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minus-squarecally [he/they]@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·17 days agoI didn’t realize Brazil would also fit it, wow. I thought I’d have to rotate it Source: thetruesize.com
minus-squarethatKamGuy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up13·17 days agoThat’s because of the damned Mercadian map projection, it makes Europe seem much larger than it is. Fun? fact: Africa is A LOT bigger than you think.
minus-squareveni_vedi_veni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·17 days agoYea. But iirc their coastline is smaller than Norway’s
minus-squarebstix@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 days agoEvery country has their own favorite coastline statistic. Denmark has the largest coastline to area ratio with 172 m of coast per km^2 Unofficially there are probably even smaller island nations with higher ratios though.
minus-squaresicarius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoNo way! Scotland fits into the Mediterranean 5 times, with leftovers! Maybe we should move down there. It’d be way warmer!
I didn’t realize Brazil would also fit it, wow. I thought I’d have to rotate it
Source: thetruesize.com
That’s because of the damned Mercadian map projection, it makes Europe seem much larger than it is.
Fun? fact: Africa is A LOT bigger than you think.
Yea. But iirc their coastline is smaller than Norway’s
Every country has their own favorite coastline statistic.
Denmark has the largest coastline to area ratio with 172 m of coast per km^2
Unofficially there are probably even smaller island nations with higher ratios though.
No way!
Scotland fits into the Mediterranean 5 times, with leftovers! Maybe we should move down there. It’d be way warmer!