Longest borders between two countries:
I. The boundary
between Canada and United States of America is 8,963 km, included the Great
Lakes and the Canadian boundary with Alaska. [5]
II. The boundary between Kazakhstan and Russia is 6,846 km.
III. The boundary between Argentina and Chile is 5,150 km.
Longest continuous borders:
I. The boundary between Kazakhstan and Russia is 6,846 km.
II. The boundary
between Canada and United States of America is 6,416 km, included the Great
Lakes, but excluded the 2,547 km Canadian boundary with Alaska. [5]
III. The boundary between Argentina and Chile is 5,150 km.
Shortest entire land border of a
country:
I. 3.2 km of Holy See (Vatican City) (all with Italy – ITVA). [3]
II. 4.4 km of Monaco (all with France – FRMC). [9]
III. 39 km of San Marino (all with Italy – ITSM). [9]
Shortest land boundaries between two countries
(total distances, included all fragments) [9]:
I.
Botswana vs. Zambia (BWZM): about 79 m. [10] (De facto border, not
officially defined.)
II. Gibraltar, United Kingdom vs. Spain: 1,2 km.
Shortest international land boundary (country
fragments listed separately):
I. Botswana vs. Zambia: about 79 metres (river border) [10] (De
facto border, not officially defined.)
II. Morocco vs. Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, Spain: 85 meters (Dry
land
border, without territorial sea boundary). Disputed by Morocco. [9]
III. Bangladesh vs. Natatoka enclave #33/38, India: about 150 metres (Shortest
single enclave (de jure) border).
IV. Märket Island, Finland vs. Sweden: about 527 metres
(Shortest island divided by (de jure) border outside mainland baseline.)
True enclaves
Biggest: Isla Apipé Grande, Argentina: 276
km²
Smallest: Natatoka enclave #33/38, India (Cooch Behar): 0.001052 km² (1052 m²)
Country with most neighboring countries by
land borders:
I. People's Republic of China
(14): Mongolia, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Bhutan, India, Nepal,
Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Russian
Federation; and
I. Russian Federation (14): North Korea, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan,
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Byelorussia, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Norway,
Poland and Lithuania [2]
– See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_neighbouring_countries
Extreme
International Border Points (Under
construction)
Excluded
border points in territorial waters.
| Land
Borderpoints
|
Westernmost |
Easternmost |
Northernmost |
Southernmost |
Highest |
Lowest |
| Africa |
Mauritania
-
West Sahara
(EHMR)
20°53'19"N
17°04'12"W |
Ethiopia
- Somalia
(ETSO) 4)
8°00'0"N
48°00'00"E |
Algeria
- Tunisia
(DZTN)
36°56'27"N
8°38'31"E |
Lesotho
- South Africa
(LSZA)
30°40'33"S
28°06'47"E |
Margherita
Peak,
DR Congo -
Uganda
(CDUG)
5,109 msl
00°23′08″N
29°52′21″E |
Denakil Depression,
Eritrea - Ethiopia
About -125 msl
14°26'16"N
40°11'29"E |
| North
America |
Canada
- USA
(CAUS)
60°18'24.295"N
141°00'00.000"W |
France
- Netherlands
(Saint Martin)
(FRNL)
18°03'14"N
63°00'45"W |
Canada
- USA
(CAUS)
69°38'48.433"N
140°59'52.574"W |
Columbia
