Compact World Atlas: A Practical Companion to the World Today [6 ed.] 9780241234587, 0241234581

Table of contents :
Contents 4
The Political World 6-7
The Physical World 8-9
Standard Time Zones 10
North & Central America 12-13
Western Canada & Alaska 14-15
Eastern Canada 16-17
USA: The Northeast 18-19
USA: The Southeast Bermuda 20-21
USA: Central States 22-23
USA: The West Los Angeles & Hawaii 24-25
USA: The Southwest 26-27
Mexico 28-29
Central America 30-31
The Caribbean Jamaica, St Lucia, & Barbados 32-33
South America 34-35
Northern South America 36-37
Western South America Galápagos Islands 38-39
Brazil 40-41
Southern South America 42-43
The Atlantic Ocean 44-45
Africa 46-47
Northwest Africa 48-49
Northeast Africa 50-51
West Africa 52-53
Central Africa Sao Tome & Principe 54-55
Southern Africa 56-57
Europe 58-59
The North Atlantic 60-61
Scandinavia & Finland 62-63
The Low Countries 64-65
The British Isles London 66-67
France, Andorra, & Monaco Paris, Andorra, & Monaco 68-69
Spain & Portugal Azores & Gibraltar 70-71
Germany & the Alpine States Liechtenstein 72-73
Italy San Marino & Vatican City 74-75
Central Europe 76-77
Southeast Europe Bosnia & Herzegovina 78-79
The Mediterranean Malta & Cyprus 80-81
Bulgaria & Greece 82-83
The Baltic States & Belarus 84-85
Ukraine, Moldova,& Romania 86-87
European Russia 88-89
North & West Asia 90-91
Russia & Kazakhstan 92-93
Turkey & the Caucasus 94-95
The Near East West Bank 96-97
The Middle East 98-99
Central Asia 100-101
South & East Asia 102-103
Western China & Mongolia 104-105
Eastern China & Korea Hong Kong 106-107
Japan Tokyo & Nansei-Shoto 108-109
South India & Sri Lanka 110-111
North India, Pakistan, & Bangladesh 112-113
Mainland Southeast Asia 114-115
Maritime Southeast Asia Singapore 116-117
The Indian Ocean 118-119
Australasia & Oceania 120-121
The Southwest Pacific 122-123
Western Australia 124-125
Eastern Australia Sydney 126-127
New Zealand 128-129
The Pacific Ocean 130-131
Antarctica 132
The Arctic Ocean 133
Countries Factfile 134-150
Overseas Territories & Dependencies 150-151
Geographical Comparisons 152-153
Index 154-192

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A P R A C T I C A L C O M PA N I O N TO T H E W O R L D T O D A Y

P re v i o u s l y p u b l i s h e d a s C o m p a c t A t l a s o f t h e Wo r l d

C O M PA C T

WORLD

ATLAS Previously published as Compact Atlas of the World

COMPACT

WORLD

FOR THE SIXTH EDITION

SENIOR CARTOGRAPHIC EDITOR Simon Mumford

PRODUCTION CONTROLLER Rita Sinha

SENIOR PRODUCER Luca Frassinetti

PUBLISHER Andrew Macintyre

PUBLISHING DIRECTOR Jonathan Metcalf

ASSOCIATE PUBLISHING DIRECTOR Liz Wheeler

ART DIRECTOR Philip Ormerod First American edition 2001 Published in the United States by DK Publishing, 345 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014 Reprinted with revisions 2002. Second edition 2003. Reprinted with revisions 2004. Third edition 2005. Fourth edition 2009. Fifth edition 2012. Sixth edition 2015. Previously published as the Compact Atlas of the World. Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2015 Dorling Kindersley Limited A Penguin Random House Company 15 16 17 18 19 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 001–265178–May/2015 All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-1-4654-2991-9 DK books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk for sales promotions, premiums, fund-raising, or educational use. For details, contact: DK Publishing Special Markets, 345 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014 or [email protected] Printed and bound in Hong Kong A WORLD OF IDEAS: SEE ALL THERE IS TO KNOW www.dk.com

Key to map symbols Physical features Elevation

Borders

Names Full international border

6000m/19,686ft 4000m/13,124ft

Disputed de facto border Territorial claim border

3000m/9843ft 2000m/6562ft

Cease-fire line

1,000m/3281ft

Undefined boundary

500m/1640ft 250m/820ft

Internal administrative boundary

0 Below sea level

Mountain Depression

Communications

Physical features

Andes Sahara Ardennes Land's End Mont Blanc 4,807m

Blue Nile Ross Ice Shelf

Major road

PACIFIC OCEAN

Minor road

Sulu Sea

Railway

Palk Strait

Volcano International airport

Landscape features

Chile Rise

Headland Elevation/volcano/pass River/canal/waterfall Ice feature

Sea features

Undersea feature

Pass/tunnel Sandy desert

Settlements Above 500,000

Drainage features

Regions

FRANCE

Country

BERMUDA

Dependent territory

(to UK)

