Can you name the countries that can be reached in a straight line from Iran without hitting any other land? by NorwegianSalmon

Can you name the countries that can be reached in a straight line from Iran without hitting any other land?

created by NorwegianSalmon

Enter a country in the box below
Correctly named countries will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
Source: Mapping and Distance Tools
Lakes are also included. Only the shortest possible route between two points is allowed.
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Straight Line from Iran Quiz

by NorwegianSalmon

Created Dec 17, 2011 in Geography
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	NorwegianSalmon:	Dec 17th, 2011 at 22:12 GMT		4 points
	Arbitrarychoice came up with this concept, his quizzes (Russia, United States and Australia) are here: http://www.sporcle.com/user/arbitrarychoice/contributed I've before done Straight Line from Italy, which is located here: http://www.sporcle.com/games/NorwegianSalmon/straightfromitaly

	Q_Pheevr:	Dec 17th, 2011 at 23:26 GMT		3 points
	Campbell Island is such a sneaky little thing, isn't it?

	NorwegianSalmon:	Dec 17th, 2011 at 23:41 GMT		3 points
	Actually, Auckland Island can also be hit straight from Iran, and is insignificantly closer. I too was greatly surprised :p

	4tothe4th:	Dec 20th, 2011 at 23:38 GMT		1 point
	Pretty cool. I had to look at a globe before I believed New Zealand.

	kzav:	Dec 21st, 2011 at 08:53 GMT		2 points
	What a great concept for a quiz!! 5 stars!

	kennyb:	Dec 21st, 2011 at 14:32 GMT		2 points
	Wow, it comes awfully close to hitting Socotra, Yemen, but there is an Omani island just in the way.

	cuendillar:	Dec 21st, 2011 at 15:22 GMT		3 points
	There's also a direct line (great circle) to Mayotte, which became an integral part of France earlier this year.

	NorwegianSalmon:	Dec 21st, 2011 at 18:18 GMT		2 points
	Cuendillar, you're right. Also Reunion. Moved from bonuses to proper answers.

	chriskotx:	Dec 21st, 2011 at 18:40 GMT		-2 points
	France. boo.

	zifyoip:	Jan 8th, 2012 at 17:15 GMT		1 point
	@kennyb: That Omani island (Masirah Island) also prevents mainland Africa from appearing. If that island weren't there, we would be able to just barely squeeze around the tip of Socotra and get to Mozambique.

	kkarl:	Apr 18th, 2012 at 06:36 GMT		1 point
	I think these quizzes would be more interesting if one allowed non-shortest great circle routes too. That seems to better fit the bill of "can be reached in a straight line from". I think that would add Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua to this one, which I certainly wouldn't expect.

	NorwegianSalmon:	Dec 2nd, 2012 at 19:39 GMT		1 point
	@kkarl - I agree. The problem is that I could find no way to measure it (the neat tool in the source doesn't allow this). But if you work out a way to do it, tell me :)