GEOGRAPHICAL-themed crossword
by Eddie James
(published by Geographical magazine, June '00)

Across

1Arctic transport team? (7)
5Legendary one-eyed giants (7)
9/7Man-made erection that supposedly can be seen by observer on the moon (5,4,2,5)
10Legendary Spanish hero (2,3)
11Great land mass of the western hemisphere (7)
12Breed of thoroughbred racing horse (7)
13Fine particles swirling in the air (4)
1420th C female traveller, mountaineer and writer (5,5)
18Study of earthquakes (10)
22Greece, we hear, is on the large side! (3)
24SE Asian country (7)
25Massive ice shelf in Antarctica (6,1)
26Aquatic mammals, including grey, common and harbour (5)
27The meridian with zero degrees of longitude (9)
28Paris suburb (anag. of 'Dissent'!) (2-5)
29Toothed whale of the Arctic Ocean (7)

Down

1The most elevated aspect of a South American range (4,5)
2Middle Eastern coins (7)
3A peninsula of Croatia (6)
4N. European airline (7)
5City of Alberta (7)
6Fissure in surface of glacier (8)
7See 9 Across
8Large country of N.E. Africa (5)
15Former name of Tokyo (3)
16Austrian winter sports resort (9)
17Norwegian explorer, navigated the Northwest Passage (8)
19Country between Greenland and Norway (7)
20Capital of Haute-Vienne département, south central France (7)
21Full-rigged sailing ship, built mainly for war (7)
22Language/people of Flanders (7)
23Scandinavian crowns (6)
24Official endorsement on passport (5)

Solution