100,000 to 500,000 Major perennial river Minor perennial river

50,000 to 100,000

Perennial lake

Dordogne

Cultural region

Settlements National capital

Waterfall

Administrative region

Below 50,000

Seasonal river Canal

KANS AS

Internal administrative capital

PARIS Capital city SAN JUAN Dependent territory capital city

Chicago

Miscellaneous features

Seasonal lake

Kettering

Other settlements

Burke

Site of interest Wetland Ancient wall

Inset map symbols Ice features

Graticule features

Permanent ice cap/ice shelf

Line of latitude/longitude/ Equator

Winter limit of pack ice

Tropic/Polar circle

Summer limit of pack ice

Degrees of latitude/ longitude

Urban area City Park Place of interest Suburb/district

ATLAS

COMPACT

WORLD Contents

The Political World .......................................... 6 -7

South America South America............................................... 34-35 Northern South America ............................ 36-37 Western South America ..............................38-39 Galápagos Islands

Brazil ..................................................................... 40-41 Southern South America ............................. 42-43 The Atlantic Ocean ....................................... 44-45

The Physical World .......................................... 8 -9

Africa

Standard Time Zones ....................................... 10

The World’s Regions North & Central America

Africa .................................................................... 46-47 Northwest Africa ............................................ 48-49 Northeast Africa ............................................. 50-51 West Africa ......................................................... 52-53 Central Africa ................................................... 54-55 Sao Tome & Principe

Southern Africa ............................................... 56-57 North & Central America ........................12-13 Western Canada & Alaska ......................... 14-15

Europe

Eastern Canada ................................................. 16-17 USA: The Northeast ...................................... 18-19 USA: The Southeast ....................................... 20-21 Bermuda

USA: Central States ........................................ 22-23 USA: The West ................................................. 24-25 Los Angeles & Hawaii USA: The Southwest ..................................... 26-27 Mexico ..................................................................28-29 Central America ...............................................30-31 The Caribbean .................................................. 32-33 Jamaica, St. Lucia, & Barbados

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Europe ..................................................................58-59 The North Atlantic ........................................ 60-61 Scandinavia & Finland ................................ 62-63 The Low Countries ........................................ 64-65 The British Isles ............................................... 66-67 London

France, Andorra, & Monaco .................... 68-69 Paris, Andorra, & Monaco

Spain & Portugal..............................................70-71 Azores & Gibraltar

Germany & the Alpine States ................... 72-73 Liechtenstein

Italy

....................................................................... 74-75

San Marino & Vatican City

Central Europe ..................................................76-77 Southeast Europe ............................................78-79 Bosnia & Herzegovina

North India, Pakistan, & Bangladesh .................................... 112-113 Mainland Southeast Asia ........................114-115 Maritime Southeast Asia .........................116-117 Singapore

The Indian Ocean .......................................118-119

The Mediterranean ........................................ 80-81 Malta & Cyprus

Bulgaria & Greece ......................................... 82-83 The Baltic States & Belarus....................... 84-85 Ukraine, Moldova,& Romania ................ 86-87 European Russia .............................................. 88-89

North & West Asia

Australasia & Oceania Australasia & Oceania .......................... 120-121 The Southwest Pacific ............................. 122-123 Western Australia ....................................... 124-125 Eastern Australia ......................................... 126-127 Sydney

New Zealand ................................................ 128-129 North & West Asia ...................................... 90-91 Russia & Kazakhstan ..................................... 92-93 Turkey & the Caucasus ............................... 94-95 The Near East ................................................... 96-97

The Pacific Ocean ..................................... 130-131 Antarctica ................................................................ 132

West Bank

The Middle East .............................................. 98-99 Central Asia .................................................. 100-101

South & East Asia South & East Asia .................................... 102-103 Western China & Mongolia ................. 104-105 Eastern China & Korea ........................... 106-107 Hong Kong

Japan ................................................................ 108-109 Tokyo & Nansei-Shoto

South India & Sri Lanka ..........................110-111

The Arctic Ocean ............................................... 133

Index – Gazetteer Countries Factfile ....................................... 134-150 Overseas Territories & Dependencies ......................................... 150-151 Geographical Comparisons .................. 152-153 Index ................................................................ 154-192

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The Political World A

B

C

D

Severnaya Zemlya Franz Josef Land SVALBARD (to Norway)

New Siberian Islands

1

Novaya Zemlya JAN MAYEN (to Norway)

DE

N

ICELAND

FINLAND

SWE

FAROE ISLANDS (to Denmark)

NORWAY

R

EST.

