Maps, you have to love them! As a kid in the pre-internet age, I spent many an hour poring over my precious atlas, memorizing countries, their capital cities, rivers, mountain ranges, flags...Dreaming of visiting them all, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
But not all types of maps are useful. Some, even the most detailed world maps with countries show.. nothing helpful in particular. However, as the page 'Terrible Maps' proves, you can still have fun with them! This tongue-in-cheek collection of cartography-based funny memes and jokes is sometimes absurd and other times surprisingly informative, but funny jokes with geography and world maps are always a good laugh! Scroll down below to check out the funny drawings and useless information for yourself, and let us know what you think in the comments!
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Cat Earth Theory
See, if flat-earthers were right, that cat would push Austrailia off the edge!
I don't want to disappoint you, but New Zealand, Hawaii and all the little Pacific Islands are cat turds, and Antarctica is the litterbox.
Load More Replies...Antarctica, The Confusing Continent
do compass hay wired to different directions there since almost everywhere is North?
Quite simply, yes they do (providing you're at the magnetic South Pole)
Load More Replies...When your at the South Pole, Person 1: "Let's go North" Person 2: "Which North?" And yeah I'm bad at making names.
When *you are* at the South Pole. When *you're at the South Pole.
Load More Replies...At that angle the Eastern Hemisphere is at the top and the Western Hemisphere is at the bottom. On a polar continent you simply ignore known constants. Step away from the pole and directions return.
A Map Of Every European City
I've been there, it's lovely. Beautiful views from Hateable New Bridge.
For Those Of You Suffering From Election Fatigue. A Map Of Pubs In The Uk
Ireland is itself a giant pub, which is why there are no markers.
Load More Replies...Ok am I the only one who feels kinda itchy seeing all those red circles smushed together? Idk why but it is uncomfortable
It's a wonder that our friends "across the pond" still have time for work!
I didn't know there were pubs on top of our mountains. No wonder so many people climb them, and say it's for "charity".
I'd make it very soon if I were you. Pubs in the UK are currently closing at a rate of 18 establishments each week :( such a shame watching such a big part of our cultural heritage disappear before our eyes.
Load More Replies...35 Place Names In Iceland That Will Help You Understand What Dyslexia Feels Like
-Honey, the baby's been playing with the keyboard again! -. Meh, leave it that way.
llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch... Longest city name in the world belonging to wales... Wales can challenge this!
Load More Replies...You can also find some good examples in the german language.. Donaudampfschifffahrtskapitän (Danuba Steamboat captain), Arbeiterunfallversicherungsgesetz (Law for the insurance of workers), Kraftfahrzeughaftpflichtversicherung (Insurance for Cars)..
Omg! Got dizzy trying to read them. Im sure when pronounced they sound....easier...?
They actually sound worse when pronounced 😂
Load More Replies...How the heck do you learn how to spell these places? My spellcheck would be marking them all as errors. XD!
Easy, you write it like you say it, and you pronounce it like it's written.
Load More Replies...Antarctic-Centric World View
There is so much less land mass in the Southern Hemisphere. Kind of refreshing
I always hang maps upside down because in reality there is no up or down
Countries That Use The Metric System Vs Countries That Lose Wars To Vietnamese Farmers
also, the French were the ones who invented the metric system to begin with
Load More Replies...All of China lost to Japan, so it really isn't a big deal.
Load More Replies...We started trying Metric many years ago and were too silly to see it through.
Myanmar, Liberia, and Antarctica should not be green. Myanmar and Liberia do not use the metric system. Antarctica is not a country.
Bosnians: I Wanna Swim; Croatia: No
There are multiple methods to keep people from jumping into the water, but nothing beats Croatia
There's a single file queue of Bosnians all waiting for their turn in the sea at Neum.
Croatia allows a tight passage for Bosnia to put their boats into the sea... :) Fitzcarral...8bc764.jpg
Potential EU Leaving Names
I can't decide which one is the funniest :-D Finish... Abortugal... Maltalavista... Nethermind... hahaha
Saudi Arabia Mapped Only By Its Rivers
Amazingly Comprehensive Map Of Every Country In The World That Uses The Mmddyyyy Format
I still remember years ago (in the UK), a few years after 9/11, when someone came in and said it was disgusting how everyone had forgotten about the attacks and we should have a minutes silence. It was 9th November... true story.
