Here's another chance to play geographical detective! This natural-color
image was acquired by the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) in July
2003, and represents an area of about 355 kilometers x 463 kilometers. Most of
the landmass pictured in this image falls within a named geographic region.
This region is defined by its political boundaries within a larger country, and
may be a state, a province, a department, or similar entity. These 6 questions
refer to this geographic region. You may use any reference materials you like
to answer them.
Averaged over the entire geographic area of the region, which is larger?
The average number of people per square kilometer.
The average number of volcanoes per 1000 square kilometers.
Which is closer to the image area?
The nearest point along the path of annularity of the first solar eclipse
of 2003.
The location where a cargo ship spilled tens of thousands of bathtub toys
during rough seas in the early 1990s.
Which is smaller?
The population of the region at the beginning of the 18th century.
The population of the region at the beginning of the 20th century.
Which occurred earlier?
Completion of a monument commemorating the seafarer who founded what is
now the regional capital city.
The attack on the port of the city and defense of the port by a 44-gun
frigate.
Which is smaller?
The number of masts of the ship upon which the aforementioned seafarer
sailed during the last voyage of his or her lifetime.
The number of animals first identified and named after the naturalist who
sailed with the seafarer.
Within the region, which is further north?
The main military base.
The most important lake-environment spawning ground for anadromous fish.
MISR was built and is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Pasadena, CA, for NASA's Office of Earth Science, Washington, DC. The Terra
satellite is managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. JPL
is a division of the California Institute of Technology.