M

LUX.

FRANCE SWITZ. MONACO

2

ANDORRA

SLVN. CRO. S.M.

VAT. CITY

K A Z A K H S T A N

MOLD.

GEORGIA

UZBEK.

AZERB.

ARMENIA

MACED.

TURKEY

MALTA

I R A N

IRAQ

BAHRAIN QATAR

IA

EGYPT

P

SOUTH SUDAN

N

NEPAL

S. KOREA

A

Ryukyu Islands (to Japan) LAOS

AN

I N D I A

TAIWAN

MYANMAR (BURMA)

THAI. Andaman Islands (to India)

Laccadive Islands (to India)

CAMB.

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

PARACEL ISLANDS

(disputed)

(to US) GUAM

(to US)

P H I LI PPI NES SPRATLY ISLANDS

MICRONESIA

(disputed)

Nicobar Islands (to India)

MALDIVES

SO

JAPAN

BHUTAN

SRI LANKA

M

NG O

C

GABON SAO TOME & PRINCIPE

ETHIOPIA

UGANDA

O

INEA

N

ST

AL IA

C.A.R.

CA M

EQ . GU

TOGO

ER OO N

BENIN

O

AM

BU

I AK

BANGLADESH

Socotra (to Yemen)

DJIBOUTI

LIBERIA

PALAU

BRUNEI

MALAY S I A

SINGAPORE

KENYA

ZA

N

ANGOLA

SEYCHELLES

I

AR

D

O

N

(to Australia)

E

S

I

A

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

EAST TIMOR ASHMORE & CARTIER ISLANDS

COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS

MAYOTTE (to France)

(to Australia)

(to Australia)

AG

MAURITIUS

M

REUNION (to France)

SWAZILAND

A T L A N T I C

N

CHRISTMAS ISLAND

ASC

BIQ AM

ZIMB.

BOTS.

MOZ

NAMIBIA

UE

ZAMBIA

(to UK)

(to UK) Agalega Islands (to Mauritius)

COMOROS

AD

ST HELENA

MALAWI

I

BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY

N

Cabinda (to Angola)

RWANDA BURUNDI

TA

DEM.REP. CONGO

(to St Helena)

4

I

M

AN

IT

YEMEN

SUDAN

NIGERIA

SIERRA LEONE

ASCENSION ISLAND

H

TN

A IN R K SO FA

CHAD

I

N. KOREA

ERITREA

NIGER

T

R u s s i a

O

MALI

A

AFGH.

U.A.E.

SAUDI ARABIA

CÔTE D’IVOIRE (IVORY COAST) GHANA

R

TAJIKISTAN

KUWAIT

JORDAN

R

GUINEA

E

M O N G O L I A

C

SYRIA LEBANON

CYPRUS ISRAEL

L I B Y A

D

KYRG.

TURKMEN.

AZ.

A

ALGERIA

E

A s i a t i c

N

R M O

O

SENEGAL

GAMBIA GUINEA-BISSAU

3

F

IE

CAPE VERDE

N

V

M

AU

A

GREECE TUNISIA

O CC

WESTERN SAHARA

(disputed)

U KRA I NE

SERBIA KOS. B.&H. BULG. MON. ALB.

GIBRALTAR (to UK)

Madeira (to Portugal) Canary Islands (to Spain)

I

ROM.

ITALY

PORT. S P A I N

S

(the Ukrainian territory of Crimea was annexed by Russia in 2014)

BELA.

SLVK. R CZ.REP. GE LIECH. AUT. HUNG.

S

R u s s i a

LITH.

POLAND

AN

NETH. BELG.

Azores (to Portugal)

Y

IRELAND

LAT.

RUSS. FED.

DENMARK UNITED KINGDOM

U

E u r o p e a n

I

N

D

I

A

A U S T R A L I A

N

LESOTHO

O C E A N

O

SOU TH A FRICA

C

E

A

N

TRISTAN DA CUNHA

(to UK) Gough Island (to Tristan da Cunha)

G l o b al fe atur e s

Tasmania FRENCH SOUTHERN & ANTARCTIC LANDS (to France)

Prince Edward Islands (to South Africa)

;V[HSU\TILY VMJV\U[YPLZ! 196 3HYNLZ[JV\U[Y`! Russian Federation 6,592,735 sq miles (17,075,200 sq km)

5

:THSSLZ[JV\U[Y`! Vatican City 0.17 sq miles (0.44 sq km)

