Worth knowing
Palau
The golden jellyfish of Jellyfish Lake follow the sun across the water every day, feeding the algae that live inside them. Their sting is too mild to harm swimmers.
Where its story happens
Jellyfish Lake, at 7.16°N, 134.38°E. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about Palau
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the hard countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Palau, in the western Pacific, southeast of the Philippines and north of New Guinea. See Palau on a map.
- Its Rock Islands look like green mushrooms rising from a turquoise lagoon, and its biggest town is Koror.
- In one of its lakes you can swim among millions of golden jellyfish.
- In 2009 it declared all its waters a shark sanctuary, the first of its kind in the world.
- In 2017 it began stamping a pledge into visitors' passports: a promise to protect its islands.