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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

PostPosted: Wed 31 Oct, 2018 12:45 am
by Hallu
Yes that's it. The Alps have at least 5 "Lac Blanc" , most people know t he one near Chamonix, but the others are actually more photogenic, and this one is just gorgeous in autumn.

Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

PostPosted: Wed 31 Oct, 2018 11:44 am
by johnw
Hallu wrote:Yes that's it. The Alps have at least 5 "Lac Blanc" , most people know t he one near Chamonix, but the others are actually more photogenic, and this one is just gorgeous in autumn.

Thanks Hallu, that reminds me of a hilarious attempt to order a cup of white coffee in French many years ago in Paris. Love to go for a wander around the alps one day.

A few weeks ago in the South Pacific:
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Mont Aorai - Tahiti Nui, French Polynesia

Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

PostPosted: Thu 01 Nov, 2018 12:23 pm
by johnw
We really don't want to leave, captain...

Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

PostPosted: Fri 02 Nov, 2018 12:35 pm
by johnw
Colonially speaking, Angleterre arrived here first mes amies.

Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

PostPosted: Fri 02 Nov, 2018 6:38 pm
by Last
Samoa?

Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

PostPosted: Fri 02 Nov, 2018 7:12 pm
by north-north-west
From the clues I would think Tahiti was the most likely, but I have no idea what the peak is called. And this isn't a formal guess because Ii don't have any accessible overseas images. Really should get some slides scanned.

Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

PostPosted: Fri 02 Nov, 2018 9:18 pm
by johnw
north-north-west wrote:From the clues I would think Tahiti was the most likely, but I have no idea what the peak is called. And this isn't a formal guess because Ii don't have any accessible overseas images. Really should get some slides scanned.

That has gotten much closer to the answer NNW, it is on Tahiti (Nui). Get your scanner out :wink:.
A further clue - if I zoom out a fair way I'm facing the main port waterfront.

Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

PostPosted: Sat 03 Nov, 2018 8:47 pm
by johnw
There are two significant peaks on Tahiti Nui. This is the lesser of the two.

Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

PostPosted: Sun 04 Nov, 2018 2:21 pm
by eggs
Mount Aorai?

Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

PostPosted: Sun 04 Nov, 2018 4:00 pm
by johnw
eggs wrote:Mount Aorai?

Yes eggs. 2nd highest mountain in Tahiti at 2066 m (or maybe 3rd, depending on the source) and apparently rarely climbed. There is a decent hike that goes to around 1400 m. We were only in port for a short-ish day so it wasn't an option, but did manage a 4WD trip into one of the valleys east of there.

Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

PostPosted: Mon 05 Nov, 2018 10:44 am
by eggs
Scratching a bit - this is near a major river in NZ
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Crystal clear mountain streams converging on the Dart River mouth at Lake Wakatipu near the community of Kinloch.

Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

PostPosted: Tue 06 Nov, 2018 7:14 am
by eggs
At the head of a major lake

Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

PostPosted: Tue 06 Nov, 2018 6:02 pm
by eggs
A short walk from a quiet spot where walkers often stay before heading off on a Great Walk

Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

PostPosted: Tue 06 Nov, 2018 8:26 pm
by Walk_fat boy_walk
Dart?

Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

PostPosted: Tue 06 Nov, 2018 10:33 pm
by eggs
That will do.
There are a number of crystal clear streams that converge on the Dart as it empties its murky waters into Lake Wakatipu near the community of Kinloch.

Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

PostPosted: Wed 07 Nov, 2018 12:58 am
by Walk_fat boy_walk
Thanks. NZ again...Image

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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

PostPosted: Fri 09 Nov, 2018 11:09 am
by eggs
Wonderful shot. And you can just see a cascade as part of the saddle.

Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

PostPosted: Fri 09 Nov, 2018 7:46 pm
by Walk_fat boy_walk
Yep from one end of the dart to the other... The shot is taken from just above cascade saddle (the saddle proper is actually behind me but cascade saddle is broadly correct).

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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

PostPosted: Fri 09 Nov, 2018 8:08 pm
by eggs
Anyone else can go next.

Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

PostPosted: Tue 13 Nov, 2018 3:04 pm
by Last
It's been several days. Here's a new pic. Europe. I will not be too pedantic about the precision of the answer.

Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

PostPosted: Fri 16 Nov, 2018 1:47 pm
by johnw
Is it somewhere in Iceland?

Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

PostPosted: Fri 16 Nov, 2018 2:38 pm
by Last
No, but we are on an island.

Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

PostPosted: Mon 19 Nov, 2018 8:49 am
by johnw
Last wrote:No, but we are on an island.

If I'm the only one playing, not likely to make much progress on this one without more clues.
Is it somewhere is Scandinavia?

Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

PostPosted: Mon 19 Nov, 2018 9:31 am
by Last
yes to Scandinavia. That's a fjord.

Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

PostPosted: Mon 19 Nov, 2018 11:26 am
by johnw
Last wrote:yes to Scandinavia. That's a fjord.

Isfjorden, Norway?

Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

PostPosted: Mon 19 Nov, 2018 1:38 pm
by Last
Considerably further north (and we are on an island)

Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

PostPosted: Mon 19 Nov, 2018 4:02 pm
by GregR
Svalbard then.

Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

PostPosted: Mon 19 Nov, 2018 4:20 pm
by wobbly
Langoya Island?

Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

PostPosted: Mon 19 Nov, 2018 5:55 pm
by Last
Langoya is correct. All yours wobbly.

Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

PostPosted: Tue 20 Nov, 2018 8:57 am
by wobbly
Thanks Last
this next one is from the land of Trump