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Countries Closest to North America A-Z

For each letter, which countries lie closest to North America?
Not including any territories, departments, exclaves, enclaves, occupations, etc.
Hawaii is considered to be in Oceania, not North America
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Country
A
Argentina
B
Brazil
C
Colombia
D
Denmark
E
Ecuador
F
Finland
G
Guyana
H
Hungary
Country
I
Iceland
J
Japan
K
Kazakhstan
L
Luxembourg
M
Monaco
N
Norway
O
Oman
P
Peru
Country
Q
Qatar
R
Russia
S
Suriname
T
Tunisia
U
United Kingdom
V
Venezuela
Y
Yemen
Z
Zambia
11 Comments
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Level 78
Sep 8, 2015
:)
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Level 85
Sep 8, 2015
Finland seems to be only about 1500 miles from Nunavut.
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Level 85
Sep 8, 2015
Nunavut might also make Kazakhstan closer than Kosovo.
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Level 77
Sep 8, 2015
I don't know where the "borders" (is Greenland in North America?) are but I would have guessed Norway to be closer than Netherlands and UK closer than Uruguay
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Level 76
Sep 8, 2015
Agree with Norway & UK, and that seems to be the case whether you class Greenland as North American or European.
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Level 76
Sep 8, 2015
But Norway and UK aren't territories! So why are they missing?
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Level 65
Sep 8, 2015
Greenland doesn't count.
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Level 76
Sep 8, 2015
Oh man, this is gonna take a while. Let's pretend that PAFF! Greenland disappears. Gone. It melted or something. Now, with what is left over in the world, Which countries starting with N and U are closest to North America?
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Level 61
Oct 6, 2015
Trinidad and Tobago to Uruguay is 2800 miles. Panama to Uruguay is 2900 miles. Newfoundland to UK is 2000 miles. The UK is closer to North America than Uruguay is.
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Level 28
Jul 21, 2021
What about Nicaragua, that's closer than Norway, Canada is closer than Colombia surely 😂
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Level 45
Jul 5, 2023
Canada is in North America...