Comments on: GoogleEarthing #139

By: Kenwyn

Kenwyn — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:49:22 +0000

When you said that “most of us probably wouldn’t get it” I went back to Holland. I.e. Something only a local would know.

By: Adriaan

Adriaan — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:42:31 +0000

Pamous was famous for the lack of wind causing many sailing ships to lie dead in the water just in front of it - “lie for Pampus” - now a Dutch expression (proverb) for being out cold.

By: Kenwyn

Kenwyn — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:35:27 +0000

Fort Pampus. Built late 19th C as part of a ring of fortifications around Amsterdam.

Unfortunately I do not speak Dutch and therefore haven’t got much more info on it.

By: Kenwyn

Kenwyn — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:27:56 +0000

Adriaan came home. I thought it might have been here but missed it first time cos this is so small. The Netherlands have had loads of imagery updates recently and that was the clincher.

52′21′53 N. 5′4′8″ E

By: Adrian

Adrian — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:01:05 +0000

Hmm, I thought about Latvia or Lithuania - but that’s out with Scotland. As for hints, 2nd or 1st world war?

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:36:09 +0000

Since the Isle of Lewis (#137) is in Scotland — not a World Cup qualifier — this one must be one of the qualifiers, so our options are still limited in scope.

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:09:08 +0000

Long time ago I thought of the Spree River in Berlin, but couldn’t find it there.

By: Adriaan

Adriaan — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:29:57 +0000

Ok, let me make it even easier by excluding more than 50% of the earth: this is not in an ocean. (Unlike #137, where I’m on a roll, I have trouble coming up with witty, intelligent clues for this on)

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:51:01 +0000

That’s a crazy-small island, so it should be easier to find. But I’m still lost.

By: Adriaan

Adriaan — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:51:35 +0000

Don’t concentrate too much on the ‘proverbial’ thing. It is a reference to something you either know or don’t know. And I’m pretty sure most of you searchers don’t know. I feel a bit guilty about it. So, to make that up, a bit of info that might help:
- the picture shows almost 50% of the island (hey, I said it was smaller than Britain…)
- ‘Latin feel’ refers to the original Latin (Roman) language