- Panama (COPA)
7°13'16"N
77°53'35"W |
Mount
Saint Elias,
Canada - USA (CAUS)
5,489 msl
60°17′36″N 140°55′46″W
|
Salton
Trough,
Mexico - USA
About -0.25 m
32°39'18"N
115°37'32"W |
| South
America |
Ecuador
- Peru (ECPE)
4°24'29"S
80°27'16"W |
Brazil
- France (French Guyana)
(BRFR)
4°10'59"N
51°36'59"W |
Colombia
- Venezuela
(COVE)
11°51'02"N
71°20'09"W |
Argentine
- Chile
(ARCL) 2)
54°53'34"S 68°36'30"W
|
Ojos del Salado,
Argentina - Chile (ARCL)
6,893 msl
27°06′34.6″S 68°32′32.1″W |
sea
level |
| Asia |
Cyprus
- United Kingdom (Akrotiri)
(CYUK)
34°39'04"N
32°45'18"E |
China
- Russia (CNRU)
47°44'11"N
134°46'22"E |
Kazakhstan
- Russia
(KZRU)
55°26'31"N
68°58'51"E |
Indonesia
- Papua
New Guinea
(IDPG) 6)
9°08'00"S
141°01'10"E |
Mount
Everest,
China
-
Nepal
(CNNP)
8,848 msl
27°59′17″N
86°55′31″E |
The
Dead Sea 3)
(ILJOPSs)
-427 msl
31°29'48"N
35°28'30"E |
| Oceania |
Indonesia
- Papua
New Guinea
(IDPG)
6°36'47"S
140°50'36"E |
Indonesia
- Papua
New Guinea
(IDPG) 6)
9°08'00"S
141°01'10"E |
Indonesia
- Papua
New Guinea
(IDPG) 6)
2°35'37"S
141°00'00"E |
Indonesia
- Papua
New Guinea
(IDPG) 6)
9°08'00"S
141°01'10"E |
|
sea
level |
| Europe |
Spain
- Portugal
(ESPT)
41°51'43"N
8°52'50"W |
Kazakhstan
- Russia (KZRU)
51°30'36"N
53°20'08"E |
Finland
- Norway
(FINO)
1)
70°05'32"N
27°57'00"E
|
Spain
- United Kingdom (Gibraltar)
36°09'10"N
5°20'20"E |
Mont
Blanc, France - Italy (FRIT)
4,810 msl
45°50′01″N 6°51′54″E |
Azerbaijan
- Russia (AZRU) 5)
-28 msl
41°50'32"N
48°35'35"E |
| All
the World |
Canada
- USA
(CAUS)
60° 18' 24.295"N
141° 00' 00.000"W |
Indonesia
- Papua
New Guinea
(IDPG) 6)
9°08'00"S
141°01'10"E |
Finland
- Norway
(FINO)
1)
70°05'32"N
27°57'00"E |
Argentine
- Chile
(ARCL)
54°53'34"S
68°36'30"W
|
China
-
Nepal
(CNNP)
8,848 msl
27°59′17″N
86°55′31″E |
The
Dead Sea 3)
(ILJOPSs)
-427 msl
31°29'48"N
35°28'30"E |
1) Northernmost international land border point: The
Finnish-Norwegian border between Polmak (Norway) and Nuorgam (Finland) on
70°05'32"N 27°57'00"E at boundary marker 343 in the middle of the
River Tana. A few hundred meters towards east where the road (Finnish number 970 and
Norwegian number 895) passes the Finnish-Norwegian border is the northernmost
land border crossing point. [1]
2) Southernmost international land border point: The
Argentine-Chilean border on the southern coast of Tierra del Fuego in Canal
Beagle, west of the Argentine town of Ushuaia and north of the Chilean island of
Ile Hoste.
The southernmost border marker is located on 54°53'34"S 68°36'30"W, but
the southernmost land borderpoint is wet and located in the territorial sea at 54°54'50"S
68°36'30"W about 2500 m
further south–southeast.
3) The lowest elevation of
a land border: It follows the Israeli-Jordanian, the
Jordanian - Palestinian and Israeli - Palestinian boundary lines in the Dead
Sea. (Palestine is Israeli occupied, but not claimed by Israel.) In 2013 the sea level was 427 metres below sea level.
4) Disputed.
5) Also the Caspian Sea river
border between Kazakhstan and Russia (KZRU) is on the same elevation (-
28 msl).
6) Sources: Joint
Indonesian and Australian Survey and International
Boundary Study No 160.
