Worth knowing
Venezuela
The Catatumbo lightning storms over Lake Maracaibo on up to 300 nights a year. Sailors are said to have steered by its glow, and called it the Lighthouse of Maracaibo.
Where its story happens
The Catatumbo lightning, Lake Maracaibo, at 9.34°N, 71.71°W. 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 Venezuela
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the middling countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Venezuela, on the Caribbean coast of South America, east of Colombia. See Venezuela on a map.
- Angel Falls, the highest waterfall in the world, drops 979 metres from one of its mountains.
- Its name is said to mean 'Little Venice': explorers saw houses on stilts over the water and thought of the city.
- Simón Bolívar, who helped free six countries from Spanish rule, was born in its capital.
- Lightning flashes over one of its lakes more often than anywhere else on Earth.