True size
🇹🇫 the French Southern and Antarctic Lands
1.0×
the French Southern and Antarctic Lands is drawn 1.0× smaller on the old map than it really is.
True area
6,977 km²
On the old map
1.0×
drawn smaller than true
Distortion rank
#22
of 176 · 1 = most inflated
Share of world land
0.01%
On the old map
the French Southern and Antarctic Lands looks about the same size as Palestine on the old map — it isn't.
Shapes above: the French Southern and Antarctic Lands at the size the old map gives it, next to Palestine's true size. the French Southern and Antarctic Lands's real area is 6,977 km² — Palestine is 6,336 km².
By area
the French Southern and Antarctic Lands would fit inside the United Kingdom, New Zealand and the Philippines, by area.
How many fit?
Compare the French Southern and Antarctic Lands with any country →
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 French Southern and Antarctic Lands's middle sits at 49°S, where the stretch is about 2.3×.
Area stretch on the old map at each latitude, equator to 80°. The number at the top of this page compares the French Southern and Antarctic Lands's whole share of the old map with its real share of the world's land.