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  2. List of satellite map images with missing or unclear data

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    This is a list of satellite map images with missing or unclear data. Some locations on free, publicly viewable satellite map services have such issues due to having been intentionally digitally obscured or blurred for various reasons of this. [1] For example, Westchester County, New York asked Google to blur potential terrorism targets (such as ...

  3. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

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    A place in Ohio that is actually about 41 degrees north and 81 degrees west of the center of the world. These people need to look at a map. Chad: This country is populated and ruled by sigma males. Charm: A charming Amish community in Ohio where an influx of visitors is an unfortunate intrusion. Chateaugay: A town in New York.

  4. The creepiest places you can explore on Google Street View - AOL

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    You can find some super creepy video footage here. Closer to home, there's a historic ghost town in California's Bodie State park. People flooded Bodie during the gold rush of the late 1800s, but ...

  5. Place names considered unusual - Wikipedia

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    Place names considered unusual can include those which are also offensive words, inadvertently humorous (especially if mispronounced) or highly charged words, [2] as well as place names of unorthodox spelling and pronunciation, including especially short or long names. These names often have an unintended effect or double-meaning when read by ...

  6. A Camper Was Playing With Google Maps—and Stumbled ... - AOL

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    A Camper Was Playing With Google Maps—and Stumbled Upon a Likely Ancient Impact Crater. A man planning a camping trip using Google Maps ran across a uniquely curved spherical pit in Quebec and ...

  7. Wikipedia : Unusual articles/Places and infrastructure

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    Places and infrastructure. [edit] For places with unusual names only, see Wikipedia:Unusual place names. Aphrodite's artistic nudity shows itself not far from Mount Olympus. Good golly, Miss Molly – jus' love your folly! This 1909 voyage was planned to include four separate stopovers on phantom islands. Breast-shaped hill.

  8. Area 51 - Wikipedia

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    The CIA asked the AEC to acquire the land, designated "Area 51" on the map, and to add it to the Nevada Test Site. [ 9 ] : 56–57 Johnson named the area "Paradise Ranch" to encourage workers to move to "the new facility in the middle of nowhere", as the CIA later described it, and the name became shortened to "the Ranch".

  9. Utah monolith - Wikipedia

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    The Utah monolith was a metal pillar that stood in a red sandstone slot canyon in northern San Juan County, Utah, United States. The pillar was 3 m (9.8 ft) tall and made of metal sheets riveted into a triangular prism. It was unlawfully placed on public land between July and October 2016; it stood unnoticed for over four years until its ...