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By yicky yacky (Thu Oct 26, 2006 at 08:35:42 AM EST) NTMR, NTMR01, monkeys (all tags)

Name That Mountain Range.


Or, at least, name the highest mountain in the range as, in these internetian times, the two are quickly and cross-referenceably (<- if that's even a word) equivalent.

Answers tomorrow.

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Hawaii by Dr H0ffm4n (4.00 / 1) #1 Thu Oct 26, 2006 at 08:54:07 AM EST




No mountain that high there by nebbish (4.00 / 1) #2 Thu Oct 26, 2006 at 09:07:02 AM EST
It's got me stumped.

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Kilimanjaro? by georgeha (4.00 / 1) #3 Thu Oct 26, 2006 at 09:35:31 AM EST
I think I see a frozen leopard, too.


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Free-standing volcano by nebbish (4.00 / 1) #4 Thu Oct 26, 2006 at 09:42:50 AM EST
Not part of any mountain range, as far as I know.

I'm going to plumb for it being the part
of the Himalayas with Everest in, though at 8000 odd metres it's well outside the height range.

That frozen leopard is in fact a Yeti on all fours.

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Actually by nebbish (4.00 / 1) #5 Thu Oct 26, 2006 at 09:44:35 AM EST
No, it's not the Himalayas either.

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If the scale was just a little off by yicky yacky (2.00 / 0) #7 Thu Oct 26, 2006 at 10:39:13 AM EST

that'd be a pretty damned decent guess. I guess I ought to put a some measure of scale on any I do in future.


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Creative answer. by yicky yacky (4.00 / 1) #6 Thu Oct 26, 2006 at 10:35:02 AM EST

'Like it; you're an out-of-the-box mu'fu' and no mistake. Still wrong, unfortunately; it's not a "trick" scale, it's boring old elevation-above-sea-level.


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sea level by Dr H0ffm4n (4.00 / 1) #18 Thu Oct 26, 2006 at 11:48:11 AM EST
so terrestrial then...

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Yeah, I was gonna guess an oceanic ridge by Gully Foyle (2.00 / 0) #19 Thu Oct 26, 2006 at 12:06:35 PM EST
nt

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I'm afraid by yicky yacky (2.00 / 0) #20 Thu Oct 26, 2006 at 12:20:04 PM EST

it's a boring, terrestrial Earth-based mountain [range]. Not that "twists" hadn't occurred to me, but this one is just about obscure enough to stand on its own.


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Answer within by ChiefHoser (4.00 / 1) #8 Thu Oct 26, 2006 at 10:43:30 AM EST
Himalayas
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Chiefhoser


Clarification by yicky yacky (2.00 / 0) #9 Thu Oct 26, 2006 at 11:01:41 AM EST

When I say "range", I mean the range depicted, not the "mega-range" in which the depicted mountains may or may not exist. [That'll teach me for rushing to post it before dashing off to a meeting].

As it happens, though: No; which gives you quite a lot of information in itself.


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I by ChiefHoser (2.00 / 0) #11 Thu Oct 26, 2006 at 11:15:35 AM EST
figured that a more specifica answer was desired, but since I was mostly guessing anyways...
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Meilixue Shan nt by Gully Foyle (4.00 / 2) #10 Thu Oct 26, 2006 at 11:08:31 AM EST




Heh by yicky yacky (2.00 / 0) #12 Thu Oct 26, 2006 at 11:23:41 AM EST

That's got about eight different names and I'd never heard of it. I'd heard of Kagebo, though, but it took a while for me to link them.


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Yeah, wasn't sure how to refer to it by Gully Foyle (4.00 / 1) #13 Thu Oct 26, 2006 at 11:31:24 AM EST
I guess it's Mt Meili, but the peaks all have different names.

Kagebo's about 6750m, isn't it?

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Thereabouts by yicky yacky (4.00 / 1) #15 Thu Oct 26, 2006 at 11:41:45 AM EST

if the Yunnan government are to be believed. It's a good guess. It looks like a pretty awesome area, too. It's hard to tell what's the range and what're the mountain names. 'Kawa Karpo' comes up quite often. I guess it's one of those where everyone's got a different name for all of them, and some overlap etc.


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Well I'm FAIRLY sure by gazbo (4.00 / 1) #14 Thu Oct 26, 2006 at 11:35:41 AM EST
It's not Shakira's breasts.
"Engarde!" cried the larvae, huskily. - Scrymarch



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It'd be funny if they called them that by yicky yacky (2.00 / 0) #17 Thu Oct 26, 2006 at 11:45:21 AM EST

especially as most of the mountains are decidedly un-dome-like.


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Answa by TurboThy (4.00 / 2) #21 Thu Oct 26, 2006 at 12:48:55 PM EST
Aconcagua / Andes
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quick google leads me to by Greener (4.00 / 1) #22 Thu Oct 26, 2006 at 12:54:29 PM EST
Huascarán in Peru



Suddenly reminded of a geologist's post by wumpus (4.00 / 1) #23 Thu Oct 26, 2006 at 07:55:23 PM EST
about watching "Alive" with other geology students. He (or one of them) claimed the mountains were obviously the Rockies and didn't look at all like the Andes. The others threw popcorn at him, but admited he was right.

Wumpus



OK! by herbert (4.00 / 2) #24 Fri Oct 27, 2006 at 03:51:38 AM EST
I'll name it "Geoffrey".



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