Hard around the world word search
Twenty-eight words about continents, oceans and the lines on the map, from the Tropic of Capricorn to the date line, in an eighteen by eighteen grid. Words run forwards, backwards and on the diagonal.
- Africa
- Antarctica
- Archipelago
- Arctic Ocean
- Asia
- Atlantic
- Atlas
- Compass
- Continent
- Date line
- Equator
- Europe
- Globe
- Hemisphere
- Indian Ocean
- Latitude
- Longitude
- Meridian
- North America
- North Pole
- Pacific
- Scott Base
- South America
- South Pole
- Southern Ocean
- Tasman Sea
- Time zone
- Tropic of Capricorn
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Name
| M | N | O | R | T | H | P | O | L | E | N | I | L | E | T | A | D | M |
| E | E | I | I | N | P | A | C | I | F | I | C | N | I | E | O | L | A |
| R | S | S | A | E | A | C | I | R | F | A | A | M | H | D | O | T | E |
| E | C | O | G | N | O | I | I | E | A | E | E | I | D | N | F | H | S |
| H | O | U | U | I | T | R | K | S | C | Z | B | O | G | A | E | H | N |
| P | T | T | P | T | A | E | T | O | O | E | N | I | S | A | A | O | A |
| S | T | H | E | N | H | M | N | N | B | C | T | O | A | L | G | R | M |
| I | B | P | A | O | E | A | E | L | D | U | U | N | D | A | C | F | S |
| M | A | O | E | C | I | H | M | L | D | T | T | T | L | T | A | A | A |
| E | S | L | T | D | H | T | X | E | H | A | M | E | I | I | L | C | T |
| H | E | E | N | O | S | R | C | E | R | E | P | C | S | T | V | A | N |
| M | M | I | D | R | E | O | R | C | N | I | O | A | A | U | D | O | G |
| E | T | R | M | N | M | N | T | T | H | C | C | C | F | D | T | L | L |
| P | A | D | N | P | O | I | P | C | E | O | E | A | F | E | H | I | O |
| O | M | H | A | C | C | N | R | A | T | L | A | N | T | I | C | Y | B |
| R | C | S | E | A | I | A | N | R | O | T | A | U | Q | E | E | H | E |
| U | S | A | F | W | K | O | N | A | I | D | I | R | E | M | I | T | E |
| E | N | R | O | C | I | R | P | A | C | F | O | C | I | P | O | R | T |
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- Africa
- Antarctica
- Archipelago
- Arctic Ocean
- Asia
- Atlantic
- Atlas
- Compass
- Continent
- Date line
- Equator
- Europe
- Globe
- Hemisphere
- Indian Ocean
- Latitude
- Longitude
- Meridian
- North America
- North Pole
- Pacific
- Scott Base
- South America
- South Pole
- Southern Ocean
- Tasman Sea
- Time zone
- Tropic of Capricorn
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About this word search
Much of New Zealand lies in or near the roaring forties, the band of strong westerly winds between forty and fifty degrees south. The Tropic of Capricorn runs well to the north through Australia, and from the bottom of the South Island the next stop is the Southern Ocean and Antarctica.
The grid is eighteen by eighteen and words run in all eight directions, backwards included. Tropic of Capricorn is the longest at seventeen letters. Southern Ocean has thirteen, and North America and South America have twelve. Asia has just four letters. Many words share pieces, such as North in North Pole and North America, and Ocean in three different names, so read every letter. The Q of Equator, the Z of Time zone and the G in Longitude and Archipelago help. All two-word names run together without a space.
Make it a quiz for the whole family: for every word found, someone explains what it means or points to it on a map. Archipelago and Meridian usually start the best discussions.
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