The Pacific Ocean is hard to imagine—it covers nearly a third of Earth’s surface and is deeper than Everest is tall. With maps for scale, here’s how it stacks up against Russia, the continents, and the rest of the planet.
Read MoreItaly can fit inside Alaska almost six times. Alaska has land area 665,400 square miles and population 731,449, while Italy
Read MoreContiguous United States (Lower 48): 3,119,884.69 square miles (8,080,464.3 km2). Alaska: 663,268 square miles (1,717,856 km2). Related post:– Antarctica and
Read MoreAntarctica’s surface spans 14.2 million square kilometers (5.5 million square miles), it is the 5th-largest continent and nearly twice the
Read MoreThe longest straight line you can walk without hitting the ocean. Distance: 13,572.40 kilometers (8,433.56 miles).
Read MoreAfrica is the second-largest and second-most-populous continent on our planet. About 30.3 million km2 (11.7 mln sq mi), including adjacent islands, covers 6% of Earth’s total surface area and 20.4% of its total land area. With 1.2 billion people as of 2016, it accounts for about 16% of the world’s human population.
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