Hmm, I was thinking beer related topics, but maybe geopolitical events is more like it. I don't see much for mountians in Ukraine so I'm thinking this is in Russia?topical
Hmm, I was thinking beer related topics, but maybe geopolitical events is more like it. I don't see much for mountians in Ukraine so I'm thinking this is in Russia?topical
Quite a bit colder than you were with Scotland. I'll repeat - we're not looking at permafrost here.Greenland?
Depending on what part of Russia you're talking about - it's so huge that it would be anything from very cold to moderately warm.Hmm, I was thinking beer related topics, but maybe geopolitical events is more like it. I don't see much for mountians in Ukraine so I'm thinking this is in Russia?
that's what i was thinking.. UK abouts? i mean they have mountains in scotland, ireland....i guess you did drill a tunnel to france?But it is topical "for some of us" here
Nope, you're being far too literal, the topicality is more indirect than that - and also extends to some across the pond.are any of these connecting dots?
Probably the closest so far (if one measures from the midpoint of "Russia" rather than its nearest border), but still a ridiculously long way away.Mongolia?
Mont BlancProbably the closest so far (if one measures from the midpoint of "Russia" rather than its nearest border), but still a ridiculously long way away.
Somewhat wild-ass-guess to narrow it down. Outeniqua Mountains in South Africa?
Mont Blanc
Two late ones go in but nope, nobody has been within 2000 miles of it so far.Outeniqua Mountains in South Africa?
I didn't say it was between them, I just said that Mongolia is still a long way away, but Russia's midpoint is even further.well that wouldn't put it between the center of russia and the border of mongolia though?
Nope, although I often do beer-related questions, not this time. Nor would it explain why it's not relevant to the Scots....So south of Russia are the various -stans, the area where some of the earliest human cultivation of grains occurred. Hence, beer, hence topicality to this forum.
Am I on to something?
I think you found it.Zagros?
i'm not as sure.. i've been looking through hundreds of plains mountains, from ireland, scotland, hell everywhere, they all look the same!I think you found it.
Zagros are too old. That’s the hint I’m seizing on for now because I’m seeing very few mountain ranges younger than the Brooks Range.
This is the comment I’m referring to. The Brooks are relatively young. So if younger than them, the pot is small.The Yukon is the coldest so far.
[and Wikipedia reckons the Brooks are older as it happens]
This is the comment I’m referring to. The Brooks are relatively young. So if younger than them, the pot is small.
As it happens, anywhere in Scotland would fail the "younger than the Brooks" test, all the mountains are old (and actually part of the same chain as Norway and the Appalachians, they were pushed up before the Atlantic opened). Scotland was covered in ice during the Ice Age, so most of the erosion was done by glaciers which tend to be more rounded than the gullies in my photo.
Now we're hot! Care to narrow it down for the win?well there was a politcal thing that happened....
Zagros?
I must admit I wasn't thinking so much of the politics, as the fact that the England, Wales and US (association) football teams are in the same World Cup group as Iran...Anyway, you'll have to excuse me, I have some sport to watch...
That's two gone in now, but both cold.
...who scored two goals against England earlier in the week and then today scored twice against Wales in the final minutes of injury timeTwo late ones go in but nope, nobody has been within 2000 miles of it so far.
That would be a surprise to those of my Scottish ancestors who did their bit in the Raj. In fact Scots did a lot of the grunt work of empire building, particularly in the military and in railway engineering. Their one effort at independent empire building in Darien was such a disaster (the clue was in its other name, the Mosquito Coast) that it led to the union with England in 1707.India would be relevant to Brits but not Scots no?
I did say I was going off Wikipedia which says the Brooks are 126Mya which is indeed relatively young, but the Zagros are babies, being pushed up maybe 30Mya (bit of debate about it, but people seem to be settling on the Miocene-ish, with some thinking late Cretaceous) although the rocks themselves are older.This is the comment I’m referring to. The Brooks are relatively young. So if younger than them, the pot is small.
Now we're hot! Care to narrow it down for the win?
Found it!
Kuh-e Dinar!
Indeed - aka the Dena massif, which includes Qash-Mastan, the highest point in the Zagros at 4,409m (14,465ft), about the same height as Mounts Whitney and Rainier.Found it!
Kuh-e Dinar!
DenaNow we're hot! Care to narrow it down for the win?
I must admit I wasn't thinking so much of the politics, as the fact that the England, Wales and US (association) football teams are in the same World Cup group as Iran...
...who scored two goals against England earlier in the week and then today scored twice against Wales in the final minutes of injury time
That would be a surprise to those of my Scottish ancestors who did their bit in the Raj. In fact Scots did a lot of the grunt work of empire building, particularly in the military and in railway engineering. Their one effort at independent empire building in Darien was such a disaster (the clue was in its other name, the Mosquito Coast) that it led to the union with England in 1707.
But they failed to qualify for this year's World Cup so are pointedly ignoring the current excitement of the Welsh and English for football.
I did say I was going off Wikipedia which says the Brooks are 126Mya which is indeed relatively young, but the Zagros are babies, being pushed up maybe 30Mya (bit of debate about it, but people seem to be settling on the Miocene-ish, with some thinking late Cretaceous) although the rocks themselves are older.
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