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This long-running thread started way back in 2009.

Number 1: http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/33469604

This is number 234 in the series.

GUESS THE PLACE RULES

These are the rules for this continuing thread:

Someone will post a picture of a place on Earth in this thread.
The person who guesses where it is (with the approval of he/she who posts the picture) can then post a new image of somewhere on Earth. And so on.
Both the city/town/area and the country must be stated.
It doesn't matter if it's really hard but keep in mind that people must have a chance to guess it.
If nobody has guessed it after 48 hours, a new image may be posted by anyone.
If more than one person posts a picture, the first image is in play.
New images must be posted as replies to the original message and within 24 hours; otherwise there will be a free turn.
All makes of cameras are welcome.

Note: It’s advisable that photos be checked with ’Google Lens’ reverse image search before posting a new challenge.
 
Name of the Islands please.

f61c6233afcf468b973e599820dde9e2.jpg

Bonus points for finding where the photo was taken from. (Google Street View is available)

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''I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious'' – Albert Einstein
 
maxdance said:
Name of the Islands please.

f61c6233afcf468b973e599820dde9e2.jpg

Bonus points for finding where the photo was taken from. (Google Street View is available)
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Do they have a fowl name?

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Victor Engel
 
apathyman said:
maxdance said:
maxdance said:
Victor Engel said:
maxdance said:
Name of the Islands please.

f61c6233afcf468b973e599820dde9e2.jpg

Bonus points for finding where the photo was taken from. (Google Street View is available)
Click to expand...
Do they have a fowl name?
Click to expand...
No.
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We are in the South Pacific looking at a small group of islands from a larger island which is off an extremely narrow part of an even larger island.
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Are the islands loud?
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Well, it’s said that nearly 200 years ago a Frenchman thought they were a bit hazelnutty – and, with the lack of predators now, the large numbers of breeding seabirds might get a bit noisy at times.

--
''I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious'' – Albert Einstein
 
maxdance said:
apathyman said:
maxdance said:
maxdance said:
Victor Engel said:
maxdance said:
Name of the Islands please.

f61c6233afcf468b973e599820dde9e2.jpg

Bonus points for finding where the photo was taken from. (Google Street View is available)
Click to expand...
Do they have a fowl name?
Click to expand...
No.
Click to expand...
We are in the South Pacific looking at a small group of islands from a larger island which is off an extremely narrow part of an even larger island.
Click to expand...
Are the islands loud?
Click to expand...
Well, it’s said that nearly 200 years ago a Frenchman thought they were a bit hazelnutty – and, with the lack of predators now, the large numbers of breeding seabirds might get a bit noisy at times.
Click to expand...
The viewpoint is on a bend in a road where a very small grassed hill with a short unsealed driveway up had a trig station when the photo was taken in 2015. The trig station has since been removed but the location is still specified on at least one map.

Now heading bedwards, back in our AM.

--
''I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious'' – Albert Einstein
 
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maxdance said:
maxdance said:
apathyman said:
maxdance said:
maxdance said:
Victor Engel said:
maxdance said:
Name of the Islands please.

f61c6233afcf468b973e599820dde9e2.jpg

Bonus points for finding where the photo was taken from. (Google Street View is available)
Click to expand...
Do they have a fowl name?
Click to expand...
No.
Click to expand...
We are in the South Pacific looking at a small group of islands from a larger island which is off an extremely narrow part of an even larger island.
Click to expand...
Are the islands loud?
Click to expand...
Well, it’s said that nearly 200 years ago a Frenchman thought they were a bit hazelnutty – and, with the lack of predators now, the large numbers of breeding seabirds might get a bit noisy at times.
Click to expand...
The viewpoint is on a bend in a road where a very small grassed hill with a short unsealed driveway up had a trig station when the photo was taken in 2015. The trig station has since been removed but the location is still specified on at least one map.

Now heading bedwards, back in our AM.
Click to expand...
The clues are really getting difficult as of late.

--
Keep it simple.
 
volks 1 said:
maxdance said:
maxdance said:
apathyman said:
maxdance said:
maxdance said:
Victor Engel said:
maxdance said:
Name of the Islands please.

f61c6233afcf468b973e599820dde9e2.jpg

Bonus points for finding where the photo was taken from. (Google Street View is available)
Click to expand...
Do they have a fowl name?
Click to expand...
No.
Click to expand...
We are in the South Pacific looking at a small group of islands from a larger island which is off an extremely narrow part of an even larger island.
Click to expand...
Are the islands loud?
Click to expand...
Well, it’s said that nearly 200 years ago a Frenchman thought they were a bit hazelnutty – and, with the lack of predators now, the large numbers of breeding seabirds might get a bit noisy at times.
Click to expand...
The viewpoint is on a bend in a road where a very small grassed hill with a short unsealed driveway up had a trig station when the photo was taken in 2015. The trig station has since been removed but the location is still specified on at least one map.

Now heading bedwards, back in our AM.
Click to expand...
The clues are really getting difficult as of late.
Click to expand...
Well volks, images not immediately found by Google Lens can take a little longer.

With only the first clue to go on, Brian has obviously already located the islands but has not placed a guess - maybe he’s going for the bonus? And, before any clues at all, Victor found the right part of the Pacific - with optimum wind speed and direction a SailGP F50 could possibly sail from the Hen and Chickens to our island group in less than an hour.

