Geography Jokes

Caitlin Dempsey

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Funny geography related jokes.  Also visit the map jokes and GIS jokes pages.  Know of a funny geography joke? Email it to editor@gislounge.com.

Geographer Jokes

Q: What do geographers grow in their gardens? 
A: Compass roses.

Q: How do geographers find the person they are going to marry?
A: They datum.

Map Joke

Q. Why do paper maps never win at poker?
A. Because they always fold.

Jokes About Coordinate Systems

Q: What is smarter, longitude or latitude?
A: Longitude, because it has 360 degrees.





Q:Where is it always 90 degrees, but never hot?
A:The North and South Poles.

Places Jokes

Q: What rock group has four men that don’t sing?
A: Mount Rushmore!’

Q: What is the fastest country in the world?
A: Russia

Q: What rock group has four men that don’t sing? 
A: Mount Rushmore!

Q: What’s the capital of Alaska?
A: Juneau
Q: Of course I don’t, that’s why I asked!

Physical Geography Jokes

Q: What did the sea say to the shore?
A: Nothing, it just waved!

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Caitlin Dempsey

Caitlin Dempsey is a geographer, writer, and founder and editor of Geography Realm. She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in Geography from UCLA and a Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) from San José State University.

For more than two decades, she has written about geography, maps, geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, satellite imagery, and environmental science. Her work focuses on making geography accessible to a broad audience through articles, tutorials, and educational resources.

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