Where am I?As JS's Mapman[TM], I create the maps you see in all of our issues. In the photo above, I'm standing at the base of a rock formation in the middle of a vast desert. It was the final destination of a trip I took recently. If you correctly answer the following questions, find my final destination, and draw a map of the country to which it belongs, you could win our Mapman contest! The grand-prize winner will receive a $500 U.S. Savings Bond Savings bond A government bond issued in face value denominations from $50 to $10,000, with local and state tax-free interest and semiannually adjusted interest rates. savings bond A nonmarketable security issued by the U.S. , a handheld electronic sudoku puzzle “Puzzle solving” redirects here. For the concept in Thomas Kuhn's philosophy of science, see normal science. A puzzle is a problem or enigma that challenges ingenuity. , and a Mapman T-shirt. Twenty-five mimers-up will each win an electronic sudoku puzzle and a T-shirt. The winner and mimers-up will be announced in our May 14 issue. QUESTIONS 1. When I flew from American Samoa American Samoa, officially Territory of American Samoa, unincorporated territory of the United States (2000 pop. 57,291), comprising the eastern half of the Samoa island chain in the South Pacific. to Fiji, I crossed what line marking where each calendar day begins? 2. From Fiji, I boarded a larger plane and flew to Wellington, the capital of New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . Wellington is located on which island? 3. I then sailed across the Tasman Sea Tasman Sea, arm of the S Pacific Ocean between Australia and New Zealand; named for Dutch explorer Abel Tasman. Sydney, Australia, is the largest city on the sea. to a city located at 43[degrees]S, 147[degrees]E. What is the city? 4. From there, I flew due north for about 3,740 kilometers. When I got off the plane, I was in the capital of which country? 5. Next, I set off on a sailboat to Dili, once a city in Indonesia. Dili is now the capital of which country? 6. Then I sailed across the Timor Sea Timor Sea An arm of the Indian Ocean between Timor and Australia. Noun 1. Timor Sea - an arm of the eastern Indian Ocean between Timor and northern Australia to Darwin. In which general direction did I travel? 7. I drove to a city located at 24[degrees]S, 134[degrees]E. What is the name of the city? 8. At last, I arrived at my final destination at 25[degrees]S, 131[degrees]E--one of several domed hills situated in the middle of the Outback. To which country does this rock formation belong? Now, draw a map of this country. |
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