FORUM GAMES - Place Names

VESUVIUS ERUPTING 1760-61
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Wallsend - near to Newcastle and so named because it is at the end of Hadrian’s Wall!

Xalapa - Mexico (Veracruz) This looks like a warm spot.
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Y Garn - is a mountain in the Snowdonia region of North Wales. I walked up the peak in 1973.
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ZIBO, CHINA
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Aberystwyth - somewhere in Wales

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Barmouth is also another coastal town in Wales
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Castlemartin - also on the Welsh coast

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Douglas is on the coast of the Isle of Man (I couldn’t think of another Welsh one!)
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Erbil- the capital city of the Kurdistan region of Iraq

Fort William - a town where many people go to stay when they plan to walk up Ben Nevis.
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Alaska and Arizona phoniexic

Gibraltar - another rock to climb…

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Haku Mountain-- a dormant volcano in Japan.

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Isfahan - a major city in Central Iran.
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Jacmel, Haiti

Jacmel is a port town on the south coast of Haiti. The city center has many colonial-style buildings, including the 19th-century Maison Cadet, with its conical red roof.

Kingston is the capital city of Jamaica
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London the home of the Royal family, big ben, Westminster Abbey, Trafalgar Square and many other wonderful sights :grin:

Morecambe Bay - where at low tide it is possible to walk across the sands to Grange (walk with a guide is recommended).

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Narberth Pembrokeshire, Wales

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