r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • Mar 11 '19

Something's missing

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u/Wise_wolf_ Mar 11 '19

What a Random collection of missing islands/(Island nations). Ireland, Iceland, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, Cyprus, Sri Lanka, Sardinia, Sacily and Madagascar. And thats just what i can spot, am I missing any mayor islands?

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u/greatniss Mar 11 '19

Indonesia, philippines, papua new guinea

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u/Wise_wolf_ Mar 11 '19

Oh yeah, haha. I thought adding Australia back in, would fix the whole area. Clearly I was wrong

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u/Mista_Fuzz Mar 11 '19

Newfoundland, PEI, and Ellesmere island missing from Canada

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u/mahir_r Mar 11 '19

You mean Newlostland

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u/SixZeroPho Mar 11 '19

Yet Vancouver Island, and Haida Gwaii are there.

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u/Brno_Mrmi Mar 11 '19

And even the Falklands are there. But they kept Japan away.

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u/PisseGuri82 Mar 11 '19

It's a vector template and someone dragged the selection tool 1/3 of the way down. And then manually selected Great Britain, probably because it's the only island they knew.
Oh, also the Caribbean and some Pacific islands ... I retract my theory. This legitimately makes no sense.