Estonia is built different (and maybe Latvia too but its not clearly shown on the map)
Inevitable-Push-8061 on
This one always surprises me. Even countries like Turkey and Greece correspond, latitude-wise, to more northern parts of the USA.
ikkue on
Florida Man = Egypt Man
Public_Research2690 on
r/weknowaboutmercator
bearlybearbear on
If the Gulf Stream was to disappear… Ice Age Europe, not the fun kind either.
tobotic on
They’re already at the same latitude as Europe (mostly).
This map also presents them at the same longitude.
SametaX_1134 on
My hometown on the Mediterranean is more up North than Toronto.
RomeoBlackDK on
Lol and they complain about cold Chicago winters
hoofie242 on
Paris is at 48 degrees north and America northern border is at 49 so map is wrong.
MarxistThot666 on
The Turkish-Philadelphian coalition welcomes all
sovereignlogik on
Great map
wbruce098 on
Did you mean longitude?
boredsittingonthebus on
My bedroom’s latitude (where I’m doomscrolling right now on this fine Sunday morning) lies directly east of Innertalling Island, Nunavut. This latitude also lies somewhere between Thorne Bay and Naukati Bay in Alaska.
That blows my mind, given that I’m in Scotland. Yes, the weather here is hardly tropical, but it’s nowhere near as bitterly cold as Nunavut or Alaska.
cuteboy_ on
While it’s surprising, how warm Europe is due to its latitude, I think not enough people are talking about how really **hot AND sunny** most parts of the United States are between Spring and Autumn when compared to Europe which is no wonder due to the high sun angle.
(Edit: Just as a reference: Seattle has more yearly sunshine hours than almost the whole Central and Northern part of Europe, New York City has nearly the same sunshine hours as some parts of the mediterranean + similar summer temperatures.)
lotsanoodles on
Europe can thank the gulf stream. If climate change alters that things are going to be different for them but worse.
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Estonia is built different (and maybe Latvia too but its not clearly shown on the map)
This one always surprises me. Even countries like Turkey and Greece correspond, latitude-wise, to more northern parts of the USA.
Florida Man = Egypt Man
r/weknowaboutmercator
If the Gulf Stream was to disappear… Ice Age Europe, not the fun kind either.
They’re already at the same latitude as Europe (mostly).
This map also presents them at the same longitude.
My hometown on the Mediterranean is more up North than Toronto.
Lol and they complain about cold Chicago winters
Paris is at 48 degrees north and America northern border is at 49 so map is wrong.
The Turkish-Philadelphian coalition welcomes all
Great map
Did you mean longitude?
My bedroom’s latitude (where I’m doomscrolling right now on this fine Sunday morning) lies directly east of Innertalling Island, Nunavut. This latitude also lies somewhere between Thorne Bay and Naukati Bay in Alaska.
That blows my mind, given that I’m in Scotland. Yes, the weather here is hardly tropical, but it’s nowhere near as bitterly cold as Nunavut or Alaska.
While it’s surprising, how warm Europe is due to its latitude, I think not enough people are talking about how really **hot AND sunny** most parts of the United States are between Spring and Autumn when compared to Europe which is no wonder due to the high sun angle.
(Edit: Just as a reference: Seattle has more yearly sunshine hours than almost the whole Central and Northern part of Europe, New York City has nearly the same sunshine hours as some parts of the mediterranean + similar summer temperatures.)
Europe can thank the gulf stream. If climate change alters that things are going to be different for them but worse.
Crazy the difference in temps during winter in central France compared to Southern Québec which is the same latitude
The US and Canada scaled to upper North America