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Google Sightseeing writer set to climb Africa’s tallest volcano

Two years ago our very own Noel Ballantyne wrote an article for Volcano Week 5 about Mount Kilimanjaro, a dormant stratovolcano in Tanzania that at 5,893 metres is the highest mountain in Africa. At the time, Noel wrote of the…

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Thursday, 30th August 2012

Volcano Week 7

For the seventh year running, volcano week is back!. We have a fascinating line-up of volcano posts scheduled, where we'll be visiting some of the most spectacular scenery Google Maps and Street View have to offer. If you'd like to…

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Monday, 27th August 2012

Desert Week 2012

This week, the always-much-more-interesting-than-it-sounds desert week returns – even later than it did last year (although here at Google Sightseeing we prefer to simply think that our years are slightly longer than yours). However, once again we've been scouring the…

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Monday, 9th July 2012

Google Sea View

Not content with covering almost every road in the world, Google have partnered with the University of Queensland to produce underwater Street View, and have announced plans to cover Australia's Great Barrier Reef in September of this year. The images…

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Thursday, 23rd February 2012

Island Week 6

OK, so we've really outdone ourselves this year, but better late than never we always say - this year, November is the chosen month for the long-awaited return of Island Week! Island week originally began broadcasting in August 2006, but…

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Monday, 21st November 2011

Parks and Islands (and Denmark too)

Hello! Yes we are still here, we've just been caught up (temporarily at least) with offline activities. As we haven't been keeping you bang up-to-date with the goings on on Google Maps, we should point out that Google just yesterday…

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Wednesday, 2nd November 2011

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Google Sightseeing takes you on a tour of the world as seen from satellite or street views using Google Maps. Our team of authors present weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

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