Place guessing

Malte279 · **Reply #40 on:** December 02, 2004, 05:05:18 PM

The Great Lakes? Lake Superior?
Make no mistake, I had no idea of this and got my answer from Google when I entered Edmund Fitzgerald. I was not aware of the Great Lakes as a place of many shiplosses. According to one webpage 500 ships are reported lost on the Great lakes with the Edmund Fitzgerald being the last major loss (1975). I admit I would have never guessed that one.

Nick22 · **Reply #41 on:** December 02, 2004, 09:35:22 PM

The song was called " The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", It came out in 1975 and it was sung by Gordon Lightfoot, a Canadian singer.
Nick

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #42 on:** December 03, 2004, 04:10:16 PM

You got the right place, Nick! Whew! I was getting nervous for the moment with all of my bad hints and constant loss of memory, but I'm glad THAT's over! Your turn!

Nick22 · **Reply #43 on:** December 03, 2004, 04:59:51 PM

This is a place that grows taller every year, in fact it is already the tallest place on Earth.
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #44 on:** December 03, 2004, 07:16:10 PM

Mount Everest? It does grow due to the plate of the Indian subcontinent pushing against the Asian plate. And it is the tallest place in the world (even though there is a higher mountain whose base is below sealevel however, so it's tip is not as high up as Mount Everest's.

Nick22 · **Reply #45 on:** December 03, 2004, 09:41:44 PM

No, it's not Everest. Try again Malte.
Nick

Littlefoot1616 · **Reply #46 on:** December 04, 2004, 07:51:03 AM

The tallest PLACE on Earth?! Hmm...somewhere in Tibet maybe? Up in the mountains?

Malte279 · **Reply #47 on:** December 04, 2004, 07:52:34 AM

Are you talking of a mountain or a settlement when you say "place" Nick?

Nick22 · **Reply #48 on:** December 05, 2004, 02:52:30 PM

I'm talking about a mountain, Malte.
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #49 on:** December 05, 2004, 05:59:58 PM

Well, one could define the mountain Chimborazo in Equador as the highest in the world, but only if you measure from the core of the earth rather than from the sealevel. Due to higher centrifugal power from the rotation of the earth this mountain would be the highest in the world if measured that way, and it's still growing because of the shifting of continents. Nevertheless I prefer measuring mountains from the sea level. Following that measure I never heard of a mountain higher than the Everest on our planet.

Petrie · **Reply #50 on:** December 05, 2004, 08:44:50 PM

Is it in the Himalayas?

Nick22 · **Reply #51 on:** December 06, 2004, 10:23:55 AM

No It is not in the Himalayas, Arven.
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #52 on:** December 06, 2004, 10:35:57 AM

And the Chimborazo is wrong too?

Nick22 · **Reply #53 on:** December 06, 2004, 11:36:01 AM

Yes. I'll give you a hint. It's on a "hot spot', a area of the Earth that covers an upswelling of magna.
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #54 on:** December 06, 2004, 03:20:32 PM

Once I read about some volcano in the Pacific which would be higher than the Mount Everest if (and only if) measured from the sea floor rather than from the sea level. I do not recal the name of the mountain. However, if above sea level it is not as high as mount everest, it can hardly be called the tallest place on earth. The growing of an active volcano however would be much faster a process than the growing of a "normal" mountain.

Nick22 · **Reply #55 on:** December 06, 2004, 05:12:43 PM

that is the mountain I'm speaking off. Now I need the name of the mountain.
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #56 on:** December 07, 2004, 09:13:16 AM

Mauna Kea somewhere around Hawai, isn't it? But with its top being lower than Mount Everests top it is not the tallest place in the world.

Nick22 · **Reply #57 on:** December 07, 2004, 10:07:38 AM

Mauna Kea is the world's tallest mountain from its base. It covers 33 496 feet, 13796 of which are above ground. It is in Hawaii, on the island of Hawaii. Good job Malte, its your turn.
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #58 on:** December 07, 2004, 11:12:15 AM

This town has gone through many renamings. First it was named after a ruler who made the country where this place is located powerful. It was the country's capital under this first name. Then it turned out that the name sounded too much like it was from the language of a nation this country was at war with, so the town was renamed. Few years later it was renamed again to bear the name of somebody who determined the fate of this country for a long time to come and who was more appreciated now than the long past ruler after whom the town was named in the first place. Also this town was no longer the country's capital. It saw horrible suffering but did not fall.
Nowadays it has it's original name again. Which town am I talking about?

Nick22 · **Reply #59 on:** December 07, 2004, 11:14:41 AM

St Petersburg Russia.
Nick