(International) Guess the Location 2 a.k.a. Part Deux (see rules post 1)

feargale

jmayo wrote: »

It is listed as Carcross Desert, the smallest desert, but is really just some sand dunes.

Smallest desert in the world? Is it smaller than the Burren?

jmayo

feargale wrote: »

Smallest desert in the world? Is it smaller than the Burren?

Some argue Carcross is not a desert and I don't think I have ever heard anyone refer to The Burren as a desert ?
A rocky limestone karst landscape yes.

Anyway I think Carcross "desert" is smaller than The Burren.

M.T. Cranium

I agree, it's not a desert in the climate sense of the term, just extensive sand dunes left behind by the recent glaciation of the region.

There's a more authentic small desert in the border region of B.C. and Washington state near Osoyoos, B.C. known as the "pocket desert" that is something like five miles north-south and two miles east-west. Maybe that's the smallest desert.

I had trouble last time uploading images from google earth so I will try again, either a new picture will appear or I will hand off to somebody who can post.

M.T. Cranium

Not having much luck downloading images from Google Earth but I do have one of my own here which will serve to keep the thread moving forward.

This rock formation has a name so that will be the "correct" answer, also give an approximate location (I can give the exact co-ordinates later for anyone who wants to see this on google earth).

The view is approximately east from a highway and the distance of the rock formation is about two miles from the camera.

josip

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

Not having much luck downloading images from Google Earth but I do have one of my own here which will serve to keep the thread moving forward.

This rock formation has a name so that will be the "correct" answer, also give an approximate location (I can give the exact co-ordinates later for anyone who wants to see this on google earth).

The view is approximately east from a highway and the distance of the rock formation is about two miles from the camera.

So you're looking for more than "Monument Canyon Trail; Colorado National Monument; Grand Junction, Colorado" ?

M.T. Cranium

not if that was right, but it's not actually the location (think it must look similar, but the rock formation upper left has a specific name and it's several hundred miles away from Grand Junction and not in Colorado).

Here's another hint to save fruitless searching, the location shown is not in a national park or national monument.

M.T. Cranium

I will give a hint here so we can move this towards solution and get back to regular business ...

... the rock formation is named for what it resembles, on a scale of about 100:1 as far as anyone using it that way.

... and it's in Utah. as I mentioned, it's not in a national park or monument, but there is a national monument about 30 miles southeast of this location (or to the right of the scene).

Greybottle

Cathedral Rock, Moab, Utah?

M.T. Cranium

No, location is further south.

M.T. Cranium

Well, I have the feeling this is either not a very popular choice of location to search, or impossible to find, so I will move things along by stating the location and inviting anyone to post a more normal sort of google earth view ...

... anyway, it's a rock formation called Jacob's Chair and you can see it from Utah State Route 95 between the Colorado River and Natural Bridges National Monument.

so fire away and we'll get this thread re-activated.

enda1

josip

Bad Frankenhausen ?

enda1

josip wrote: »

Bad Frankenhausen ?

No siree

josip

Hamburg?

artanevilla

enda1 wrote: »

No siree

Good Frankenhausen ?

enda1

artanevilla wrote: »

Good Frankenhausen ?

Neither, nor is it Average Frankenhausen

enda1

josip wrote: »

Hamburg?

Not Hamburg either.

M.T. Cranium

Italy?

enda1

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

Italy?

Not Italy (though I shouldn't say in first 4 hours)

(I'm in Italy that's why it says Italy on the bottom in case that's what hinted your guess)

Stephen15

Copenhagen?

enda1

Not there either

feargale

Lelystad

enda1

^
Not The Netherlands

josip

Salzburg?

enda1

Not Austria either.

Fred Swanson

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enda1

Poland

donegal.

germany?

Fred Swanson

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Stephen15

Gdansk?

Fred Swanson

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Balmed Out

Sopot?

enda1

None of those places unfortunately. It's on an island on the Oder...

Stephen15

Wroclaw?

Fred Swanson

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enda1

Stephen, it's all yours.

I'm preempting your guess with Italy? :P

Stephen15

Here goes so

Fred Swanson

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Stephen15

Fred Swanson wrote: »

Leipzig

Yes it is. Definitely not the most well loved football team in Germany

Fred Swanson

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Stephen15

Bratislava?

Fred Swanson

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rmacm

Glatz?

Fred Swanson

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Head_Hunter

Kłodzko

feargale

Bielany Wroclawskie

Fred Swanson

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Head_Hunter

tricky D

Boards is having problems displaying attached images. Any chance you can use some image hosting for the pics, please. All some of us see is a 1 pixel image.

enda1

Quasqui?