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This projection is distorted at the poles. Mercator

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meteor; mass extinction of 75% of Earth’s plants and animals Peninsulas Yucatan Dinosaur – ending meteor; mass extinction of 75% of Earth’s plants and animals

Peninsulas Scandinavian Iberian Apennine Anatolian

Peninsulas Jutland Denmark Balkan

Peninsulas Mexico Jutland Italy Iberian Greece Anatolian Scandinavian Spain and Portugal Norway, Sweden, Finland Apennine Denmark Balkan Greece Yucatan

Straights and Canals The Dardenelles Gibraltar Black Sea Mediterranean Sea Turkey Spain The Dardenelles Morocco Gibraltar

Russia Bering straight (land bridge) Bering Sea

Panama Canal (1904 – 1914) Straight of Magellan Tierra del Fuego Island Group

Straight of Hormuz oil shipping Persia Persian Gulf

Suez Canal (1869)

Straights and Canals Between Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea Bering Straight Between Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea The Dardenelles Between Russia and Alaska Straight of Gibraltar Between Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean Straight of Hormuz Between South America and Tierra del Fuego Straight of Magellan Between Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf Panama Canal Between Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea Suez Canal

Straights and Canals Between Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea Suez Canal Between Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea Straight of Gibraltar Between Russia and Alaska Bering Straight Panama Canal Between Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean Between South America and Tierra del Fuego Straight of Magellan Straight of Hormuz Between Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf Between Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea The Dardenelles