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🇦🇶 Antartica (or Greenland) Mercator Projection 🗺️ (startrek.website)

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cross-posted from: https://startrek.website/post/37179551

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[–] Paradox42@programming.dev 5 points 4 months ago

https://thetruesize.com/ is also fun.

Just use the search to add Antarctica and another region (like say Australia, or North America), then drag them to the equator to compare their sizes.