebraska | Sixth  | The urban area of Cochabamba has been in the news recently due to protests over the privatization of the municipal water supply and regional autonomy issues. Cochabamba is the third-largest conurbation in what country?  | Bolivia | Second sixth grade champion

First Nebraska champion
Had a perfect score in the finals
Won the Bee on his first attempt at the school, state, and national level.

2009 | Eric Yang  |  Texas | Seventh  | Timis County shares its name with a tributary of the Danube and is located in the western part of which European country?  | Romania | First Texas champion
Had a perfect score in the finals
2010 | Aadith Moorthy  |  Florida | Eighth  | The largest city in northern Haiti was renamed following Haiti's independence from France. What is the present-day name of this city?  | Cap-Haïtien | First Florida champion
Won the Bee the first year he came to the National Level
Became the first person to win the bee after missing his first question in the finals
Achieved a perfect SAT score in 2013 and a perfect GRE score in 2016
He was named as member of the pioneer cohort of Knight-Hennessy Scholars[9] in 2018.
2011 | Tine Valencic  |  Texas | Seventh  | Thousands of mountain climbers and trekkers rely on Sherpas to aid their ascent of Mount Everest. The southern part of Mount Everest is located in which Nepalese national park?  | Sagarmatha National Park | Had a perfect score in the finals
2012 | Rahul Nagvekar  |  Texas | Eighth  | Name the Bavarian city situated on the Danube River that was a legislative seat of the Holy Roman Empire from 1663 to 1806.  | Regensburg | First time contender at the National Level Bee
Finished second place in the 2011 Texas Geographic Bee, behind Tine Valencic
2013 | Sathwik Karnik  |  Massachusetts | Seventh  | Because Earth bulges at the equator, the point that is farthest from Earth's center is the summit of a peak in Ecuador. Name this peak.  | Chimborazo | First Massachusetts champion
First time contender at the National Level Bee
Brother Karthik Karnik finished 5th place in 2011 and 6th place in 2012
2014 | Akhil Rekulapelli  |  Virginia | Eighth  | Winning Question: Oyala, a planned city in the rainforest 65 miles east of Bata is being built as a future capital for which country?

Final Question: The discovery of a major shale oil deposit in the Vaca Muerta formation in 2010 has led to an expansion of oil drilling in the Neuquen province in what country?[10]

| Equatorial Guinea

Argentina

| First Virginia champion
Finished 4th place in 2013
2015 | Karan Menon  |  New Jersey | Eighth  | Winning Question: Mariupol, at the mouth of the Kalmius River, is a port city on which sea, an arm of the Black Sea?

Final Question: If completed, the proposed Grand Inga Dam would become the world's largest hydropower plant. This dam would be built near Inga Falls on which African river?[11]

| Sea of Azov

Congo River

| First time contender in the National Level Bee
Karan challenged a question in the finals and came 2nd place in the 2014 New Jersey Geographic Bee
2016 | Rishi Nair  |  Florida | Sixth  | Winning Question: A new marine sanctuary will protect sharks and other wildlife around Isla Wolf in what archipelago in the Pacific Ocean?

Final Question: Which East African lake that drains into the Ruzizi River contains large quantities of dissolved methane gas that could generate electricity for millions of people?

| Galapagos Islands

Lake Kivu[12]

| First sixth grade National Champion since Akshay Rajagopal in 2008, only the third sixth grade National Champion overall
Won the 2015 Florida Geographic Bee and represented Florida at the National Finals in 2015 and 2016
2017 | Pranay Varada  |  Texas | Eighth  | What large mountain system that stretches more than 1,200 miles separates the Taklimakan Desert from the Tibetan Plateau?[13] | Kunlun Mountains | Was two points from a perfect score in the finals
Placed 6th in 2016
First time a tiebreaker was used in the championship round since 2012
First time an answer was challenged in the Championship round
Published books in his Geography series including Australia and Oceania, United States of America, North America (excluding USA), South America, Africa, and Europe.[14]
2018 | Venkat Ranjan  |  California | Eighth  | Lebanon has a population most similar to which South American country?  | Paraguay | First California champion
First time contender in the National Level Bee
Also participated in the finals of the National Science Bowl[15]
2019 | Nihar Janga  |  Texas | Eighth  | One-third of Norway’s northernmost county is in what plateau?  | Finnmark Plateau | Co-champion of the 89th Scripps National Spelling Bee in 2016
Placed 8th in 2018
2020  | None |  |  |  |  | Cancelled due to an evolving health crisis revolving around COVID-19[3]
2021  | None |  |  |  |  | Originally planned to be held online; cancelled due to a 75% decrease in registrations[16]

### States by National Champions

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Texas | 5  | 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2019
Washington | 5  | 1992, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2007
Michigan | 4  | 1993, 1995, 1998, 2002
Florida | 2  | 2010, 2016
Kansas | 2  | 1989, 2004
New Jersey | 2  | 1996, 2015
California | 1  | 2018
Connecticut | 1  | 2000
Idaho | 1  | 1991
Illinois | 1  | 2006
Massachusetts | 1  | 2013
Minnesota | 1  | 2005
Montana | 1  | 1994
Nebraska | 1  | 2008
Pennsylvania | 1  | 1990
South Carolina | 1  | 1999
Virginia | 1  | 2014

## Recent competitions

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* 2019 competition
* 2018 competition
* 2017 competition

## References

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3. ^ a b "UPDATE ON THE 2020 GEOBEE". National Geographic. n.d. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
4. ^ Phillips, Vicki (September 24, 2020). "Update from the National Geographic Society on the 2020-2021 GeoBee". National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on February 28, 2024. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
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6. ^ Buri McDonald, Sherri (June 15, 2010). < "Tech company aiming high". The Register-Guard. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
7. ^ Doyle, Heather (March 19, 2015). "Wantagh student heading to state's National Geographic Bee". Patch. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
8. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions". www.nationalgeographic.org. National Geographic Society. 2018. Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
9. ^ "Aadith Moorthy". Knight-Hennessy Scholars. 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
10. ^ "Press". Archived from the original on May 27, 2014.
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12. ^ "12-Year-Old Wins Geographic Bee in Nail-Biter—How Would You Do?". National Geographic News. May 25, 2016.
13. ^ "Pranay Varada of Texas Wins 2017 National Geographic Bee and $50,000 College Scholarship: Students from Wisconsin and New Jersey Take Second and Third Place". National Geographic Society Newsroom. May 17, 2017.[dead link‍]
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16. ^ Phillips, Vicki. "UPDATE ON THE 2020–2021 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC GEOBEE". National Geographic. National Geographic Society. Retrieved 2 October 2020.

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