In recognition of the earlier fall harvests to our north, Canada celebrates Thanksgiving a month ahead of the US. As a result, Canada’s Thanksgiving coincides with our Columbus Day. So Happy Holiday to folks on both sides of the border, even if you have to work! 🙂
Canada, which is on our minds this week as we get ready for the big conference in Vancouver, is especially significant to our offshore scholars because of its long coastline, by far the longest of any nation (see below and this slightly different Wiki ranking). 80% of the world’s nations have coastlines bordering an open sea, and about 1/3 of all nations have an existing or planned offshore oil and gas program.
Bud's Offshore Energy (BOE) 
G’day Bud,
Interesting that Greenland isn’t mentioned in this top ten either as part of Denmark or on it’s own.
Even alowing for the skewed projection here, the largest island on Earth must have a significant coastline, particularly if fjords are measured with any precision.
I presume no nation’s Antarctic territorial claims were included 🙂
Cheerio,
Ben
Ben,
Good catch. The Wiki list has Greenland ranked third, but for some reason Greenland is not listed on the pictured (MapsOfTheWorld.com) top ten.
Yeah, it looks like they punted on Antarctica 🙂