HEARD & MCDONALD ISLANDS (to Australia)

Continental Key North & Central America South America

Asia

Africa

Australasia & Oceania

*V\U[Y`^P[OTVZ[ PU[LYUH[PVUHSIVYKLYZ! China 14 / Russ. Fed. 14

A

6

Europe

POLITICAL STATUS: Eg. MEXICO: independent state Eg. FAEROE ISLANDS (to Denmark): self-governing territory, with parent state indicated Eg. Andaman Islands (to India): non self-governing territory, with parent stated indicated

A

B

N

T

A

C

R

C

T

I

C

A

D

E

A

F

R O

C

T

C

E

I

G

H

C

A

Queen Elizabeth Islands

N

GREENLAND (to Denmark)

1

Baffin Island

Arctic Circle

Alaska (to US)

C US Aleutian Islands (to

Kuril Islands (to Russ. Fed.)

A

N

A

D

A

)

2

ST PIERRE & MIQUELON

P

A

C

O

C

I

F

I

E

A

N

(to France)

C

U N I T E D O F

S T A T E S

A T L A N T I C

A M E R I C A

O C E A N

BERMUDA

(to UK) PUERTO RICO (to US)

MIDWAY ISLANDS (to US)

I

HONDURAS

C

JOHNSTON ATOLL (to US)

BELIZE

WALLIS & FUTUNA

(to France)

K

I

R

ARUBA

PANAMA

A

T

Equator GUYANA SURINAME

ECUADOR

I

TOKELAU

(to NZ)

B

R

A

Z

I

L

R U

COOK ISLANDS

(to NZ) VANUATU

BOLI V I A FRENCH POLYNESIA

FIJI

(to Australia)

NORFOLK ISLAND

(to Australia) Lord Howe Island (to Australia)

NIUE (to NZ) AMERICAN SAMOA

(to US)

PITCAIRN, HENDERSON, DUCIE & OENO ISLANDS

Kermadec Island (to NZ)

Easter Island (to Chile)

(to UK)

San Felix Island (to Chile) Sala y Gomez San Ambrosia Island (to Chile) (to Chile)

CHILE

Juan Fernandez Island (to Chile)

NEW ZEALAND Chatham Island (to NZ) Bounty Island (to NZ)

Campbell Island (to NZ)

P

A O

C C

I

F

I

E

A

N

C

Tropic of Capricorn

4

A

TONGA SAMOA

CORAL SEA ISLANDS

PARAGUAY

(to France)

A R G E N T I N

NEW CALEDONIA (to France)

3

FRENCH GUIANA (to France)

COLOMBIA

Galápagos Islands (to Ecuador)

(to US)

B

(to Neth.)

(to Neth.)

P E

TUVALU

I

DOMINICA MARTINIQUE (to France) ST LUCIA BARBADOS ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES GRENADA TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

CURAÇAO

VENEZUELA

JARVIS ISLAND

(to US)

NAURU

GUADELOUPE (to France) HAITI

(to US)

PALMYRA ATOLL (to US)

BAKER & HOWLAND ISLANDS

MONTSERRAT (to UK)

JAMAICA NAVASSA I.

NICARAGUA COSTA RICA

(to French Polynesia)

KINGMAN REEF (to US)

Tropic of Cancer

ANTIGUA & BARBUDA

EL SALVADOR CLIPPERTON ISLAND

ST KITTS & NEVIS

CUBA

GUATEMALA

MARSHALL ISLANDS

SOLOMON ISLANDS

O

ANGUILLA (to UK)

THE BAHAMAS

(to UK)

X

Revillagigedo Islands (to Mexico)

VIRGIN ISLANDS (to US)

TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS (to UK) CAYMAN ISLANDS

E

Hawaii (to US)

WAKE ISLAND (to US)

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS (to UK)

DOM. REP.

M

Guadelupe (to Mexico)

URUGUAY

FALKLAND ISLANDS

(to UK)

CHILE

Macquarie Island (to Australia)

ABBREVIATIONS: AFGH. Afghanistan, ALB. Albania, AUT. Austria, AZ. or AZERB. Azerbaijan, BELG. Belgium, BELA. Belarus, B.&H. Bosnia & Herzegovina, BOTS. Botswana, BULG. Bulgaria, CAMB. Cambodia, C.A.R. Central African Republic, CRO. Croatia, CZ. REP. Czech Republic, DOM. REP. Dominican Republic, EST. Estonia, HUNG. Hungary, KOS. Kosovo, KYRG. Kyrgyzstan, LAT. Latvia, LIECH. Liechtenstein, LITH. Lithuania, LUX. Luxembourg,

MACED. Macedonia, MOLD. Moldova, MON. Montenegro, NETH. Netherlands, PORT. Portugal, ROM. Romania, RUSS. FED. Russian Federation, S.M. San Marino, SLVK. Slovakia, SLVN. Slovenia, SWITZ. Switzerland, THAI. Thailand, TURKMEN. Turkmenistan, U.A.E. United Arab Emirates, UZBEK. Uzbekistan, VAT. CITY Vatican City, ZIMB. Zimbabwe.

