Geographical
Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
Mapping
Phenomena: Antarctica’s hidden landscape
Scientists are uncovering ancient rivers, mountains and vast canyons hidden beneath Antarctica’s ice, revealing clues about the continent’s past and its future in a warming world
Maps that shaped the world, from Mercator to wartime propaganda
In Power Lines, journalist Peter Keating brings together nearly 100 political maps, tracing how cartography has shaped borders, asserted power and influenced how we see the world
Ireland: Mapping the Island
Charting centuries of Ireland’s pasty Ireland: Mapping the Island reveals the island’s evolving identity through extraordinary maps
Greenland’s true size, according to five maps
Is Greenland really as big as it seems? Find out more about its true size with five maps that might change your perspective...
Oculi Mundi: the stories behind the maps
A digital journey through The Sunderland Collection, a treasure trove of terrestrial and celestial maps and atlases
Habitable Climes: A new exhibition from Kristina Chan
Kristina Chan's 'Habitable Climes' is a thought-provoking exploration of our relationship with maps and the ever-changing world around us
The 1,000 metre club of mountains
Daniel Quinn and colleagues have identified all the peaks on Earth with more than a 1,000-metres prominence
What’s in a name? The biggest disputes of naming territories across the world
Following Trump's decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, find out more about naming disputes across the world…
Ten countries that no longer exist – and why
Find out more about the history of 10 countries across the world that no longer exist, and exactly why they vanished from the map
Ordnance Survey adds geological data to its Data Hub
Ordnance Survey has teamed up with the British Geological Survey to add geological data to the OS Data Hub
Untangling the New York City subway
Passions run high on the best way to map the New York City subway, the world’s most complex subway system
How maps tell the story of war in Ukraine
The way maps are created can have a significant impact on the way we view conflict, as shown by the war in Ukraine
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Published in the UK since 1935, Geographical is the official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).
Informative, authoritative and educational, this site’s content covers a wide range of subject areas, including geography, culture, wildlife and exploration, illustrated with superb photography.
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