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[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 18 points 14 hours ago (11 children)

It fits pretty well in the continental United States, too!

[–] callyral@pawb.social 15 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

I didn't realize Brazil would also fit it, wow. I thought I'd have to rotate it

Map showing Brazil containing the Mediterranean, with lots of space left over in the south. Brazil is mildly distorted to account for the curvature of the Earth

Source: thetruesize.com

[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Yea. But iirc their coastline is smaller than Norway's

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 1 points 4 hours ago

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.

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