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Re: geo quiz
Posted By: Howard, on host 209.86.37.1
Date: Thursday, September 21, 2000, at 04:51:45
In Reply To: Re: geo quiz posted by Brunnen-G on Wednesday, September 20, 2000, at 15:51:28:

> > > It's no secret that I love islands.
> > > So today I was leafing through my National Geographic Atlas and ran across a few that I never heard of before. See if you know the location of these islands. (Just for fun, I put in two easy ones. The only ones in the group that I knew.) Use your atlas only as a last resort.
> > >
> > > Akimiski Island
> > > Coiba Island
> > > Isle Royale
> > > Majorca
> > > Islay
> > > Hainan
> > > Leyte
> >
> > Of these, I had previously only heard of Majorca and Isle Royale. If I still had The Mindscape U.S. Atlas, the location of Isle Royale would be ingrained on my memory, as I used to watch video footage for every state in the list of states for which they have it. If it's not in the states, I said U.S. Atlas because the person who chose the locations tended to focus more on natural scenery than manmade structures, and the World Atlas person was just the opposite.
> >
> > Nyperold
>
> Hmm, I only know the locations of Majorca and Islay. Hainan sounds vaguely familiar, but I thought it was a province or something, not an island.

Akimiski Island is in St. James Bay at the south end of Hudson Bay which is in Canada.

Coiba Island is near the Pacific coast of Panama.

Isle Royale is in Lake Superior. I understand it is a summer resort.

Majorca is in the Western end of the Mediterranean Sea

Islay in on the west side of Scotland.

Hainan is off the east coast of Vietnam.

Leyte is one of the Philippines.

The only one's that I knew about were Isle royale and Leyte, so for me, those were the easy ones.
Howard

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