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contest, which appears the print magainze, to Geotimes by Monday, January
28 (or postmarked by this date). From those answers, Geotimes staff will
draw the names of 10 people who will win Where on Earth? T-shirts. And from
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Clues:
1. This flooded fumarole sits in a 17,000-acre park named for a subset of the five volcanic peaks found within its boundaries. 2. The local inhabitants share their name with a religious order and a republic. 3. An adjacent
island experienced the largest number of casualties from a voalcanis eruption
in the 20th century. Name the feature and it's location. Scroll down for the answer |
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December winners:
1. Robin Bartel (Midland, TX)
2. Alejandro J. Benavides (Elko, NV)
3. Morgan Button (Cincinnati, OH)
4. Jerry D. Dolence (Reno, NV)
5. Fred A. Guthrie (Crossville, TN)
6. Lura Joseph (Mahomet, IL)
7. Dorothy Lewis (Milton, FL)
8. Janice Sellers (El Cerrito, CA)
9. Jim Shelden
10. Peter Stauffer (Menlo Park, CA)
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Clues:
1. These awesome peaks, which top off at just under 3,400 meters, are the eroded remains of an Early Cretaceous granite (quartz monzonite) batholith that intruded Middle Proterozoic slate, phyllit and schist. 2. Despite the name of the park where these peaks are located, there is nothing imaginary about the fear even world-class climbers have felt in their ascents here. 3. The gateway city
to this locality hosted the Winter Olympics a few years ago.
Name the formation and its location. Scroll down for the answer
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| Answer:
Howser Spires, Bugaboo Provincial Park, Purcell Mountains, British Columbia, Canada |
November winners:
1. Bill Albright (Reno, NV)
2. Paul Friberg (New Paltz, NY)
3. Dean Hancock (Denver, CO)
4. Rick Moscati
5. Sandra Stapp (Oceanside, CA)
6. Chris Breemer (Portland, OR)
7. Tom Hilbert (Rockford, IL)
8. Darla Heil (Bishop, CA)
9. Anthony Qamar (Seattle, WA)
10. Robert McBride (Lititz, PA)
Runners Up
Chuck Cofer (Houston, TX)
Ronald Crawford (Port Angeles, WA)
John I. Garver (Schenectady, NY)
Doug Geller (Portland, OR)
David Rees Gillette (Golden, CO)
Tom Kalakay (Bozeman, MT)
Mauri S. Pelto (Dudley, MA)
Robert Stolzenbach (Lakeside, MT)
David E. Thompson (Clinton, MS)
Dave Van Dillen
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