This week’s handmade co-op puzzle won’t defox itself. If you’re a dab hand at quizzes, lateral thinking, and search engine sleuthing, why not help out.
To fully defox the following geofoxer, identify all twelve locations plus the theme that links them.
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SOLUTIONS
Last week’s hive foxer theme: Zimbabwe (defoxed by Zwack23)
bhundu boys (ylla)
chevrons (Zwack23, ylla)
great dyke (ylla)
gucci grace (Zwack23, ylla)
gukurahundi (Zwack23)
mbira (Colonel_K)
nkomo (Zwack23)
ruwa ufo ()
sadza (Colonel_K)
salisbury (Zwack23)
shangani patrol (Colonel_K)
the grass is singing (Colonel_K)
zanu-pf (Zwack23)
zig (ylla)
zimplats (ylla)
F looks like Ivinghoe Beacon, but I can’t find the image online anywhere.
A – Orient Point ferry terminal in New York – https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1548137,-72.2407134,3a,75y,156.54h,92.6t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sOTEhbh75zJa6Nk7Zq6piSw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DOTEhbh75zJa6Nk7Zq6piSw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D79.75115%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656?coh=205409&entry=ttu
B is the miniature railway at Longleat safari park.
Most likely LONG- if J. is Longyou caves
ETA: … which it is-
https://www.google.com/maps/@29.0615055,119.1856404,3a,90y,280.28h,92.01t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipNEUz6fEenXnb2-nmS4KdeGa-q3fv3sFRpByCnH!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNEUz6fEenXnb2-nmS4KdeGa-q3fv3sFRpByCnH%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya127.99228-ro0-fo100!7i11264!8i5632?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
Orient Point is on Long Island
H: Long Beach, CA
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.7528793,-118.1911514,3a,38.5y,343.13h,85.24t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sltoFWGKPS11yzEK_mdOuzw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205409&entry=ttu
L. Ede (Êđê) Long House, Vietnamese Museum of Ethnology, Hanoi – proper long
https://www.google.com/maps/@21.0401649,105.7995465,3a,74.3y,135.24h,99.13t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPja_3o4UQEpyjGSH57VCJ8gppBXCi3sCSesgIZ!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPja_3o4UQEpyjGSH57VCJ8gppBXCi3sCSesgIZ%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya137.02588-ro-0-fo100!7i9728!8i3866?coh=205409&entry=ttu
C. LONG March to Freedom in Cape Town, South Africa (https://maps.app.goo.gl/oLuvbjNZut8bqLc97)
E. The bronze sculpture in the distance is a memorial to the LONGhorn cattle drive, in Fort Worth, TX (https://maps.app.goo.gl/wU8bnyshs223eZ5G9)
F. LONG Man of Wilmington
https://www.google.com/maps/@50.8110892,0.187622,3a,90y,107.06h,106.63t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipNczg-KD_nSBsHzYEJhsSJGVjjqagb0o3biSo0E!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNczg-KD_nSBsHzYEJhsSJGVjjqagb0o3biSo0E%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya17.250462-ro-0-fo100!7i10240!8i5120?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
K. Cliffsend, by the Viking LONGship Hugin
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.3290415,1.3723767,3a,36.5y,96.2h,86.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5pB7cAE3HJnVpaP2Zl3vWQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
D. Tu-160 Blackjack at Poltava Museum of LONG-Range and Strategic Aviation
https://www.google.com/maps/@49.6175457,34.5017553,3a,90y,199.88h,97.17t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipMgvbOkb56cSXNWgZQkqbO8SJHUiCVQHLTIixfR!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipMgvbOkb56cSXNWgZQkqbO8SJHUiCVQHLTIixfR%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya108.25812-ro-0-fo100!7i10252!8i5126?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu
Gah! Just found that after an hour of peering at undercarriages and barking up the wrong TU-144 tree. Should have hit refresh first 🙂
I – Longines Museum, St-Imier, Canton of Bern
https://maps.app.goo.gl/vYv9CzUqBqhNRUtX9
G – Long Tom M1 at Eden Camp Museum
https://maps.app.goo.gl/S8pypuytQH9afCDX6?g_st=ac
F – Long Man of Wilmington