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Maps, you have to love them! As a kid in the pre-internet age, I spent many an hour poring over my precious atlas, memorizing countries, their capital cities, rivers, mountain ranges, flags...Dreaming of visiting them all, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.

But not all types of maps are useful. Some, even the most detailed world maps with countries show.. nothing helpful in particular. However, as the page 'Terrible Maps' proves, you can still have fun with them! This tongue-in-cheek collection of cartography-based funny memes and jokes is sometimes absurd and other times surprisingly informative, but funny jokes with geography and world maps are always a good laugh! Scroll down below to check out the funny drawings and useless information for yourself, and let us know what you think in the comments!

#1

Cat Earth Theory

Cat Earth Theory

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#2

Antarctica, The Confusing Continent

Antarctica, The Confusing Continent

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rhyan lumilay
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

do compass hay wired to different directions there since almost everywhere is North?

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For Those Of You Suffering From Election Fatigue. A Map Of Pubs In The Uk

For Those Of You Suffering From Election Fatigue. A Map Of Pubs In The Uk

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#5

35 Place Names In Iceland That Will Help You Understand What Dyslexia Feels Like

35 Place Names In Iceland That Will Help You Understand What Dyslexia Feels Like

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Reirei
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've always loved this language, but this is madness :)

LilicatUK
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've tried to learn Icelandic, it's really hard... but I learned to ask for coffee so I'll live if I get stranded there :D

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Jaguarundi
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They have 36 letters in their alphabet, did they have to use all of them in one place-name?

Sergio Bicerra Descalzi
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

-Honey, the baby's been playing with the keyboard again! -. Meh, leave it that way.

FortnitePlayerGirl
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch... Longest city name in the world belonging to wales... Wales can challenge this!

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MauKini
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6 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You can also find some good examples in the german language.. Donaudampfschifffahrtskapitän (Danuba Steamboat captain), Arbeiterunfallversicherungsgesetz (Law for the insurance of workers), Kraftfahrzeughaftpflichtversicherung (Insurance for Cars)..

glowworm2
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How the heck do you learn how to spell these places? My spellcheck would be marking them all as errors. XD!

Marnee DeRider
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You think that's bad? Consider the Welsh village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. Pronounced correctly here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCGkqUr1kbY

Student William Wells
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this looks like you just copeid the weird city name in the uk edited it and put it in iceland

FortnitePlayerGirl
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And here, we see the difficulty of any European language in a nutshell.

Tiny Dynamine
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They are basically compound names, i.e. they are a description of what is there. Often something about the geographical feaures of the place.

Rosemary Turpin
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don`t think any of them is quite as long as "Llanfairpwyllginllantisiliogogogoch in Wales. Look up the train station`s sign - it appears on postcards)

Donald Holder
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Icelandic language is almost all learnt by ear, not by reading or writing.

Peter Sibbald
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dictionaries are defined based on common usage of words. These, in turn, are rigorously quantified by counting the occurrences of said word in some agreed upon pieces of reference literature. We should add IKEA catalogues to that set of reference literature.

DotC
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If they are named for directions or local landmarks, great. if they are named for some guy, you are screwed.

Marnee DeRider
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Interesting tidbit: Guy learns to speak Icelandic (some basics, anyway), in one week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GXjPEkDfek. See 2:38.

Jilltdcatlady
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The written version of trying to hold a conversation with a person who speaks with their mouth full. "Bleikkollubólstindur" is "Blake is full of bull on tinder".

LeilaOdinis
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I found the village my great grand father was from on this map. It's not so bad.

JV
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's like some Aboriginal languages. It's not one word, it's three-in-one.

Miroslava Sotakova
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not that hard - they are just composite words (just like the example of long German words listed above). I don't speak Icelandic but e.g. vatn=lake, kirkja=church, Úlfljótur is some historic figure, so Úlfljótsvatnkirkja is "church at Úlfljótur's lake".

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Slune
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Are they sober? Impossible you can't be sober and read it fluently......

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#7

Countries That Use The Metric System Vs Countries That Lose Wars To Vietnamese Farmers

Countries That Use The Metric System Vs Countries That Lose Wars To Vietnamese Farmers

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#8

Bosnians: I Wanna Swim; Croatia: No

Bosnians: I Wanna Swim; Croatia: No

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#10

Saudi Arabia Mapped Only By Its Rivers

Saudi Arabia Mapped Only By Its Rivers

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Amazingly Comprehensive Map Of Every Country In The World That Uses The Mmddyyyy Format

Amazingly Comprehensive Map Of Every Country In The World That Uses The Mmddyyyy Format

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Darryl Kerrigan
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still remember years ago (in the UK), a few years after 9/11, when someone came in and said it was disgusting how everyone had forgotten about the attacks and we should have a minutes silence. It was 9th November... true story.

