I had to look that up...but it's actually west of Easter Is.

independent country?

French Polynesian?

no and no ...I'll add a clue or two if you guys don't home in on it soon, but I think you will.

South of French Polynesian?

south of.... YES

Cook Islands?

not Cook. Go south, young man, go south.

Pitcairn Island?

Nope, not Pitcairn....go south, young man, go south.

But as I was looking around French Polynesia I saw this place and WISHED I was there right now..I believe this is Bora Bora:

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...pics6/9439.jpg

Let's get cold then...

Carney Island?

not cold enough

south orkney?

oh brrrrrrr, you're getting colder...which is good. But still not far enough south.

only island i can see south of orkney is antarctica...

I'm out too, thought there might be a Shackleton expedition connection. But I checked and Elephant and Ross are both East of Easter.

Tully, can I borrow your GPS? I hope I got my bearings right, I'll have to double check that because I am in Antarctica and the spot I had in mind is on the Ross Ice Shelf...actually at McMurdo Station which is Lat & Long: 77°50' S & 166°40' E

uncle phil, since you said Antarctica first, I'd say it's fair for you to go next.

Yep, your right. Trying to zoom into it on google maps and compare Lon. I kept getting this freaking message "unable to provide images at this level, please zoom out." The when I zoom out I can't tell which island is which, no names. I just gave up.

But I double checked on Wiki and your numbers are right.

I wonder if google doesn't provide zooming to IP addresses outside the states? UP gave me a link to Hell, Norway and I got nothing. Just one big gray screen full of "unable to provide images at this level, please zoom out."

I've also run into some google maps problems in this thread...lack of detail in some areas like you say. But then I just hunt down other sources.

Here's one of the maps of Antarctica that I used to determine approx. longitude, but then I looked up the numbers I posted above after you shook my confidence

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...itical-map.jpg

While we await UP's next locale.

Thanks for the map.

I wouldn't let my geog. knowledge shake your confidence. I'm dyslexic as hell. When I sail I have to triple check shit all the time. Same thing when I used to fly a lot. In fact the guy that got me to stop talking about flying and actually get my ticket used to call me "Corrigan." Though I can honestly say once in the sky I never got turned around or lost.

I was looking around down there and doing some searches based on Shackleton (long time hero of mine.) I glanced at the islands I mentioned based on those searches, but like I said when I zoomed out they looked east of Easter. I find those low lats. confusing, don't know why? The numbers are the numbers, they don't lie.

I have my own twist to your directionally challenged self. My problem is that no matter where I am, even if I've never been there, I really never feel "lost" and figure that eventually I'll get my bearings. This can lead to problems if my copilot is not like minded, but it can also lead to interesting discoveries. I can hardly believe all the cool stuff I've stumbled upon while randomly driving down unknown roads. Of course in a desolate, life-threatening environment like Antarctica, or other true wilderness, I would have to change my perspective on this.

ok, hang on while i fnd the darts...

ok...go...

WH?

SH?

...we're getting so concise, so efficient :)

tully - no

nick - no...

North East Hem...

Europe?

yes...

Looking for a city here?

landlocked country?

tully - yes

tip - no...

are you in a Balkan country?

no...

Are you in a Baltic country?

yes...

Are you in Estonia?

no...

Latvia?

Canada?








Kidding!

Lithuania?

no...

Not Lithuania, not Latvia, not Estonia? ...or maybe you missed Sticky saying "Latvia" above? We might need a clue about this.


http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...cs6/baltic.gif