In article <M.Fee.139.0008F...@irl.cri.nz>, M....@irl.cri.nz (Mike Fee) writes:
|> In article <mcqCvzM2D....@netcom.com> m...@netcom.com (Robert L McQueer) writes: |> |> >Every so often I idly wonder about this - you can find islands on a map, |> >which have bodies of water in the middle of them, which contain islands, |> >which ... |> |> >What is the largest number of levels that anybody knows of? |> |> A New Zealand example is a pond about 10m across and 2m deep on a small island |> in Lake Waikareiti on the North Island of NZ. = pond on island in lake on |> island in ocean.
I'll see you:
Shoot, that's not very impressive. A very popular recreation spot on Montreal Island (I knew it as Beaver Lake, but it's probably Lac aux Castors by now) matches that.
and raise you:
Flipping through my Wisconsin atlas, I find, sure enough, in Green Bay (an arm of Lake Michigan, on a continent) one Chambers Island, on which is a lake, Mackaysee Lake, on which is an island of about 40 meters diameter.
Given this week's weather, it probably has a puddle on it, too.
Can anyone top this? Anyone have a decent map of Manitoulin Island, for instance? I am sure that some of those large lakes on that huge island in Lake Huron must have islands, but do any of those have a lake?
> Flipping through my Wisconsin atlas, I find, sure enough, in Green Bay > (an arm of Lake Michigan, on a continent) one Chambers Island, on which > is a lake, Mackaysee Lake, on which is an island of about 40 meters diameter. > ... > Can anyone top this? Anyone have a decent map of Manitoulin Island, for > instance? I am sure that some of those large lakes on that huge island in > Lake Huron must have islands,
Yes, they do. According to the Guinness Book of Records (1992 edition), Manitoulin Island is the world's largest island in a lake, at 1068 square miles; and Lake Manitou, on the island, is the world's largest lake on an island in a lake, at 41.09 square miles; and it contains "several islands".
> but do any of those have a lake?
Good question. Looking at an Ontario highway map, I see that only one island in Lake Manitou is big enough to depict, and it shows as just a tiny sliver, so it might well have no lakes. But Mindemoya Lake, on Manitoulin Island just west of Lake Manitou, contains an island that looks like it's a mile or more long. *That* ought to be big enough to have at least a pond on it. -- Mark Brader | "It is always dangerous to send authors to jail. m...@sq.com | This removes their chief excuse for not writing." SoftQuad Inc., Toronto | -- Arthur C. Clarke
m...@sq.sq.com (Mark Brader) writes: > Newsgroups: alt.folklore.science,rec.puzzles > Path: newsman.csu.murdoch.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!agate !usenet.ins.cwru.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!scipio.c yberstore.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!torn!uunet.ca!uunet.ca!wildcan!sq!msb > From: m...@sq.sq.com (Mark Brader) > Subject: Re: recursive islands > > Flipping through my Wisconsin atlas, I find, sure enough, in Green Bay > > (an arm of Lake Michigan, on a continent) one Chambers Island, on which > > is a lake, Mackaysee Lake, on which is an island of about 40 meters diameter.
But does any island in a lake have a lake on it with an island?
Jim "I refuse to have a signature" Cummins <cumm...@possum.murdoch.edu.au>
>>>Flipping through my Wisconsin atlas, I find, sure enough, in Green Bay >>>(an arm of Lake Michigan, on a continent) one Chambers Island, on which >>>is a lake, Mackaysee Lake, on which is an island of about 40 meters diameter.
>But does any island in a lake have a lake on it with an island?
In Green Bay (an arm of Lake Michigan, on a continent) one Chambers Island, on which is a lake, Mackaysee Lake, on which is an island of about 40 meters diameter.
Someone wrote: > Does any island in a lake have a lake on it with an island?
Two problems: 1. The question is poorly worded, and 2. Your atlas is of little help.
