In case you're wondering, because I looked it up immediately when I had learned about it: It's manmade, was made in 1991, is 116 meters long, and a 1:10,000 scale of Finland! The construction engineer was Esko Sääskilahti. It was going to be the Centerpoint of a tourist village, but that part was never completed. The lake took a week to excavate. Hope you enjoyed learning some more! :-)

That's shockingly precise, considering the year of production.

If this isn't irrefutable 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙛 that Australia does not exist then I don't know what is!

Has Java, Sumatra. Must be one of the first maps not to show the mythical island of Taprobana (a huge island between India and Malaysia)

Terra Australis Incognita. Hypothetical continent in southern hemisphere that turned out to be Antarctica. Perhaps that protrusion on the left might be Australia? It was "discovered" not long after this map was drawn. People suspected there might be land.

New Zealand left off again?

this is NOT the original Piri-Reis-Map

That is Piri Reis?

Took me way to long to realize the blue/green is land

I was assuming the green was the water and I was like “precise??”, then it all came into focus and I 🤦🏻‍♀️

not bad actually

Ahhh, we were so thin back then.

that's a lot of castles. I didnt realise there were that many.

Yay, Czechoslovakia!

Probably 'counties', not countries. Edit 5 hours later to add: hmm, they changed the title from 'countries' to 'counties' so this comment now confusing, "huh?".

26% of the Netherlands should be under sea level.

Oops Turkey

Is this a map-?

That's alarming at very least

The fact that more than one person thought it was in the UK 😂😂😅

Not yet...

Too many :(

Even underwater. That's impressive.

YEEEEEEEESSS!!! THX ITALY FOR FINDING ME ATRACTIVE

The US government is definitely flawed

"Far beyond the ice and snow The voyage carries on For blood and gold, we sold our souls Redemption lies at Magnetic North"

Greece looks so complicated

I know strip malls and strip clubs are VERY different things, but I still can't help reading them the same when I see them together...

borders are so lame.

in other words, poverty -> bad air

Why is everybody walking away from Poland? Did Poland say anything controversial again?

France 😂

Am I the only one who googled for "Australian football" and "Gaelic football"? :)))

That's cause the housing market is crazy, prices are sky high.

Wait, what? You frigging kidding me?

I love how Finland is like "Perkele, absolutely no school uniforms in our place!"

this is somewhat misleading... the blue is game reserves. There would be near-zero lions left without game reserves.

We in Germany have 32% of our land mass covered in forests

this is why there needs to be no veto powers in the UN.

In my country (South Africa) we have terrible crime rates. Some say bringing the death penalty back would reduce it but Europe is a good example that that would not be the case.

so, places where people want independence?

Xi is watching you.

To be honest, i expected more :))))

I'd rather the US have this distribution than Russia or China....

Only the USA has the name " America" as part of their country name. Similarly to South Korean, generally speaking, no one says 'my parents are South Korean'. It's just 'my parents are Korean'. No one says 'I am United States of American's, it's just 'American'.

What is a day name?

So. Canada to Japan to UK to Canada. Repeat endlessly.

That's a lot of purple... *Nervously laughs in South African*

Decorative highway interchange *snort*