How big is 40 mi2 in area on a world map scale?

I play this game where the map is 40 mi2 in area, i am wondering how big that is in real, im aware its not big but im just wanting to find out what i can compare it to e.g.. an island etc…Has anybody got any island/place names or maps that are 40 mi2 in area so i can compare to?

Thank you

Your game map is 4 miles by 8 miles.

It is just a bit over the island of Montserrat, a British territory in the Caribbean;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montserrat
Type it in on Google Maps/Earth and you’ll see the island.
Rhode Island is 38 times larger than Montserrat.

Your game map is also 3mi2 larger than the total island of Manhattan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_Manhattan.jpg

Note the size of ships and bridges.

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One Response to “How big is 40 mi2 in area on a world map scale?”

Nin10dude on February 23rd, 2010 at 2:32 am

Your game map is 4 miles by 8 miles.

It is just a bit over the island of Montserrat, a British territory in the Caribbean;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montserrat
Type it in on Google Maps/Earth and you’ll see the island.
Rhode Island is 38 times larger than Montserrat.

Your game map is also 3mi2 larger than the total island of Manhattan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_Manhattan.jpg

Note the size of ships and bridges.
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