Besides the United States, what country borders three oceans?

peasypod

Australia borders the Pacific Ocean in the east, the Indian Ocean in the west, and the Southern Ocean. Dec 01 06, 6:53 PM

zh1322

Also, Canada -- Artic, Atlantic, Pacific Dec 01 06, 6:56 PM

author

Chile borders the Atlantic, Pacific and Southern Oceans. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/maps/map_country_chile.html Dec 01 06, 7:46 PM

zbeckabee

According to Steveisms... "There are only two countries that border three oceans. America, Canada and Russia." Well, I thought it was hysterical. http://www.gogoplanet.com/steveisms.html Dec 01 06, 10:47 PM

mdshort

The answer is Canada. I had this question in a pub quiz on the weekend. Being an Aussie, I naturally put down Australia as I had assumed that Australia bordered the Southern Ocean. After some investigation, I've realised that was mistaken. According to the current edition of the International Hydrographic Organisation, there is no Southern Ocean. The IHO has sought to ammend its nomenclature to include the Southern Ocean but to limit it to those waters south of 60 degrees latitude (Australia has issued a reservation to that limit). Ratification awaits resolution of this, and other, dispute(s). Thus, as it stands, formally speaking, there is no stretch of water defined at the Southern Ocean for any of these countries to border. Once a definition is ratified, there will be one but it will only border Antarctica - and no country has any undisputed sovereignty over that piece of land (YET!!) Apr 14 09, 6:04 AM