Cartographical knowledge poll

[lethargic_man]

Where's this?



(You're not allowed to answer if you saw the threads on the other people's blogs which led to this.)

Comments

[songster.livejournal.com]

Is it Pangaea?

[darcydodo]

I keep wanting to say it's part of the Philippines, but I don't think it actually is.

[troo.livejournal.com]

Crete (if that's the right spelling... if not, here's the hebrew name: כרתים)?

[ewx.livejournal.com]

The world with the sea level adjusted upwards by some amount and, er, the Pacific almost entirely removed for some reason? With east at the bottom.

[ploni-bat-ploni.livejournal.com]

Without having looked at the other postings: I think it's Anarctica. (Gosh, that's a word I hadn't spelt in ages!)

[green-knight.livejournal.com]

I got it and then found it confirmed on my f-list before I could write the answer. It's way way cool. Particularly as there used to be a totally whacko cartographic theory relating to 'antarctica without ice' and it looked nothing like this.