Most unexpected borders?

Submitted by FreeStater on December 7, 2025

What are the most unexpected borders you know of? I'll start: Tasmania technically borders Victoria on a tiny, uninhabited rock.

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Level 75

Dec 7, 2025

Nunavut borders a Newfoundland and Labrador on a now uninhabited island. The island is also closest to Quebec.

Level 61

Dec 7, 2025

Sweden and Finland. While the border itself is very normal and expected, there is a tiny island that is split 50/50 between the two in a very unusual way.

Level 56

Dec 7, 2025

Germany borders Poland

Level 61

Dec 7, 2025

*Gasp*

Level 72

Dec 7, 2025

Germany figured that out in 1939

Level 63

Dec 7, 2025

Did you know? Canada and Greenland share a border on the little known, very obscure, top secret Hans Island.

Level 61

Dec 8, 2025

NO. I refuse to believe Hans Island exists. I believe it is a government scheme created by Russia to make a sense of confusion.

Level 51

Dec 7, 2025

Wyoming is a square

Level 56

Dec 7, 2025

Also, Colorado looks rectangular but it is not. In fact, it has 697 sides!

Level 45

Dec 8, 2025

Wyoming is actually a trapezoid if you look at it from space

Level 56

Dec 9, 2025

Well technically you can't draw a perfect rectangle on Earth, since it's a sphere.

Level 53

Dec 7, 2025

Oman and the UAE.

So you have an Omani enclave in the UAE, then you have an Emirati enclave inside of THAT enclave.

…Wha?

Level 53

Dec 7, 2025

Oh, and at the northeastern point of the UAE is ANOTHER Omani enclave. So if you drive in a straight line down from there to the rest of Oman, you go Oman>UAE>Oman>UAE>Oman>UAE>Oman.

It’s just common sense.

Level 68

Dec 7, 2025

Argentina and Uruguay have one natural land border, which is Martin Garcia Island. Everything else is under the Rio de la Plata.

Level 71

Dec 8, 2025

Do this and find out the hard way! :)

Level 61

Dec 8, 2025

Delaware and New Jersey

Level 81

Dec 8, 2025