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What country has the longest coastline?

Question #1812. Asked by abba.
Last updated Aug 02 2021.

makebeleaffan
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makebeleaffan
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My home Canada (go Leafs go)
151,492 miles

link http://teacher.scholastic.com/glokid/canada/portrait.htm

Response last updated by gtho4 on Sep 01 2016.
Apr 22 2002, 10:24 AM
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Canada's coastline is the world's longest at 243,792 km or 151,485 miles (including the coastline of the country's 52,455 islands.)

link http://nicole.guery.free.fr/anglais/Geography/canada-superlatives.html

Response last updated by gtho4 on Aug 02 2021.
Jul 14 2006, 8:37 AM
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zbeckabee
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zbeckabee
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That would be a BIG RESOUNDING..."Norway."

Norway boasts one of most rugged and longest coastlines in world, with over 50,000 islands. Norway is a rugged country with towering mountains, glaciers fiords and waterfalls.

[ temple.co.uk/destinations/Country/Norway.html ] link no longer exists
link https://www.britannica.com/place/Norway



Response last updated by gtho4 on Sep 01 2016.
Jul 14 2006, 1:44 PM
Flynn_17
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Flynn_17
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Did someone say INDONESIA?

link http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia

Jul 14 2006, 5:32 PM
azmamma4
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Canada has the longest coastline of any country in the world. The coastline includes the mainland coast and also the coasts of offshore islands. The total length of Canada's coastline is 243,042 kilometres.

link https://www.coursehero.com/file/72619587/The-longest-coastline-in-the-worlddocx

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Oct 29 2007, 8:22 PM
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rightiam
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You're right, it does!

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Canada#Physical_geography

Look in 'Physical Geography' for a direct reference.

Oct 29 2007, 8:30 PM
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Canada has the longest coastline in the world. Our coastline is 243,793 km long (151,485 miles).
link http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa052500a.htm

Oct 29 2007, 8:37 PM
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