Standing at nearly three feet tall, the Lancaster's 12" ball is supported by a solid dark cherry-finished wood stand with decorative post accents. Its topographical political map uses symbols and colours to represent elevations and terrain types alongside international shipping routes, significant cities and major mountain peaks. Turn the light on and the smooth antique two-way map reveals explorers' expedition routes and ocean-floor features — mid-ocean trenches, seamounts, basins and ridges, with the continental shelf in graded beige tones.