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Straight Shot to the Arctic Circle
Name all the countries in the world that are either inside the Arctic Circle, or can reach it by sailing due north and not hitting any other country on the way.
We start at the Prime Meridian and move eastward, but each country is shown only once
This quiz should now be correct. I changed it from Arctic Ocean to Arctic Circle since there are different definitions of what constitutes the Arctic Ocean.
Some notes:
There is no space between Alaska and Russia that is not blocked by St. Lawrence Island
No, Senegal is not blocked by Morocco. The western coast of Dakar is at -17.527W, while that of Morocco is -17.109W, which makes Senegal a 0.4W slip off. But it is still blocked by Iceland.
Yeah, Senegal is defnitely not blocked entirely by neither Morrocco nor Mauritania. Not that it matters because Iceland exists, Senegal is still the westernmost country in (mainland) Africa
Cool, next you should update it so it's all countries with a straight shot or are in the Arctic Circle, and also former territories of countries with a straight shot or in the Arctic Circle.
I guess yeah, I'd understand if it was an overseas territory (such as Greenland) - But both Alaska & the Canaries ARE USA & Spain, not overseas regions, so yeah either both or none!
The top right side of Iceland BARELY misses the arctic circle. Checked, and Iceland's northernmost point is the island of Grimsey, which puts the country just within the Arctic Circle by a tiny margin.
For now. The Arctic Circle is moving northwards at a rather speedy 15m per annum as the Earth's axial tilt reduces. As such Iceland has only about 30 more years of being an Arctic country.
There is a tiny piece of Scotland above 60 degrees north, which puts the UK in an exclusive club of 9 countries with territory within that circle (60N, not the Arctic Circle). The northernmost part of Britain is further north than the southernmost part of Greenland.
Just missed Cape Verde, I knew there should probably be an African island country but I often get them mixed up so I tried Comoros, Seychelles, and Sao Tome but not the one I needed
If you draw a straight line from -13.84059, -172.10793 to 62.20976, 5.22376, it will hit no land. I checked this with google maps which means Samoa should be here.
Some notes:
The mainland of Iceland squeaked inside the Arctic Circle 50 years IIRC.