Hey, I'm Gavin! I make GeoGuessr and geography videos. Welcome to the channel :) I'm a 23 year old University of Chicago alum aiming to turn content creation and urban planning into my career. Make sure to subscribe so you don't miss my latest videos!
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I actually really enjoy these types of videos alongside your regular geoguessr content, there's something weirdly super fulfilling about learning about uninhabited islands no matter how small, like unlocking some ultra niche area of the world that no random person would know. Another side note, the Bimberi peak area is also responsible for potentially my favourite car on Google Maps, maps.app.goo.gl/zG8MCQ7WFWhkoR7Q9 being the police vehicle coverage - like an alternate universe Nigeria where instead of it being the follow car, you were the police car. And then of course, Mt Kosciuszko is responsible for my favourite coverage in Australia. maps.app.goo.gl/mvY8Aueb31QvNG2J6
As someone who have grown up flying ohare, Heathrow, Kai tak, SFO, and JFK, I will say FLL is a very comfortable airport and MIA is the worst airport in the universe.
Fun fact about your observation at 7:23, Geologists have actually proven that Tasmania and Arizona were actually connected about 1.1 billion years ago on the ancient continent of Rodinia. Some of the rocks found within the grand canyon are almost identical to those in Tasmania... Bro literally geoguesses so much that now he can geoguess geologic history!
Video about russia would be boring because more than half of the video will be random small hills in the european part. You can find them listed on wikipedia tho
I mean I can find the ones in the USA or Australia listed there as well. Also Australia had a good portion of the video as random small hills in various islands, so...
As the list progressed, I thought the last external territory was going to be Macquarie Island, but turns out that's politically part of Tasmania, and not superlative in elevation either
I always enjoy how well researched your videos are. Only fun fact I noted that you didn't state is that some include Mount Kosciuszko as one of the Seven Summits, although most recognise Puncak Jaya. People often miss that Big Ben is technically the highest point in Aus, nice to see a video giving it its due - even if it's practically impossible to get permission to climb it.
Hope you see my knock-off video of the highest points in Australia from a year ago. I tried to fill the market on countries you haven't covered but looks like you got that covered mate! Great video and glad to see you cover the land down under. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rpxbTXJ3o18.htmlsi=a5zoDQvib9XHv-x8
I don't know the answer to that off the top of my head, but the world's highest subway opened just two years ago in Quito, Ecuador, which is about the elevation of Mawson Peak. Think about it, you climb down stairs to catch a train, and you're at the elevation of Australia's highest peak.
I mean, Australia's wildlife in general has quite the reputation. Ask for a list of deadly animals there, you get buried under a pile of books. You ask for a list of _safe_ animals there, you get a scrap of paper that says "some of the sheep".
Huge shoutout to zi8gzag for working on this even though he was on vacation! 🐐youtube.com/@zi8gzag Thank you so much for watching as always, I hope you enjoyed the video
Grand Lake St. Marys wasn't actually dug out! A lot of people seem to think that it was, but tbh it's not true. The water is kept in by a 2 long earthen dams, one on the west side and one on the east side. The north and south sides are kept in naturally as the lake lies between 2 glacial ridge moraines, which form a very shallow valley for the water to sit in. This is also why it has a very rectangular appearance.
