How Good Is Your Geographic? [5]

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Originally Posted by anfield5

why yes it is schmenke :)

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Thanks. I have a colleague who was diving there recently.


O.k., anfield, answer this, then have another go.


Where is Ebeye and what is its significance?

I think it is an Island in the central Pacific, either part of Micronesia, Palau, or the Marshall group. Not too sure, as to significance, I am guessing at the lowest island above sea level?

.... or the Americans used it as a nuclear bomb test site?

Wasn't that Bikini atoll?

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Originally Posted by anfield5

I think it is an Island in the central Pacific, either part of Micronesia, Palau, or the Marshall group. Not too sure, as to significance, I am guessing at the lowest island above sea level?

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Yes, it's the most populous island in the Marshall Islands.
It's significance, at least what I was looking for, is that it's the most densely populated region of any US area, even more so than Manhattan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebeye_Island

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Originally Posted by schmenke

Yes, it's the most populous island in the Marshall Islands.
It's significance, at least what I was looking for, is that it's the most densely populated region of any US area, even more so than Manhattan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebeye_Island

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Never would have guessed that. I am assuming it is simply an airfield with a USAF base attached to it?

What and where

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1502..._Lane_2400.jpg

Turkey? Milky Way too :p:

It is the Milky way, but not close to Turkey. The rock pillars have a specific name.