A

• AmericasLandmass comprising North and South America
• Antarctic CircleBoundary of the Antarctic
• Arctic CircleBoundary of the Arctic
• AtlasCollection of maps
• Australia (continent)One of Earth's seven main divisions of land

B

• BorderGeographic boundaries of political entity

C

• Cantino planispherePortuguese world map c. 1502
• Cardinal directionDirections of north, south, east and west
• Cartographic generalizationReduction of information complexity on maps
• CartographyStudy and practice of making maps
• Cassini map18th century map of France made by the Cassini family
• Circle of latitudeGeographic notion
• Conformal map projectionMap projection in which every angle between two curves that cross each other is preserved

E

• ElevationHeight of a geographic location above a fixed reference point
• EquatorImaginary line halfway between Earth's North and South poles
• Eugene Parks WilkinsonEugene Parks "Dennis" Wilkinson (August 10, 1918 – July 11, 2013) was a United States Navy
• EurasiaCombined landmasses of Europe and Asia
• ExplorationInvestigating an unfamiliar area

F

• Fantasy cartographyStudy and creation of maps of imagined places or events

G

• Geodetic datumReference frame for measuring location
• Geographic coordinate systemSystem to specify locations on Earth
• Geographic information systemSystem to capture, manage, and present geographic data
• GeoidOcean shape without winds and tides
• GeopotentialEnergy related to Earth's gravity
• Geopotential heightType of altitude above mean sea level
• GlobeScale model of a celestial body

H

• Hemispheres of EarthDivision of the globe into equal halves
• Human geographyStudy of cultures, communities, people, lifestyle, and activities of people of the world

I

• International Date LineLine dividing one calendar day from the next

L

• LatitudeGeographic coordinate specifying north-south position
• LongitudeEast-West geographic coordinate

M

• Map of Juan de la CosaWorld map made in 1500
• Map projectionSystematic representation of the surface of a sphere or ellipsoid onto a plane
• Map symbolGraphic depiction of a geographic phenomenon
• Mercator projectionCylindrical conformal map projection

N

• Norge (airship)Italian polar-expedition airship
• North American ArcticGeographic region
• North PoleNorthernmost point on Earth

O

• Open borderBorder that enables free movement of people between jurisdictions

P

• Physical geographyStudy of processes and patterns in the natural environment
• Pictorial mapMap that uses pictures to represent features
• Prime meridianLine of longitude, at which longitude is defined to be 0°
• Ptolemy's world map2nd century Greco-Roman map of the world

R

• RegionTwo or three-dimensionally defined space
• Remote sensingObtaining information through non-contact sensors
• RetroreflectorDevice to reflect radiation back to its source

S

• South PoleSouthernmost point on Earth
• Subsolar pointPoint which the sun is directly overhead
• SurveyingScience of determining the positions of points and the distances and angles between them

T

• Tabula RogerianaMedieval map
• Tang-class submarineThe Tang-class submarines were the first submarines designed (under project SCB 2) and bui
• Technical geographyStudy of spatial information
• The Americas (journal)The Americas: A Quarterly Review of Latin American History is a quarterly peer-reviewed ac
• Transit mapMap used to illustrate the routes of public transport
• Tropic of CancerLine of northernmost latitude at which the Sun can be directly overhead
• Tropic of CapricornLine of southernmost latitude at which the Sun can be directly overhead
• Typography (cartography)Text used to label maps

U

• USS Nautilus (SSN-571)First nuclear-powered submarine of the US Navy

W

• Winkel tripel projectionPseudoazimuthal compromise map projection