hole (449 pts)

Where was this hole located?

We are given this image.

Using various method such as reverse image search, etc. we are able to find the original source, which is this video: https://youtu.be/zIKAn8yDkpA.

In the beginning of the video, a place name is shown. We can also see that the place is an airfield/airplane runway. The text shown below reads as 西山大同 , which, upon further searching, refers to "Datong City" in Shanxi Province, China.

Now, our job is to find all airfield within the vicinity of Datong City. As usual, we can use Overpass Turbo.

[out:json][timeout:25];
// Define the area for Datong
area["name"="大同市"]["boundary"="administrative"]->.searchArea;

// Search for airfields (aerodromes) within that area
(
  node["aeroway"="aerodrome"](area.searchArea);
  way["aeroway"="aerodrome"](area.searchArea);
  relation["aeroway"="aerodrome"](area.searchArea);
);
out body;
>;
out skel qt;

From this, 3 airfields were found.

By cross-referencing the satellite image of each one with the one in the video, we can confirm that the corret airfield is the one a bit further southeast to the city. Finally, we can compare them side by side and find the part the hole is located. We can verify it by matching the length shown in the video with the calculated length from Google Earth.

Flag: 39.4049360338, 114.1638493538