...and there is not a single reason for doing so ("That's how I learned it" does not count).
As an informatician, everyone should use YYYYMMDD. Then "alphanumerical" order is chronological order too. Be KISS Folks!
Load More Replies...Church/McDonald's/Starbucks on every corner. Can't do the metric system for ANY reason. And if you try to day-month us, we'll implode. 'Murica.
You probably know we called the "quarter pounder" as the "bigmac" in french. (Thx to Tarantino)
Load More Replies...That is where I learned mine. 40 years later and I still use DDMMYY.
Load More Replies...We're young and we crave attention. Give us another 500 years, we'll come around.
That one actually drove me nuts when I had an American client at a job once! Not as much as having to send Americans text documents though. That happened at another job previously. They don't use A4 and I had to convert everything into their weird "letter" format.
Another thing that gets on my nerves is separating big numbers with commas- for example they write a million 1,000,000 instead of 1 000 000. Some countries use the comma as a decimal symbol and it's super confusing when americans do that.
Load More Replies...no km but Miles, No liters but gallons, no feet but meters, no Celsius but Fahrenheit, etc etc
at least for money you have dollar and cent. In the past in UK, the pound, shilling and pence was a f*****g fuckery...
Load More Replies...As an American I simply do not understand our use of MMDDYYYY, nor our fixation on not using the MKS system.
You mean, about half-and-half? That WOULD be confusing!
Load More Replies...EU Referendum Results 2016 Vs. Mad Cow Disease Outbreak Areas 1992
This is hilarious but it'd be funnier if that was actually the Mad Cow outbreak map of 1992 instead of the Brexit map in grayscale
yeah, this one's a joke.
A simple online search shows this Cl846VjWIA...e92b69.jpg
XD Uhg, do I gotta be the not-fun one here and explain that mostly the large cities voted against Brexit, and there aren't many cows in cities...? :P
Don't get me wrong, I also think this is hilarious XD
Load More Replies...Actually, Mad Cow Disease is no joke. My mother died from Jakob Creutzveldt Disease which is, to keep it short and simple, the human equivalency of Mad Cow Disease which was obtained from an organ of an infected animal (can be cow or sheep).
A Map Of The World But It’s Just The Time Zones
"World.exe has stopped responding. Would you like to end the process?"
Chart To Determine Risk Of Bear Attack
man don't you hate it when you're flying in space above earth, and then suddenly BEAR ATTACK, yeah that's just the worst
You really had me LOL!!! I read part of the cover and wished I could read more... real book? ROTFL
Load More Replies...Orange Peel Map Of Japan
I wish that I could come up with a pithy reply, but after a fair bit of Navel-gazing I concede defeat...
Load More Replies...In Japan, if something doesn't take a loooot of time and effort, it's just not worth doing it.
Load More Replies...Why would someone try to pass tangerine peel for orange one? Asking for a friend.
i think they jest wanted to make the title simpler, although I do see that it is indeed a tangerine
Load More Replies...Restaurant Order Preferences In Africa
Why is "to go" written as "togo"? Is it supposed to be a pun? If so, I don't get it.
Yes, the country highlighted is called, believe it or not, Togo
Load More Replies...Here's A Map Showing Where All Our Followers Are From
Typical Earth-centric view of the galaxy. Saturn is not smaller than Earth....
Are we all just going to ignore the fact that earth does not look like that
A Map Of Every American City
Lies! Boston's streets are no where near that uniform. Especially because most of them were made by cows.
True. This map is neatly arranged compared to Boston streets.
Load More Replies...I know! They added Civil War General Blvd, but not MLK. Totally unacceptable.
Load More Replies...Because drug dealers are on every street corner in America. They don't need a park, right?
Load More Replies...One of those fast food locations near the highway needs to be an adult book store or strip club.
Also missing token sign honoring a"local hero" or "great thing about history that happened here".
The Russian Empire As Of 2017
Hawaii is the last stronghold of the American People.
Load More Replies...How Many Switzerlands Fits In Brazil
I got 142. Someone below says 144, so it's somewhere around there...
Load More Replies...It's nice that Switzerland got all dressed up in festive colors for its trip to Brazil.
Map Of All Of The Churches In Poland
so pubs are UKs religious institutions? makes sense
Load More Replies...A Map Of Europe By Each Nation's Most Iconic Artwork. If You Can Name Them All You Deserve A Prize! (But Won't Get One).