Extreme Tripoints
| Land
Tripoints |
Westernmost |
Easternmost |
Northernmost |
Southernmost |
Highest |
Lowest |
| Africa |
GNGWSN
12°40'30"N
13°42'30"W |
DJETSO
10°59'50"N
42°58'3"E |
DZLYTN
30°13'45"N
9°33'34"E |
MTZASZs
26°50'24"S
32°8'4"E |
CDRWUG
3695 msl. |
MLMRSN
19 msl. |
| North
America |
GTHNSV
14°25'N
89°21'W |
HNNISV
13°07'N
87°33'W |
BZGTMZ
17°49'N
89°09'W |
HNNISV
13°07'N
87°33'W |
GTHNSV
2384 msl. |
HNNISV
0 msl. |
| South
America |
COECPE
0°7'S
75°15'W |
BRFRSR
2°19'N
54°33'W |
BRGYVE
5°11'N
60°46'W |
ARBRUY
30°11'47"S
57°38'50"W |
ARBOCL
5600 msl. |
ARBRUY
38 msl. |
| Asia |
EGILPS
31°13'N
34°16'E |
CNKPRU
42°25'6"N
130°38'17"E |
CNMNRUe
49°51'N
116°43'E |
KHLATH
14°21'N
105°12'E |
CNINNPe
7462 msl. |
ILJOPSs
-427 msl |
| Europe |
ADESFRw
42°30'09"N
1°26'32"E |
BYRUUA
52°6'44"N
31°46'53"E |
FINOSE
69°03'36"N
20°32'55"E |
ALGRMK
40°51'06"N
20°59'00"E |
CHFRIT
3695 msl. |
MDROUAs
2 msl |
| All
the World |
GTHNSV
14°25'N
89°21'W |
CNKPRU
42°25'6"N
130°38'17"E |
FINOSE
69°03'36"N
20°32'55"E |
ARBRUY
30°11'47"S
57°38' 50"W |
CNINNPe
7462 msl. |
ILJOPSs
-427 msl |
Northernmost land three-country borderpoint [7]:
Finland-Norway-Sweden (FINOSE) (69°03'36"N 20°33'10"E). Finland-Norway-Russia is situated on 69°03'17"N
28°55'30"E, 334 km further east, but only about 600 meters more towards
south! [8]
Shortest distance between two three-country
borderpoints:
I. About 79 metres: Between Botswana-Namibia-Zambia (BWNAZM) and
Botswana-Zambia-Zimbabwe (BWZMZW) [10]. (De facto border, not officially
defined.)
II. 10 km 310 metres, between Armenia-Azerbaijan-Turkey (AMAZTR)
and Azerbaijan-Iran-Turkey (AZIRTR) [6].
II. 23 km 669 meters; between Austria-Switzerland-Liechtenstein (ATCHLIn)
(North) and Austria-Switzerland-Liechtenstein (ATCHLIs) (South).
Countries with most three-country borderpoints:
I. China (13): 1. China-Mongolia-Russia (west); 2. China-Mongolia-Russia
(east); 3. China-North Korea-Russia; 4. China-Laos-Vietnam; 5. Burma-China-Laos;
6. Burma-China-India; 7. Bhutan-China-India; 8. China-India-Nepal (east); 9.
China-India-Nepal (west); 10. China-India-Pakistan (east); 11.
China-India-Pakistan (west); 12. Afghanistan-China-Pakistan and 13.
Afghanistan-China-Tadjikistan.
II. Brasil (9): 1. Brasil-French Guana-Surinam; 2. Brasil-Guyana-Surinam; 3.
Brasil-Guyana-Venezuela; 4. Brasil-Colombia-Venezuela; 5. Brasil-Colombia-Peru; 6.
Bolivia-Brasil-Peru; 7. Bolivia-Brasil-Paraguay; 8. Argentina-Brasil-Paraguay and 9.
Argentina-Brasil-Uruguay.
II. Congo (Kinshasa) (9): 1. Congo (Kinshasa)-Congo (Brazzaville)-Central African
Republic; 2. Central African
Republic-Congo (Kinshasa)-Sudan; 3. Congo (Kinshasa)-Sudan-Uganda; 4. Congo
(Kinshasa)-Rwanda-Uganda; 5. Burundi-Congo (Kinshasa)-Rwanda; 6. Burundi-Congo
(Kinshasa)-Tanzania; 7. Congo (Kinshasa)-Tanzania-Zambia; 8. Angola-Congo
(Kinshasa)-Zambia and 9. Angola-Congo (Kinshasa)-Congo (Brazzaville).
II. Russia (9): 1. Finland-Norway-Russia; 2. Estonia-Latvia-Russia; 3.
Byelorussia-Latvia-Russia; 4. Lithuania-Poland-Russia; 5.
Byelorussia-Russia-Ukraine; 6. China-Russia-Kazakhstan; 7. China-Mongolia-Russia
(west); 8. China-Mongolia-Russia (east) and 9. China-North Korea-Russia.
Footnotes:
1. Mr. Peter Smaardijk in BoundaryPoint
on 23 jan 2003.
2. Foreningen
af Skandinaviske Grænseentusiaster: Fakta om grænser
3. Biger, p. 510
4. Biger, p. 451.
5. Guinnes Rekordbok 1988, p. 203.
6. Thanks to e-mail from Mr. Jesper Nielsen on 29 Mar 2003.
7. Trifini|um -a: a place where three borders meet; a tripoint.
8. Visveg, Geodata, Norway
9. List
of land border lengths, Wikipedia
10. Jesper Nielsen's Borderbase. River border, but river boundary is counted
as land border. Map from Final ESIA Report Volume 2 Appendices, African
Development Bank (September 2010).
11. Definition of Boundary between Canada and United States,
NAD27 Original Values, 141st Meridian
