Five Closest Countries by Sea (relessness version)

Name the five closest countries to the following seas.
Don't forget to try out the other half this quiz, by Jerry928!
Left distances are in miles, right distances are in kilometres.
Thanks to scambigol for the idea.
Quiz by relessness
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Last updated: December 17, 2014
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Irish Sea
0
Ireland
0
0
United Kingdom
0
213
France
342
275
Belgium
443
294
Netherlands
472
 
 
 
Tyrrhenian Sea
0
Italy
0
0
France
0
13
Vatican City
21
71
Tunisia
115
105
San Marino
168
Timor Sea
0
Australia
0
0
East Timor
0
0
Indonesia
0
665
Papua New Guinea
1070
974
Philippines
1568
 
 
 
Balearic Sea
0
Spain
0
39
France
62
76
Andorra
122
147
Italy
237
215
Algeria
345
Labrador Sea
0
Canada
0
534
United States
859
739
Iceland
1190
1307
United Kingdom
2103
1321
Ireland
2125
 
 
 
Kara Sea
0
Russia
0
571
Norway
920
637
Finland
1025
752
Kazakhstan
1210
790
Sweden
1272
Sibuyan Sea
0
Philippines
0
467
Malaysia
753
556
Taiwan
894
597
Indonesia
961
674
Brunei
1085
 
 
 
Dead Sea
0
Israel
0
0
Jordan
0
60
Syria
96
68
Egypt
110
84
Saudi Arabia
136
14 Comments
+3
Level 91
Dec 17, 2014
Nice quiz. The miles distance for Italy with Balearic Sea is off.
+4
Level 77
Dec 17, 2014
Thanks for mentioning me! Good choice of seas!
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Level 73
Feb 22, 2015
Great quiz. I really like you "5 closest to:" series. A question about the Kara Sea. Would Canada not be closer than Kazakhstan if you go "over the top"? Ellesmere Island extends pretty far north assuming you measure from the most northerly boundary of Kara Sea.
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Level 74
Dec 7, 2021
I also thought 'over the top' for Canada and Greenland (Denmark) might have worked
+2
Level 75
Aug 3, 2016
How sweet of Relly and Jerry working together-ish :-)
+2
Level 36
Feb 4, 2017
Dead Sea is actually a lake, not the sea. Just mentioning, nice quiz.
+2
Level 89
Jun 18, 2018
This is a great quiz to be featured.
+1
Level 36
Jun 24, 2018
^ Totally agree! - It's a great quiz, really puts the noodle to work!
+1
Level 71
May 27, 2019
could ve used a little bit more time, but you actually had time to think and look at the categories and not spamming countries.
+2
Level 63
Aug 15, 2021
Bloody hell, you really need to accept 'RoC' as a type-in for Taiwan. I thought I'd already guessed it, and kept frantically searching for other countries it could possibly be.
+2
Level 70
Dec 6, 2022
Problem is that RoC is also Republic of Congo.
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Level 61
Nov 12, 2023
It usually is accepted. RoC is almost never used for Congo because it's used for Republic of China (Taiwan).
+1
Level 50
Apr 19, 2022
Hi great quiz, just wanna say that the source link doesn't work for me
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Level 70
Apr 20, 2022
Great quiz. Would be better if overseas territories are included.