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10 Oddities You Can See On Google Maps When You Zoom In

3 AUG, 2023

Sushim Mukul

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On Luzon Island lies the wonder of Taal Lake. Here, you'll find a lake within an island on a lake within an island.

Taal LAKE, THE PHILIpPINES

Photo: Google Maps

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Photo: Google Maps

Loktak Lake, in Manipur, is the largest freshwater lake in Northeast India. It is famous for Keibul Lamjao, the world's only floating national park, famous for floating phumids on it.

KEIBUL LAMJAO, INDIA

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Photo: Google Maps

Zooming into this national park, one will find long, deep cracks! This is where the Eurasian and American continental plates converge.

THINGVELLIR NATIONAL PARK, ICELAND

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Photo: Google Maps

This African nation has the rare distinction of being fully land-locked by a single country, South Africa. San Marino and Vatican City are other two countries surrounded by Italy. 

lesotho

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Photo: Google Maps

Zooming into Sudan, you'll realise, Egypt isn't the only country with pyramids. Nubian Pyramids in Sudan were built by Kushites much later. FYI, they're more in number than those of Giza.

pyramids of moore, Sudan

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Photo: Google Maps

Mount Augustus in the Aussie outback is the world's largest rock, nearly 23,000 feet tall.

mount augustus, australia

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Photo: Google Maps

Diomede Islands, between US and Russia, on the International Date Line, split by Russia and America, have a 4 km distance and 20-hour time difference.

diomede islands, russia/usa

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Photo: Google Maps

The world's smallest river is just 201 feet long. The Roe River in Montana is an off-shoot of the greater Missouri River.

roe river, usa

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Photo: Google Maps

Borders of Lybia, Botswana, Egypt and a few other countries run straight, disregarding natural and communal boundaries due to their colonial legacy.

International borders in africa

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Photo: Wikipedia

Rivers covering more than half of the US discharge their water in the river Mississippi before it drains into the Gulf of Mexico.

massive mississippi