The Geography thread

[ranskaldan]

But my guess was Comoros...!
Alright, since it's not Mauritius and it's not Comoros... it's gotta be....

(wait a minute, this has gotta be an independent country, right?)

[Wernazuma III]

Is it on mainland Asia?

[Adalbertus]

Jonny, errm, sorry, you're right. It's the next "no". Same applies to Ecthelion.

ranskaldan, the country is independent. I'm absoulutely sure

Wernazuma, no.
- seacoast: yes
- Old world: yes
- Northern Hemisphere: no
- mainland Africa: no
- smaller than 580 000 sq km: yes
- Coast to Indian Ocean: yes
- once British colony: no
- Madagascar: no
- Mauritius: no
- Comoros: no
- Mainland Asia: no

[Wernazuma III]

Is it Seychelles?

[Adalbertus]

Wernazuma, no. yes, no, no, you're out

- seacoast: yes
- Old world: yes
- Northern Hemisphere: no
- mainland Africa: no
- smaller than 580 000 sq km: yes
- Coast to Indian Ocean: yes
- once British colony: no
- Madagascar: no
- Mauritius: no
- Comoros: no
- Mainland Asia: no
- Seychelles: no

[Shadowstrike]

Sri Lanka?

[Immortal Wombat]

Island or group of islands?

SS, Sri Lanka is in the northern hemisphere...

[Adalbertus]

Immortal Wombat, please pose a question I can answer with "yes" or "no".

Sri Lanka is indeed in the northern hemisphere (8° north or so). And it isn't Sri Lanka.

- seacoast: yes
- Old world: yes
- Northern Hemisphere: no
- mainland Africa: no
- smaller than 580 000 sq km: yes
- Coast to Indian Ocean: yes
- once British colony: no
- Madagascar: no
- Mauritius: no
- Comoros: no
- Mainland Asia: no
- Seychelles: no
- Sri Lanka: no

[ranskaldan]

OH!!!!

Adalbertus, you're devious!!!

Comoros... Seychelles... Mauritius... Madagascar... we've all been thinking in a totally wrong direction!

oh darn....
i hope someone else who's still in the game knows what i'm talking about.

[Immortal Wombat]

sorry, Is it either an island or a group of islands?

[Adalbertus]

Ah, IW, now I understand what you meant. Strictly speaking, no. It's neither an island nor a group of islands.

- seacoast: yes
- Old world: yes
- Northern Hemisphere: no
- mainland Africa: no
- smaller than 580 000 sq km: yes
- Coast to Indian Ocean: yes
- once British colony: no
- Madagascar: no
- Mauritius: no
- Comoros: no
- Mainland Asia: no
- Seychelles: no
- Sri Lanka: no
- island or group of islands: no

Adalbertus, you're devious!!!

I wasn't unfair. There even was some media coverage about a month ago

[ranskaldan]

Originally posted by Adalbertus

I wasn't unfair. There even was some media coverage about a month ago

Now you're giving it away

[Adalbertus]

After so many "no"s which with the same information content could have been "yes" ...

[Wernazuma III]

Oh, come on Adalbertus!

It's probably a country partially in the northern hemisphere, partially on asian mainland, partially islands.
Probably you even count every seacoast as a coast to the Indian Ocean because you can reach it from there...

Next guess: East Timor (which is only part of an island, so it's no island )

[Immortal Wombat]

I think that's pretty much all it can be