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Can you name the countries whose coastline makes up less than 1% of their national borders?
created by
ImpromptuJ
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Only national borders on oceans or ocean-accessible seas count as official coastline.
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Percentage Coastline
Country
Location of Coastline
0.016%
(Eastern) Atlantic Ocean
0.134%
Persian Gulf
0.283%
Persian Gulf
0.359%
Red Sea
0.391%
Adriatic Sea
0.419%
Mediterranean Sea
0.495%
(Eastern) Atlantic Ocean
0.732%
(Eastern) Atlantic Ocean
0.856%
Gulf of Guinea
0.886%
(Western) Atlantic Ocean
0.937%
Gulf of Guinea
0.942%
Western Indian Ocean
0.977%
Black Sea
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Smallest Coastline Percentage Quiz
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gta3ganghater
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Apr 22nd, 2011 at 06:06 GMT
6 points
The title is misleading. Change it to countries whose coast to area ratio is less than one.
adamnvillani
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Apr 22nd, 2011 at 06:57 GMT
10 points
This makes no sense. How on earth would Brazil and Algeria fit? And Jordan's coastline is on the Gulf of Aqaba, which is an inlet of the Red Sea, not the Persian Gulf.
tahitiwahini
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Apr 22nd, 2011 at 12:56 GMT
3 points
Source link is broken. Title is wrong. Jordan should be on the Red Sea.
balatjr
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Apr 22nd, 2011 at 12:58 GMT
3 points
I think the title is fine, if that's what you mean, but Brazil?!?! No. And Algeria and Kenya are also suspicious. Romania? Maybe the coastline is 1/20th? But is it really less than 1/100th of the total perimeter of the country?
megascarp
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Apr 22nd, 2011 at 14:59 GMT
5 points
Is this a piss take? either brazil has the most squiggly land border of any country in the world or this is wrong. Brazils total perimeter is 24,000km of which 7,500 is on the sea. I think romania, kenya and algeria are also wrong.
FreakyFlyBry
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Apr 22nd, 2011 at 16:45 GMT
4 points
When I saw the title, I figured countries like Slovenia, The Gambia, Togo, and Benin had to make it.
Edelweiss
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Apr 22nd, 2011 at 23:26 GMT
1 point
Please accept rep congo for Republic of the Congo.
carbon_rod
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Apr 23rd, 2011 at 02:11 GMT
3 points
Change the title or add something to explain what the hell we're supposed to be answering.
tahitiwahini
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Apr 25th, 2011 at 13:10 GMT
0 points
@Edelweiss: how about RC for Republic of the Congo? Not only is it shorter (a desirable characteristic in abbreviations), but it's also consistent with DRC for Democratic Republic of the Congo, not to mention: CAR, UAE, UK, and US.
JoeIsCool
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Jun 6th, 2011 at 05:50 GMT
2 points
Brazil? Um...
500cameron
:
Dec 1st, 2011 at 18:24 GMT
1 point
congo republic should be accepted for Republic of Congo
500cameron
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Dec 1st, 2011 at 18:26 GMT
1 point
From CIA factbook: Brazil coastline - 7,491 km, land borders - 16,885 km which is 30.731% coastline.
500cameron
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Dec 1st, 2011 at 18:50 GMT
1 point
Using same source I make Nigeria 17.408% coastline, Algeria 13.595%, Kenya 13.357%,Mauritania 12.938%, Sudan 11.490%, Romania 8.233%, Cameroon 8.051%, Rep Congo 2.979%, Jordan 1.565%, Iraq 1.564%, Bosnia % Herz 1.284%, DRC 0.343% !! Even Togo is 3.3% so there might only be 1 answer to Quiz heading.
cbobcat49
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Jan 8th, 2013 at 02:15 GMT
1 point
This is the most confusing quiz I've ever encountered on Sporcle. After seeing the answers I have no idea what the quiz's creator had in mind here. I interpreted it as "What countries total perimeter is less than 1% water?" Seeing Brazil, Nigeria and Algeria totally blew that theory out of the water. Pun intended.
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