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Puzzle#276

Geoguessr

Released: 2026-08-07

Google Street View Image
Country Flag

Bhutan

Lat: 27.60959024993533

Lng: 90.65813026145933

See on Google Street View


5
Models Tested
4763.2km
Avg. Distance
2038.0
Avg. Score
5
LLM Providers

Key:

Attempt
Solution

Score Threshold:

>4400
>2000
<2000

google/gemini-3-flash-preview

google

Score: 4871

Distance: 52km

Lat: 27.538183

Lng: 90.134707


The architecture of the small building, featuring a white facade with timber framing and a specific roof style, is characteristic of Bhutan. The lush, mountainous pine forest, the unpaved mountain road, and the logging operation alongside a river are consistent with the landscape of the Bhutanese highlands, specifically in the Wangdue Phodrang or Trongsa regions.


anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5

anthropic

Score: 176

Distance: 6688km

Lat: 47.4

Lng: 15.8


This image shows a mountain valley with coniferous forest, a lumber operation with stacked logs, a small wooden structure, and a gravel/dirt road. The landscape features deep green evergreen forests on steep hillsides with exposed rocky terrain. The architecture style of the small building and the overall mountain terrain are consistent with the Austrian or Bavarian Alps region. The logging operation and infrastructure suggest this is in a developed Alpine valley used for timber production. The specific combination of forest type, mountain slope angle, and the style of the logging setup point to the Salzkammergut or similar Alpine region in Austria, likely in the Tyrol or Upper Austria area. The coordinates place this in a typical Alpine logging region in Austria near the Bavarian border.


openai/gpt-5-image-mini

openai

Score: 244

Distance: 6037km

Lat: 47.45

Lng: 24.5


Mountain valley with dense pine forest, river and active logging site beside a rough unpaved road — landscape and vegetation match the Eastern Carpathians. The small white building with dark timber framing resembles Central/Eastern European half-timber/wooden mountain architecture (common in Romanian mountain villages). Overall scene, road type and logging activity are typical of rural Romania in the Carpathians, so I place it in northern/central Romania (approximate coordinates above).


meta-llama/llama-4-maverick

meta

Score: 21

Distance: 10989km

Lat: 49.6883

Lng: -117.2139


The image shows a dirt road winding through a forested area with a small shed and logs nearby, suggesting a rural or logging area. The presence of coniferous trees and the style of the shed are consistent with regions in North America known for logging activities. The cloudy sky and the terrain also suggest a location in a mountainous region. Based on these features, a plausible location could be in the Canadian or American mountains. The specific coordinates (49.6883, -117.2139) are near Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, an area known for its forestry and mountainous terrain, making it a likely location for the image.


MoonshotAI

moonshotai/kimi-k2.5

moonshot

Score: 4878

Distance: 50km

Lat: 27.486

Lng: 90.175


The image shows a rural dirt road in a mountainous Himalayan valley with dense coniferous forests. The key identifying feature is the small building with distinctive white walls and dark timber framing, which is characteristic of traditional Bhutanese architecture (specifically the style found in rural Bhutanese houses and administrative buildings). The presence of stacked timber/logs suggests a forestry area or logging camp. The vegetation consists of Himalayan blue pine and other coniferous species typical of the mid-elevation zones in Bhutan (around 2,000-3,000 meters). The terrain, road quality, and river valley setting are consistent with the Wangdue Phodrang or Bumthang districts of central Bhutan. Google Street View has extensive coverage of Bhutan’s rural roads, and this scene matches the typical landscape found along secondary roads in that region.


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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