South America · True size
🇫🇰 the Falkland Islands
1.1×
the Falkland Islands looks 1.1× bigger on the old map than it really is.
True area
11,390 km²
On the old map
1.1×
drawn bigger than true
Distortion rank
#17
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.01%
On the old map
the Falkland Islands looks about the same size as the Bahamas on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: the Falkland Islands at the size the old map gives it, next to the Bahamas's true size. the Falkland Islands's real area is 11,390 km² — the Bahamas is 12,658 km².
By area
the Falkland Islands would fit inside the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the Philippines, by area.
How many fit?
Why the old map gets it wrong
The old map stretches land more the further it is from the equator — twice the area at 45°, four times at 60°. The Falkland Islands's middle sits at 52°S, where the stretch is about 2.6×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares the Falkland Islands's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.