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[โ€“] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Semi related: There's a cool rabbit hole you can dive into when it comes to coastline lengths of some countries. Specifically the UK.

Depending on who measured the coastline and with which method the results can be wildly different because there's always some form of simplification required. See this video for example: Link

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Try Canada on for size.