Geography Quiz...
1. You should all know that the largest lake island is Manitoulin in Lake Huron. What is the largest island in a lake that is not the largest island in its lake?
2. What is the largest US city that is not on an interstate highway (the Hawaii H- roads are part of the interstate system)
3. The two largest rivers by outflow into the sea the US are the Mississippi and the Columbia. What is third? (going by the amount of water that actually flows from its mouth into the sea)
4. As you should know, Mauna Kea is the highest US peak on an ocean island. Mauna Loa is a close second. Not counting Hawaii, what is the highest US point on an ocean island? (I don't want some glacial pond in colorado claiming it due to the lake being at such high altitude). Bonus question - okay, now not counting Alaska either.
5. What is the largest city (or town or settlement) on an island inside each of the world's oceans. As much as I hate the designation "Southern Ocean", it somehow seems to be more and more accepted these days so I guess we get five:
a. Pacific
b. Atlantic
c. Indian
d. Arctic
e. "Southern"
Count arms of the oceans and attached seas as part of that ocean (e.g., Mediterranean ounts as part of Atlantic). Suez still divides Atlantic from Indian. If in doubt, go by the CIA factbook boundaries not the IHO, as the IHO does not include attached seas. So... as far as Indonesia you can count the southern series of islands (Sumatera, Krakatoa, Java, Bali, Lombok, Komodo, Timor, etc) as being in the Indian, and the northern part (Borneo, Sulawesi, Ambon, New Guinea etc) as being in the Pacific. The abomination called the "Southern" ocean is defined as anything outside of 60 degrees south, so basically Antarctica's associated islands.
6. Same thing, only highest mountain on an island in each:
a. Pacific
b. Atlantic
c. Indian
d. Arctic
e. "Southern"
2. What is the largest US city that is not on an interstate highway (the Hawaii H- roads are part of the interstate system)
3. The two largest rivers by outflow into the sea the US are the Mississippi and the Columbia. What is third? (going by the amount of water that actually flows from its mouth into the sea)
4. As you should know, Mauna Kea is the highest US peak on an ocean island. Mauna Loa is a close second. Not counting Hawaii, what is the highest US point on an ocean island? (I don't want some glacial pond in colorado claiming it due to the lake being at such high altitude). Bonus question - okay, now not counting Alaska either.
5. What is the largest city (or town or settlement) on an island inside each of the world's oceans. As much as I hate the designation "Southern Ocean", it somehow seems to be more and more accepted these days so I guess we get five:
a. Pacific
b. Atlantic
c. Indian
d. Arctic
e. "Southern"
Count arms of the oceans and attached seas as part of that ocean (e.g., Mediterranean ounts as part of Atlantic). Suez still divides Atlantic from Indian. If in doubt, go by the CIA factbook boundaries not the IHO, as the IHO does not include attached seas. So... as far as Indonesia you can count the southern series of islands (Sumatera, Krakatoa, Java, Bali, Lombok, Komodo, Timor, etc) as being in the Indian, and the northern part (Borneo, Sulawesi, Ambon, New Guinea etc) as being in the Pacific. The abomination called the "Southern" ocean is defined as anything outside of 60 degrees south, so basically Antarctica's associated islands.
6. Same thing, only highest mountain on an island in each:
a. Pacific
b. Atlantic
c. Indian
d. Arctic
e. "Southern"
