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elbruz.org — ...and other such lake/island records, such as the largest island in a lake on an island. Maps and/or photos for each one.

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  • canewediggit, on 10/11/2007, -6/+350it's like a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, wrapped in a vest
  • duster, on 10/11/2007, -2/+133my head...asplode
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -6/+135I read the title of this story 6 times; still didn't get it. I then proceeded to look at the pictures.
  • Tanouki, on 10/11/2007, -2/+122At the beginning of your upkeep, you may sacrifice two islands in a lake on an island in a lake to untap Leviathan
  • AKBryant54, on 10/11/2007, -1/+108on an island.
  • longzheng, on 10/11/2007, -4/+107....in a lake
  • elchupito, on 10/11/2007, -1/+93It's like my head wrapped in a band aid, wrapped in an ice pack because it hurts from thinking about it.
  • zzz@tkz, on 10/11/2007, -3/+87in a lake.
  • ToxicBomber, on 10/11/2007, -4/+86You're on Digg.com
  • estvir, on 10/11/2007, -3/+79> say what?!?

    I think he insulted your mother.
  • ToxicBomber, on 10/11/2007, -2/+73...on an island
  • bigd063, on 10/11/2007, -8/+70TACO TOWN!
  • Steve95613, on 10/11/2007, -2/+63In a lake
  • CushyL, on 10/11/2007, -2/+50Ever heard of Google Earth?!
  • ImNotDrewCurtis, on 10/11/2007, -1/+47It's like a turducken. Or something
  • interiot, on 10/11/2007, -2/+44Vulcan point in Crater Lake on Vulcano Island in Lake Taal on Luzon: http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&q=14.009696,120.99638&ie=UTF8&ll=14.009529,121.00462&spn=0.062875,0.135269&z=14&om=1 (okay, I don't know if that's Vulcan point for sure, but it definitely appears to be the largest body on Crater Lake) You're right, zooming out on that one is a little mind-bending.

    Island in Mindemoya Lake on Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=45.762673,-82.178078&spn=0.3,0.3&t=k&q=45.762673,-82.178078
  • TVisdoG, on 10/11/2007, -1/+42Read it outloud. I did, and became convinced that "island" cannot possibly be a real English word.
  • jtorkbob, on 10/11/2007, -0/+39Kind of like running a DOS emulator in a Java VM under Wine in a Xen session running on VMWare?

    (Okay, I'm sure I made a technical error there, but I'll bet a nickel that someone will post a link to some experiment involving just such an experiment.)
  • ToxicBomber, on 10/11/2007, -2/+41Dude its, ok you have two more mans left. Try it again...
  • seether166, on 10/11/2007, -3/+39Definitely a cool find. I'd like to see that done with GoogleMaps or something a little more interactive so we could zoom in/out for perspective. But, as I said, pretty cool.
  • evi1, on 10/11/2007, -1/+31...on a island.
  • ToxicBomber, on 10/11/2007, -3/+31Well at least your head didn't asplode...that guy up there on the other hand, wasn't so lucky...
  • HUKI365, on 10/11/2007, -0/+27The problem is we have no water... :(
  • ToxicBomber, on 10/11/2007, -2/+26AHHH!! My eyes! The goggles, they do nothing!
  • LittLeBunny2o5, on 10/11/2007, -4/+27I'm lost.
  • taitacakes, on 10/11/2007, -5/+27I thought there would have been at least ONE Australian record in there.

    I mean we ARE a bloody big island.
  • ZMerlin, on 10/11/2007, -0/+21On a lake.
  • phatvolvo, on 10/11/2007, -1/+22in a combo!
  • ToxicBomber, on 10/11/2007, -1/+20Browsing with Safari...?

    (forgive me digg, I know not what I have done.)
  • Romanito, on 10/11/2007, -1/+19Now all we have to do is go to Vulcan point in Crater Lake on Vulcano Island in Lake Taal on Luzon, dig a hole and put some water in it.
  • interiot, on 10/11/2007, -1/+18http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_by_area says the same thing, I guess... there is no universally agreed-upon definition for what separates a continent from an island. However, Australia does have its own tectonic plate that moves independently from Eurasia/India... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Plates_tect2_en.svg
  • estvir, on 10/11/2007, -4/+20I was brought up hearing "Australia is the biggest island and smallest continent" line. :s
  • alabamasucks, on 10/11/2007, -1/+16I can die in peace now
  • shortarabguy, on 10/11/2007, -1/+16@dochtuir:
    "No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main."
    -John Donne, "Meditation XVII"

    Owned. He says some other crap about a bell, but who knows what he means by any of it?
  • Dochtuir, on 10/11/2007, -8/+23Man is an island...
  • enakra, on 10/11/2007, -3/+18And then proceed to film a porno on it.
  • cajie, on 10/11/2007, -1/+15It's like when 2 guys marry each other's daughters; and everyone is trying to figure out who is what.
  • MajorCox, on 10/11/2007, -3/+17"Largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island"

    say what?!?
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+15Island in a lake on an island in a lake... what?

    Is that like getting a tattoo of a butt with a tattoo of a butt on my butt?

    Or... wait...
  • fliptiger, on 10/11/2007, -1/+14Island and Lake...doesn't even look or sound like a real word anymore...
  • violentvinyl, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12@zmerlin (#7141354)
    On an island...
  • stryker2you, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11In a lake....
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11@dochtuir

    Yes, yes it is.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Man
  • ROFLance, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12Vulcan point in Crater Lake on Vulcano Island in Lake Taal on Luzon is like a bullseye.
  • Romanito, on 10/11/2007, -1/+11Ha! Australia is nothing compared to Afro-Eurasia.
    Now THAT's what I call an island!
  • WayneMan, on 10/11/2007, -1/+11I expected at least one photo involving Ricki Lake...
  • ryancxx, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10If you're talking about your comment, then yes.
  • estvir, on 10/11/2007, -4/+13> I mean we ARE a bloody big island.

    The biggest and I also am disappointed. :(
  • cruzlee, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10I kinda blundered with my fake etymology.

    Here is the real deal:
    [Alteration (influenced by isle) of Middle English ilond, from Old English egland : g, eg; see akw-- in Indo-European roots + land, land; see lendh- in Indo-European roots.]
    Word History: It may seem hard to believe, but Latin aqua, "water," is related to island, which originally meant "watery land." Aqua comes almost unchanged from Indo-European *akw-, "water." *Akw- became *ahw- in Germanic by Grimm's Law and other sound changes. To this was built the adjective *ahwj-, "watery." This then evolved to *awwj- or *auwi-, which in pre-English became *aj-, and finally g or eg in Old English. Island, spelled iland, first appears in Old English in King Alfred's translation of Boethius about a.d. 888; the spellings igland and ealond appear in contemporary documents. The s in island is due to a mistaken etymology, confusing the etymologically correct English iland with French isle. Isle comes ultimately from Latin nsula "island," a component of paennsula, "almost-island," whence our peninsula.
  • ferrazf, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9HUGE picture of it:

    http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/1293021.jpg
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