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Which countries have LAND area that touches the most degrees of longitude?
INCLUDES all overseas territories
Not necessarily on a single land mass
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Degrees
Country
166.5
Russia
112.0
United States
88.4
Canada
68.0
Denmark
61.2
China
46.0
Indonesia
41.8
Australia
40.9
Kazakhstan
39.4
Brazil
32.2
Mongolia
31.5
France
30.6
Mexico
29.9
Norway
29.2
India
21.1
Saudi Arabia
20.7
United Kingdom
20.7
Algeria
19.9
Argentina
19.3
Iran
19.2
Japan
19.1
Turkey
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33 Comments
Constantinos
+9
Level 75
Nov 17, 2024
Netherlands has three overseas departments in the Caribbean...please add it.
KiloNova
+15
Level 61
Nov 17, 2024
On actual land, the space between the territories and the Netherlands would not count
mpepperdine
+7
Level 80
Nov 17, 2024
Read the description: "Which countries have LAND area that touches the most degrees of latitude?"
Neodymium
+16
Level 63
Nov 17, 2024
CHILE NOOOO
Neodymium
+16
Level 63
Nov 21, 2024
im a buffoon and the 3 people that liked my comment may as well be. longitude is side to side, chile wouldn't be here
Neodymium
+2
Level 63
Nov 17, 2024
how much longitude was the ussr?
Arp2600
+13
Level 89
Nov 17, 2024
Not much more, because only the gap between mainland Russia and the Kaliningrad exclave is removed of the longitude span, namely about 4.5 degrees.

So, for the USSR it was about 171 degrees.

Neodymium
+2
Level 63
Nov 21, 2024
i wrote that comment thinking longitude was latitude for a second lol
Arp2600
+8
Level 89
Nov 17, 2024
Ok, I was about to complain, but in fact, I will defend the quizmaster. In fact, he has changed the whole definition of the quiz. It's not anymore the difference between the eastermost and westernmost points, but the number of degrees of longitude it touches, so for example, for Spain, the sum of the "width" of the peninsula + the span of the different islands of the Canaries and the Baelares, which is much less than 22 degrees of course.

Earlier this afternoon, I was about to suggest this alternative, so I think it was a right choice. Just maybe he should have made a comment to explain that?

cathlete
+1
Level 78
Nov 17, 2024
This makes more sense. I should've pondered the rewording of the directions more as you did. Thanks
AbiA
+2
Level 88
Nov 17, 2024
Actually, as per the description, it’s the number of degrees of latitude it touches.
Arp2600
+1
Level 89
Nov 17, 2024
That's another matter, but he will correct it, for sure.
Arp2600
+3
Level 89
Nov 17, 2024
This said, 31.5° seems a bit much for France. Given the large number of overseas territories, it is hard to take everything into account (good luck checking all of Polynesia ^^). But having checked quickly, I find : 13° for the Hexagon, 1° for Corsica, 4° for the Antilles and Guiana, 1° for Reunion, 3° for New Caledonia, 2° for Kerguelen... Polynesia, I frankly can't tell... but I would be surprised if it made 6° in total, the rest of the territories making about a little degree or so.
Erronn
+2
Level 51
Nov 17, 2024
You have to add the other Austral territories, Mayotte, Wallis and Futuna, and St Pierre and Miquelon and he might be around the 31,5°
Arp2600
+1
Level 89
Nov 17, 2024
Now that you say it, maybe the problem is with Terre Adélie? It spans 6° in Antarctica, but I think it should be excluded because of the Antarctic Treaty.
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Nov 17, 2024
No, we don't include claims within Antarctica.
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Nov 17, 2024
I double checked the numbers for France. They are correct.

There are a LOT of things to add. Here are the largest 6:

The Hexagon: 13

French Guiana: 3.6

New Caledonia: 3

Kerguelen Islands: 2

Corsica: 1

Martinique: 1

In all, we add 86 different slices of the world representing different territories and islands. This is why it's important to write a script to do this instead of relying on intuition.

Arp2600
+1
Level 89
Nov 18, 2024
Yes, the main parts make about 25 degrees, those are the numbers I had measured too. In fact, the rest is indeed in Polynesia, especially the Tuamotu atolls which cover about half of the longitude between 140 and 150 degrees!

Just look at Rangiroa and Makemo which lean almost "horizontal" on more than a half degree each. And they are inhabited too. Almost as amazing as the EEZ they get from all those rocks all around the world ^^.

NunoPP03
+12
Level 73
Nov 17, 2024
You wrote longitude in the title and latitude in the description.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Nov 17, 2024
Fixed!
Xtrordinary
+2
Level 75
Nov 17, 2024
What place does DR Congo come?
Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
Nov 18, 2024
#22 – right after Turkey.
Arp2600
+10
Level 89
Nov 18, 2024
Equatorial countries are disadvantaged, they need a full 111km to make a degree, while northern countries, at say 60°N, like Russia and Norway only need half of that.

I was rather wondering about Uzbekistan, but I found about 17 degrees.

plattitude
+1
Level 94
Nov 18, 2024
I was sure the last one I was missing was going to be some extreme polar country that touched a lot of degrees even though it wasn't as wide. But no, just an island country that I think of as more vertical than it is.
Alexquiz17
+1
Level 95
Nov 18, 2024
Yes, this explains the “Norway anomaly”

Iceland gets more than its fair share of longitude for the same reason

blizzrd33
+1
Level 81
Nov 18, 2024
For some reason when I tried to guess Ukraine, the red text that came up said "United Kingdom has already been guessed".
AllOfSanMarino
+1
Level 68
Dec 30, 2024
Uk is a type-in for that and Ukraine isn't an answer
Jerry928
+1
Level 76
Nov 27, 2024
What is the number for Kiribati? So many tiny islands, over such an incredibly wide area.
QuizApe
+2
Level 72
Dec 14, 2024
The water between the islands doesn’t count
Tomasmental
+1
Level 95
Feb 19, 2025
then what do they mean by "no mecessarily on a single land mass"?
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Aug 31, 2025
It can be seperate islands, but only the islands would be counted, not the surrounding water. So the pieces of land can be all over the world, but you are not connecting them.

So if a country existed of 1km of land near america 1km near europe and 1 km near japan it would not cover a lot of degrees, even though the reach is almost a big as possible.

To show it visually. __________ ________would score high on this quiz

While _ _ _ _ _ would not

Edit hmm the spacing changes when the comment gets submitted. And I forgotten the code to keep it as it is typed.. (just imaginine a lot of space between the last line of dashes ;) )

Wachipunk
+1
Level 61
Nov 24, 2025
I wrote Greenland instead of Denmark 🇩🇰 Failed!
kml1011
+1
Level 37
Apr 11, 2026
I rolled my eyes so hard at Denmark..
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