WoGE #436

I seem to be on a roll here, with challenges that somehow fits my way of thinking. Felix' WoGE #435 is a case in point, the size and shape of the fields together with lots of forest, power lines and a rocky-shored lake pointed me to Finland or Sweden; it was Finland.

This one is NOT in Scandinavia:

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WoGE #434

Luis' WoGE #433 seemed almost impossible at first glance, but there were enough clues to lead me to New Zealand even without noticing the deleted image information.

Sticking with an eruptive theme, I hereby present one that I suspect really IS hard:

I have zoomed rather close, but that is because there is nothing more to see!

A warning: If you activate shorelines, this one isn't marked - at least not in the correct place. The Wikipedia tag is in a third location.


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WoGE #432

Luis made an almost impossible challenge with WoGE #431, the Cherbakul lake where the major parts of the Chelyabinsk meteorite have been found. I foundi it through inept navigation, I thought I was searching somewhere else!

After such a cold and wet location it is time to go for a drier place. Maybe not so hot, though - at least not all year!

I like desert locations, it's so easy to see the major geologic elements. And I like mines, because it's easy to find in-depth geologic information. So here's a mine in a desert.

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WoGE #429

Luis had an ineresting WoGE #428, one I am sure everyone has seen photos of. Yet it proved deceptively hard to track down, even when starting on the right continent!

But enough outliers and inselbergs. Here's a hole.

Where is it, why is there a hole now, and what is the geology of the area?

Schott rule applies, due to the historig/geologic/something else significance of this hole. Original posting time 3/10/2014 10:33 UTC/GMT +1 hour.

I have deliberately zoomed in rather close to make it a little less easy.

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If you don't know what the Schott Rule is, it may still apply to you.

WoGE #427

It's my turn again, and as usual I struggle to find something that is bothe hard enough to find and interesting enough geologically speaking. Which means I should be able to find out something about the geology myself, preferrably without resorting to at-work literature searches: If you need a subscription to read about the geology, it's unfair.

Matthew's mysterious table mountain took a while to find. I searched in all the wrong places first, and finally found it in another "wrong place". A geological map showed what it is, but really opened more new questions as to why it is where it is. Maybe I should go have a look at it in person?

One thing that I'm reasonably certain of, is that it's not an "outlier".

This one IS an outlier. I don't think it will be hard to find, and it's well documented so Schott's rule is in effect.

For any new players to Where on (Google) Earth, simply post a comment with latitude and longitude and write something about the (geologic/geographic/hydrographic) feature in the picture. If you win, you get to host the next one. Previous WoGEs are collected by Felix on his blog and a KML file.

If you don't know what the Schott Rule is, it doesn't apply to you.

Good hunting!

Where on Google Earth #425

Brian's WoGE #424 was one of those cases where it was harder to find information than to find the location. I blame the nearby mercury mine for having fogged the brains of the mappers; every search I tried ended up in the mine. Still there were good structural clues which helped find out what and where it was.


This one also has some clues as to the location. Finding out exactly what it is may be harder, though - at least I hope so. :)

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Where on Google Earth #423

Veidos presented an unusual landform in WoGE #422, the Köfels structure in Austria. The most obviously notable features of this, at least on a map view, are the almost circular outline and the narrow gorge the river has cut through the huge landslide deposit.

Without further ado, here is another narrow gorge:

As always, the task is to find out where it is, what it is, and post it in a comment here.
Whoever first supplies the (or "a") correct answer, gets to host the next WoGE.

Previous WoGEs are collected by Felix on his blog and a KML file, along with the "rules".
Good hunting!