Game: Where-is-it? (international)

[johnw]

might be time for a clue.

I can see a small town called Fully from where this photo was taken.

Are we looking at Pierre Avoi (pointy rock) on the left and La Crevasse (snow capped mountain) on the right?

[bogholesbuckethats]

Pierre Avoi is correct but the mountain is the Petit Combin. Over to you johnw.

[johnw]

Pierre Avoi is correct but the mountain is the Petit Combin. Over to you johnw.

Thanks bogholesbuckethats. This seems to have become a two horse race.

USA:

From Steaming Bluff, overlooking the Kilauea caldera towards the Halema‘uma‘u crater and lava lake - Hawaii Volcanoes NP, Hawaii USA

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[johnw]

Gets a bit warm around these parts.

[Tyreless]

Just to start the conversation... somewhere on the Hawaiian Islands. And to keep the conversation going, somewhere on Big Island?

[johnw]

Just to start the conversation... somewhere on the Hawaiian Islands. And to keep the conversation going, somewhere on Big Island?

Yes, you have accurately narrowed it down Tyreless. And...

[johnw]

The feature in the centre background belching steam and volcanic gasses has a name, as does the larger caldera that surrounds it.

[johnw]

This is in a NP at probably the most visited active volcanic site on the Big Island. There are many hiking trails including the one that I just ascended from the caldera below, although the area of it that you can access these days is fairly limited. The crater contains a "lake" of molten lava.

[Orion]

Kilauea? I tried to match it up to my photos a couple of days ago but it looked different. If that's the place, where were you standing when you took the picture?

[johnw]

Kilauea? I tried to match it up to my photos a couple of days ago but it looked different. If that's the place, where were you standing when you took the picture?

Correct Orion. Overlooking the Kilauea caldera towards the Halema‘uma‘u crater and lava lake. This was taken from an interesting area called Steaming Bluff, which is not far from the crater rim road.

[Orion]

USA:

[GregR]

Pretty sure that's taken in the Oval Office.

[Orion]

Good one! But I suspect it would be much, much smaller if that were the case.

This infamous formation is about 15m tall and is in a National Park in California.

[GregR]

If not the White House how about The Pinnacles NP .

[Orion]

Yes it is the Pinnacles.
Can you name the formation?

[GregR]

Can you name the formation?..

I could but I'd be banned for life from this forum.

[Orion]

Are you saying that it's unmentionable?

[GregR]

No!

I’m just messing with your mind. I have no idea.

I was just hoping to win by default.

[eggs]

To keep it moving - lets try The Shaft?

[Orion]

No!

I’m just messing with your mind. I have no idea.

I was just hoping to win by default.

That's too bad, because it is in fact called "The Unmentionable".


Close enough though. Go ahead with the next one.

[GregR]

Thanks Orion,

See I was right it is name after the abomination in the Oval Office.

This ones in mainland Britain, name the body of water I’m looking across.

Attachments

[ribuck]

Wastwater.

[GregR]

Sorry Ribuck but not Waswater, Wasrwater is far more dramatic like this, barely a tree to seen except at the extreme western end.

Close but no cigar

[eggs]

Buttermere

[GregR]

Yep Buttermere it is
All yours

[eggs]

I had hoped to see Buttermere, but the worst weather of our trip had us driving past it.

Next one is in the Pacific

Sigatoka Sand Dunes NP, Fiji

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[johnw]

eggs could this be Sigatoka Sand Dunes NP in Fiji? I've been to Sigatoka but didn't realise this existed.

[eggs]

Yes John.
Climbed onto these 10 days ago.
Well worth the effort and a short drive from the resort we were in.
The beach section had massive wave action as well.

[johnw]

Yes John.
Climbed onto these 10 days ago.
Well worth the effort and a short drive from the resort we were in.
The beach section had massive wave action as well.

Thanks eggs, wasn't there some bad weather recently? My wife has expressed some interest in revisiting the resort we stayed at about 30 mins from Sigatoka. Will check this out if we go back.

An easy one from NZ to keep it going. What feature am I climbing?

Ascending Mt John via the forest overlooking Lake Tekapo - Mackenzie Basin, Canterbury New Zealand

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[eggs]

Cyclones a few weeks before had minimal effect on the places we went to.
The best spot we stayed was a resort on a small island.

Are you on the way to Mt John Observatory?