Because he's the one who painted Scarlett Johansson.
Load More Replies...I like the blue sky one, from Luxembourg, painted by my 3 year old
I'm from Switzerland and don't recognize the Swiss one. Country too small to see the Art properly =p
I'm from Switzerland too, it's very probably the walking man, by Giacometti
Load More Replies...Portugal: A Severa 🥰🥰🥰 Spain: Picasso's Guernica? Italy: The Mona Lisa or Gioconda. Dunno any others by name :)
Isn't it embarrassing for Germany, that the most famous artwork's scene is actually located in the Czech republic?
What are you talking about? The Wanderer above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich is kept in Hamburg, which is not in Czech Republic...
Load More Replies...Italy is Mona Lisa, Spain is Guernica, Germany is Wanderer on Sea of Fogs, Norway is The Scream
Map Of Earth If There Was No Land
Electricity Consumption In Europe In 1507
Inaccurate. They electroplated many things during the Renaissance.
Fascinating: Countries Arranged By Geographical Location
not trying to sound rude but why does this have so many up votes(even though i up voted too)
Load More Replies...the cool thing about maps is that all the continents were once a super continent. you can even see where the continents split from the other continents and became their own and i think it is just so cool
The Legality Of Owning A Kangaroo In The United States
I didn't want a Kangaroo until I found out that they are not legal in my state. Now its all I can think about.
But wait not too long ago a kangaroo caused a car accident in Montana. The highway patrol even returned to the accident site and say the kangaroo hop away.
Map Of The Uk, According To Americans.
Nope. Americans will either think all the British Isles are the UK, or just England alone. We have no idea what is happening with all the Irelands.
To be fair, the names throw us off: British Isles, Great Britain, United Kingdom all sound like they should be the same place. And the only royal persons we hear about in the news are the English ones. Also, isn't Northern Ireland still part of the UK. What's up with that? Plus, England can suck it! We fought a war with them so we wouldn't have to keep up with their drama. We can start our own drama, than you very much. Lol.
Load More Replies...Oh don't get me started. I lived in the US for 22 years and every time it was the same: Where are you from? England. Oh, near London? NO!
Americans do this to themselves too. People assume I live near Atlanta when I tell them I live in Georgia. They get capitols stuck in their heads as reference points.
Load More Replies...ahahahaha! But....don't ask them to actually point out where the UK is on actual map of the world.....or where any other country is, for that matter.
Or any state in their own country, apparently. I saw a survey done once where a lot of Americans couldn't identify their own state on a map. My god, we're stupid!
Load More Replies...As an American, I can say that this map is horribly mislabled. That's not a map of London, it's a map of England.
This Is Actually In A Textbook..(Glencoe Science: Biology, Chapter 5, Section 3.)
I didn't get it the first time :D your comment gave the hint
Load More Replies...Ignoring the continental drift, the colors alone are very confusing.
TF? (also, I'm certain that there are more than 1 species of perching birds in the blue areas)
Diagram Of Geopolitical Relationships In The Middle East
"Palestine and Israel were discounted for the sake of simplicity"
Gif Of Swiss Expansion Over The Past 200 Years
Respect for Switzerland :) they never even felt the need to make slaves or slaughter people just because...
When you never faced a war because of so called neutrality, and sway away with the wind. After WW II The Swiss Banks hoarded illegality tons of money, gold ,art etc from Jewish people killed in German Nazis Consentration Camps. Of so much respect then. :((((
Load More Replies...Switzerland invaded most of the world with their boring Helvetica font
Yes, they enjoy making fun of how tiny Switzerland is, but Switzerland has most of the world`s money and no navy!
SWITZERLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND!
Super Bowl Wins By Country
Its slightly more interesting to watch paint dry, then to watch super bowl.
Not exactly true. Between 1991 and 2007 there was a world league, in which an American team won once. German teams won 10 times, and other European teams won the rest.
Which Country Is The Roundest?
Handy Chart Showing How Far I Would Walk Just To..
Well, it would be kinda awkward singing "And I would walk 804.672 kilometers and I would walk 804.672 more just to be the man who'd walk 1609.34 kilometers to fall down at your door" ... I wouldn't want to try performing it ... ;)
Load More Replies...I'm gonna be the man who wakes up next to you. When I go out, well I know I'm gonna be...
