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Indonesia landmarks quiz: guess where 13 photos were taken
13 photos from Indonesia and where each one was taken. A round is five photos, and all 13 are listed below.
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4 photos from Indonesia on this map. Tap where you think each one was taken.
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Where they are
4 on the mapAll 13 places
The world's largest Buddhist temple, tiered with stupas, on Java.
Photo: Gunawan Kartapranata / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A Hindu temple on a rock islet cut off at high tide.
Photo: Jakub Hałun / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Curved emerald rice terraces watered by a traditional system.
Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A smoking volcanic crater in a sea of sand on Java.
Photo: Thomas Hirsch (= user Ravn) / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Bali's highest and holiest volcano, home of the gods in Balinese belief.
Photo: Michael W. Ishak (www.myreefsdiary.com) / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The volcano whose 1815 eruption caused the 'year without a summer'.
Photo: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
A volcano with three crater lakes that change colour from turquoise to black.
Photo: Rosino / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
West Sumatra's most active volcano, looming over the Minangkabau highlands.
Photo: Dody.bukittinggi / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The only tropical park stretching from snow-capped peaks to the sea.
Photo: Ganjarmustika1904 / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Volcanic islands that are the main home of the Komodo dragon.
Photo: Jakub Hałun / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The largest Hindu temple complex in Indonesia, with towering 9th-century spires.
Photo: Gunawan Kartapranata / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A colonial coal-mining town in the Sumatran hills, now a heritage site.
Photo: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Indonesia's second highest volcano, with a crescent crater lake at 2,000 metres.
Photo: Aldoarianto.87 / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsHow to place them
Kelimutu is the furthest east on the map, 590 km from Rinjani on the western side. A few places, including Borobudur; Tanah Lot, Bali; and Tegallalang Rice Terraces, Bali, are off the map below and do not come up in the round.
Here the photos are rated five easy, four medium and four hard. Mount Bromo, Kelimutu, Marapi and Sawahlunto are rated hard. The easy ones are Mount Agung, Tambora, Lorentz National Park, Komodo National Park and Prambanan Temple. Tanah Lot, Bali is a Hindu temple on a rock islet cut off at high tide.
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How many places from Indonesia can come up?
There are 13, from Marapi down to Kelimutu. A round uses five. A few are off the map, such as Borobudur; Tanah Lot, Bali; and Tegallalang Rice Terraces, Bali.
Which places in Indonesia are the hardest to find?
The hard ones are Mount Bromo, Kelimutu, Marapi and Sawahlunto. You lose half the points for every 693 km you miss by.
Which photo from Indonesia gives the most room for error?
Mount Bromo. You can be up to 30 km away in any direction and still lose no points.