Flat maps, designed to offer a consistent representation of Earth, reveal inaccuracies in countries' sizing. Some nations near the Poles appear significantly larger than they truly are, while ...

A map is, after all, a way of looking at the world. The medieval maps ... In fact, Africa (30 million square kilometres) is more than twice the size of Antarctica (14 million square kilometres).

The tallest peak also has a surface area of around 175 square miles (450 square km), which is around the same size as New ... which aims to map the entirety of the world's seafloor by the end ...

Using NASA satellite data, scientists led by Michael Lefsky at Colorado State University have produced a map that details the height of the world’s forests ... The map depicts average height over 5km ...