SOUTH GEORGIA & SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS

(to UK)

5

Antarctic Circle

ANTARC TIC A

E

F

G

H

7

The Physical World A

B

Severnaya Zemlya

l

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I N D I A N

Madaga s

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Seychelles

Mauritius Réunion

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sb ak

Gough Island

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an

Riv

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Yellow Sea

Yangtze

as

East China Sea

p Honshu

Kyushu Ryukyu Islands

Philippine Bay of Bengal

Andaman Islands Sri Lanka Nicobar Islands

Basin

Cape of Good Hope

Yello

Taiwan

Maldive Islands

en

Dr

Hokkaido

Plain

er

Arabian

ft Ri

Gre

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Basin

Lake Nyasa

alay

Sea of Japan (East Sea)

Manchurian

Mount Everest Ga nges 8848m

Thar Desert

Somali Lake Victoria

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Deccan

Mo

Ridge

antic

t

-Atl

Kalahari Desert

r ese ib D

Mid

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Cape

Tristan da Cunha

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Basin

Lake Tanganyika

A ng o la

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Sakhalin

South China Sea

Malay Peninsula

va

Tr

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Mariana Islands

Challenger Deep -10,920m

M

e

Kerguelen

u

East Indies h

Mount Wilhelm 4509m

Timor Sea

Arafura Sea

Great Sandy Desert

AUSTRALIA

O C E A N

Bass Strait

t h e a s t

I n d i a n

R i d g e

Limit of summer pack ice

A N T A R C T I C A A

8

B

C

g

Tasmania

South Indian Basin

S O U T H E R N

a

New Guinea

Java Sea

Java

Limit of winter pack ice

5

l

Celebes

Great Victoria Desert or Plain llarb Nu

o

M

Caroline

Borneo

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S

Sea

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St Helena

Kush

tra ma Su Ja

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Ascension Island

OCEAN

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Arabian Sea

Kilimanjaro 5895m

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Ethiopian Highlands Horn of y Africa le

Congo Basin

G

Shan

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go

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A

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r ige

Gulf of Guinea

H

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a aw ds am lan d A igh H

3

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g

N

Cape Verde Islands

Iranian Plateau

Arabian Peninsula

Lake Chad

ou ltai nt ain s

ko

Sea of Okhotsk

Trench ppine Phili s Island

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rs

a

p ilip Ph

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A

kon Me

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Sea

A F R I C A

Pa m i rs

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Lake Balkhash

Tien

Sea

Persian Gulf

i

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ch

r

A

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Da rli n

Syrian Desert

b

Lake Baikal

Aral Sea

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Plain

i

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Ahaggar

S

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ne

ya n

a

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Lib

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Cau c

Anatolia

N

Mediter

Black Sea

s Mts

S

Gh ats

Bal kan

Mount El’brus 5642m

Ob ’

Ninetyeast R idge

Volga

ts

anu be

las ns At ntai ou M

Canary Islands

an

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Siberian

M

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D

A

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Madeira

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Siberian Plateau

ari a

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Nor

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Central

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Bay of Biscay

Azores

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Sc North Sea

British Isles

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B a r e nts Sea No r w e g i a n Sea

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Laptev Sea K ar a Se a

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Iceland

New Siberian Islands

Novaya Zemlya

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winter

Kh

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Limit of

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Franz Josef Land

Spitsbergen

Greenland Sea

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A R C T I C

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Greenland Beaufort Sea Baffi

Chukchi Sea

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Brooks Range

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Am

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Gulf of Mexico

G Yucatan Peninsula

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Tropic of Cancer

Le s s e r A nt ille s

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Guiana Highlands

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Bas in

go

Largest continent: Asia 17,521,750 sq miles (45,381,300 sq km)

