▶ The 10 weirdest places you'll find on Google Maps
Table of contents:
- 1. Abandoned city of Pripyat
- 2. The lips of Sudan
- 3. Lake Hillier
- 4. The Guardian of the Thicket
- 5. The Satanic Star
- 6. The sunken ship
- 7. Aircraft Graveyard
- 8. Diamond Mine
- 9. Mountain of the seven colors
- 10. Spiral in the desert
- Coordinates to find weird things on Google Maps
Google Maps has become one of the most used map and geolocation applications in recent years. In it you can find any location in the world and it also helps us discover incredible and peculiar places. Don't miss the 10 weirdest places you'll find on Google Maps.
1. Abandoned city of Pripyat
To start this sample of the 10 strangest places you'll find on Google Maps we go to Ukraine. There is the abandoned city of Pripyat. It is abandoned due to the effects of the nuclear accident that occurred in Chernobyl. When the catastrophe occurred, 8,000 people were living. Now, although work is beginning on the recovery, experts say that it will not be possible to inhabit it for several centuries because it still has high levels of radiation. On Google Maps you can see what a totally ghost town is like.
2. The lips of Sudan
Another element of nature that simulates the lips of a human face are the two rocky ridges in the desert of Sudan,very close to Gharb. Its shape resembles a woman's lips.
3. Lake Hillier
In 1802 Lake Hillier in Australia was discovered.This wonder of nature is such because it has an intense pink color caused by salinity, an alga called Dunaliella and halobacteria. It is the largest lake in Western Australia where its color contrasts with that of the sea and the vegetation.
4. The Guardian of the Thicket
In Alberta (Canada) there is a rock figure that simulates the face of an indigenous person. He is known as the Guardian of the Thicket or Badlands Guardian. The face is on a mountain where indigenous tribes lived decades ago.
5. The Satanic Star
Among the 10 weirdest places you'll find on Google Maps, there's a satanic five-pointed star in Lisakovsk Kazakhstan. A local archaeologist explained this star that is surrounded by a circle of 366 meters in diameter is the structure of a park that was built like this because it was part of the former Soviet Unionand stars were one of his recurring symbols.
How to see the entire area occupied by Central Madrid on Google Maps6. The sunken ship
In the Iraqi city of Basra there is a capsized ship about which little is known, but whose hull inserted into the sea can be view from Google Maps. It is unknown when the sinking occurred and what its mission was, although it is seen to be a warship.
7. Aircraft Graveyard
The largest aircraft graveyard is located in Arizona (USA). What from Google Maps can be confused with an airport is really a 2,600-hectare piece of land that serves for those airplanes that are no longer in use.
8. Diamond Mine
The Mir Mine located in the Russian city of Mirny was the first diamond mine in the Soviet Union. An enormous deposit that was discovered in 1955 and that attracts attention due to its impressive size. It ceased to be in operation in 2011.
9. Mountain of the seven colors
In Peru is the Mountain of the Seven Colors or Rainbow. Marine sediments and also lake and fluvial make it have red stripes and golden. It is located in the Vilcanota mountain range at 5,200 meters above sea level.
10. Spiral in the desert
We close the 10 strangest places you'll find on Google Maps with a gigantic spiral that is in the Egyptian desert. Although you can look for its mysterious side, it is really a work of art known by the name of Desert Breath created by Danae Stratou to represent infinity.
Coordinates to find weird things on Google Maps
If you have already seen the 10 strangest places you will find on Google Maps, but you want to know exactly the coordinates to find strange things on Google Maps, don't miss the list that then appears.
- Abandoned city of Pripyat (51.40891392936043, 30.055429445888365)
- The lips of Sudan (12.372074884385977, 23.32079161832947)
- Lake Hillier (-34.09475023235322, 123.20342397420997)
- The Guardian of the Thicket (50.00943162469464, -110.11403504001225)
- The Satanic Star (52.47889233497519, 62.18311057362025)
- The sunken ship (30.543044293758125, 47.82524202329073)
- Aircraft Graveyard (32.16739354769544, -110.86350642133455)
- Diamond Mine (62.52835806817221, 113.98858909452817)
- Mountain of seven colors (-13.867630422659861, -71.30412538759312)
- Spiral in the desert (27.38177839614835, 33.63092126825491)
