Continent

Asia

Asia is divided by the United Nations into Central, Eastern, South-eastern, Southern and Western subregions; Atlas Quest uses "Western Asia" rather than looser regional names.

Source: unstats.un.org

Where it is

On the Atlas Quest map, the Asia label sits at 46.9° N, 95.8° E, in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres.

Coordinates, names: Natural Earth, public domain.

Nearby places

The closest other places with pages here, measured between map label points:

• Lake Baikal — about 1,100 km north-east
• Tian Shan — about 1,500 km west
• Yangtze — about 2,500 km south-east
• Ganges — about 2,600 km south-west

Play with it

• Today’s daily geography challenge — one shared round, playable offline.
• Guess the country by its shape — six guesses, with distance and direction after each.
• Start with easy questions — familiar countries, hints and no time limit.