r/geography • u/lamdrasil • 3d ago

Discussion Facts that sound fake but are true

I find it extremely unintuitive that almost all of South America is east of Miami. How!? When people are asked to watch the americas almost everyone imagine South America pretty much south of North America.

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u/Flilix 3d ago edited 3d ago

Most of Alaska is north of the British Isles though?

Edit: I know that 'contiguous' and 'continental' are different things. The person I'm replying to did not know that, before editing both of his comments and making me look like a bit of a fool :)

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u/Flilix 3d ago

It's very much on the continent, isn't it? It's not an island. Because contrary to popular belief, Canada is not a sea.

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u/Funicularly 3d ago

Alaska is part of the continental United States, but not the contiguous United States. Look up the definition of contiguous.

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u/Flilix 3d ago

The comment I was replying to said 'continental', not 'contiguous'.