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Closest Countries and Mainlands to Islands

For each island/island group given, determine both the closest country, and the closest mainland country, excluding the country that actually owns the territory.
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"Mainland" countries, for example, include Australia and Greece, but not Indonesia or the UK.
Distances are approximate and given in miles.
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Last updated: June 29, 2021
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First submittedFebruary 7, 2017
Times taken907
Average score73.3%
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Island
Closest Country
Distance
Closest Mainland Country
Distance
Hawaii
Kiribati
508
Mexico
2568
Faroe Islands
United Kingdom
115
Norway
368
Sardinia
France
8
Tunisia
116
Reunion
Mauritius
106
Mozambique
1035
Guam
Micronesia
613
Australia
1663
Mindanao
Malaysia
191
Vietnam
923
Barbados
St. Lucia
104
Venezuela
223
Madeira
Spain
271
Morocco
415
Grand Cayman
Cuba
9
Honduras
366
Guadalcanal
Papua New Guinea
454
Australia
1037
Annoban (Equatorial Guinea)
Sao Tome & Principe
181
Gabon
219
Great Nicobar (India)
Indonesia
107
Thailand
311
Grand Turk Island
Dominican Republic
103
United States
640
Batam
Singapore
9
Malaysia
10
Diego Garcia (UK)
Maldives
453
India
1114
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9 Comments
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
Feb 26, 2017
Really fun quiz! I reckon I could have got them all, just needed a little bit more time, just missed three. I reckon there could be another quiz like this still to be made...
CardinalSin
+1
Level 78
Feb 19, 2020
Good quiz. 10 seconds to spare.
Werifesteria
+3
Level 65
Jun 29, 2021
can you accept fsm for micronesia
catie09
+1
Level 83
Jun 29, 2021
Yep, this needs fixing. :-(
GrandMo
+1
Level 70
Jun 29, 2021
Fixed. Thanks!
jackjack
+1
Level 66
Jun 29, 2021
Spain isn't a mainland country?
GrandMo
+2
Level 70
Jun 29, 2021
For the answer you're looking at, the part of Spain that is closest are the Canary Islands. So, in this instance, no!
PiMan87
+1
Level 44
Jun 29, 2021
Australia for Guam was a close one. On the map it looks almost evenly split between Cape York Peninsula and Xiamen.
GrandMo
+1
Level 70
Jun 29, 2021
Map might be a bit distorted-- Cape York is about 200 miles closer. Thanks for checking though!
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