I know this doesn't meet the spirit of the challenge, but...

          _,--',   _._.--._____
   .--.--';_'-.', ";_      _.,-'
  .'--'.  _.'    {`'-;_ .-.>.'
        '-:_      )  / `' '=.
          ) >     {_/,     /~)
  snd     |/               `^ .'

U+1F5FA does it in 4 bytes!

https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+1F5FA

it said recognizable, and I recognize this :)

One could probably map this in JavaScript in 3D on a rotating sphere and it'd be a "recognizable world map" of sorts.