Countries Furthest from the US's 48 Contiguous States
The 48 contiguous US states are all the country's states excluding Alaska and Hawaii, because they can only be reached from the other 48 by transiting Canada, or by sea. Which countries lie furthest from the contiguous United States?
We were going to call them the "Lower 48" but realised that those 48 are actually Upper, not Lower, relative to Hawaii
The number given is the closest distance between that country and the US
There are some unexpected inclusions and omissions because the distances are measured across a globe, and many shortest distances actually pass through the Arctic. We confirm that the following countries all miss out, being closer to the US than the 20 answers above: Laos, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan; Vietnam, Philippines, Palau, Indonesia; Oman, Yemen, Qatar, Saudi Arabia; Zambia, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti, Namibia and Uganda.
Even Cyprus wouldn't do a thing like that.
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