| QUITO | Capital located on the Pichincha Volcano |
| ABABA | Ethiopia's capital, located on the plateau known as the Roof of the World; Addis ... |
| BUCHAREST | Eastern European capital located on the banks of the Dambovita River (9) |
| OSLO | European capital located on a fjord |
| TUNIS | Capital located near the ruins of Carthage |
| ATHENS | Capital located by the chickens (6) |
| SANFERNANDO | Provincial capital located in Chile's Colchagua Valley (3,8) |
| LIMA | South American capital located in a desert |
| KABUL | World capital located more than a mile above sea level |
| HAERHPIN | What is one of the Romanised names of the major trade and communications city of central Manchuria, the capital of Heilongjiang, and located on the south bank of the Sungari River? (2-3-3) |
| MELILLA | Spanish exclave, military base, and free port on the northern coast of Morocco. The city is located on the eastern side of the Cabo Tres Forcas. (7) |
| BAOTOU | Largest city of Inner Mongolia by urban population, located on the north bank of the Yellow River, west of the region's capital Hohhot (6) |
| HANOI | Vietnam's capital city located on the bank of the Red River |
| YALTA | Resort on the Black Sea (pop 75,000), located on the site of an ancient Greek colony (5) |
| NOUAKCHOTT | African capital city located on the Atlantic coast of the Sahara Desert (10) |
| MOUNTFUJI | Located on the island of Honshu, volcano which is the highest mountain in Japan (5,4) |
| SEOUL | The capital of South Korea, located on the Han River (5) |
| KILAUEA | The world's most active volcanic mass, located on the southeastern part of the island of Hawaii, Hawaii state, U.S. (7) |
| RAY | This fish is distinguished from sharks by a flattened, disklike body, with the five gill openings and the mouth generally located on the underside |
| TAIPEI | Capital of the Republic of China, located on the Tamsui River (6) |
