whats this island?

[Chiropteran]

I just randomly found this playing with google maps, anyone know what the name of this island is?

link

 

[Nitemare]

Bel Air?

 

[coldmeat]

I thought the island from Lost was impossible to find.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Nitemare
Bel Air?

Where's the Fresh Prince?

 

[Saulbadguy]

I think I see Wilson!!!

 

[Aharami]

weird

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: Nitemare
Bel Air?

Where's the Fresh Prince?

Carlton's house on the lower peninsula

 

[Atomic Playboy]

It's clearly not Bel-Air you idiots, it's out in the middle of the South Pacific. He just happens to have Bel-Air, MD selected as the region he was looking at, but then took a 12,000 mile detour.

 

[Mr Pickles]

Good find, I don't know. I say we claim it as our own. We will call it Anand.

 

[FoBoT]

it is part of french polynesia

still trying to find the name , the lat/long is

(-22.477030464933303, -151.3311767578125)

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
It's clearly not Bel-Air you idiots, it's out in the middle of the South Pacific. He just happens to have Bel-Air, MD selected as the region he was looking at, but then took a 12,000 mile detour.

O rly?

 

[Aharami]

I think the island is called Rurutu. Put the coordinates in Google earth and thats what it says




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NTAR RURUTU
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Altitude 18ft
Magnetic Deviation E14.174°

RWY 9 APPR 94°
RWY 27 APPR 274°
Length 4757x59 ASP

INFO FREQ1 118.3 M

Original Post
Posted by:Karl_9999

 

[Minjin]

Certainly looks like it:

http://www.thetahititraveler.c...dguide/rurutuintro.asp

 

[SlowSpyder]

Originally posted by: MrLee
Good find, I don't know. I say we claim it as our own. We will call it Anand.

Anandland has a nice ring to it.

 

[Aharami]

a picture of (a part of) this island
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/4028471.jpg

 

[Minjin]

There's some interesting stuff on that island. Whats up with the big building right in the middle, far from civilization?

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=...007167&z=18&iwloc=addr

And then, is this snow?

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=...0.003411,0.007167&z=18

 

[rivan]

Originally posted by: Minjin
There's some interesting stuff on that island. Whats up with the big building right in the middle, far from civilization?

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=...007167&z=18&iwloc=addr

And then, is this snow?

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=...0.003411,0.007167&z=18

I'd guess something to do with the farming mentioned in the article linked above.

It's obviously reflective, but I really don't see it being snow.

 

[gsellis]

Yep. Rurutu. I used it for a OS build code name about 4 years ago.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Must be purty at night, light pollution should be next to nothing.

 

[rh71]

Wilson!!!!!!

 

[Mr Pickles]

Originally posted by: SlowSpyder

Originally posted by: MrLee
Good find, I don't know. I say we claim it as our own. We will call it Anand.

Anandland has a nice ring to it.

 

[Chiropteran]

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
It's clearly not Bel-Air you idiots, it's out in the middle of the South Pacific. He just happens to have Bel-Air, MD selected as the region he was looking at, but then took a 12,000 mile detour.

Yep, that is exactly what it was. Lol.

I guess it must be Rurutu. Neat. I love how easy it is to get sidetracked when you google something, whether you use google internet search or google maps...