Can you name the countries that are farthest from the sea? by dancastro

Can you name the countries that are farthest from the sea?

created by dancastro

Enter a country in the box below
Correctly named countries will show up below
Click any empty Distance to sea Continent or Country to answer for that location
Source: Google Earth measuring tool. Water boundaries on the Caspian Sea aren't considered.
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Distance to sea Continent	Country	Nearest sea (ocean, gulf, etc.)
1582 km (983 mi) Asia		Arabian Sea
1280 km (795 mi) Asia		Arabian Sea
1173 km (729 mi) Asia		Black Sea
962 km (598 mi) Africa		Indian Ocean
932 km (579 mi) Africa		Indian Ocean
868 km (539 mi) Asia		Persian Gulf
746 km (464 mi) Africa		Gulf of Guinea
714 km (444 mi) Africa		Indian Ocean
643 km (400 mi) Asia		Gulf of Liaotung
594 km (369 mi) Africa		Mozambique Channel

Distance to sea Continent	Country	Nearest sea (ocean, gulf, etc.)
581 km (361 mi) Africa		Gulf of Guinea
580 km (360 mi) South America		Atlantic Ocean
558 km (347 mi) Asia / Europe		Sea of Azov
554 km (344 mi) Africa		Gulf of Guinea
492 km (306 mi) Asia		Bay of Bengal
474 km (295 mi) Africa		Gulf of Guinea
451 km (280 mi) Africa		Atlantic Ocean
445 km (277 mi) Asia		Bay of Bengal
444 km (276 mi) Asia		Arabian Sea
359 km (223 mi) Europe		Adriatic Sea

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Countries farthest from the sea Quiz

by dancastro

Created May 20, 2011 in Geography
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	jjjoseph:	May 21st, 2011 at 07:28 GMT		2 points
	Please take off the forcing to answer in order--way too difficult!

	confused:	May 21st, 2011 at 08:32 GMT		4 points
	Agreed it's difficult, but without the forcing it would be too easy and as is it's a very good quiz. My objection was that I lost half a minute because the answer background color and forcing color are almost identical. (Yeah, ok, so I could have read directions...). I assume your measurement is from ocean to the closest point along the border?

	koipen:	May 21st, 2011 at 09:45 GMT		4 points
	I don't think it's too difficult. Without forcement, it would be just naming landlocked.

	koopa08:	May 21st, 2011 at 11:44 GMT		3 points
	I didn't like the forced order at first, but then realized it made sense. Otherwise, you could just rattle off all the landlocked countries and be done in a minute. Some landlocked nations did not appear on this quiz. I like it.

	dancastro:	May 21st, 2011 at 14:58 GMT		1 point
	@confused: as you say, what is shown is the minimum possible distance between any point in the country and the sea. It's the only way this game can be done. You can't take the maximum distance, because in this case the first answer would be China, as there is a point in northwestern China that is at 2648 km (1645 miles) from any coast. But to include China as an answer would be paradoxical: the "farthest country from the sea" also borders the sea... yes, China's that big.

	balatjr:	May 21st, 2011 at 15:21 GMT		2 points
	Why is Kazakhstan in Europe? Aside from that question, it is an excellent quiz. In order is, alas, the right way to go.

	dancastro:	May 21st, 2011 at 15:48 GMT		6 points
	@balatjr: usually Kazakhstan is considered as Asian for Sporcle quizzes, as the great majority of the country is really in Asia. But Kazakhstan also has a little portion west of the Ural river and therefore technically in Europe (following the usually accepted continent boundaries). The problem is that the place at the minimum distance from the sea (the point that is considered for the quiz) is precisely in that little European portion.

	confused:	May 21st, 2011 at 19:27 GMT		2 points
	@dancastro: I hadn't taken the thought process that far - that China would be first is pretty awesome.

	FreakyFlyBry:	May 21st, 2011 at 20:48 GMT		4 points
	I confess, this is one quiz where to guess Kyrgyzstan is beneficial... and that's what I did.

	cantthinkofaname:	May 22nd, 2011 at 06:47 GMT		0 points
	take away forced order but decrease the time.

	mbflyhigh:	May 23rd, 2011 at 08:03 GMT		0 points
	Leave the time and keep the forced order - if we could get 100% for all quizes things could get a bit boring! Perhaps just add a comment to the instructions to say that it is the closest point of the country to the sea that counts. Looks like an opening for a quiz to name the opposite for furthest points, with China top, presumably Kazakhstan second (if I remember correctly from reading the Crane brothers' cycling take on 'Journey to the Centre of the World' and allow for the break up of the USSR)?

	AwesumJuan:	Jan 3rd, 2012 at 07:45 GMT		1 point
	What? No Iceland.

	citkeane:	Oct 23rd, 2012 at 21:55 GMT		1 point
	I think this is a good quiz but the forced order is holding it back. I know that aspect might appeal to some of the more knowledgeable geography buffs but I really can't see it ever being published in it's current format. You need to remove the forced order and cut the time to 3/4 minutes.