Geo Trivia - Which One Doesn't Belong - Number 7?

[AviatorTom]

Here is the next quiz in the "Which One Doesn't Belong" series.

This game is simple. From the list of things in the poll below, vote for the one that doesn't belong with all the others, and add a comment/opinion if you want to explain your choice.

Remember... we're looking for the best answer, though there may be more than one explainable answer.

HINT: The correct answer this time has to do with a GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

The correct answer will be given in a few days... Sunday.

This one is rated MODERATE difficulty.

Have Fun!

Germany

Indonesia

Italy

Japan

Mexico

Russia

United States

Updates

4 mo

Let me restate the hint...
HINT: The correct answer this time has to do with a GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

That means the correct answer has nothing to do with location, flags, or letters in the name.

Updates

3 mo

The correct answer that we are looking for is Germany, the only place in the list that does not have an active volcano.

Congratulations to those that got the correct answer!

The bot beat me to assigning MHOs but I'm glad it recognized Germany as the correct answer.

[abc3643]

I am going with Germany and, for me, this was a quick answer that just had to be checked.

All the nations are, informally, volcanic, except Germany.

Nations that are located near tectonic plate boundaries will experience considerable volcanoes and earthquakes near those boundaries.

All the nations listed except Germany lie near such tectonic boundaries and thus have considerable vulcanism and earthquake activity. But Germany is not located near the boundary of any tectonic plates, the closest being the plate boundary in the Mediterranean Sea between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate.

https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/tectonic-plates-earth

Tectonic Plates of the Earth from the United States Geological Survey.

This data comes from The Smithsonian Institute:
https://volcano.si.edu/volcanolist_countries.cfm

Volcanoes active since 1800 AD
Germany 0
Indonesia 74
Italy 6
Japan 62
Mexico 9
Russia 49
USA 63

Holocene volcanoes (Number of volcanoes that have erupted within the past 11700 years.)
Germany 1
Indonesia 117
Italy 13
Japan 122
Mexico 38
Russia 117
USA 165

So, in short, Germany is distinct because it doesn't experience significant tectonic-related activity which includes volcanoes, a geographic feature. Alternatively, Germany isn't located near a tectonic plate boundary; all the other nations are.

To me, this was obvious looking at the list given.

[Lliam]

Mexico? I chose that because, even though it was aligned with the allied powers and supplied essential raw materials to the U. S., I don't think it actually fought in WWII.

[Lliam]

Per your update.
Germany. It has no volcanoes.

[NathanDavis]

a very small number, but they did... fought in the Pacific with US air squads against Japan and sided with Filipino squadrons as well

besides that... as many as 80,000? joined as voluntary foreign fighters, many went to D-Day as well

[AviatorTom]

Very good!

[juliammm]

Japan's flag is the only one with no stripes.

[juliammm]

Mexico flag is the only one representing animals :)

[juliammm]

Indonesia is the only one with land on the southern hemisphere.

[juliammm]

Mexico: you can go everywhere on foot. It is made of 1 single block of land. All the others have islands.

[TonyMetal___86]

I'll say Russia because all the others are found in just 1 continent except russia is found in 2 continents which are "asia & Europe"...

You said that the answer is related to something in geography, so this is the only geographical thing found in russia which ain't found in all of the others...

[AngryCarl]

Well right off the bat Japan is the only one that doesn't have a land border with any other country.

[Guido]

My first thought was Indonesia as it is the only one located in the Southen Hemisphere.

[QuietRunner]

No volcanoes in Germany.

[exitseven]

Russia. It the only Communist country

[Massageman]

Indonesia is the only one on the equator.

[OtterMan68]

Germany: No volcanoes

[still_nsryy]

indonesia cause it is southern hemispere?

[marginalenergy]

İ feel it

[LemiaOfThunder]

Not sure

[Anonymous]

I say Mexico.