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I was thinking of Irkutsk, but then decided to do a search and Irkutsk was said 8 times!!! :o:rolleyes:

Igarka (Russian: Игарка) is a town in Turukhansky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai (Russia).

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Alert, Nunavut is the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world at 82º30' N.

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@MetricalSky that's interesting, it's even further north than Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway

 

2 hours ago, MetricalSky said:

Alert, Nunavut is the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world at 82º30' N.

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Tweed Heads is a town in New South Wales (Australia).

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49 minutes ago, Yui-Drakon said:

@MetricalSky that's interesting, it's even further north than Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway

Well to be fair, Alert is basically just a weather station and an airstrip, whereas Longyearbyen is a proper town.

 

You know what else is a proper town? Squamish, about an hour’s drive north of Vancouver.

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47 minutes ago, MetricalSky said:

You know what else is a proper town? Squamish, about an hour’s drive north of Vancouver.

Squamish is the self-proclaimed “Adventure capital of Canada” :o, so you can expect to never be bored in this coastal town.

 

Dzhambul (former name of Taraz, Khazakstan).

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In 2010, the Queen Charlotte Islands were officially renamed Haida Gwaii, which means "islands of the Haida people."

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Iskandariya (Al-Iskandariya or Alexandria) is an ancient city.

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Alfriston 

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Narni is an ancient hilltown and comune of Umbria, in central Italy.

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Arzamas former name of Sarov, Russia. Was one of the most important sites in the early development of the Soviet atomic bomb. As the Soviet nuclear program grew in the late 1940s, entire cities were built and kept a closely guarded secret, with all mentions removed from documents and maps.

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Sabden is a village in Lancashire, home of the Pendle Witches 

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Hainault 

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On 2/23/2020 at 4:54 PM, Geimvera said:

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Oh yeah? Are you here for a challenge?

 

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Grindavik 

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