--
''I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious'' – Albert Einstein
 
maxdance said:
volks 1 said:
maxdance said:
maxdance said:
apathyman said:
maxdance said:
maxdance said:
Victor Engel said:
maxdance said:
Name of the Islands please.

f61c6233afcf468b973e599820dde9e2.jpg

Bonus points for finding where the photo was taken from. (Google Street View is available)
Click to expand...
Do they have a fowl name?
Click to expand...
No.
Click to expand...
We are in the South Pacific looking at a small group of islands from a larger island which is off an extremely narrow part of an even larger island.
Click to expand...
Are the islands loud?
Click to expand...
Well, it’s said that nearly 200 years ago a Frenchman thought they were a bit hazelnutty – and, with the lack of predators now, the large numbers of breeding seabirds might get a bit noisy at times.
Click to expand...
The viewpoint is on a bend in a road where a very small grassed hill with a short unsealed driveway up had a trig station when the photo was taken in 2015. The trig station has since been removed but the location is still specified on at least one map.

Now heading bedwards, back in our AM.
Click to expand...
The clues are really getting difficult as of late.
Click to expand...
Well volks, images not immediately found by Google Lens can take a little longer.

With only the first clue to go on, Brian has obviously already located the islands but has not placed a guess - maybe he’s going for the bonus? And, before any clues at all, Victor found the right part of the Pacific - with optimum wind speed and direction a SailGP F50 could possibly sail from the Hen and Chickens to our island group in less than an hour.
Click to expand...
Oh, that's a big clue, but I won't be able to look again until tomorrow.

--
Victor Engel
 
The trig structure in 2015...



3310b31e4a3e43ed9ccacaf6196aec84.jpg

...with the islands off to the right of this shot.

--
''I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious'' – Albert Einstein
 
maxdance said:
The trig structure in 2015...

3310b31e4a3e43ed9ccacaf6196aec84.jpg

...with the islands off to the right of this shot.
Click to expand...
Trig Beacon, Hope Saddle, South Island, New Zealand ?

--
Keep it simple.
 
volks 1 said:
maxdance said:
The trig structure in 2015...

3310b31e4a3e43ed9ccacaf6196aec84.jpg

...with the islands off to the right of this shot.
Click to expand...
Trig Beacon, Hope Saddle, South Island, New Zealand ?
Click to expand...
Sorry volks, not Hope Saddle, you need to go more than 550km to the north. The prominent landmark visible on the horizon in the second photo is a well-photographed symmetrical shield volcano cone island - the youngest and largest of the approximately 50 volcanoes of the local volcanic field.

--
''I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious'' – Albert Einstein
 
maxdance said:
volks 1 said:
maxdance said:
The trig structure in 2015...

3310b31e4a3e43ed9ccacaf6196aec84.jpg

...with the islands off to the right of this shot.
Click to expand...
Trig Beacon, Hope Saddle, South Island, New Zealand ?
Click to expand...
Sorry volks, not Hope Saddle, you need to go more than 550km to the north. The prominent landmark visible on the horizon in the second photo is a well-photographed symmetrical shield volcano cone island - the youngest and largest of the approximately 50 volcanoes of the local volcanic field.
Click to expand...
You must be somewhere on the west side of Waiheke Island with a view of Rangitoto. To the NE or Rangitoto is a group of islands called The Noises, just past Rakino Island. I figure the two largest islands in your picture are Motuhoropapa Island on the left and Otata Island on the right. This is the closest place I can find on Google Maps Street View. https://goo.gl/maps/ZW4oVNR4CqtjrGueA

And first view: https://goo.gl/maps/piPEKvx1vmcas51TA

--
Victor Engel
 
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Victor Engel said:
maxdance said:
volks 1 said:
maxdance said:
The trig structure in 2015...

3310b31e4a3e43ed9ccacaf6196aec84.jpg

...with the islands off to the right of this shot.
Click to expand...
Trig Beacon, Hope Saddle, South Island, New Zealand ?
Click to expand...
Sorry volks, not Hope Saddle, you need to go more than 550km to the north. The prominent landmark visible on the horizon in the second photo is a well-photographed symmetrical shield volcano cone island - the youngest and largest of the approximately 50 volcanoes of the local volcanic field.
Click to expand...
You must be somewhere on the west side of Waiheke Island with a view of Rangitoto. To the NE or Rangitoto is a group of islands called The Noises, just past Rakino Island. I figure the two largest islands in your picture are Motuhoropapa Island on the left and Otata Island on the right. This is the closest place I can find on Google Maps Street View. https://goo.gl/maps/ZW4oVNR4CqtjrGueA

And first view: https://goo.gl/maps/piPEKvx1vmcas51TA
Click to expand...
Spot on Victor, The Noises islands. Said to have been named by the French explorer Dumont D'Urville in 1827 - Les Noisettes ("The Hazelnuts"), which later corrupted to "the Noisies" or "the Noises". Brian asked if they were loud and they are about 82km south from the Hen and Chickens group – your ‘fowl’ name. But no bonus I’m afraid, the photo was taken from Delamore Drive on Waiheke Island:

https://www.google.com/maps/@-36.77...zungVCbA3eapt6inQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en-US

and

https://www.google.com/maps/@-36.77...K-NI9Li3ZF09NsdFQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en-US

and

https://www.google.com/maps/@-36.77...p05cDzsyQFo99plXA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en-US

Over to you.

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''I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious'' – Albert Einstein
 
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Name the place, please.



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--
Victor Engel
 
The straight line of trees that can be seen in the distance is visible on the 2014 google street view (the trees are staked) but not the 2013 version.
 
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