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   Joshua Kreitzer to Dan Tilque   
   Re: Three coast countries   
   20 Sep 25 20:11:30   
   
   From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 9/20/2025 4:37 PM, Dan Tilque wrote:   
   > On 9/20/25 12:01, Erland Sommarskog wrote:   
   >>   
   >> The country I have in mind is Poland. The borders against Germany and   
   >> Russia both runs through lagoons, and Poland has territory on both   
   >> sides on the lagoons. The western lagoon forms the estuary of the Oder   
   >> river, which could disqualify Poland. But according to Wikipedia, the   
   >> water is brackish.   
   >>   
   > I looked at those borders using GoogleMaps, and can't see how they would   
   > add even one coast to Poland. Perhaps I'm missing something.   
      
   The question is whether the coast of the Szczecin Lagoon counts as a   
   seacoast (see around 53.756722 N, 14.558637 E), and whether the coast of   
   the Vistula Lagoon counts (see around 54.377553 N, 19.447694 E). They   
   are both definitely separate from Poland's Baltic Sea coast within the   
   meaning of this puzzle, but the question is whether they count as   
   seacoasts. --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
   gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
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