The Mercator Projection distorts the relative size of land masses at high and low latitudes. Specifically, it significantly enlarges areas far from the equator, making landmasses like Greenland appear much larger than they actually are relative to those near the equator.
What is distorted on Mercator Projection world maps?(1 point) Responses size of Eastern land masses compared to Western ones size of Eastern land masses compared to Western ones oceans not shown oceans not shown shapes of continents shapes of continents relative size of land masses at high and low latitudes
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