Top Ten Common Geography Mistakes

My best friend's girlfriend always thinks this

Lol people can be idiots - bjinmaro64

Many Americans refer to the Netherlands as Holland, but really, Holland is just a large area of the Netherlands. Important cities are in Holland, including Amsterdam and The Hague. - ethanmeinster

This arises because north and south holland are the most populated - Gud_Spud

Geographically, the Statue of Liberty falls under New Jersey's borders. - ethanmeinster

This is one I didn't know, wow. - GhostBird

A lot of people don't know this

In 2006, it was changed to Nay Pyi Daw. - ethanmeinster

Rangoon isn't the capital of Myanmar ( I think it's a major city).
The capital is Naypiydaw.

Charleston is a major city in South Carolina, but the capital is Columbia. West Virginia's capital is Charleston, so basically, two cities have the same name. - ethanmeinster

I commonly make this mistake. I'm into birds and a lot of bird history took place in Charleston, so often this is the only SC city I can remember. - GhostBird

Toronto is the biggest Canadian city but the capital is Ottawa. - Metal_Treasure

The capital is Ottawa

The Philippines is officially part of Southeast Asia, and is about 500 miles off the coast of China. Indonesia, however, is partially in Oceania/Australia because it takes up half of New Guinea. - ethanmeinster

The definition of a desert is not "a place with lots of sand and very high temperatures", it's "an area with rainfall less than 10 inches per year". So Antartica, technically, is a desert. - DontMakeARookieMistake

While many deserts around 30 degrees latitude can reach significantly high temperatures (Sahara, Mojave, etc. ), there can be some cold deserts, A desert refers to any area with less than 10 inches of rain a year. This includes Antarctica and the Gobi Desert - ethanmeinster

No. Africa is 14 times as large as Greenland, not 14 times later than Greenland.

I mean larger, not later.

An effect of the Mercator projection, this is by no means accurate. Africa is really 14 times larger than Greenland. - ethanmeinster

Moscow, the capital of Russia, is in Europe. You need to know that Russia lies on 2 continents, Asia & Europe.

While yes, Maine is the Easternmost of the lower 48, it isn't the Easternmost of the whole US. Alaska leans so far west actually passes the prime meridian and is partly in the Eastern Hemisphere. - ethanmeinster

It depends on how you interpret the International Date Line.

It is the United States of America, America is a large geographical region.

YES! - Gud_Spud

The UK - Nothern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England
Great Britain - Scotland, Wales, England
England - The constituent country with the largest population out of the 4 nations.

FACT:
- Indonesia is the largest archipelago country in the world (more than 17,500 islands)
- It is in Southeast Asia
- 3 Islands in Indonesia is part of Top 10 biggest island in the world
- Area of Indonesia is the largest no.15 in the world

It is not in Oceania only. it is also in Asia.

Australia cants be a country and a continent, that's just stupid

Australia is a continent, not an island

Sydney is the largest city of Australia, but Canberra is the capital city of Australia.

In reality, Montreal is the biggest, Quebec City is the capital

It's a province in Canada, the second most important Canadian province in terms of everything