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Most Triangular Countries

Which countries have the most triangular shape?
Quiz by alejandromateoc
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Last updated: December 4, 2022
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First submittedDecember 4, 2022
Times taken538
Average score30.0%
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Triangularity
Continent
Country
0.918672
North America
Nicaragua
0.913202
Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.907920
Africa
Namibia
0.899915
Africa
Mauritania
0.898253
South America
Bolivia
0.897231
Asia
Bhutan
0.896619
Asia
Sri Lanka
0.892064
North America
Barbados
0.889655
Africa
Botswana
0.889356
North America
Dominican Republic
Triangularity
Continent
Country
0.888404
South America
Argentina
0.887851
Africa
Algeria
0.887847
Europe
Andorra
0.886588
Europe
Belarus
0.885393
North America
Saint Lucia
0.883835
Asia
Mongolia
0.883464
Europe
Finland
0.883226
Asia
East Timor
0.882420
Europe
Lithuania
0.880991
Europe
Spain
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Level 58
Dec 8, 2022
:)
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Level 69
Mar 1, 2023
IMO, the source this quiz is based upon has methodological issues. The fact that 143 countries have higher than a .8 on the 'how triangle is it' scale leads to very little variability in the 'correct' answers. (Not to mention that wholly 140 countries are ALL in the .8 range; only 3 are above .9. So there's so minimal variation as to be pretty meaningless, imo.)

I'm definitely not going to work out the math myself, but I wonder if taking each of those triangles overlaying countries and calculating the absolute distance from actual boarders to triangle boarders would provide a better measure of 'triangleness.' No idea how to do that, but I'm more of a math person than a geospatial person. Anyway... my two cents.

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Level 70
Mar 1, 2023
I expected India to be there, it looks like a triangle to me :D