Countries Closest to Papua New Guinea

Which countries are closest to Papua New Guinea?
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km
country
miles
0
Indonesia
0
4
Australia
2
5
Solomon Islands
3
863
Micronesia
536
1263
Palau
785
1349
Vanuatu
838
1389
Nauru
863
1511
Timor-Leste
938
1626
Kiribati
1010
1875
Marshall Islands
1165
1920
Philippines
1193
2226
Tuvalu
1383
2523
Fiji
1568
2569
Malaysia
1596
2955
Brunei
1836
3170
New Zealand
1970
3407
Tonga
2117
3459
Taiwan
2149
3476
Japan
2160
3585
Samoa
2228
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12 Comments
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Level 76
Sep 23, 2015
Nearest misses: Vietnam, China, Niue
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Level 66
Sep 23, 2015
Good thing Niue was a near miss. Everyone would be complaining like crazy (admit, including myself). :)
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Level 76
Sep 23, 2015
Nah, Niue's wonderful. And now you know it's the 23rd nearest country to PNG.
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Level 66
Sep 23, 2015
:) How long does it take you to calculate this stuff?
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Level 76
Sep 24, 2015
That Niue is wonderful? Oh, about 5 minutes
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Level 66
Sep 25, 2015
lol :)
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Level 92
Sep 23, 2015
Surprised not to see Singapore on this list.
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Level 76
Sep 23, 2015
PNG borders Indonesia, Indonesia virtually borders Singapore, so Singapore should be close, right? I got the same surprise as you: it's 4133 km / 2568 miles away.
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Level 80
Sep 24, 2015
Nice!
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Level 70
Sep 24, 2015
Saibai Island of Australia in the Torres Strait is less than 4 km from PNG
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Level 76
Sep 24, 2015
Wow, so it is - thanks.
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Level 44
Mar 26, 2024
didn't realize overseas territories weren't accounted for and spent so long putting in france and usa lol