The Sumela monastery in Turkey's black sea province of Trabzon
Mount Thor in Canada, featuring Earth's greatest vertical drop of 1,200 m (4,100 ft), with the cliff overhanging at an average angle of 105 degrees (15 degrees from vertical)
IMO the way to avoid this (as well as making it less cliched) is rather than having the likes of Chinaland, Vikingland and Egyptland, to instead blend disparate civilisations together into something that isn't just copy of a single real culture.
Considerably more given you'll generally use it on a bad roll.