How to Distinguish
- The domain is .uy
- The language is Spanish
- License plates are white
- Signs are mounted on white-painted wooden posts; bollards are usually white as well
- The entire country is pampa grassland used for cattle and sheep ranching
- The Google car looks black
- Unlike Argentina, plates do not have a black center
- Windbreaks or plantations with neatly aligned trees appear here and there
- Some roads have double yellow center lines with white dashes spaced evenly in between
Many signs use planks painted white with square holes . Bollards are also predominantly white; even yellow ones usually have white sides. License plates appear almost white , whereas Argentina uses plates with a dark center.
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Center lines are distinctive . You will also see plantations where identical trees are planted in rows . Because Uruguay is flat with virtually no mountains, these rows likely serve as windbreaks or shelterbelts (参考文献 Looking back on life in Uruguay).
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The national oil company ANCAP operates most of the fuel network, so its stations are ubiquitous (参考文献 ANCAP - Uruguay). In Argentina, the comparable state company is YPF.
The Google car generally appears black. Within South America, a black car is virtually unique to Uruguay —but there are exceptions, so double-check other clues.
Simple fences and dirt tracks are also present but are less decisive—use them alongside the car color and signage.
Almost half of the country’s barley and soybean output comes from Soriano and Colonia in the southwest . Corn and rapeseed cluster in the west as well, so vast crop fields usually point in that direction (参考文献 Uruguay Production).
Narrow down city/town
- Near Cabo Polonio the black Google car is absent—do not place it outside Uruguay.
- Isla de Flores is covered on foot and features a prominent lighthouse (参考文献 Isla de Flores).
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