Someone replied:
>> In Green Bay (an arm of Lake Michigan, on a continent), on Chambers >> Island there is a lake, Mackaysee Lake, on which there is an island >> of about 40 meters diameter.
For those of us who have yet to observe any utilitarian value in converting to the metric system, 40 meters means shallow enough into center field that you'd expect the short-center fielder to be under it. For football days, it's the 42 yard line. And for home-boys, it's three to four city lots wide/
Also try North Manitou Island in Lake Michigan and Bois Blanc Island in Lake Huron.
In article <1994Sep27.185514.1...@ubmail.ubalt.edu> rdad...@ubmail.ubalt.edu (Dick Adams) writes: >Someone wrote: >> Does any island in a lake have a lake on it with an island?
How about Isle Royale in Lake Superior?!?
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Your best bet may be Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron. I understand it is the largest fresh water island (island in fresh water) in the world. A quick look at the map I have shows that it has at least six lakes: Kongawong Lake, Loon Lake, Silver Lake, Wolsey Lake, Mindemoya Lake and Manitou Lake. Kongawong, Mindemoya and Manitou look fairly big and probably have Islands although I can't see any on this map.
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rdad...@ubmail.ubalt.edu (Dick Adams) writes: > Someone wrote: > > Does any island in a lake have a lake on it with an island?
> Also try North Manitou Island in Lake Michigan and Bois Blanc Island > in Lake Huron.
Ryan Island is the largest island in the largest lake (Siskiwit Lake) on the largest island (Isle Royale) in the world's largest freshwater lake (Lake Superior).
: In article <1994Sep27.185514.1...@ubmail.ubalt.edu> rdad...@ubmail.ubalt.edu (Dick Adams) writes:
: >Someone wrote:
: >> Does any island in a lake have a lake on it with an island?
Taal volcano in the Philippines meets these requirements ..... for the time being, atleast.(The volcano is showing signs of activity again). Anand Rao.
|> Your best bet may be Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron. |> I understand it is the largest fresh water island |> (island in fresh water) in the world.
Actually not. Possibly. Asimov noted that by far and away the largest freshwater island in the world is ILHA DO MARAJO, the island in the middle of the mouth of the Amazon, and larger than a good many fairly respectable countries. To get in a head of the contra-nitpickers, however, I note...
1) as it has its east coast on the Atlantic, it may be considered to contravene the spirit of the inquiry; (though not the letter, the Amazon has a huge flow and the sea is freshwater for 100 miles or so from the mouth).
2) it probably wouldn't count as a true island unless the water was (virtually) at the same level all around it; (this would be a reasonable criterion for an island, I presume? so that the land between two branches of a splitting -and-rejoining river wouldn't automatically be called an island).
I'm not sure if Ilha do Marajo satisfies (2) or not. The map doesn't quite indicate whether the water down the west side is a true channel (with almost no drop) or just a bit of fast-flowing, falling river.
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System Operator (sys...@decode.com) wrote: > rdad...@ubmail.ubalt.edu (Dick Adams) writes: > > Someone wrote: > > > Does any island in a lake have a lake on it with an island?
The island is smaller than the lake. If the lake is on the island, the latter island is in an even bigger lake. This lake should be on an even bigger island etc. Since the earth is limitted in surface, the answer is no.
It works the other way around as well. The size of the lake/island is always larger then one water molecule.
> > > Someone wrote: > > > > Does any island in a lake have a lake on it with an island?
Matthijs den Otter (matth...@stack.urc.tue.nl) writes:
> The island is smaller than the lake. If the lake is on the island, the > latter island is in an even bigger lake. This lake should be on an even > bigger island etc. Since the earth is limitted in surface, the answer is no.
> It works the other way around as well. The size of the lake/island is always > larger then one water molecule.
> Matthew.
Island A is an island in a lake on which there is a lake with an island. The land around the outer lake doesn't have to be an island in another lake.
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