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Islands by Nearest Mainland Country

For each selected island, name the country whose territory on the mainland is nearest.
Answer must correspond to yellow box!
One answer is used twice
Quiz by Quizmaster
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Last updated: February 24, 2017
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First submittedJanuary 12, 2017
Times taken20,820
Average score80.0%
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km
Island
Country
33
Great Britain
France
770
Greenland
Canada
128
Taiwan
China
1
Singapore
Malaysia
86
Sri Lanka
India
248
Malta
Italy
974
Iceland
Norway
1096
Bermuda
United States
22
Bahrain
Saudi Arabia
18
Rhodes
Turkey
km
Island
Country
499
West Falkland
Argentina
15
Trinidad
Venezuela
70
Cyprus
Turkey
307
Tenerife
Morocco
624
Jamaica
Honduras or Nicaragua
210
Cuba
Mexico
180
Honshu
South Korea
234
Socotra
Somalia
417
Madagascar
Mozambique
714
Attu
Russia
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Level 71
Jan 12, 2017
This was really cool! Only one I had no idea on was Attu, but I got it on my 2nd guess just by playing probabilities. One issue though, is that apparently Nicaragua is acceptable for Jamaica, but isn't being accepted, only Honduras.
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Level 85
Jan 12, 2017
It looks to me like mainland Honduras beats out mainland Nicaragua by about 500m.
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Level 85
Jan 12, 2017
"Mainland" means excluding Isla San Pio.
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Level 71
Jan 13, 2017
You're probably right, but given that the point jutting farthest out into the ocean is bisected by the border, I can understand the quiz-maker giving both answers, even if Jamaica being marginally north of that line makes a small difference.
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Level ∞
Jan 12, 2017
Nicaragua will work now.
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Level 85
Jan 12, 2017
Using Google Earth, I get Cyprus about 70 km from Turkey.
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Level 77
Jan 13, 2017
I got about 80km to Turkey and 100km to Syria. But yeah.
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Level 92
Jan 13, 2017
I get just under 70 km from Cape Kormakitis in Cyprus to the Anamur Feneri Lighthouse in Turkey.
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Level ∞
Feb 24, 2017
Fixed.
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Level 77
Jan 13, 2017
Never heard of Socotra before.
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Level 83
Jan 13, 2017
I'd heard of it because for some reason it was marked in big letters on my "Jigsaw map of Asia".
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Level 71
Jan 13, 2017
It's a very unique landscape- nothing like most other places on Earth. It literally looks alien.
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Level 72
Jan 16, 2017
Nor me. Attu was new to me as well.
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Level 60
Aug 21, 2020
I knew Attu from my WW2 history. Along with neighboring island of Kiska, it was the only US state territory occupied by Japanese during WW2.
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Level 60
Feb 24, 2017
Socotra looks awesome, google it and look at some pictures.
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Level 24
Apr 4, 2017
It's part of Yemen
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Level 77
Jan 13, 2017
Great one!
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Level 71
Feb 7, 2017
This quiz caught my attention so much that I made a related (and even more difficult) version here.

I would love feedback and suggestions on it!

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Level 63
Feb 24, 2017
Is Tenerife closer to Morocco proper than Western Sahara? If not, please then at least accept Western Sahara as a fill in
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Level 63
Feb 24, 2017
"country"
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Level 58
Feb 24, 2017
Umm I'm pretty sure Iceland is closer to the UK. I flew from the former to the latter in like two hours...
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Level 59
Feb 24, 2017
But UK is not a mainland country. it itself is an island nation.
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Level 56
Feb 24, 2017
I was a bit surprised to see the Finnish island of Attu here, but turns out there is an equally obscure Attu in Alaska.
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Level 57
Feb 24, 2017
Not that obscure if you're into war history - Attu was the site of the only land battle fought on US soil in WWII.
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Level 43
Feb 24, 2017
Bahrain should accept Qatar, due to the Hamar islands which are very close to Qatar, closer than Bahrain is to Saudi Arabia.
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Level 43
Feb 24, 2017
Not accept, be.
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Level 43
Feb 24, 2017
*Hawar, sorry
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Level 88
Feb 24, 2017
The quiz asks which mainland country is closest to the island of Bahrain, not the country of Bahrain, which includes several other islands.
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Level 66
May 26, 2019
there is an edit button, you can correct your message for an hour.
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Level 58
Feb 24, 2017
Cuba is about1500 miles from Mexico. It is only 90 miles from the Florida Coast (United States)
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Level ∞
Feb 24, 2017
Look at a map!
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Level 75
Feb 24, 2017
I think your info is referring to Mexico City, not the country.
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Level 37
Feb 24, 2017
Sharon NA: AMEN to that!

Additionally, if Ireland is considered an island and no main land, then neither is the united Kingdom mainland, as they are both islands!

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Level 66
May 26, 2019
um.... that is exactly the case.... uk is not mainland... I dont see how you could think that it is.
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Level 35
Feb 24, 2017
Never even heard of honshu and got it right cause it sounds japanese
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Level 75
Feb 25, 2017
I guess my central american geography ain't no good ;(
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Level 68
Feb 26, 2017
Great quiz, got them all with 4 seconds remaining!
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Level 61
Mar 1, 2017
I was about to go on a rant about Ireland not being a part of the UK, but then I saw mainland.
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Level 44
Mar 3, 2017
I've never heard of Attu before
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Level 58
Mar 6, 2017
Neither did I. Got it by thinking "I'm at the last one now and surely they would have put Russia in there somewhere"
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Level 72
Apr 23, 2018
Cuba is way Closer to the US than Mexico.
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Level 84
Jul 6, 2018
Cuba is *not* closer to the US than Mexico. FTFY
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Level 60
Aug 18, 2020
So I thought, but looking on Google maps, the Parque Nacional Guanahacabibes seems to put the mexican mainland within questionable range as opposed to the floridian mainland(not Key West).
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Level 40
Jan 9, 2019
i got stuck on attu but eventually i got it
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Level 68
Dec 14, 2019
Note to self : When you have no clue what the answer might be , or when anything else fails ...just type Russia.
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Level 47
Mar 17, 2021
This is so wrong
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Level 64
Apr 24, 2023
Excited to see Attu on here, I have a map of the island on my wall at home. They get some really nice Karman vortices there.
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Level 68
Nov 24, 2023
Easy, 20/20 with lots of time left.