Translated for GBoR Danish verision 1995:
There are 319 national boundaries in the world. The continent
with the most is Africa, having 109. Of the approximately 420 coast
boundaries, are only 140 recognized. Number of borders compared to the
countries' size are greatest in Europe.
The border being crossed most frequently is the 3110 km
border between Mexico and USA, which from 1st October 1992 to 30th September was
crossed by 452.567.133 people.
The countrie with the most borders are China, bordering 16
countries: Mongolia, Russia, N. Korea, Hong Kong, Macao, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar
(Burma), India, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and
Kazakstan. The border line is in total 24.000 km.
Indonesia has the most coast boundaries, 19, while the
longest coast boundry is 2697 km between Greenland and Canada.
The world's longest unbroken border is the 6416 km border
between Canada and USA, including The Great Lakes, but excluding the 2457 km
border between Alaska and Canada.
The longest land border is between Chile and Argentina
stretching 5255 km.
The border line between Gibraltar and Spain by La Linea,
that was closed in 1969 and reopened in februar 1985, is only 1,53 km. The
Vatican's border line in Rome is 4,07 km.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 7:42
PM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Guinness Book of
Records
Just wondering:
would the Guinness Book of Records have
anything one borders?
If so, they could have:
- the shortest border
(could that be Gibraltar?)
- the longest b. (China?)
- the busiest b.
(US/Mexico?)
- the non-busiest b. (Korea's?)
- most countries visisted
and most b. crossed (?)
Who can confirm that Guinness has
borders?
(I admit, I could go to the library tomorrow-evening, but in
this way the
whole of BP can enjoy!)
gl
Harry ten
Veen
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