Geography
Which Country Has the World's Longest Coastline?
Which country has the longest coastline in the world, exceeding 200,000 km when its islands are included?
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Which country has the longest coastline in the world?
Canada has the world's longest coastline, stretching more than 200,000 km once its tens of thousands of Arctic and coastal islands are included.
What is the answer to the longest coastline question?
The answer is Canada. Its vast Arctic archipelago and three-ocean shoreline give it a coastline longer than any other nation, well ahead of Russia and Indonesia.
Why is Canada's coastline so long?
Canada borders the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic oceans and includes the world's largest island archipelago, so the combined mainland and island shoreline far exceeds that of bigger-population coastal countries.