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HalfMooner
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Philippines
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Posted - 09/06/2009 :  22:53:12  Show Profile Send HalfMooner a Private Message  Reply with Quote
What on Earth? #42: Unstable Isle

This volcanic island is tectonically unstable.

1. What is the name and location of this island?

2. What work of strategic significance was done here in the late 1960's and early 1970's?

Extra point:

3. What environmentalist group was formed due to events that were planned to take place on this island?


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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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bngbuck
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USA
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Posted - 09/07/2009 :  00:39:51   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send bngbuck a Private Message  Reply with Quote
1. Amchitka in the Rat Islands of the Aleutians (Alaska)

2. Underground nuclear testing

3. "Don't Make A Wave Commitee", later to become Greenpeace.
Edited by - bngbuck on 09/07/2009 00:41:50
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HalfMooner
Dingaling

Philippines
15831 Posts
Posted - 09/07/2009 :  01:59:14   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send HalfMooner a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by bngbuck

1. Amchitka in the Rat Islands of the Aleutians (Alaska)

2. Underground nuclear testing

3. "Don't Make A Wave Commitee", later to become Greenpeace.
Congrats bngbuck! Correct in all regards.
The standings, as bngbuck moves into a tie with tw101356 for first place:
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