Continents Visited Map & Counter

Track the continents you have visited on an interactive map, count how many of the seven you’ve been to and share your travel map.

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Continents visited checklist

7 continents
Africa
Antarctica
Asia
Europe
North America
Oceania
South America

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Every continent you mark brings you one step closer to your next achievement.

Milestones

  1. Next upHome Continent1 continent1 more to go
  2. Next upOcean Crosser2 continents2 more to go
  3. Next upContinent Hopper3 continents3 more to go
  4. Next upWorld Wanderer4 continents4 more to go
  5. Next upFive Continent Club5 continents5 more to go
  6. Next upAlmost Everywhere6 continents6 more to go
  7. Next upSeven Continents ClubAll 7 continents7 more to go

Where to travel next

Your next continent comes first: the one closest to where you have already been, then the rest. Every continent you have visited drops out, so you only see the ones still ahead. Found one you like? Add it to your bucket list.

Europe: Old towns, Alps and fjords

Old towns, Alps and fjords

Europe

The Colosseum in Rome, the Alps and the fjords of Norway, close together: from one country to the next is often a train ride.

Asia: Temples, megacities, the highest peaks

Temples, megacities, the highest peaks

Asia

Mount Fuji and the temples of Kyoto, the street food of Bangkok and the Himalaya: the largest continent, home to more than half the world’s people.

North America: Canyons, cities and coral coasts

Canyons, cities and coral coasts

North America

The canyons of the American Southwest, New York and the Caribbean coast of Mexico: from the Arctic to the tropics on one continent.

Africa: Dunes, deltas and great falls

Dunes, deltas and great falls

Africa

The red dunes of Namibia, the Okavango Delta and Victoria Falls, fourteen kilometres from Europe across the Strait of Gibraltar.

South America: Andes, Amazon and salt flats

Andes, Amazon and salt flats

South America

Machu Picchu above the cloud line, the mirror of the Uyuni salt flat and the Amazon, the largest rainforest on Earth.

Oceania: Reefs, islands and the outback

Reefs, islands and the outback

Oceania

The Great Barrier Reef, the Rock Islands of Palau and the red centre of Australia: the farthest continent from most of the world, and worth every hour of the flight.

Antarctica: Ice shelves and penguin colonies

Ice shelves and penguin colonies

Antarctica

Reached by expedition ship from Ushuaia across the Drake Passage, between November and March. The seventh continent, and for most travellers the last.

Everything this continents visited map can do

A free interactive map of the seven continents for the ones you have been to: no account, no app, nothing uploaded.

  • Free, no account
  • Nothing to install
  • Stays in your browser
A continents visited map: Europe, Asia, Africa and North America marked in green on a map of the seven continents, with 4 of 7 continents and 73% of the world’s land counted beside itA continents visited map: Europe, Asia, Africa and North America marked in green on a map of the seven continents, with 4 of 7 continents and 73% of the world’s land counted beside it

Frequently asked questions

Short answers to the questions people ask most.

How many continents have I been to?

Click every continent you have been to on the map, or tick it in the checklist, and the counter above the map adds them up out of seven. A continent you have lived on counts as visited. The ring beside the counter shows how much of the world’s land those continents cover.

How many continents are there?

This map counts seven continents, and our guide explains how many continents there are and why some countries count six or five.

Which continent does a country count for?

Each country belongs to one continent, the same one as on the world map: the UN’s geographic regions, with the Americas split into North and South. Russia counts for Europe, where its capital and most of its people are, and Turkey, Georgia and Cyprus for Asia. Greenland and Central America are North America, and Oceania is Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific islands.

Does a layover count as visiting a continent?

That is your call: the map counts whatever you mark. A common rule is to count a continent once you have stepped outside the airport, and a stricter one to count it only after a night there.

Can I mark continents I have lived on, or want to visit?

Yes. The “Visited / Lived / Bucket list” switch under the map decides what a click records: visited (✓) fills a continent green, lived (⌂) terracotta, bucket list (♥) amber. A continent you lived on counts as visited, in the counter, the ring and the badges; only its colour tells it apart. The bucket list stays out of the count, and “Where to travel next” keeps the continents on it.