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   Erland Sommarskog to Dan Tilque   
   Re: Three coast countries   
   17 Sep 25 20:29:00   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Dan Tilque (dtilque@frontier.com) writes:   
   > Lots of countries have 2 coasts, but I can only find a handful that have   
   > 3. How many can you find?   
      
   Russia, Spain, France, Morrocco and possibly also Saudi-Arabia are the ones   
   I can think of.   
      
   Of these, Russia is the one to only one to really have three coasts:   
   Artic/Pacific Ocean, Black Sea, Gulf of Finland.   
      
   Spain, France and Morrocco all have three pieces of coast lines   
   thanks the small interruptions of Gilbraltar (Spain), Monaco (France)   
   and Ceuta and Melilla (Morrocco).   
      
   When it comes to Saudi-Arabia, I don't recall the exact circumstances   
   of the border of Qatar. What I do recall that this was up for   
   discussion when Mark Brader posted his first Rare Entries Quiz many   
   years ago. I seem to recall we found maps that showed Qatar having a   
   border with only Saudi Arabia (which gives them three pieces of coast   
   lines), only with USA and having a border with both.   
      
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