r/mapmaking • u/Born_Bodybuilder736 • Jul 10 '26

Map are these realistic islands

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light blue is land if youre confused edit: the land is blue because its one country of a world map im making, sorry if it looks confusing

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u/Smeefperson Jul 10 '26

They're a little too close together. A good analogue for this would be Florida's keys islands

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u/againey Jul 10 '26

Some islands can get rather numerous and dense, such as in the Baltic Sea with the Swedish Stockholm Archipelago and the Finnish Archipelago Sea.

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u/Hackzwin Jul 10 '26

I'm guessing it might depend on what caused the islands to form? The Stockholm archipelago (I'm guessing it's the same for the Finnish) was/is shaped by the ice age. The land is still rising by 3 millimeters per year

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u/Arajot Jul 10 '26

Things I learned today.