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Located in the Persian Gulf is the Small Kingdom of Bahrain, and another massive artificial island development project, Durrat Al Bahrain (aka Pearl of Bahrain).  Bahrain has one of the fastest growing and “Freest” economies in the Middle East.  Some estimates schedule the opening sometime in 2009 with completion in 2015, and eventually these islands will be home to some 60,000 people.

Those with a wealth of Correct Answers:

• ACG
• Andy McConnel
• ej
• Michael T
• Dean
• Aaron Predeek
• Karel
• Skip
• ewen
• eocene
• pfly
• petko
• Lance Finney
• Willem
• Neil
• Richard

photo courtesy:Imre Solt

Continually recognized as one of the most livable and environmentally friendly cities in the world, Copenhagen, Denmark was the Answer to Contest #72.  I apologize for spoiling the answer for a few early viewers.  If you were not lucky enough to see that, remember to let us know how long it took and some of the methods you might have used to find the answer.

Correct Answers:

• Aaron Predeek
• pfly
• Andy McConnell
• Dean
• ej
• petko
• Lance Finney
• ACG
• Ewen
• Karel
• Michael T

In the Caribbean Sea, due south of Cuba is the small British territory of the Cayman Islands.

The North West end of the Grand Cayman Island, is home to the Town of Battle Ground and a little known place Called Hell, which is not much more than a few rock formations and a tourist trap Post Office.  The Cayman Islands are also known for thier Tax Haven, Sting Ray city, and thier Blue Iguanas.

Getting this one correct:

• eocene
• ACG
• Andy McConnel
• ej
• Michael T
• Dean
• Aaron Predeek
• Karel
• Skip

Courtesy Milosh, Serbia

Greetings 2009!

As we all welcome in the New Year, Where On Google Earth would like to announce a new Google Earth Layer.

Click to Open in Google Earth

You can now download the KMZ file and see all the Historical Contest in Google Earth.  Thanks to Google Docs Spreadsheet Mapper v2.0 created by Google Earth Outreach program.  This KMZ points to a network KML generated by the spreadsheet and will be updated after each contest.

This was the Last Contest for Skip, and I am Looking forward to getting back to being a contestant!

Karel maintains the streak of correct answers getting all 10 contest #61-70 correct.  Since Karel choose contest #41-50, and based on previous correct answers,  Milosh from Serbia will select contest #71-80.

The answer to Contest #70 is the Caribbean Island of Saint Martin. The Northern portion is the French collective of Saint-Martin, and the southern half is the Dutch Sint Maarten.  Also Located adjacent to Maho beach is on of the wildest places to watch Aircraft landing at the Princess Juliana Airport.

Landing at the Right Spot:

• Milosh, Serbia
• ACG
• Karel
• Pan
• Willem
• Michael T
• Corinne
• Richard
• Dean

Reminder: Starting with Contest #71 thru 80,  Someone new will be choosing the contest.

The Answer for #69 was the beautiful and majestic Cape Town.  Shadowed by the impressive 1000+ meter Table Mountain and it’s siblings Devils Peak and Lion Head, this one of the most geographically stunning metropolitan areas in the World.

Also, Cape Town will be the host City to the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Correct Answers Arriving at the Point:

• Karel
• Michael T
• Milosh, Serbia
• Willem
• Pan
• Anon
• dwalterc
• ACG