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Micradott
05-23-2008, 09:00 AM
Hunt the island
this link goes to a picture on my panormio site

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/10501738

This island is a very young active stratovolcano. It has an area of 2.3 square kilometres (0.89 square miles) and its highest point is 435 metres (1,427 ft). It's well-defined volcanic crater contains a very active hot point. In the early 1980s the island was the centre of earthquakes. The island is uninhabited and doesn't have much vegetation but has a small coral reef on the underwater slopes. First discovered by the Spanish in 1772.

Munden
05-26-2008, 01:50 AM
Ahh, found it. I gave up just looking for the shape and figured out which islands the Spanish were discovering around that time and started looking in that general area.

Micradott
05-26-2008, 12:08 PM
Well Done

Yes it is the pacitfic island of Mehetia

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

More Soon...................................