Photo location game · Asia
Pakistan landmarks quiz: guess where 13 photos were taken
Play a round of five photos from Pakistan, then see all 13 places with their photos, facts and spots on the map.
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The round is five photos. Look at the photo, tap the map, see the distance, then go to the next one.
Tap the map where you think this is
Where they are
13 on the mapAll 13 places
The ruins of a Buddhist monastery on a hilltop, over 2,000 years old.
Photo: Asif Nawaz / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A Karakoram valley of apricot orchards ringed by 7,000-metre peaks.
Photo: Alllexxxis / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The 'Killer Mountain', ninth highest on Earth, with the largest rock face in the world.
Photo: Tahsin Anwar Ali / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A 16th-century garrison fort with four kilometres of massive stone walls.
Photo: Hussain Khalid / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The highest peak of the Hindu Kush, at 7,708 metres.
Photo: Shah Tahsin Anwar / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A 17th-century Lahore mosque covered in glazed tile mosaics and frescoes.
Photo: Muhammad Umair Mirza / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A red-sandstone Mughal mosque from 1673 with one of the largest courtyards on Earth.
Photo: Ali Imran / CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
The second highest mountain on Earth and one of the deadliest to climb.
Photo: Zacharie Grossen / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A Mughal garden of terraces and 410 fountains laid out in 1641.
Photo: Armughanmunir / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A tent-shaped modern mosque at the foot of the Margalla Hills.
Photo: Ali Mujtaba / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A planned city of the Indus Valley civilisation, 4,500 years old, with brick streets and drains.
Photo: Saqib Qayyum / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A 7,821-metre Karakoram peak, the 'K1' of the early surveyors.
Photo: Moskenes / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A 7,788-metre peak with the greatest uninterrupted vertical rise on Earth.
Photo: Wasif Mehmood Arain / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsHow to place them
Mohenjo-daro is the furthest west and K2 the furthest east, 1,250 km apart. Nanga Parbat and Rakaposhi are both within 120 km of Hunza Valley, in the north. Mohenjo-daro stands apart: Badshahi Mosque, the closest other place, is 760 km away.
Here the photos are rated five easy, five medium and three hard. The hard ones are Hunza Valley, Wazir Khan Mosque and Masherbrum. Nanga Parbat, Terich Mir, Badshahi Mosque, K2 and Mohenjo-daro are rated easy. K2 is the second highest mountain on Earth and one of the deadliest to climb.
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How many places from Pakistan can come up?
Pakistan has 13 places in the game. Hunza Valley is the furthest north and Mohenjo-daro the furthest south.
What is the hardest photo from Pakistan?
Hunza Valley, Wazir Khan Mosque and Masherbrum are rated hard. Every 693 km of miss cuts the score in half.
Which photo from Pakistan gives the most room for error?
Hunza Valley, which has an accuracy radius of 60 km, the widest on this page.