Anchorage Alaska 
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Bingo. Anchorage, Alaska. That is Mount Susitna (aka the Sleeping Lady) across Cook Inlet from downtown.
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Northern_Brewer
British - apparently some US company stole my name
General vibe is North American major city, but the flags suggest we're in a gay village so one of the more...tolerant... parts of North America.
Unfortunately I'm pretty sure I recognise the Q logo on the top-left as :
So if we're in a big city served by Hydro Quebec, the obvious first choice is Montreal?
Unfortunately I'm pretty sure I recognise the Q logo on the top-left as :
So if we're in a big city served by Hydro Quebec, the obvious first choice is Montreal?
New York City?
My. St. Helens
InspectorJon
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Montreal, Quebec, DOH! @Northern_Brewer got it first.
You got it. The city of my birth. I moved to Burbank CA when I was 4. The only thing I remember is the ice storms. LOL.
Northern_Brewer
British - apparently some US company stole my name
Definitely no danger of any corporate logos giving this one away!!!
First elimination guess. Somewhere on the Northern Pacific island chain from Alaska to Russia?
Pkrd
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Deception Island, Antarctica?
Northern_Brewer
British - apparently some US company stole my name
Bruce is very cold.
Pkrd is warm-ish I guess. Certainly has the right idea, but this one is not known as a harbour despite the "pond" in the middle.
Pkrd is warm-ish I guess. Certainly has the right idea, but this one is not known as a harbour despite the "pond" in the middle.
Heard Island?
Northern_Brewer
British - apparently some US company stole my name
I can see why you went there, but Pkrd was a lot warmer.
InspectorJon
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Do I see some steam? Looks volcanic.
My. Terror or Drake Passage
Sorry. Mt. Terror
Northern_Brewer
British - apparently some US company stole my name
Mt Terror - assuming you mean the one on Ross Island - is almost as cold as Heard Island.
Drake Passage is rather vague, but on a narrow definition, then it's a bit colder than Pkrd was.
Drake Passage is rather vague, but on a narrow definition, then it's a bit colder than Pkrd was.
Pkrd
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So it's not accessible?
Northern_Brewer
British - apparently some US company stole my name
Well I can't speak from personal experience, but AIUI it's not used as a harbour in the way that Deception Island is, so I assume the "pond" is not readily accessible from the sea. Just looking at the way that the pond is calm compared to the sea, I assume they're not in good contact at this height of tide, suggesting it's more like a really, really big rock pool.
Candlemas Island, 57° 5'53.53"S 26°43'49.62"W?
Northern_Brewer
British - apparently some US company stole my name
Bruce has it - a volcano in the South Sandwich Isles, a British territory about 1600 miles east of the southern tip of South America. It's part of the Scotia Arc that goes east from the Antarctic Peninsula then curves north and back west towards the Falkland Islands. It was first sighted by Captain Cook in 1775 on 2 February, the feast of Candlemas, celebrating the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple.
For scale the main pond (Medusa Pool) is about 1km or half a mile across, it was a channel when first discovered but subsequent lava flows have blocked it up. The far pond is Gorgon Pool, on the left is Lucifer Hill, beyond that is Kraken Cove and Demon Point, you get the idea....
I've got a strange fascination with those random volcanic islands in the middle of the deep ocean, there's just something about them, and the more we learn about them the more fascinating they get, they're a huge biodiversity hotspot. And it's just a great photo.
Anyway, @bruce_the_loon is up
For scale the main pond (Medusa Pool) is about 1km or half a mile across, it was a channel when first discovered but subsequent lava flows have blocked it up. The far pond is Gorgon Pool, on the left is Lucifer Hill, beyond that is Kraken Cove and Demon Point, you get the idea....
I've got a strange fascination with those random volcanic islands in the middle of the deep ocean, there's just something about them, and the more we learn about them the more fascinating they get, they're a huge biodiversity hotspot. And it's just a great photo.
Anyway, @bruce_the_loon is up
Started island hopping from South Georgia and eventually found it.
Anyhoo.
Anyhoo.
Pkrd
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Peru?
Nope.
Northern_Brewer
British - apparently some US company stole my name
Haha, recognised that one straight away! I'll let others play with it though, there are some clues in the picture....
[and even had a friend go there on a work trip years ago, which was...interesting.]
[and even had a friend go there on a work trip years ago, which was...interesting.]
Time for a hint, a almost-inaccessible outpost of a country that worked in the fictional portrayal of an even more inaccessible outpost of the same name in a recent series.
Heilig Valley, Andes
Nope. Wrong continent, going to hint that this isn't actually continental.
My knee jerk reaction is Santa Catalina, CA. I can't find anything to support this however.
Ahah, another island.
Caribbean, maybe somewhere in... Cuba?
Although the walls surrounding this little town are steep and so it's probably a smaller island that's the tip of a former volcano. Can't think of where.
Not the Caribbean, but that sea does border the right ocean.
Northern_Brewer
British - apparently some US company stole my name
I'd note the "almost-inaccessible outpost" bit, which doesn't sound like the Caribbean.
The cars also give a hint...
The cars also give a hint...
looks like the Med to me. I'd say Palma Spain?
Nope, too far to the east of the Caribbean. One can stand here imperiously with a hand stuck in one's coat.
St. Helena (island)?
More specifically Jamestown. Market street.
More specifically Jamestown. Market street.
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Ding. Ding. Ding. You're up.
Tracer Bullet has it at last. One of the Atlantic's better days I guess, looking almost too blue.
Something a little different. Hopefully not too obscure.
Northern_Brewer
British - apparently some US company stole my name
Well it is in the tropics. My friend went there before the airport opened in 2017 (after something of a saga, see the Wiki article) so did it the old way - 5 days by sea from South Africa, each way. Another of those fascinating little dots of land.
Hah - I thought it was Mostar bridge but had to check - it was briefly quite famous in Europe during the Balkan war.
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