Atlas by Ben

Interactive maps and reference pages about the world.

Sites

Marco: guess the notable person from their cartographic birth and death information.
Genghis: cross from one country to another, through as few borders as possible.
World Etymologies: the origin of every country's name, in twenty-five languages.
Countries Ranked: one hundred top-ten lists, from GDP to rare earths to World Cup titles.
Flag Families: a family tree of the world's national flags.
Seven Stans: an interactive map of the seven countries whose names end in "stan."
Hawaiian–Emperor: mapping every island and seamount from the Big Island to the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench.