Google Maps Scavenger Hunt

Yes its finished.You have the type correct .But its not Asia.

 

Millau Bridge, France

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=...,3.024201&spn=0.028763,0.067377&t=k&z=15&om=1

Looking at what the Oakland Bay Bridge looks like in Googlemaps, and this picture, Googlemaps images are about a couple years old. Google up the Millau Bridge for some truly spectacular images.

(Mojo rotated the picture 90 degrees, probably to make it fit - it's a LONG bridge).

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MB

 

I've got one.

 

The elevation of the water surface is over 6000' MSL.

 

That helped. Wizard Island, Crater Lake, Oregon.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=&ie=UTF8&t=k&z=15&om=1

It's amazing how many cinder cone islands there are in lakes throughout the Pacific "Ring of Fire" - there's even one with a sizeable lake inside the crater of the island, making a lake within a lake (wish I could remember where I saw that - Indonesia maybe - I'd use it for a landmark if I could).

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MB

 

Another volcanic area.

 

The mountain was formed 200 thousand to 50 thousand years ago.The terrains appearance has recently been modified by man.But the area has a lot of geothermal activity and could erupt again.Great natural hot springs nearby.

 

I'll have to bow out on this one due to instant recognition rule. I have been there many times but not recently.

 

I think you are referring to Taal (pronunced ta-al), it's about 50km S of Manila. Been there several times, they grow the best tasting pineapples in the world there. here is a link... http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=...120.921021&spn=0.473519,0.63858&t=h&z=11&om=1

 

A few people died here recently, asphyxiated by CO2 and hydrogen sulfide gas.

 

Its name refers to a prehistoric creature.

 

Now I know where this is, but I didn't realize the area was volcanic. Silly me - the entire spine of mountains from the tip of Patagonia all the way up the Americas to the Aleutian chain is cratered with volcanoes, and this place is definitely part of that mountain spine. So in a sense I'd guessed correctly on my first guess, but discarded it because I'd forgotten its volcanic attributes. So I'll bow out & let someone else capture the flag.

MB

 

The guys who died were ski patrol.

 

OK I'll claim it.

This is Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, Calif.

http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=37.632586,-119.032059&spn=0.088229,0.124626&t=h&z=13&om=0

You got me curious as to the ski patrol deaths, so here is the scoop on them.

Four Mammoth Mountain ski patrollers were inspecting the mountain after recent heavy snowstorms. The patrollers were fencing off a natural hazard, a deep gas vent, when the snow around the vent collapsed and the patrollers fell 21 feet into the opening. http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=special_coverage&id=4061879

I went there several times in my twenties. Quite a few years ago.

I'll post in a moment.

 

Here is the next image.

You may not need many clues for this item if you are a hiker. This is a mountain peak and one of the most popular hiking destination in the US. specifically I have been to the summit twice.

 

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=...-118.290868&spn=0.004558,0.0109&t=k&z=17&om=1
Mt Whitney

 

One of the biggest refineries.

 

A broader view.

 

This place was named by an Italian explorer.

 

It supplies the US Gulf and Eastern Seaboard with gasoline and heating oil.Viva Hugo.