What landlocked country has the shortest distance to the sea?

me07	Swaziland has the shortest distance to the sea (193 km). Aug 09 07, 6:58 PM

author

The answer is not correct. Aug 09 07, 7:11 PM

pennie1478

According to this site it looks as if me07 is correct: www.unctad.org/templates/Download.asp?docid=6050&lang=1&intItemID=3633 Aug 09 07, 7:28 PM

TSAGod

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is 77 km away from the sea, one less than Serbia. www.tanzaniagateway.org/docs/The_Challenges_Facing_Landlocked_Developing_Countries.pdf Aug 09 07, 7:36 PM

TSAGod

The other list only shows "developing" nations, ignoring former Yugoslavia. Macedonia is 77km away, and here is the actual link. www.osce.org/item/25181.html?ch=910 Aug 09 07, 7:40 PM

talbotbruno

Would you be prepared to accept the Vatican state as a country? If so, it's closer to the sea than Macedonia. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108136.html http://www.ostia-antica.org/fulltext/starke/starke.htm PT Aug 10 07, 6:53 AM

author

The answers are still not correct. Aug 12 07, 11:19 AM

queproblema

How about The Most Serene Republic of San Marino (Italian: Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino) then, ten miles from the Adriatic Sea? http://www.travel-tidbits.com/tidbits/002512.shtml Also, Wikipedia has an interesting article on the history of San Marino. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_San_Marino Aug 12 07, 4:13 PM

author

If you look at a map of Europe, you would see that Moldova is probably a good candidate. Aug 13 07, 6:20 AM

Baloo55th

Depends on whether that water by Bilhorod is a lake, an estuary or a sea inlet. Can't tell on my atlas. Looking at Wikipedia, there's a railway line running across the Black Sea end of it, so I would suppose it counts as an estuary (of the Dnister) or a lake. There are other bar enclosed lakes on the coast nearby. If it is an estuary, then Moldova is about 50 km from the sea - further than San Marino. Aug 13 07, 1:14 PM

queproblema

That's what I wondered, too, Baloo. This map and another one I can't find now, shows it as a lake--but it's not labelled. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/commonwealth/moldova_rel93.jpg That railroad could be over a span, though. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/commonwealth/dfnsindust-moldova.jpg The 1999 National Geographic Atlas shows it as an inlet on plate 69. But look at this! It says the closest distance to the sea is 170 km. Doesn't make sense. http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:aAS6XA8NpmEJ:www.unctad.org/sections/ldc_dir/docs//lldc-mol.pdf+moldova+distance+from+sea&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us Aug 13 07, 4:14 PM

author

Moldova is a landlocked country. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landlocked_countries Its distance to the Black Sea is about 40 km, which makes San Marino the better candidate with just 10 km. Aug 13 07, 5:26 PM