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minus-squareericbomb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·1 year agoWhat Greenland actually looks like is always wild. It looks like this massive arrow head that stretches so far to the east and west as you go north… When really it’s just like a normal island.
minus-squareSzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoAnd japans larger than it seems too when compared to the eastern US. Or the sheer size of the African continent
minus-squareonlyhalfminotaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoStill pretty big though, about the same north-south as the u.s.
minus-squareericbomb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoI mean it is a big island. But on the standard map it looks like it’s as big as Mexico, Canada, and USA combined. When really it’s only about 30% larger than Alaska by square km.
minus-squareThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoYou undersell Alaskas sheer square milage, it is a chunky boy
What Greenland actually looks like is always wild.
It looks like this massive arrow head that stretches so far to the east and west as you go north…
When really it’s just like a normal island.
And japans larger than it seems too when compared to the eastern US.
Or the sheer size of the African continent
Still pretty big though, about the same north-south as the u.s.
I mean it is a big island.
But on the standard map it looks like it’s as big as Mexico, Canada, and USA combined.
When really it’s only about 30% larger than Alaska by square km.
You undersell Alaskas sheer square milage, it is a chunky boy