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Where Am I?

From the information you are asked to work out where the picture was taken. Is there too much information? How accurate can your answer be?

Approximately Certain

Stage: 4 and 5 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2
How could you estimate each of the quantities? What extra information might you need to find out?
For some questions, you may need to be more accurate in your estimations than others to arrange the list in order of magnitude.
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