Top Ten Common Geography Mistakes

My best friend's girlfriend always thinks this

Lol people can be idiots - bjinmaro64

People actually think this? TF

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

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

A lot of people don't know this

It's really in Jersey City, NJ.

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

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

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.

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

Everyone in my geography class said that on a pop quiz - LootLlama

The capital is Ottawa

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

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

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

Americans Tend to be like that sadly - Coolfox04

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.

I HATE PEOPLE WHO IGNORE SCOTLAND WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND LIKE STOPPP

It's a continent with several regions occupied by seven countries. - Cyri

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.

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

It's actually pretty annoying when someone says this... - Rocko

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

Just wait - MrCoolC

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

Australia is a continent, not an island

It changed its name years ago...

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

It was the old capital of Brazil, the new one is Brasilia.

I know this sounds stupid, but I actually knew someone who legitimately thought this.
It was in Year 8.
And she would have been 12 or 13. - Rocko