Making Sense Of The World, One Map At A Time
All of these stunning elevation maps of the world’s continents (except Australia and Antarctica) are the brain child of cstats1 who you can follow on X/Twitter here and Instagram here.
And if you’d like to support them you buy something from their Amazon shop here.
The first map above is an elevation map of Europe. Here are the highest and lowest points in Europe:
The North of Ireland (aka The North of The Republic of Ireland) extends further North than any part of Northern Ireland (one of the 4 countries of the UK).
The map above shows the flags in use of each country back in 1988. The most notable differences from today are the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia still being unified countries and East and West Germany still being divided.
The map above is the AuthaGraph world map by Designer Hajime Narukawa.
And it is viewed by some as being “almost perfectly-proportioned.”
In most cases, it comes down to historical animosity and/or (lack of) political recognition.
The banned matchups are:
The map above shows how likely you are to be offered food as a guest in someone’s house, outside of being invited for a meal.
In Southern Europe and the Balkans you’re almost certain to be offered (or even forced) to have some food.
I’ve lived in the UK for over 14 years and just learned that you can also call 112 in addition to 999 in an emergency.
Mind blown.
Moreover, I had no idea 112 was the most common emergency number in the world.
Here is the list by country:
*Note: the information presented here is believed to be correct, but make sure you double check the emergency number in your country before trying any of them listed here.
