Contest #363 answer: Johnson South Reef, South China Sea
The area around the Spratly Islands in the South Chinese Sea is a disputed area.
It is controlled by the Chinese, in fact the Chinese are currently building artificial islands here, but the ownership is also claimed by various other countries: Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan.
Those who reclaimed their own island:
- Garfield
- Walter_V_R
- Lighthouse
- Paul Voestermans
- steve willis
- hhgygy
- mehmet durmus
- Phil Ower
- krenek
- Eloy Cano
– Hint –
- Ashwini Agrawal
- Chris Nason
Contest #363 hint
Is this a potential new conflict area?
Contest #363
Contest #362 answer: Kisimul Castle, Isle of Barra, Scotland
Kisimul Castle is a small medieval castle located on a small island off Castlebay, Barra, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It gets its name from the Gaelic cìosamul meaning “castle island”
It was abandoned in 1838, but nowadays it is leased by Historic Scotland for an annual rent of £ 1,- plus a bottle of whisky
Right answers from:
- hhgygy
- Garfield
- Lighthouse
- Walter_V_R
- Phil Ower
- Paul Voestermans
- steve willis
- Eloy Cano
- Ozgur ONGOCMEN
- krenek
- mehmet durmus
– Hint –
- Chris Nason
Contest #362 hint
Yes, it is a castle on a island
Contest #362
Contest #361 answer: Hart Island, New York
Hart Island is the location of the largest potter’s field in the world.
About 900,000 bodies are buried here in mass graves and still about 1,500 a year are added.
In 1977 most of the burial records were destroyed in a fire
Right answers from:
- Walter_V_R
- mehmet durmus
- Eloy Cano
- steve willis
- Lighthouse
- Garfield
- Phil Ower
- krenek
- Paul Voestermans
– Hint –
- Ashwini Agrawal
- R Hays
- Mik
- Gillian B
- donaaronio
- Farid, France
- Paul Franson
- rob de wolff
- Bill Close
Contest#361 hint
You are looking down at 900,000 buried bodies…