Where on Google Earth #463

It is my turn again after finding Felix' WoGE #462, a segment of the Kunlun Fault showing displacement of crossing alluvial fans.

Deserts are always popular in WoGE, so this time I will go for something more humid:

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Previous WoGEs are collected by Felix on his blog and a KML file.

WoGE #461

Felix' WoGE #460 was solved as quickly as my WoGE #459. :)

To stick with the theme, here is a round thing:

It is a little smaller than the last one, so I have hopes it will last more than an hour or so!


As usual, 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.

WoGE #459

The memory works in mysterious ways, which helped me solve Felix' WoGE #458 very fast. In fact it took me less than a minute to realise what it had to be, the rest of the time was trying to remember the name of the place so I could find it on the map. :D

These days, the eyes (and webcams) of Norway are on the mountain "Mannen" which seems to be about to fall into the valley below (see http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2014/10/29/mount-mannen-1/ for more info).

So, thinking about landslides, I present WoGE #459:

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Previous WoGEs are collected by Felix on his blog and a KML file.

WoGE #456

Luis' WoGE #455 seemed difficult at first, until I realised that the horizontal layers might be volcaniclastics.


So following that thought, here's a volcanic WoGE:

Location, name and date please!

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.

Hint #3: This is the same, continuation to the southwest.

WoGE #454

A preemptive posting this time, since although I solved Luis' WoGE #453 by accidentally looking at Dek Island in Tana Lake, Ethiopia, he hasn't confirmed it yet. But weekend starts very soon, and I expect to be very busy next week, so here it is:

I will only add that I have no idea how that thing ended up where it is!

A week later, a hint seems to be needed!

This is the same thing, looking due east:

Unlike glaciers, these things do not have a habit of forming on mountain tops.

Another week, another hint:

This is outside the area shown in the first two, but should at least get you to the correct continent.


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WoGE #452

I came back from summer vacation and found Felix' WoGE #451 relatively quickly. I was looking in the wrong hemisphere for a short while, until I managed to get all the visual clues to fit together. Then it became obvious that it had to be New Zealand. :)


This WoGE contains something geologic inside something geologic. If you find one, it should be easy to find out what the other one is, and what is so special about the smallest feature.

Desert again... ;)



I invoke the Schott Rule again for this, since one feature only occurs in a limited area.

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WoGE #449

Yet again I solved one of Luis' WoGEs.

Extremely high relief, little large-scale lithological variation and especially no consistent sedimentary structures, together with very variable resistance to erosion led me to look for an extinct volcanic island - I had my summer vacation on La Gomera a few years ago, and that is a typical example. This time it was Madeira, which is definitely on my holiday list. ;)

This place however is NOT on that list:

This one should be easy, so I invoke the Schott Rule.

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.