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    Geographical naming anomalies

    We covered once on another thread the fact that Equatorial Guinea is not, in fact, on the equator. I discovered today (only in looking at possibilities for where to stay to go to Portrush next year) that the northernmost bit of Ireland is not in Northern Ireland.

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    North Pole, Alaska is only at 64 degrees, 45 minutes North.

    The street North Parade, in Oxford, is about a mile south of South Parade.

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      Upper Canada is/was South of Lower Canada

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        The larger Kansas City is in Missouri

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          #5
          Upper Canada is/was South of Lower Canada
          See also Upper Egypt (and a number of other examples that are grounded in the course of rivers)

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            Upper/lower Volta?

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              All of those 'lakes' in the Lake District, that aren't. (Or possibly only one.)

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                #8
                Yes on Upper Volta, though there was never a Lower Volta (which would be what is now Ghana).

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                  #9
                  One from the world of movies: Krakatoa, East of Java (1969).

                  Krakatoa is actually to the west of Java.

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                    #10
                    Is the Isle of Dogs really an island?

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by Sporting View Post
                      Is the Isle of Dogs really an island?
                      It's more of an island than the Isle of Ely is

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                        #12
                        The Desert of Wales doesn't meet most people's expectations of what a desert is.

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by ad hoc View Post
                          It's more of an island than the Isle of Ely is
                          Isle of Purbeck, for that matter.

                          Maybe there are a lot of wannabe islands kicking around.

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Sporting View Post
                            Is the Isle of Dogs really an island?
                            It's not a dog either.

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                              #15
                              Transylvania is not really beyond/across the forests. It basically is the forests. It's beyond the great Hungarian plain which is practically treeless. Should be Transteppania

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                                #16
                                The Black Forest isn't really black, is it? More (in large doses) a sort of dark brown/green.

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                                  The United Kingdom.

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                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by Sporting View Post
                                    The Black Forest isn't really black, is it? More (in large doses) a sort of dark brown/green.
                                    See also:the Black Sea

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                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by Sporting View Post
                                      The Black Forest isn't really black, is it? More (in large doses) a sort of dark brown/green.
                                      Along similar lines Greenland, the Red Sea

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                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by Southport Zeb View Post
                                        Along similar lines Greenland, the Red Sea
                                        Actually, with reference to your user name, was there ever a Northport?

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                                          #21
                                          I believe Southport got its name from being a port on the south side of the Ribble Estuary, with the growth of the beach putting paid to the port.

                                          There is a Northport in England, in Dorset.

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                                            #22
                                            Northport is an important town on the north shore of Long Island in New York. There is no Southport, though there is a Southold.

                                            I think that it is actually more rare for places with a geographic element to be paired in this way.

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                                              New Zealand being an exception to the rule.

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                                                #24
                                                Newport, Shropshire is in England's largest landlocked county.

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                                                  #25
                                                  Disappointment awaits many a tourist at Piccadilly Circus and Oxford Circus, of course.

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