Campbell Plateau

Gran

Cerro Aconcagua 6959m

Juan Fernandez Islands

Bas in Tropic of Capricorn

ta

New Zealand

South Island

A n d e s

North Island

Easter Island

Br azil

Pa

Tasma n Sea

Southwest Pacific Basin

Pa

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Planalto de Mato Grosso

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Peru Basin

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Tuamotu Islands

ru

la

SOUTH AMERICA

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New Caledonia

Is

Pe

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Tonga

Amazon Basin

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Co

Vanuatu

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Fiji

East Pacific Rise

a

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Samoa

a

C o ral S ea

A n

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Marquesas Islands

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Amazon

Para

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Galápagos Islands

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Phoenix Islands

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Hawai‘i

Marshall Islands

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Limit of summer pack ice

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East Siberian Sea

Smallest continent: Australasia 3,376,700 sq miles (8,745,750 sq km)

Falkland Islands

Cape Horn

Largest lake: Caspian Sea, Asia 143,243 sq miles (371,000 sq km)

ss Drake Pa

Longest river: Nile, Africa 4160 miles (6695 km)

South Georgia

Tierra del Fuego

age

South Sandwich Islands

5

Antarctic Peninsula

Limit of winter pack ice

Antarctic Circle

Highest point: Mt. Everest, China/Nepal 29,029 ft (8848 m)

E

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NORWAY

JAN MAYEN (to Norway)

+2

+2

EST.

FINLAND

+1

SVALBARD (to Norway)

+1

+1

+4

+3

RUSS. LAT. European UNITED DEN. FED. LITH. Russia KINGDOM BELA. IRELAND 0 NETH. POLAND +3 SLVK. BELG. UKRAINE E R CZ.REP. LUX. G

FAROE ISLANDS (to Denmark)

0

ICELAND

–1

0

+5

0

-1

MA

O

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0

0

Greenwich Meridian

+1

ZIMB.

+2

BOTS.

IA E

LESOTHO

+4

+3

Laccadive Islands (to India)

S KI PA

REUNION (to France)

MAURITIUS

MAYOTTE (to France)

BANG.

(BURMA)

+6

+8

TAIWAN

PALAU

+9

S. KOREA

+91/2

EAST TIMOR

+10

SAMOA

TONGA

+12

Hawaii (to US)

–91/2 –10

C

–8

PITCAIRN GROUP OF ISLANDS (to UK)

A

N

–6

A

–4

D

BERMUDA (to UK)

–1

–2

0

Arctic Circle

ATLANTIC OCEAN

-3

GREENLAND (to Denmark)

–3

ST PIERRE –3 & MIQUELON (to France)

–31/2

–4

–4

–6 Easter Island (to Chile)

ECUADOR

U

–5

Juan Fernandez Island (to Chile)

–3

–3

–4 FALKLAND ISLANDS (to UK)

URUGUAY

PARAGUAY

BOLIVIA

–4

Graham Land –3

–3

B R A Z I L

SURINAME

A N TA RCTI CA

CHILE

–4

San Felix Island (to Chile) San Ambrosia Island (to Chile) CHILE

(to Ecuador)

DOM. REP. TURKS & CAICOS IS. (to UK) CAYMAN IS. THE (to UK) BAHAMAS –5 HONDURAS CUBA BELIZE O HAITI

–2

Antarctic Circle

Tropic of Capricorn

PUERTO RICO (to US) BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS (to UK) VIRGIN ISLANDS (to US) ANGUILLA (to UK) Tropic of Cancer ST KITTS & NEVIS ANTIGUA & BARBUDA IC MONTSERRAT (to UK) GUADELOUPE (to France) DOMINICA JAM AICA CURAÇAO MARTINIQUE (to France) GUATEMALA ARUBA (to Neth.) ST LUCIA –4 EL SALVADOR BARBADOS (to Neth.) NICARAGUA ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES GRENADA COSTA RICA VENEZUELA TRINIDAD & TOBAGO –41/2 PANAMA FRENCH GUIANA COLOMBIA (to France) Equator GUYANA Galápagos Islands

–5

A

Baffin Island

–5

THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE The International Dateline is an imaginary line from pole to pole that roughly corresponds to the 180° longitudinal meridian. It is an arbitrary marker between calendar days. The dateline is needed because of the use of local times around the world rather than a single universal time.

PACIFIC OCEAN

–8

–6

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

–7

–7

Queen Elizabeth Islands

CLIPPERTON ISLAND (to French Polynesia)

Îles Marquises

JARVIS ISLAND (to US)

FRENCH POLYNESIA (to France) NIUE (to NZ) AMERICAN SAMOA (to US) WALLIS & FUTUNA (to France)

–10

COOK ISLANDS (to NZ)

B A T I +13 +14

PALMYRA ATOLL (to US)

–8

–9

The numbers at the top of the map indicate how many hours each time zone is ahead or behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The row of clocks indicate the time in each zone when it is 12:00 noon UTC.

