Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa ...

The popular map projection, which is also used by Google, shows the continents and countries in disproportionate sizes IT'S been revealed that the world map we've used for centuries doesn't ...

The three cartographers created the Equal Earth map in response to public schools in Boston adopting another map, the Gall-Peter map projection, to depict the true sizes of the continents in 2017.

New research on the geology of Zealandia is revealing how it formed – and why it sank In 1820, a Russian ship packed with sailors and, oddly, penguins – destined for the men's dinner ...

As it disintegrated, the world's smallest, thinnest and youngest continent struck out on its own, while the regions of Gondwana that had once laid directly to its north west and south west became ...

See, the world maps we’ve been using for centuries don’t show the most accurate appearance of the landmasses, either. But the Equal Earth World Map is changing that.

From the smallest to largest continent by land area, here are Earth's seven continents: Australia (approx. 3 million square miles) Europe (approx. 3.8 million square miles) ...

Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa ...

The latest maps of the world's eighth continent. Share using Email. Share on Twitter. Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin (Image credit: Alamy) By Zaria Gorvett. 29th September 2023.