Help about some rocks on Canary islands - Page 2

Platapus · 09-12-12, 04:17 PM

For what animal were the canary islands named after?

August · 09-12-12, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

For what animal were the canary islands named after?

I thought they were named after Admiral Canary hence the Subsim interest...

Herr-Berbunch · 09-12-12, 05:47 PM

Woof woof.

Do I win a prize, I didn't even use Google or Wikipedia, just pure general knowledge.

Sailor Steve · 09-12-12, 08:09 PM

Islas Canarius. H-B was first, but I also knew that. I'll be surprised if very many don't.

Herr-Berbunch · 09-13-12, 02:45 AM

Or was it the first tin mine? Then they built a cannery?

Pisces · 09-13-12, 09:33 AM

Alot of marker icons around it suggest it is a digged out vulcano. I guess it could be a very old (abandoned) quarry. I've seen modern ones all around the islands.

Platapus · 09-13-12, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Woof woof.

Correct!

The tweet tweet was named after the woof woof.

Sailor Steve · 09-13-12, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Or was it the first tin mine? Then they built a cannery?

Maybe Steinbeck was hiding out there when he wrote Cannery Row.

Penguin · 09-13-12, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Maybe Steinbeck was hiding out there when he wrote Cannery Row.

And I am eternal thankful to the stutterers from there, for inventing this cool dance:

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Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Or was it the first tin mine? Then they built a cannery? __________________

09-13-12, 09:33 AM	#21
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,892 Downloads: 302 Uploads: 0	Alot of marker icons around it suggest it is a digged out vulcano. I guess it could be a very old (abandoned) quarry. I've seen modern ones all around the islands.