Longest continuous boundary:
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 boundary of a
country:
I. 3.2 km of Holy See (Vatican City) (all with Italy). [3]
II. 4.4 km of Monaco (all with France). [9]
III. 39 km of San Marino (all with Italy). [9]
Shortest international land boundary (country
fragments listed separately):
I. Morocco vs. Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, Spain: 85 meters. [9]
II. Botswana vs. Zambia: about 170 m. [10]
Shortest land boundaries between two countries
(total distances, included all fragments) [9]:
I.
Botswana vs. Zambia: about 0,17 km. [10]
II. Spain vs. Gibraltar, United Kingdom: 1.2 km
III. Holy See (Vatican City) vs. Italy: 3.2 km
IV. France vs. Monaco: 4.4 km [9]
V. Azerbaijan vs. Turkey: 9 km
VI. Guadeloupe, France vs. Netherlands Antilles, Netherlands (on Saint Martin):
10.2 km
VII. Egypt vs. Gaza Strip: 11 km
VIII. Morocco vs. Spain: 16 km
IX. North Korea vs. Russia: 19 km
Country with most neighboring countries by
land boundary:
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
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]
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 bordermarker is located on 54°53'34.00"S 68°36'38.00"W, but
the southernmost land borderpoint is wet and located in the sea about 2500 m
further south–southeast.
Northernmost land three-country borderpoint [7]: Finland-Norway-Sweden
(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]
Southernmost land three-country borderpoint: Argentine-Brazil-Uruguay
(30°11'47"S 57°38' 50"W).
Shortest distance between two three-country
borderpoints:
I. About 174 m: Between Botswana-Namibia-Zambia (BWNAZM) and
Botswana-Zambia-Zimbabwe (BWZMZW) [10].
II. 9 km; 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).
Country 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.
