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Top 10 American Countries by Coastline

Name the countries that have the longest coastlines in the continents of North and South America.
Estimated coastline within the Americas only
One answer filled in to avoid being unnecessarily confusing
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First submittedApril 26, 2016
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Kilometers
Country
137,000
Canada
67,100
United States
43,700
Denmark (Greenland)
31,300
Chile
18,700
Brazil
15,600
Mexico
Kilometers
Country
5,910
Argentina
5,750
Cuba
5,480
Venezuela
3,780
Bahamas
3,560
Colombia
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28 Comments
Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
Apr 18, 2019
Redid the quiz to use our new and better source, but with some slight modifications to remove Hawaii, Guam, etc...
Hollywood
+5
Level 61
Aug 25, 2019
Chile’s coastline is 5x longer than Argentina’s?
unknown2000
+36
Level 48
Sep 14, 2019
Southern Chile has an extremely irregular coastline.
TurkeyCookTime
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Level 82
Mar 10, 2020
Also, much of northern Argentina is blocked by Brazil and Uruguay
Findlay
+3
Level 81
Aug 4, 2022
Chile's fjords are both spectacular and very messy, whereas Argentina's coast is pretty neat. At similar latitudes, you see the same thing in NZ, where the west coast, or at least the southern part of it, is a jumble of fjords and islands, whereas the east coast is largely straight. Same also goes for the Antarctic Peninsula. I don't know if that's all a coincidence, or there's some reason for it.
tws231
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Level 68
May 7, 2024
It's funny, a much larger portion of west coast are highly irregular compared to the east coast. Canada's Baffin Island is the most substantial east coast fjord field, and China's coastline is pretty irregular. Southern New Zealand, Southern Japan's Kyushu Island, Australia south of Darwin, Thailand, Norway, northern part of British Columbia, Scotland and Ireland all display the trend of irregular West coasts. Africa is really the only continent spared from the phenomenon.
HydratedMite
+1
Level 67
Feb 21, 2025
Guinea-Bissau has a pretty irregular west coast in Africa, though I'm pretty sure that's from rivers
MyrmidonPantheon
+1
Level 50
Feb 22, 2025
Lot of islands and wavy coastlines.
kostas13
+9
Level 43
Sep 14, 2019
Peru??
RedLightning
+2
Level 47
Sep 14, 2019
Ikr I was wondering where Peru was
Skittus
+11
Level 58
Apr 8, 2020
I'm shocked. I can' believe Peru has 2414 km of coastline. It's coastline looks MUCH longer than Venezuelan
MaxStickies
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Level 80
May 13, 2020
But then, Peru's coastline is quite straight and Venezuela's isn't on closer inspection on Maps.
AlexThirkell
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Level 74
Aug 4, 2022
Peru has a fairly uniform desert Pacific coast for most of its coastline, and not a lot of islands (25 or so).

I'd have guessed Ecuador before Peru in fact, even though it's much smaller, although looking at the source Peru is [just!] ahead of Ecuador.

Colombia and Venezuela are more jagged, especially in the Caribbean, and have a lot more islands (about 75 and 300 respectively).

Chile is the Norway of South America, especially in the south where you can't move for all the coastline...

Wachipunk
+6
Level 58
Sep 16, 2019
And Bolivia ?!? Ah yeah ... They don't have access to sea 😓
kshanti
+1
Level 60
Jan 16, 2020
not since a while no.
Yoshimano
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Level 65
Oct 6, 2019
1:05
Ioannis
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Level 24
May 7, 2020
does really cuba have more coastline than Peru??
JWatson24
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Level 71
Jul 21, 2020
Not really surprising considering it's an island.
Nestormakhno
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Level 74
May 24, 2020
I just spilled a drink on the floor and now I’m sad
AlexThirkell
+4
Level 74
Jan 6, 2021
I hope you've bounced back now James :)
Turtu1444
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Level 28
Feb 7, 2021
I got the Bahamas with 0.01 seconds left.. And it was a guess..
Tomo234
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Level 24
Oct 25, 2021
lucky you
ShievaAndGolly
+1
Level 58
Nov 16, 2021
lol, how did I miss Mexico?
zwerverbever
+1
Level 40
Sep 23, 2022
How tf did I miss usa
Iscannon
+2
Level 43
Feb 21, 2025
Took me ages to think of the Bahamas, I even tried Bolivia before it, which is odd considering it doesn't have a coastline.
ColinShadow
+2
Level 55
Feb 21, 2025
I literally tried Ecuador, Peru, Jamaica, Haiti and Guatemala before Argentina lmao
WOFfan21
+1
Level 53
May 19, 2025
I love it when I forget.
CoolGuyMcGavin
+1
Level 24
May 19, 2025
Man, I remember when I first saw my grandfather in the hospital, he told me to never forget him. I never have. His memory will forever be in my heart till the end of time. After his death my father had taken up alcohol. He then became addicted, heavily. One fateful he went behind the wheel and crashed into a Chevy Silverado. Everyone including died on impact. The last thing my father said to me on this terrible was one thing, "Don't ever forget the Bahamas." And for this reason is why I got the 100% my father would have always wanted me to. I pray that his soul is laid to rest after this.
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