Geography Atlas
Claims this atlas currently marks as unsettled or as tested and found false. A debated fact is one scholars hold competing positions on; a debunked one has been checked against the record and found not to hold. Both are kept in view rather than quietly smoothed over, with the reasoning that put each one where it stands.
31 statements marked Debated.
Bengal, Area (sq km)239021.000000
Bengal, Regions
Standing
Concerns Area (sq km)
Currently States 239021.000000
The article states two different totals for Bengal: the infobox total is 239,021 km2 (92,287 sq mi); its own Geography section separately states 237,212 km2 (91,588 sq mi), broken down as West Bengal 88,752 km2 plus Bangladesh 148,460 km2. The infobox figure is recorded as the primary value; the Geography section figure is the same source's own alternate total.
Source Bengal (Wikipedia)
Central Africa, Area (sq km)6611667.000000
Central Africa, Regions
Standing
Concerns Area (sq km)
Currently States 6611667.000000
Compiled by summing the nine UN geoscheme Central Africa member countries' individual areas listed in the source's own country table (Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and six more); narrower Central African definitions exclude some of these members.
Source Central Africa (Wikipedia)
Central Africa, Population189268366.000000
Central Africa, Regions
Standing
Concerns Population
Currently States 189268366.000000
Compiled the same way from the source's own 2021 per-country population table for the nine UN geoscheme members.
Source Central Africa (Wikipedia)
East Africa, Population537900000.000000
East Africa, Regions
Standing
Concerns Population
Currently States 537900000.000000
2017 CIA-derived estimate for the UN geoscheme eastern-Africa grouping; the region's own country membership varies by source.
Source East Africa (Wikipedia)
Eastern Europe, Area (sq km)18052768.000000
Eastern Europe, Regions
Standing
Concerns Area (sq km)
Currently States 18052768.000000
UN Geoscheme figure, inflated by counting the whole of Russia rather than only its European territory; a culturally narrower Eastern Europe (excluding Russia and Ukraine) would read far smaller, in the low hundreds of thousands of sq km per state.
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
Eritrea, Population3600000.000000
Eritrea, Countries
Standing
Concerns Population
Currently States 3600000.000000
Eritrea has never conducted a national census. Its own Wikipedia infobox states a 2024 estimate range of 3.5 to 6.4 million; the Demographics of Eritrea article cites a UN DESA estimate of about 3.6 million (2021) against a COMESA estimate of about 6.7 million (2019), a spread of nearly double. The value recorded here is the lower, UN-sourced end of that range; the true figure is genuinely unknown within a margin of several million.
Source Eritrea (Wikipedia)
Eritrea, Population Estimate Year2024
Eritrea, Countries
Standing
Concerns Population Estimate Year
Currently States 2024
Source Eritrea (Wikipedia)
Europe, Highest PointMount Elbrus (conventional answer, in the Caucasus) or Mont Blanc (if the Caucasus is excluded from Europe)
Europe, Continents
Standing
Concerns Highest Point
Currently States Mount Elbrus (conventional answer, in the Caucasus) or Mont Blanc (if the Caucasus is excluded from Europe)
Elbrus (5,642 m) is the standard answer under the conventional Europe/Asia boundary running through the Caucasus watershed; Mont Blanc (4,807 m), the highest peak of the Alps, is cited instead whenever the Caucasus itself is treated as outside Europe. Both are real, sourced answers to the same question, not an error in either source.
Source Mount Elbrus (Wikipedia)
Europe, Highest Elevation (m)5642
Europe, Continents
Standing
Concerns Highest Elevation (m)
Currently States 5642
5,642 m for Elbrus under the conventional Caucasus-inclusive boundary; 4,807 m for Mont Blanc when the Caucasus is excluded from Europe. See the highest-point fact's own StatusNote.
Source Mount Elbrus (Wikipedia)
Kurdistan, Area (sq km)190000.000000
Kurdistan, Regions
Standing
Concerns Area (sq km)
Currently States 190000.000000
Estimates vary sharply by source and definition. The Encyclopaedia Britannica figure quoted here is about 190,000 square kilometers, while the Encyclopaedia of Islam's own per country breakdown (also cited in the same Wikipedia article) sums to roughly 392,000 square kilometers across Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria. Recorded as debated rather than a single settled figure.
Source Kurdistan (Wikipedia)
Kyiv, Founding Year482
Kyiv, Cities
Standing
Concerns Founding Year
Currently States 482
482 CE is the officially adopted founding date of Kyiv; the infobox itself notes the actual founding is debated among scholars, estimated variously between the 6th and 9th centuries.
Source Kyiv (Wikipedia)
Lille, Founding Year1066
Lille, Cities
Standing
Concerns Founding Year
Currently States 1066
First documentary mention of the town; no earlier founding date is established in the source.
Source Lille (Wikipedia)
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary, Area (sq km)850.000000
Manas Wildlife Sanctuary, Protected Areas
Standing
Concerns Area (sq km)
Currently States 850.000000
Infobox and most sources give 850 km2 for the park's current area; the Physical Geography section of the same article states 950 km2, an internal inconsistency in the source.
Source Manas National Park - Wikipedia
Polynesia, Area (sq km)305000.000000
Polynesia, Regions
Standing
Concerns Area (sq km)
Currently States 305000.000000
The source states a range of 300,000 to 310,000 sq km depending on which islands are counted; 305,000 is the range midpoint, not a single stated total.
Source Polynesia (Wikipedia)
Pyongyang, Founding Year-1122
Pyongyang, Cities
Standing
Concerns Founding Year
Currently States -1122
Legendary founding date per the Tan'gun tradition; Wikipedia's own text frames it explicitly as legend, not historical record.
Source Pyongyang (Wikipedia)
Rock Cycle, Process TypeGeomorphological
Rock Cycle, Physical Processes
Standing
Concerns Process Type
Currently States Geomorphological
The rock cycle genuinely spans both the geomorphological (sedimentary) and tectonic (igneous) halves of this atlas's process-type vocabulary; geomorphological is recorded as the primary value because the cycle's defining, name-giving motion is surface-level recycling, not because the tectonic half is any less real.
Source British Geological Survey
Ross Sea, Area (sq km)637000.000000
Ross Sea, Bodies of Water
Standing
Concerns Area (sq km)
Currently States 637000.000000
637,000 square kilometers is the figure most often given for the sea proper. Broader definitions of the surrounding Ross Embayment, and the 2016 marine protected area that extends over the sea and adjoining waters (1.55 million square kilometers, or 2.06 million including the waters under the Ross Ice Shelf), report much larger figures depending on where the boundary is drawn.
Source Ross Sea (Wikipedia)
The Andes, Population75000000.000000
The Andes, Regions
Standing
Concerns Population
Currently States 75000000.000000
2012 estimate: about 44 percent of the seven Andean countries' combined population lived within the mountainous Andes region itself, narrower than the seven countries' full national population.
Source Population in the Andean Region (GRID-Arendal)
The Arctic, Area (sq km)14500000.000000
The Arctic, Regions
Standing
Concerns Area (sq km)
Currently States 14500000.000000
Figure for the area north of the Arctic Circle; a broader definition using the 10C July isotherm instead of the fixed 66 33 N line runs well above 21 million sq km, the same boundary dispute already carried on this entity own description.
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Balkans, Area (sq km)470000.000000
The Balkans, Regions
Standing
Concerns Area (sq km)
Currently States 470000.000000
Narrower Balkan Peninsula definition; wider definitions that count partially Balkan states in full run as high as 630,000 to 667,000 sq km, the same inclusion dispute already carried on this entity own description.
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica