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OwliphantOn November 4th, 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter and his workmen discovered the entrance to King Tut's tomb.Click to see the location on a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/map" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#map</a>: <a href="https://www.whereintheworldgame.com/?id=34&type=q" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.whereintheworldgame.com/?id=34&type=q</a>For more details on the tomb, visit: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/tomb-of-142817357" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/posts/tomb-of-142817357</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Archaeology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Geography</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OnThisDay</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TodayInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TodayInHistory</a>

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸huh. TIL: there is a “four corners” place in Canada, like there is more famously in the USA, where Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico meet.But ours is automatically cooler, figuratively and literally*, because it is a: at 60° Latitude, and b: involves two Territories and two Provinces.It is where the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba meet.It is also a LOT harder to get to. Though arguably, as it is amongst the thousands of lakes in the area, during the summer, a float plane would get you there.Also, technically. It is not a perfect “joining” on the map which is just bad planning on Canada’s part, but at least it is hiking distance. Or that might be just a projection issue. They seem to converge at 60N 102W. I guess I could consult an official boundary document or something :)Apple Map location: <a href="https://maps.apple/p/W9ucIgoQCikMLM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://maps.apple/p/W9ucIgoQCikMLM</a>Edit: Google Maps has a photo! Added here… of the four cornered boundary monument! *seasons and ongoing <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/agw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#agw</a> not withstanding <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geography</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/uselessKnowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uselessKnowledge</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/nerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nerd</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maps</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canada</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/sk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sk</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/mb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mb</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/nwt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nwt</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/yt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#yt</a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climatechange</a>

OwliphantCahokia was the largest pre-Columbian urban area north of Mexico on the North American continent. At its peak, around 1000 years ago, it may have had a population of 40,000 people, possibly being larger than London or Paris at the time.Can you find Cahokia on a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/map" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#map</a>?Click to guess: <a href="https://www.whereintheworldgame.com/?id=177&type=q" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.whereintheworldgame.com/?id=177&type=q</a>More info here: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/cahokia-142690669?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/posts/cahokia-142690669?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Geography</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Archaeology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indigenous</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NativeNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativeNations</a>

Tuomas Väisänen 📼🧟‍♂️<a href="https://vis.social/tags/30DayMapChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#30DayMapChallenge</a> Day 1 - PointsCreating a <a href="https://vis.social/tags/centroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#centroid</a> is not as trivial as you might think!If you are dealing with regional population data, the locational difference between a regular geometric centroid and a population-weighted centroid can be vast, and affect your model quite much!Map by me 🤓<a href="https://vis.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GIS</a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/QGIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#QGIS</a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/Geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Geography</a> <a href="https://vis.social/tags/Maantiede" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maantiede</a>

Dr. Ramesh GlücklerOpportunity to present your <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> at the inaugural <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BeNeLux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BeNeLux</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Geography</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Conference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Conference</a>! 🌐🎤Abstract submission now open for our session - join us in Leuven, Belgium next April and connect with researchers from the varied and diverse fields of <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geography</a>!More information: <a href="https://www.benelux-geo.eu/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.benelux-geo.eu/</a><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@geography</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicsunite" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@academicsunite</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geoscience" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@geoscience</a>

Owliphant<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HalloweenWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HalloweenWeek</a> - Mary Shelley's Frankenstein had many inspirations. One may be the actual Frankenstein Castle itself and one of its nearby residents who was rumored to dig up dead bodies.Click to find the castle on a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/map" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#map</a> and learn more: <a href="https://www.whereintheworldgame.com/?id=204&type=q" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.whereintheworldgame.com/?id=204&type=q</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Halloween" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Halloween</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Geography</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Literature</a>

Owliphant<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HalloweenWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HalloweenWeek</a> - In 1816, Mary Shelley became inspired to write Frankenstein as a challenge from Lord Byron to write a ghost story while they and friends were spending the summer together.The summer was cold, rainy and gloomy, which fueled the feeling of the story.Click to guess where this was: <a href="https://www.whereintheworldgame.com/?id=123&type=q" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.whereintheworldgame.com/?id=123&type=q</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Halloween" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Halloween</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Geography</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Literature</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a>

Ben Lockwood, PhDQuick new <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#introduction</a> post since I've migrated over to ecoevo.social I'm an ecologist at Penn State University with a research focus on <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/tree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tree</a> / <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/forest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forest</a> growth and <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/carbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carbon</a> dynamics. I also have a side interest in the application of geographic <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/theory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theory</a> to <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#society</a> relations. And I write some short <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> in my spare time. <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecology</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geography</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a>

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