Contest #41
This is the first of 10 contests to be run by the previous winner, Karel.
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To participate, just make your guess in the comments section for each photo. Guesses will be held until the end of the contest, when they will all be made public. Anything and everything is fair game for getting a correct answer. Each contest will last 2-3 days, so submit your guess as soon as you have an idea.
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Ile Amsterdam in the southern Indian Ocean, at approximately 37°50′S, 77°34′E. It is home to Base Martin-de-Viviès which is one of the TAAF (Terres australes et antarctiques françaises) bases: http://www.taaf.fr/spip/spip.php?article110
Comment by ACG | July 2, 2008
Île Amsterdam
In the middle of the Indian Ocean.
Comment by Willem | July 2, 2008
This is Île Amsterdam, part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.
How did I find it? From previous contests, I vaguely remembered that there were quite a few isolated islands, like this one, in the South Atlantic & Indian oceans. It was just a matter of browsing through them.
Comment by brian t | July 2, 2008
The island is Île Amsterdam, -37.839984° lat, 77.555175° lon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Ele_Amsterdam says:
Île Amsterdam is one of only three islands which are land antipodes of the continental United States.
I’m guessing this is why you chose it. Kudos for picking an incredibly remote and incredibly small location!
I found it by guessing the area. It reminded me of Kauai in Hawaii, so I compared its visual. I then set my eye altitude in Google Earth and started roving around. I got the size WAY wrong… its only 55 km^2! I ended up setting my eye altitude at 2000 km and literally combing for island outlines. It was easy if you set the layers for national borders… the islands show up yellow. When one looks promising, zoom in.
Comment by Andy McConnell | July 3, 2008
its Ile Amsterdam in the Indian Ocean
Comment by Ewen | July 3, 2008
Île Amsterdam (new amsterdam island) located in the southern indian ocean.
Very remote!
-Skip
Comment by Skip (Austin, TX) | July 5, 2008
Ile Amsterdam. Finally got bored enough to pop every island group I could think of into google earth and pan around for an hour. Is there a clue I was missing?
Comment by David S | July 6, 2008
It’s AMSTERDAM Island. Sebastian Elcano charted it toward the end of the Magellan expedition… Magellan lost in the Philippines.
Comment by FergyMadrid | July 6, 2008
Iwo Jima
Comment by Brian | July 7, 2008
It’s Ile Amsterdam
Comment by KeithW | July 8, 2008
It is the Île Amsterdam, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Île_Amsterdam
Located at 37°49?33?S, 77°33?17?E.
-Jeff
Comment by Jeff | July 9, 2008