Countries Closest to the US (including its territories)

Which countries are closest to the United States including its inhabited territories?
Excludes uninhabited islands
Countries in red do not appear in the Countries of the World quiz, but appear in the the Countries 197 to 205 quiz
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km
country
miles
0
Canada
0
0
Mexico
0
44
Russia
26
61
Dominican Republic
38
67
Samoa
42
85
Bahamas
53
140
Netherlands, at Saba
87
150
Cuba
93
154
France, at St Martin
95
155
Sint Maarten
96
185
St Kitts and Nevis
115
292
Antigua and Barbuda
181
399
Haiti
248
407
Dominica
253
519
Niue
323
561
St Lucia
348
577
Tonga
359
607
St Vincent and the Grenadines
377
651
Curaçao
405
665
Venezuela
413
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Level 76
Sep 6, 2014
Nearest misses: Fiji, Belize, Honduras.
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Level 76
Nov 9, 2014
Updated; with nearest misses now Aruba and Grenada. Some explanation follows: (1) There are four countries that comprise the Kingdom of the Netherlands: Sint Maarten, Aruba, Curaçao and the country of the Netherlands. The country of the Netherlands in turn consists of the part in mainland Europe, and also three Caribbean islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba. (2) The French Caribbean islands are the departments of Martinique and Guadeloupe, and the collectivities of St Martin and St Barthélemy, which all have the same status as regions of metropolitan (ie European) France and so are effectively not territories but a part of France proper. Hence the closest island is listed under the heading "France".
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Level 73
Oct 31, 2014
how come venezuela and colombia can be closer than all the central america countries ?
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Level 76
Oct 31, 2014
Maybe Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands are further east than you had imagined?
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Level 86
Nov 7, 2014
If you include the U.S.'s territories, shouldn't you also include other nations' territories? British Virgin Islands, St. Pierre et Miquelon, etc etc.
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Level 76
Nov 7, 2014
Nope, that would be Countries (and their Territories) Closest to the US (and Its Territories) - I'll let you know if I do that one :)
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Level 43
Nov 8, 2014
fair enough but martinique and guadeloupe are not territories of france, but rather departments, equivalent in status to alaska or hawaii, and they are definitely less than 800km away from the u.s. virgin islands.
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Level 76
Nov 9, 2014
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Level 57
Feb 4, 2015
Isn't the U.K Virgin Islands close to Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands. I think UK should be on this quiz.
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Level 76
Feb 4, 2015
See the comment immediately above your one! There's another quiz, that includes territories, that covers your situation.
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Level 27
Feb 6, 2015
Isn't Sint Maarten part of the Netherlands? It's not a country on other quizzes on jetpunk.
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Level 76
Feb 6, 2015
Sint Maarten has been a country since 2010 when the nation of Netherlands Antilles, of which it had ben a part, dissolved. See the 2nd comment from the top, posted Nov 9 2014, which gives more detail.
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Level 47
Sep 24, 2016
That's just confusing. In the USA, it is simple: A country is automatically independent. If it is not independent, it is not a country.
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Level 25
Apr 20, 2015
Russia is only 2 miles (3 kilometers) away from the US because of the islands of Big Diomede (owned by Russia) and Little Diomede (owned by the US) which lie in between the two countries in the Bering Strait.
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Level 76
Apr 22, 2015
The instructions say "excludes uninhabited islands"! Hence the greater distance from (inhabited) Little Diomede Island and the Russian mainland.
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Level 80
Jul 12, 2016
Would Guatanamo Bay, put Cuba at 0 miles away is this quiz?
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Level 76
Jul 12, 2016
The lease of Guantanamo Bay to the US specifies that its land remains Cuban territory.
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Level 37
May 2, 2019
Curacao, but not Aruba? Cuba, but not Jamaica?