Load More Replies...🎼JUST TO BE THE MAN WHO WALKED 1000 MILES JUST TO SHOW UP AT YOUR DOOR🎼 Im sorry i just had to
Garbage Can V Trash Can In The United States
They're called bins over here. Rubbish bins. :)
Load More Replies...In California we call them waste receptacles if you don't mind....
Population Per Capita
I once had a coworker ask me how many people in NYC there were per capita. I said one. And that, my friends, is how Keith learned what "per capita" means.
The one in the kitchen is for garbage and the one in the office is for trash. Sheesh.
hahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahah
'Data by the United Nations', the UN doesn't recognise Kosovo.
Load More Replies...I wonder if you could make the argument - if you were prone to such pedantry - that "per capita" and "population" have slightly different meanings e.g. if you are too young to vote or something, could you be in one category and not the other?
By today's standards, any given Population is made of the entirety of its citizens. We are emancipated enough to count us all in, including newborns, slaves, women, serfs and travelers. It is called census.
Load More Replies...Is This Country Greenland?
Greenland isn't a country. I think that's what this map is trying to show (it's owned by Denmark).
I think the map is trying to show that there's *never* any data for Greenland, seemingly even when Greenland is the very topic of the map. ;)
Load More Replies...SO FRICKING TRUE: litterally every map is like: no, Greenland and Antarctic don't exist
Countries With An Ak-47 On Their Flag
That's Mozambique, my country. I never understood why an AK47 is necessary on our flag. The same to christianity carrying a cross as their symbol
Having only visited your country once and having been allowed into an art museum where every piece was made of melted down weapons, I feel that at this point it's a reminder to never revisit your violent past. It was humbling to be in your country and I honestly hope you all gained access to the military academies in the U.S. That was the only reason we we're allowed to visit your military academy. Your country is beautiful and I hope the best you all! I hope Piedage makes it to being an officer as she was my Portuguese student!
Load More Replies...Democratic Republic of AK-47's.....lovely this time of year!
Load More Replies...It's a take on the Communist Hammer & Sickle. North Korea does a Hammer & Paint brush.
(I write a comment, and it repeats as a reply to almost everyone.. What's happening?!)
To my shame, I had to look at a real map to see what country this is. I'm not even kidding...
Countries Where Queen Elizabeth II Can Be Charged With A Crime
So where is she protected by sovereign (but not diplomatic) immunity? It looks as though the UK is purple too so....
UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Papa New Guinea (I think). If the Queen is on the money or the stamps she can do what she wants....
Load More Replies...Queen Elizabeth could travel to the US, kill Tronald Dump and no one would be able to do anything, soooo... :)
She had her chance at Buckingham where she was on even MORE solid legal ground.
Load More Replies...No country should ever disallow charging ANYONE with a crime. Commit the crime, do the time.
Name Of Hamburger By Us County
If Great Britain Was Located Next To Japan
they left northern Ireland there though...May be for commercial reasons
Load More Replies...No thanks, our weather is lousy enough without added extras like typhoons. Don't think we'd cope with earthquakes either.
Northern Ireland isn't part of Great Britain. It's part of the UK.
Load More Replies...The Ireland problem solved. Just leave it behind to fend for itself ;)
Us Governors By Eye Color
It might have been accurate 2 days ago, but could be completely wrong now
Load More Replies...You may have to burn that sob out with lazers. I heard he declared himself king.
Load More Replies...Being from Va. I had to google check this. And now I'm even more confused by which gov. is being referrenced.
Really Makes You Think
Once upon a time, war broke out among Norwegian Vikings. One band launched the boats and fled. They discovered a green island and settled. Afraid that their enemies might pursue them, they sent word back to Norway that their island was actually an ice-land, but that another island — more distant, larger and indeed covered by ice — was inhabitable green-land. And so the green island became Iceland, and the icy island became Greenland.
basically they all got together and said "lol you know what would confuse them..."
Load More Replies...My friend told me that the Vikings tricked other settlers by naming them by opposites and it just stuck
Less Than 0.1% Of The World Population Lives In The Blue Area
Hey hey : the entirety of the freshwater fish does not live in the ocean. 😊
Load More Replies...FALSE. Humans are - fortunately - not the most populous specie on Earth.
