From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 9/17/25 00:20, Dan Tilque wrote:   
   > What countries have 3 or more sea coasts?   
   >   
   > The coasts all have to be on a single contiguous territory of that   
   > country. Exclaves and islands do not add to the total, but rather each   
   > has their own coast count. Any continuous coastline, uninterrupted by   
   > territory of another country, counts as one, even if the name of the   
   > body of water changes from one part to another. Coastlines on lakes and   
   > rivers do not count. (For the purposes of this question, the Caspian   
   > Sea, Dead Sea, Sea of Galilee and any other inland body of water, even   
   > if they have the word "Sea" in their name, are considered lakes.)   
   >   
   > Example: the USA has only two coasts: East Coast and West Coast. The   
   > South Coast is continuous with the East Coast, so it doesn't add to the   
   > total, even though one is on the Atlantic Ocean and the other is on the   
   > Gulf of Mexico. Alaska has its own count (1) and each of the Hawaiian   
   > Islands have their own count (also 1).   
   >   
   > Lots of countries have 2 coasts, but I can only find a handful that have   
   > 3. How many can you find?   
   >   
      
   Answers:   
      
   Canada  (Atlantic/Arctic, Pacific, Boundary Bay)   
   France (Atlantic/Channel, Med E of Monaco, Med W of Monaco)   
   Malaysia (Sarawak, interrupted by the two parts of Brunei)   
   Morocco (E of Melilla, Melilla to Ceuta, W of Ceuta)   
   Russia (Pacific/Arctic, Black Sea, Gulf of Finland)   
   Saudi Arabia (Red Sea, Persian Gulf N of Qatar, Persian Gulf S of Qatar)   
   Spain (Atlantic, Med, between Gibraltar and Portugal)   
      
   The grey area one is Cyprus. The entire island except for two British   
   bases is claimed by, and internationally recognized to belong to,   
   Cyprus. That makes for a two island clountry. But Turkey is occupying a   
   good part of the island, including an enclave on the northwest coast of   
   the island. The combination of that enclave plus one of the British   
   bases makes Cyprus a de facto three coast country.   
      
   As far as Poland, I inderstand about those coastal lagoons, but to me   
   they just don't look like part of the sea coast.   
      
   Scoring:   
      
   Erland 5 plus 1 later   
   Mark 3  (although he should lose a point for giving USA as an answer   
   when I gave that as an example of a two-coast country.)   
   Joshua 2 plus 1 later   
      
      
   BTW, I also compiled a list of the two-coast countries using the same   
   criteria:   
      
   Colombia   
   Costa Rica   
   Cyprus   
   Egypt   
   Germany   
   Guatemala   
   Honduras   
   Indonesia (Timor)   
   Israel   
   Mexico   
   Nicaragua   
   North Korea   
   Panama   
   Senegal   
   Thailand   
   UAE   
   USA   
      
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