Can you name the non-island countries whose coastline is longer than the total length of their borders? by hilco

Can you name the non-island countries whose coastline is longer than the total length of their borders?

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Guess all countries with more coastline than borders, where countries without land borders are excluded. Examples for US states: Florida would qualify, but New Hampshire and Hawaii wouldn't.
Source: Wikipedia coastline page and border page.
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Coastline vs. Borders (km)	Country	Ratio
7,314 - - 125		58.512
12,429 - - 360		34.525
202,080 - - 8,893		22.723
54,716 - - 2,830		19.334
13,676 - - 1,228		11.137
2,413 - - 238		10.139
25,148 - - 2,551		9.858
563 - - 60		9.383
5,152 - - 820		6.283
3,794 - - 633		5.994
1,771 - - 360		4.919
2,490 - - 555		4.486
1,448 - - 360		4.022
7,600 - - 1,932		3.934
1,288 - - 360		3.578
706 - - 228		3.096
7,200 - - 2,648		2.719
5,835 - - 2,197		2.656

Coastline vs. Borders (km)	Country	Ratio
4,964 - - 1918		2.588
9,330 - - 4,353		2.143
1,290 - - 639		2.019
37,653 - - 20,017		1.881
19,924 - - 12,034		1.656
2,092 - - 1,374		1.523
1,318 - - 867		1.520
2,495 - - 1,673		1.491
4,675 - - 3,147		1.486
1,793 - - 1,214		1.477
3,218 - - 2,233		1.441
2,234 - - 1,626		1.374
3,025 - - 2,340		1.293
4,853 - - 4,072		1.192
2,237 - - 2,010		1.113
1,906 - - 1,746		1.092
499 - - 462		1.080
6,435 - - 6,171		1.043
2,450 - - 2,665	1.043
1,835 - - 2,018	1.043
4 - - 4.4	1.043
1,148 - - 1,424	1.043
386 - - 516	1.043
3,444 - - 4,639	1.043
910 - - 1,231	1.043
3,219 - - 4,863	1.043
2,389 - - 3,621	1.043
314 - - 516	1.043
2,782 - - 4,663	1.043
2,640 - - 4,431	1.043
2,798 - - 4,862	1.043
307 - - 545	1.043
2,800 - - 4,993	1.043
296 - - 539	1.043
2,470 - - 4,571	1.043
820 - - 1,520	1.043
3,208 - - 6,004	1.043
4,989 - - 9,665	1.043
7,491 - - 14,691	1.043
362 - - 720	1.043

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Coast-loving countries Quiz

by hilco

Created Apr 13, 2011 in Geography
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	Chromatos:	Apr 13th, 2011 at 14:30 GMT	1 point
	Maybe cut down the time a little... I had 3 minutes left to guess one country (and I still didn't get it).

	nspyred:	Apr 13th, 2011 at 16:03 GMT	2 points
	Aren't the UK and Ireland island countries??

	tahitiwahini:	Apr 13th, 2011 at 16:19 GMT	2 points
	UK, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Haiti, Ireland, Dominican Republic, Timor-Leste, are all island countries. So when you state "guess non-island countries" in your instructions it's misleading at best, since island countries that share a land-border with another country are included as it turns out. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the quiz very much. I would ask that you modify your game instructions, something along the lines of: "countries without a land border are specifically excluded."

	carbon_rod:	Apr 13th, 2011 at 17:22 GMT	5 points
	Also, please accept East Timor for Timor-Leste.

	jackmerlin:	Apr 13th, 2011 at 21:33 GMT	0 points
	@nspyred-To be an island nation you must have no borders, and the UK and Ireland both have.

	jackmerlin:	Apr 13th, 2011 at 21:34 GMT	-2 points
	Cuba should be accepted as an answer because it does border the USA.

	tahitiwahini:	Apr 14th, 2011 at 01:39 GMT	1 point
	@jackmerlin: really? I thought to be an island nation you had to be surrounded by water and have no land border with a continent. Some British people seem to think they live on an island, for example: We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. Winston Churchill At least, I always assumed he was talking about Great Britain.

	tahitiwahini:	Apr 14th, 2011 at 01:51 GMT	1 point
	@jackmerlin: Guantanamo Bay Naval Base is a unique situation. Cuba owns the land the base is on, but the US can lease the land in perpetuity. Based on the fact that the US leases the land from Cuba that seems to me to be implicit recognition that the US doesn't own, or claim it owns, the land on which Gitmo is situated. On the other hand, I'll admit I've never heard of a lease in perpetuity before, so maybe that is tantamount to ownership. Where are our international legal experts when we need them? However, if you accept the contention that it is US territory, then I would agree that the coastline of Cuba far exceeds the land border between Gitmo and Cuba.

	Thryduulf:	Mar 1st, 2012 at 21:23 GMT	1 point
	Surprised that India isn't a bonus. Ok, it's ratio is 0.5 but it looks like it should have more coastline than land borders (but the land borders are incredibly complex)