KINGMAN REEF (to US)

Chatham Island (to NZ)

+123/4

Kermadec Island (to NZ)

Campbell Island (to NZ)

NEW ZEALAND

+111/2

I TOKELAU (to NZ)

R

–11

BAKER & HOWLAND ISLANDS (to US)

F I J I +13

I

–10 JOHNSTON ATOLL (to US)

MIDWAY ISLANDS (to US)

–11

PACIFIC OCEAN

)

Alaska (to US)

–9

–10

COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME (UTC) Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is a reference by which the local time in each time zone is set. UTC is a successor to, and closely approximates, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). However, UTC is based on an atomic clock, whereas GMT is determined by the Sun’s position in the sky relative to the 0° longitudinal meridian, which runs through Greenwich, UK.

ANTARCTICA (except for Graham Land, Antarctica is not subject to any time zone)

Macquarie Island (to Australia)

Tasmania

+101/2

–10

lD

NORFOLK ISLAND (to Australia)

NEW CALEDONIA (to France)

+11

VANUATU

SOLOMON ISLANDS

K TUVALU

+12

MARSHALL ISLANDS

NAURU

na

e in el at

US Aleutian Islands (to

io at rn te In

–11

OCEAN

+12 –12

WAKE ISLAND (to US)

Kuril Islands (to Russ. Fed.)

+12

+11

CORAL SEA ISLANDS (to Australia)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

+10

AUSTRALIA

+8

ASHMORE & CARTIER ISLANDS (to Australia)

GUAM (to US)

+11

ARCTIC

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS (to US)

MICRONESIA

+9

JAPAN

+11

N. KOREA

+10

+11

+10

PHILIPPINES

+8

+10

New Siberian Islands

+9

I N D O N E S I A +8

MALAYSIA

BRUNEI

CAMB.

+7

CHRISTMAS ISLAND (to Australia)

COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS (to Australia)

+61/2

SINGAPORE

Andaman Islands (to India) SRI LANKA

+7

THAI.

LAOS

HEARD & MCDONALD ISLANDS (to Australia)

+5

+8

MONGOLIA

+9

C H I N A

INDIAN OCEAN

+6

+53/4

+8 Asiatic Russia

BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERR. (to UK)

+51/2

+7

F E D E R A T I O N

Severnaya Zemlya

+6

I N D I A +6 +61/2 +51/2 MYANMAR

FRENCH SOUTHERN & ANTARCTIC LANDS (to France)

+4

T

MALDIVES

+4

SEYCHELLES COMOROS

SO

SWAZILAND

Prince Edward Islands (to S.Africa)

SOUTH AFRICA

+1

NAMIBIA

ANGOLA ZAMBIA

MALAWI

+2

DEM. REP. CONGO

UGANDA RWANDA KENYA BURUNDI

OM

U.A.E.

DJIBOUTI

YEMEN

SAUDI ARABIA

SOUTH ETHIOPIA C.A.R. SUDAN +3

+3

CHAD SUDAN

ERITREA

EGYPT

KUWAIT

BAHRAIN +3 QATAR

JORDAN

A N

TIME ZONES Because Earth is a rotating sphere, the Sun shines on only half of its surface at any one time. Thus, it is simultaneously morning, evening, and night time in different parts of the world. Because of these disparities, each country or part of a country adheres to a local time. A region of the Earth’s surface within which a single local time is used is called a time zone.

Gough Island (to Tristan da Cunha)

0

TRISTAN DA CUNHA (to UK)

ATLANTIC OCEAN

ST HELENA (to UK)

BU

+2

LIBY A

MALI NIGER

A LGERIA

SENEGAL INA GAMBIA RK SO GUINEA-BISSAU GUINEA NIGERIA FA SIERRA BENIN LEONE LIBERIA EQ .G CÔTE D’IVOIRE GHANA UINE (IVORY COAST) A TOGO 0 GABON SAO TOME & PRINCIPE ASCENSION Cabinda ISLAND 0 (to Angola) (to UK)

CAPE VERDE

WESTERN SAHARA

Canary Islands (to Spain)

O

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NEPAL BHUTAN

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Novaya Zemlya

Franz Josef Land

+4

+2 LIECH. MOLD. AUT.HUNG. SLVN. ROM. SER. CRO. S.M. B.&H. KOS. +1 VAT. BULG. MON. UZBEK. GEORGIA KYRG. ARMENIA +4 AZERB. ALB. CITY PORTUGAL +5 +4 SPAIN Azores I T A L Y MACED. TURKEY TURKMEN. +5 TAJ. 0 AZ. -1 (to Port.) +2 GREECE -1 GIBRALTAR SYRIA TUNISIA MALTA CYPRUS (to UK) AFGH. LEBANON IRAN O Madeira +5 C 1 ISRAEL C +4 /2 (to Portugal) +31/2 IRAQ

M

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WORLD

AT L A S

THE MAPS IN THIS ATLAS ARE ARRANGED CONTINENT BY CONTINENT, STARTING FROM THE INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE, AND MOVING EASTWARD. THE MAPS PROVIDE A UNIQUE VIEW OF TODAY’S WORLD, COMBINING TRADITIONAL CARTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES WITH THE LATEST REMOTE-SENSED AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY.

