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Puzzle#230

Geoguessr

Released: 2026-06-22

Google Street View Image
Country Flag

South Africa

Lat: -28.76780786452765

Lng: 27.41439577368652

See on Google Street View


6
Models Tested
3599.5km
Avg. Distance
2776.8
Avg. Score
5
LLM Providers

Key:

Attempt
Solution

Score Threshold:

>4400
>2000
<2000

meta-llama/llama-4-maverick

meta

Score: 48

Distance: 9281km

Lat: -31.674036

Lng: 128.149108


The image depicts a dirt road traversing a vast, open landscape with sparse vegetation, characteristic of the Australian Outback. The presence of low-growing shrubs and grasses, along with the dirt road and the cloudy sky, suggests a rural or remote area. Given the landscape and vegetation, it is likely located in Australia. The specific coordinates are an educated guess based on the typical Australian Outback scenery.


google/gemini-3-flash-preview

google

Score: 4736

Distance: 109km

Lat: -28.163351

Lng: 26.541315


The landscape, vegetation, and soil color are characteristic of the Highveld region in South Africa. The dry, grassy plains with scattered shrubs and the appearance of the unpaved road are commonly seen in Rural Free State or North West provinces. The camera quality and light suggest a typical South African Google Street View capture.


anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5

anthropic

Score: 3898

Distance: 498km

Lat: -24.5

Lng: 25.9


This image shows a characteristic African savanna landscape with a red/orange dirt road stretching into the distance. The vegetation consists of sparse bushes and scattered trees typical of the semi-arid savanna biome. The soil color, vegetation type (including what appears to be acacia-type trees), and the style of the dirt road are highly indicative of Botswana’s landscape, particularly in the central or northern regions. The flat terrain with scattered vegetation and the distinctive red soil are classic features of the Kalahari region. The cloud formation and overall atmospheric conditions are also consistent with southern African savannas. Based on these environmental indicators, this appears to be somewhere in central or northern Botswana.


openai/gpt-5-image-mini

openai

Score: 3940

Distance: 477km

Lat: -32.26

Lng: 24.53


Semi-arid scrubland with low grey-green shrubs and scattered small trees, reddish dirt track and broad flat horizon match Karoo landscape in South Africa (around Graaff‑Reinet area). Vegetation and soil color are typical of the Karoo; no eucalyptus or tropical flora that would suggest Australia or the Americas.


anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6

anthropic

Score: 23

Distance: 10794km

Lat: -32.5

Lng: 148.5


This image shows a dirt road through open grassland/scrubland with sparse vegetation typical of inland New South Wales, Australia. The reddish-brown soil, sparse shrubs, eucalyptus trees in the distance, and the flat to gently rolling landscape are characteristic of the Central West region of NSW. The vegetation type and soil color suggest an area around the Central Tablelands or Western Plains of New South Wales, possibly near Dubbo or Parkes area.


MoonshotAI

moonshotai/kimi-k2.5

moonshot

Score: 4016

Distance: 438km

Lat: -31.8

Lng: 24.5


The image shows a rural dirt road through semi-arid scrubland with low shrubs characteristic of the Karoo region in South Africa. The vegetation type (Karoo scrub), the flat-topped Acacia-like trees on the horizon, and the general landscape topography match the Eastern Cape or Northern Cape provinces of South Africa. The road conditions and fencing style are also consistent with South African farm roads. The cloudy sky and lighting suggest a temperate climate with seasonal rainfall, consistent with the Karoo biome which receives between 100-400mm of rain annually. The specific coordinates estimate places this in the interior Karoo region of the Eastern Cape province.


Methodology Note

Each model receives the same Google Street View image. Models are tasked with guessing the location of the image using only visual clues from the street view. Their answers are evaluated without feedback or retries.

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