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Top 10 European Countries by Coastline
Name the countries that have the longest coastlines in the continent of Europe.
Estimated coastline within Europe only. Includes marginal seas such as the Mediterranean.
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There are 9 sovereign nations that start with the letter E. Try to name as many as you can! And no, England is not one of them.
With the first letter as a hint.
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80 Comments
Quizmaster
+8
Level ∞
Apr 18, 2019
Redid the quiz to use our new and better source, but with some modifications to remove non-European coastlines.
protector441
+1
Level 48
Jun 16, 2023
It needs to be updated. Your original research on the link ranks Spain higher than Finland.
Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
Jun 16, 2023
Some of Spain's coastline is not in Europe. I'll leave it as an exercise to the reader to guess which part.
SeekerSpock1
+49
Level 82
Apr 18, 2019
Croatia got the short end of the stick from that new source.
DavidClaro
+4
Level 60
Apr 19, 2019
Is Iceland on the European continent?
Quizmaster
+40
Level ∞
Apr 19, 2019
They are IN the continent of Europe.
grantdon
+9
Level 74
Mar 2, 2021
They are a European island, much like Cyprus is an Asian one...
Koopa
+6
Level 87
Jan 10, 2022
Cyprus might be Asian on this site, but it's a European country (hence its entry into the European Union, among other things).
grantdon
+1
Level 74
Apr 23, 2025
Geographically, Cyprus is much closer to continental Asia, EU is a political/economic entity not a geographic one. It's debatable whether Cyprus has closer economic and cultural ties to Greece or Turkey, but that's irrelevant. Lebanon or Israel would also be closer culturally to Mediterranean Europe than China, but no-one is arguing that Lebanon is on Europe...
QuizApe
+9
Level 71
Jan 10, 2022
Tectonic plates don’t define continents. Continents are made-up boundaries.
Tyacke
+2
Level 59
Sep 30, 2020
No. Neither is the UK, Ireland or Malta.
Trombone
+18
Level 60
May 13, 2021
what
CaoMaru
+3
Level 49
Jan 10, 2022
Strictly speaking, no islands are ON the European continent, but many (including Iceland) are considered part of Europe as A continent.
FSLiudger
+2
Level 60
Feb 10, 2022
It's usually considered to be in the European Continent, while some might say that its not entirely in the European Continent, because it is located on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Jonasu
+1
Level 28
Nov 8, 2022
Its also heavily influenced by the Scandinavian countries, so its only natural to classify it as European.
kalbahamut
+27
Level 80
Apr 19, 2019
yeah what happened to Croatia? Must be a very different way of figuring. They used to be top 20 in the world and now they're not even top 10 in Europe.
Milezinator
+33
Level 71
Apr 25, 2019
Unfortunately, the coastline paradox makes it so that no answer is truly the right one.
stusum
+3
Level 64
Jan 10, 2022
True. But you would be crazy to suggest that Singapore has anything but a lot less of a coastline that the USA.
HinesBrothers
+7
Level 77
Apr 30, 2019
Croatia?
MichaelPeblo
+5
Level 45
Jan 29, 2021
Smol.
darren1967
+22
Level 18
Jun 2, 2019
Really expected Spain to be on this list.
zakatan
+4
Level 65
Jun 11, 2019
The lack of significant fjords seems to hurt. Also, there's a large portion of coastline taken by Portugal
penguinbear
+1
Level 32
Jun 3, 2020
same
HabKey31
+3
Level 23
Jan 22, 2021
if you check the source, it does list Spain above Finland
wiifly
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Level 63
Jan 11, 2022
That uses all of Spain’s coastline though, such as the Canary Islands, whereas this quiz only includes European Spain, which puts it below Finland
Klavitoo
+6
Level 21
Jun 11, 2019
Coastline paradox
Pharley
+1
Level 75
Jun 11, 2019
"Name the countries that have the largest coastline in the continent of Europe." Longest, surely?
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Jun 12, 2019
Yes, of course. Fixed.
abalaji
+4
Level 36
Dec 26, 2019
Why isn't there Canada???
Capuchinho4
+14
Level 45
Jan 5, 2020
This is Europe, Canadá is from North America
GeoNat
+3
Level 55
Oct 2, 2023
That's what they want you to think
Rassy8
+2
Level 65
Jan 14, 2020
Croatia?
penguinbear
+2
Level 32
Jun 3, 2020
all but russia :(
garcogait
+3
Level 67
Jun 17, 2020
how is croatia or ireland not on this list?
GeographyWonk
+2
Level 55
Dec 22, 2021
They are too small to have such a longer coastline than others to be on the top 10 list.
emily56freeman56
+5
Level 45
Jul 15, 2020
like everybody suprised about the lack of croatia on this list, croatias claim to fame
Jealous1sEnvy
+1
Level 91
Oct 21, 2020
Can anyone explain how Norway has a longer coastline than Russia?
