More “Moving” Countries and Changing Geography

 

MORE  "MOVING"  COUNTRIES  AND  CHANGING  GEOGRAPHY

  

The Mandela Effect

alternate memories… alternate history?

Many people remember islands, land masses, and countries in alternate locations. Some of those memories are startlingly similar.

I discussed this in two previous articles. The first was about Sri Lanka’s location, since that had attracted considerable comment.

The other article was about checking older maps, in case newer maps have been altered for political reasons. I showed the process I’d used to clarify Sri Lanka’s location, then and now.

However, specific countries and land masses seem to recur in our discussions. I’m moving those comments to this newer post, so they’re all in one location. (No pun intended.)

Many of the “altered” locations are around the Indian Ocean, but some are not.  New Zealand and land masses around Korea have been the most surprising (and consistent), so far.


So far, the major location discrepancies seem to relate to:

• Andorra
• Cuba
• Denmark & Sweden – islands nearby
• Korea
• Japan
• Mongolia
• New Zealand
• Oceania (in general)
• Poland
• Portugal
• Sri Lanka (at its own article)

And then there are odd media references, such as the globe in the movie, Dazed and Confused. 

Are they pranks, Easter eggs, or the kinds of references that document a dramatically changing global landscape?

 

from “Dazed and Confused,” (c)1993 by Universal Studios / Gramercy Pictures / Alphaville. 

Close-up:

 

from “Dazed and Confused,” (c)1993 by Universal Studios / Gramercy Pictures / Alphaville.

Compare that with this satellite image: