Ethiopia relief map
‘Fun Fact: At an elevation of 2,355m above sea level (7,726ft), Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa is the highest elevated capital city outside of South America and the fourth most elevated in the entire world.
Eritrea’s Asmara is sixth in the entire world, at 2,325m (7,628ft) above sea level’–abu_doubleu
Washington State Elevation - by Scott Reinhard
‘That is beautiful, I wonder if he has Oregon, be right back … He has all the states, $55 each’–ferrhelm
Montenegro Joy Division style
‘What is joy division? … British alt-punk band circa 1976-1980. After the death of their lead singer in 1980 the remaining members formed the band New Order. The album cover for their debut album “Unknown Pleasures” looks a lot like this map’
Physical map of India and adjacent countries (1917)
‘gawd dayum, this is really cool. Thanks for sharing !’–hellouralive
U.S. Joy Division style
‘And ‘Joy Division style’ meaning the rendering of radio emission pulses of a pulsar. CP 1919 to be exact’–LittleBastard
Polish topographic map of Bulgaria (1967)
‘Very cool map, but raises a lot of historical questions. As in why does an American or British atlas use a Polish military map of Bulgaria in communist days, not an one one or local one. And also, why does it credit “sluzba topograficzna W.P.”, as in “Wojska Polskiego” so “topographical division (of the Polish Army)” when the the official term back than was the “Ludowe Wojsko Polskie” or LWP, translated as “Polish People’s Army”. Was that a stand against communism to use the old (now current again) acronym.’–JoseMikey
Orographical map of Australia from the early 20th century
‘This will be handy in the future’–bekastrange
Exaggerated Relief Map of southeastern Brazil and the surrounding region
‘Wow best one yet, you can really see how geography shaped Brazil’–newmanstartover
Panoramic raised relief map of Armenia (1990) In red is the epicenter of the 1988 Spitak Earthquake
Exaggerated relief map of Italy
‘Well that’s a relief……..’–the_normal_person
1979 Physical Map of California
‘We have finally gotten rid of Los Angeles, yes?’–sfbing
A Mountain in the Sea : satellite terrain map of Corsica
“looks kind of like upside down ireland … Yes, but with topography”
Topographic raised relief map of Africa
“I did not realize the central Sahara was so rugged. Just figured it was endless sand dune”–GarbledComms
Exaggerated Relief Map of Southeastern Australia at Night
“Why isn’t Tasmania more populated than it currently is? … It’s traditionally been an agrarian economy with relatively limited industry outside the primary sector (although the service sector has taken off over the past few years). It’s also very mountainous which limited the extent of early colonial settlements”
Exaggerated Relief Map of New Zealand at Sunrise
“r/mapswithonlynz … Does Australia not count? … Nah mate, that’s just the West Island”
Exaggerated relief map of Scandinavia and the surrounding region
“What are they even exaggerating in Denmark to make it look like that? It’s flatter than fuck here”–effwhit
Relief map of France
“The natural borders created by the mountain ranges are really interesting. I love understanding why borders are where they are. Geography can be so cool … It’s also one of the reasons why Russia historically really wanted to be in control of the Baltics and Poland. The axis from Kaliningrad to Moldova is the thinnest point of the Eurasian plain and has the Carpathians for natural defense. Beyond that it’s just an increasingly wider undefensible flatland until you reach the Urals”
Exaggerated Relief Map of Western Europe - At Night
“Netherlands looking flatter than the Earth”–NeraleTaurus
Exaggerated Relief Map of Southeastern Australia
“Papua New Guinea in the background screaming “YOU WANT TO SEE REAL MOUNTAINS”“–Iamnotwithouttoads
Exaggerated Relief Map of the Caucasus and surrounding area
“RIP aral sea”–Gamwise_Samgee
Exaggerated Relief Map of Northwestern Europe
“Even exaggerated the Netherlands are flat as f”–Vexans27
Exaggerated Relief Map of the Persian Gulf Region
“Dried up Aral Sea :(“–pollux_n_castor