PjotrL
+4
Level 78
Oct 21, 2020
Fjords. The new source also only takes the European part of Russia's coastline.
FlyingG
+2
Level 69
Oct 21, 2020
Norway actually has the second longest in the world due to fjord, only behind Canada.
filiphoset
+3
Level 63
Feb 28, 2021
We have 1190 fjords
evileve
+18
Level 38
Jun 2, 2021
it's a fjord fiesta
EliotSkyrll
+2
Level 55
Nov 26, 2020
but... Coastline paradox
Prakash14
+2
Level 56
Dec 3, 2020
Spain has a longer coastline than France within Europe is the Belaric sea the culprit?
aboajaka
+1
Level 44
Jan 26, 2021
As a Swede im offended. The total length of our coast is 48000 km if islands are counted. But i guess its hard to obtain exact measurements for all countries.
aboajaka
+5
Level 44
Jan 26, 2021
Ok, im not really offended
bb11145
+3
Level 46
Mar 8, 2021
Spain??? 4964 km according to my source.
y4r4
+1
Level 41
Mar 11, 2021
not trying to brag but i got 10/10 with 0:49 left
Yanni47
+3
Level 79
Mar 31, 2021
0:51 left.
selectL0L
+1
Level 60
Oct 6, 2022
1:08
hahaha4315
+1
Level 61
Feb 4, 2024
I'm also not trying to brag, but i got none
Xoocit
+3
Level 55
May 24, 2021
How on earth did I forget Russia?
TarhalanS
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Level 51
Jun 6, 2021
I never remember Russia, because in my mind it's part of Asia not Europe...
nonjjmhnjmkjnjmk
+3
Level 32
Jul 28, 2021
HOW ON EARTH DID I FORGET ABOUT PIZZA BOI
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 77
Jan 10, 2022
!!!
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 77
Aug 14, 2021
Got Iceland with 4 seconds remaining
GeographyWonk
+1
Level 55
Dec 22, 2021
The source shows that Spain has a coastline of 5010 KM? So it must be in top, right?
stylus
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Level 79
Jan 10, 2022
when in the caveats it says ‘coastline within europe only’ is that including greenland?
Smoogle04
+2
Level 27
Jan 11, 2022
No, Greenland is in North America
Alacave
+1
Level 55
Jan 10, 2022
Full set with 1.01min remaining.
Fabio011
+1
Level 46
Jan 10, 2022
Too easy
Holela
+1
Level 59
Feb 10, 2022
jojo mysli si cype
bostjan
+1
Level 71
Jan 10, 2022
Coastline paradox = this is necessarily not entirely objective. Still got them all anyway, so maybe there is some shared subjectivity. :)
kitshef
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Level 87
Jan 10, 2022
Iceland appears to include the North American portion of the coastline.
Geografen
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Level 70
Jan 10, 2022
Iceland is in Europe.
EvanAviator
+2
Level 61
Jan 10, 2022
when has iceland ever been considered to be in north america, and how could an island be in both continents?
QRU
+1
Level 75
Feb 10, 2022
If you take plates as the deciding factor for continents, an island like Iceland, that sits on two plates, could be seen as belonging to two continents.
Holela
+2
Level 59
Feb 10, 2022
Ukraine and black sea?
selectL0L
+1
Level 60
Oct 6, 2022
Ukraine doesn't have that large of a coastline compared to the massive coasts of western and northern Europe
Rumreisender
+1
Level 46
Feb 10, 2022
Croatia has more than 6000 km?!
Kenneth3748
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Level 52
Feb 14, 2022
there is no way italy has less than greece, spain isnt here, and russia isnt #1. European part of russia isnt russia, european countries has russia so it should count all of russia.
ManicPixie
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Level 55
Aug 13, 2023
Isn't measuring and comparing the sizes of coastlines practically impossible because of the coastline paradox? Because even if you use the same units (10m, 100m, 1km, etc), there are some bits that will inevitably be missed, like small coasts
tawhio19
+1
Level 51
Aug 24, 2023
Got Iceland with ones second to spare
Elliott999
+1
Level 18
Oct 20, 2023
56 seconds to go
geographylover05
+1
Level 40
Dec 13, 2023
How is spain not on here??
Slothuu
+1
Level 21
Feb 20, 2024
I'm so embarrassed because I didn't guess Italy...
dwelch112
+1
Level 68
Mar 1, 2024
This quiz is horrible. Spain for sure should be on here.
loshy
+1
Level 52
Mar 22, 2024
Coastline paradox??
ColinShadow
+1
Level 55
Oct 29, 2024
I nearly missed Iceland....
ThrowingAmanda
+1
Level 24
Apr 16, 2025
I got everything but Iceland. I just didn’t think about it…
RoboquizM86
+1
Level 59
Sep 16, 2025
Wow got them all!
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