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50,000 to 100,000

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C

Calgary

Regina

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Na

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n

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un

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58

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St. John's

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Labrador Sea

ra

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Baffin Bay

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Ellesmere Island

Southampton Island

Thunder Bay

Lake Winnipeg

ns

North Pole

Na

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h

Lake Nipigon

Prince of Wales Island

A

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N

di

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Lake Athabasca

Great Slave Lake

Great Bear Lake

Banks Island

Canad a B asin

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East Siberian Sea Wrangel Island

Edmonton Vancouver

y

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k

Vancouver Island

Mount Logan 5959m

c

OCEAN

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(to US)

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Alaska

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Lowest point: Death Valley, California, USA 282 ft (86 m) below sea level

Highest point: Mt. McKinley (Denali), Alaska, USA 20,322 ft (6194 m)

Longest river: Mississippi-Missouri, USA 3710 miles (5969 km)

Largest lake: Lake Superior, Canada/ USA 32,151 sq miles (83,270 sq km)

P hy s i c al f e at u r e s

Smallest country: St. Kitts and Nevis 101 sq miles (261 sq km)

Largest country: Canada 3,854,085 sq miles (9,984,670 sq km)

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M

Country with highest population density: Barbados 1807 people per sq mile (698 people per sq km)

Largest city with population: Mexico City, Mexico 22.2 million

Total population: 560 million

Total number of countries: 23

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nia l i f o r ia a C n of lifor Gulf er Ca

Total area: 9,400,000 sq miles (24,346,000 sq km)

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CAYMAN ISLANDS (to UK)

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ST PIERRE & MIQUELON (to France)

ATLANTIC

Halifax

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PANAMA

PANAMA CITY

Colom bian Basin

D

34

(to Neth.) (to Neth.)

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SOUTH

BONAIRE

E

PORT-OF-SPAIN

ST LUCIA ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES GRENADA CURAÇAO

ARUBA (to Neth.)

Caribbean Sea

Equato

44

r

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

BARBADOS

VIRGIN ISLANDS (to US) BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS PUERTO (to UK) ANGUILLA (to UK) RICO DOMINICAN Guantanamo ANTIGUA & BARBUDA Bay (to US) HAITI REPUBLIC (to US) GUADELOUPE PORT-AU-PRINCE SANTO (to France) DOMINGO ST KITTS & NEVIS KINGSTON DOMINICA JAMAICA MONTSERRAT (to UK) Lesser MARTINIQUE (to France)

COSTA RICA

Panama Basin

NASSAU

THE BAHAMAS

C Ur e a B A t e r

Lake Nicaragua

NICARAGUA

TEGUCIGALPA

MANAGUA

Miami HAVANA

HONDURAS

BELIZE

BELMOPAN

EL SALVADOR

SAN SALVADOR

GUATEMALA CITY

n c h GUATEMALA

Guatemala Basin

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Colón Ridge

m

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Gulf of Mexico

MEXICO CITY Volcán Pico de Orizaba 5700m Acapulco

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Mount Logan 5959m Whitehorse

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Vancouver Island Nanaimo

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131

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400

below 50,000

D Internal administrative capital

50,000 to 100,000

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NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA E

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Isachsen

Amund Ringnes Island

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Melville Island

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Resolute (Qausuittuq)

M ’ C li n

Somerset Island

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s

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Coral Harbour

Churchill

N

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Iqaluit (Frobisher Bay)

Amadjuak Lake

Southampton Island

Arviat

Fort Lynn Lake McMurray Buffalo A Narrows

St

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C

Foxe B asi n

Whale Cove

Dubawn t

Wollaston Lake

Fort Vermilion

Ware

Melville Peninsula

Rankin Inlet

COLUMBIA

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Hay River Fort Smith Lake Athabasca

Fort Nelson

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Nettilling Lake

Garry Lake

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Gjoa Haven (Uqsuqtuuq)

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Cambridge Bay (Ikaluktutiak)

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Sachs Harbour (Ikaahuk)

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Visc ount Melville Sound

Banks Island

Sea

Island

ls o n

Beaufort

1

B a f f i n

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