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Can you name the largest metropolitan areas in the world that are more than 1000 kilometers from the nearest ocean?
created by
Dralcoffin
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Correctly named cities will show up below
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Major seas and gulfs connected to the ocean such as the Baltic and Black Seas and Gulf of Mexico are included, but the Caspian Sea and small bays are not.
Source:
citypopulation.de, measurement tool on Google Earth
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Population
City
Distance
9,750,000
1,117 km (Atlantic Ocean, mouth of Delaware Bay)
9,050,000
1,023 km (Arabian Sea)
6,200,000
1,084 km (Gulf of Tonkin)
3,525,000
1,182 km (Hudson Bay)
3,425,000
1,108 km (Arabian Sea)
3,175,000
1,204 km (Gulf of California)
3,150,000
1,041 km (Arabian Sea)
2,825,000
1,053 km (Strait of Hormuz)
2,600,000
2,367 km (Bay of Bengal)
2,425,000
1,778 km (Arabian Sea)
Population
City
Distance
2,400,000
1,249 km (Bo Hai)
2,175,000
1,058 km (Arabian Sea)
2,075,000
1,040 km (Gulf of Mexico)
1,920,000
1,060 km (Atlantic Ocean, mouth of Courantyne)
1,760,000
1,085 km (Hudson Bay)
1,700,000
1,070 km (Arabian Sea)
1,690,000
1,012 km (Gulf of Khambat)
1,670,000
1,199 km (Indian Ocean, mouth of Pungue)
1,650,000
2,195 km (Arabian Sea)
1,630,000
1,153 km (South Atlantic Ocean)
22,900,000
1,153 km (South Atlantic Ocean)
16,100,000
1,153 km (South Atlantic Ocean)
4,025,000
1,153 km (South Atlantic Ocean)
2,325,000
1,153 km (South Atlantic Ocean)
1,720,000
1,153 km (South Atlantic Ocean)
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Landlocked cities Quiz
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Created Feb 23, 2012 in
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DMasny
:
Feb 23rd, 2012 at 16:39 GMT
2 points
Perhaps a Bonus answer for Moscow? The source I saw says that it is 962 km to the sea.
Dralcoffin
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Feb 23rd, 2012 at 17:26 GMT
4 points
Done. Since I'm counting the Baltic Sea as part of the Atlantic, the distance is a bit less. If seas like the Baltic and Mediterranean are discounted, this list becomes dominated by Eastern Europe.
D_Mac
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Feb 24th, 2012 at 03:36 GMT
1 point
I wouldn't really classify Chicago as landlocked. It has a port that large ocean-going ships can access via the Saint-Lawrence Seaway.
Dralcoffin
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Feb 24th, 2012 at 03:53 GMT
1 point
Oh, I know; Duluth is the farthest port in the world from the open ocean that ocean-going ships can reach. Still, I find it remarkable just how far Chicago is from the sea.
tm83
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Feb 24th, 2012 at 12:47 GMT
1 point
Can you accept Mbuji-Mayi without the dash between...
Dralcoffin
:
Feb 24th, 2012 at 12:59 GMT
1 point
^^Done.
jonnyr12
:
Feb 25th, 2012 at 05:12 GMT
1 point
I think (without doing much background research) that Novosibirsk should probably be on here.
Dralcoffin
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Feb 25th, 2012 at 05:47 GMT
1 point
Novosibirsk distance wise would easily be on here (1380 km to the Gulf of Ob, or well over 1800 km to the open Arctic Ocean). However, it's not quite big enough at 1,540,000 people.
Andiyan
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Feb 25th, 2012 at 22:43 GMT
1 point
It would be nice to have some more cities on here though. :-)
paulvc
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Feb 26th, 2012 at 01:20 GMT
1 point
Nice quiz. However, I typed in "Saint Louis" and it gave me the Minneapolis-St. Paul answer. Seems like a bit of a glitch.
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