I'm Just Gonna Put This Here
Now that I'm up by Canada expect me to be leaving the country any day now!
Now that I'm almost in Florida, I'm going fishing! (Jersey)
Load More Replies...Dear 5th grade geography teacher: I request you re-evaluate my USA states map you were so didappointed with.
Ssssh, they forgot us... don't tell anyone :D
Load More Replies...This is like something put together by a kid who refuses to find each piece of the jigsaw puzzle that go together and instead just crams them into each other and then goes done and shows you and you go I need to talk to your parents
Michigan's Upper Peninsula is missing. Yoopers wont be too happy about that.
Actually, it's not, it's on the other side of the map between Maine and Arkansas. (MI is the best state, but I might be biased!)
Load More Replies...Map Of Roman Air Bases In 2nd Century Ad
What Happens When You Replace Every Official Or Co-Official French Speaking Country With A Picture Of Kim Kardashian Crying
This isn't accurate. They also speak French in Morocco and Algeria.
All The Words In Italy For Female Genitalia
Yep! ♥ and "lisa" associates to "licking" in Croatian (relevant because of the regions where the two cultures and languages mix)
Load More Replies...Only in some countries, In other Spanish speaking places, it means beautiful. Funny story, I went to one of my friend's houses and her mother came and hugged and said "Que Mona!" which means in their dialect "How beautiful" but in mine, it meant "How monkey". So I started crying and then she told what she was trying to say. XD
Load More Replies...In the US, the kids are now calling the whole kit and kaboodle by one and only one word: Vagina. Our poor women!
No corresponding map for male privates? Some might call that sexist.
yeah, how many words do they have for guys' dongs?
Load More Replies...Map Of Antarctica's Bays
North Bay was already taken, don't want to confuse the tourists.
Load More Replies...Antarctica is split between the western & eastern hemispheres....
San Marino At Its Territorial Peak
There is a sports tournament only for the smallest countries, like the olympics for micro nations. San Marino, Liechtenstein and Andorra are in it.
San Marino is the oldest democratic republic in the world. It has a dual presidency (Captains Regent) They are elected every six months by the unicameral legislature. Once this term is over, citizens have three days in which to file complaints about the Captains' activities. If they warrant it, judicial proceedings against the ex-head(s) of state can be initiated.
I know, because it's one of the cards you hate to get when playing mapominos. San Marino and Vatican City only connect to Italy, so you've got to wait for the Italy card to be played before you can play San Marino, and then you have to hope that the spaces around Italy don't get taken up before you can play your card.
Load More Replies...Map Of France If It Was A Pizza
What ? No mozzarella, no anchovies, no olives, no mushrooms, .... no pineapple ?
If Gravity Is Real, Than Why Doesn't The Ocean Go To The South Hemisphere?
Northern Hemisphere Chauvinism, just because there is this convention that North is always topside doesn't mean the Northern Hemisphere is always up. Personally, I am at the center of my universe. Proof: Everything else is around me.
FWIW there is a section of flat earthers who don't believe gravity is real. This seems like their type of logic.
Popes/Mi²
It says 1 pope/square mile. And my guess is there must be a green dot where the Vatican is supposed to be.
Actually, Vatican city has 2.3 popes / sq km. Do the math if you're into weird measurements.
Load More Replies...There are actually at least 2 popes. A Roman Catholic and an Orthodox Christian one. ;-)
In there are 5.9 popes per square mile. ( 2.3 popes per square km. ) there's a big difference between metric and imperial.
Maps have always been fascinating, especially when they are paired with creative and humorous memes.
This reminds one of the playful nature of online discussions, similar to the humorous names internet users brainstormed in response to Brexit. It’s amazing how humor becomes a universal language, whether through maps or clever wordplay.
@Ivan: Usually "twisted sense of humor" (in the US at least) means a dark sense of humor and that you find humor in things others would find objectionable, offensive, or repellent.
Load More Replies...I can say with 95% certainty, 95% of us were/are stoned when looking at this post.
How come there's no map of "America according to yankees" where the whole american continent is just USA???
@Ivan: Usually "twisted sense of humor" (in the US at least) means a dark sense of humor and that you find humor in things others would find objectionable, offensive, or repellent.
Load More Replies...I can say with 95% certainty, 95% of us were/are stoned when looking at this post.
How come there's no map of "America according to yankees" where the whole american continent is just USA???