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#12

EU Referendum Results 2016 Vs. Mad Cow Disease Outbreak Areas 1992

EU Referendum Results 2016 Vs. Mad Cow Disease Outbreak Areas 1992

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#14

Chart To Determine Risk Of Bear Attack

Chart To Determine Risk Of Bear Attack

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_Cheetah123
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

man don't you hate it when you're flying in space above earth, and then suddenly BEAR ATTACK, yeah that's just the worst

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#15

Orange Peel Map Of Japan

Orange Peel Map Of Japan

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#17

Here's A Map Showing Where All Our Followers Are From

Here's A Map Showing Where All Our Followers Are From

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#18

A Map Of Every American City

A Map Of Every American City

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#19

The Russian Empire As Of 2017

The Russian Empire As Of 2017

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#20

How Many Switzerlands Fits In Brazil

How Many Switzerlands Fits In Brazil

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#22

A Map Of Europe By Each Nation's Most Iconic Artwork. If You Can Name Them All You Deserve A Prize! (But Won't Get One).

A Map Of Europe By Each Nation's Most Iconic Artwork. If You Can Name Them All You Deserve A Prize! (But Won't Get One).

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#26

The Legality Of Owning A Kangaroo In The United States

The Legality Of Owning A Kangaroo In The United States

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#28

This Is Actually In A Textbook..(Glencoe Science: Biology, Chapter 5, Section 3.)

This Is Actually In A Textbook..(Glencoe Science: Biology, Chapter 5, Section 3.)

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#29

Diagram Of Geopolitical Relationships In The Middle East

Diagram Of Geopolitical Relationships In The Middle East

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Sarah F
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Institute of Internet Diagrams" :D I shall cite this for all graphs in my work from now on.

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Gif Of Swiss Expansion Over The Past 200 Years

Gif Of Swiss Expansion Over The Past 200 Years

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Handy Chart Showing How Far I Would Walk Just To..

Handy Chart Showing How Far I Would Walk Just To..

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#34

Garbage Can V Trash Can In The United States

Garbage Can V Trash Can In The United States

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#35

Population Per Capita

Population Per Capita

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LadyGrimm
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I once had a coworker ask me how many people in NYC there were per capita. I said one. And that, my friends, is how Keith learned what "per capita" means.

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#36

Is This Country Greenland?

Is This Country Greenland?

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Troux
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Greenland isn't a country. I think that's what this map is trying to show (it's owned by Denmark).

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Countries With An Ak-47 On Their Flag

Countries With An Ak-47 On Their Flag

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Elton Muchaiabande
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's Mozambique, my country. I never understood why an AK47 is necessary on our flag. The same to christianity carrying a cross as their symbol

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#38

Countries Where Queen Elizabeth II Can Be Charged With A Crime

Countries Where Queen Elizabeth II Can Be Charged With A Crime

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#39

Name Of Hamburger By Us County

Name Of Hamburger By Us County

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#42

Really Makes You Think

Really Makes You Think

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Marija Natkova Em Todorova
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Once upon a time, war broke out among Norwegian Vikings. One band launched the boats and fled. They discovered a green island and settled. Afraid that their enemies might pursue them, they sent word back to Norway that their island was actually an ice-land, but that another island — more distant, larger and indeed covered by ice — was inhabitable green-land. And so the green island became Iceland, and the icy island became Greenland.

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#43

Less Than 0.1% Of The World Population Lives In The Blue Area

Less Than 0.1% Of The World Population Lives In The Blue Area

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#44

I'm Just Gonna Put This Here

I'm Just Gonna Put This Here

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#45

Map Of Roman Air Bases In 2nd Century Ad

Map Of Roman Air Bases In 2nd Century Ad

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#46

What Happens When You Replace Every Official Or Co-Official French Speaking Country With A Picture Of Kim Kardashian Crying

What Happens When You Replace Every Official Or Co-Official French Speaking Country With A Picture Of Kim Kardashian Crying

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#49

San Marino At Its Territorial Peak

San Marino At Its Territorial Peak

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Nadja Lambacher
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is a sports tournament only for the smallest countries, like the olympics for micro nations. San Marino, Liechtenstein and Andorra are in it.

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#51

If Gravity Is Real, Than Why Doesn't The Ocean Go To The South Hemisphere?

If Gravity Is Real, Than Why Doesn't The Ocean Go To The South Hemisphere?

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#52

Popes/Mi²

Popes/Mi²

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Symbole Simple
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It says 1 pope/square mile. And my guess is there must be a green dot where the Vatican is supposed to be.

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