Why does Antarctica appear long and thin on some maps and round on a globe?

Answer 1

Flat maps, unless they focus on polar regions, do not adequately depict the Antarctic continent (or the Arctic).

Because a flat map usually shows latitudes as lines parallel to the floor, and because there is no commerce or commercial value in Antarctica, the continent is depicted as a series of white, glacial continent edges at the bottom of the map. (This is especially true in northern-hemisphere-centric maps.)


Actually, Antarctica is a more-or-less circular continent, with a long arm (peninsula) that points to South America. It is about the same size as US and Mexico combined and occupies 10% of the earth's surface.


Here is a map:
http://www.gdargaud.net/Antarctica/InfoAntarctica.html

Answer 2

the Earth is round so Antartica, being located on the southern pole, is more noticeably curbed than the other continents, but a map is flat so, to show all of Antarctica, they stretch it out and flatten it.

Answer 3

Antarctica appears long and thin on some maps due to the distortion caused by map projections, which can exaggerate the size of landmasses near the poles. On a globe, Antarctica appears round because the globe represents the Earth's surface without distortion, showing the continent's true size and shape in relation to the rest of the world.

Answer 4

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