List of countries bordering on two or more oceans

This is a list of countries which border two or more oceans, including both sovereign states and dependencies, provided the same contiguous territory borders on more than one of the five named oceans, the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic.[1] Countries which border on multiple oceans because of discontiguous regions are excluded here but included in the list of transcontinental countries.

List
Continent Country Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Polar Oceans Oceans Trans-oceanic connection
Africa  South Africa South Atlantic Indian Ocean Southern Ocean 2 or 3[lower-alpha 1] Cape of Good Hope
Africa & Asia  Egypt Mediterranean Sea Red Sea 2 Suez Canal
Asia  Israel Mediterranean Sea Red Sea 2 High-speed railway to Eilat (proposed)
Asia  Thailand Gulf of Thailand Andaman Sea 2 Kra Canal (proposed)
Asia  Malaysia South China Sea Andaman Sea 2 Strait of Malacca
Asia & Australia/Oceania  Indonesia Pacific Ocean Indian Ocean 2 Strait of Malacca
Asia  East Timor Savu Sea, Flores Sea Timor Sea 2
Asia & Europe  Russia North Pacific Black Sea
Baltic Sea		 Arctic Ocean 3 Trans-Siberian Railway
Europe  Norway Norwegian Sea Barents Sea 2
North America  Greenland[lower-alpha 2] North Atlantic Arctic Ocean 2
North America  Canada North Pacific North Atlantic Arctic Ocean 3 Canadian Pacific Railway
North America  US (Alaska) North Pacific Arctic Ocean 2[lower-alpha 3] Trans-Alaska Pipeline
North America  US (Lower 48) North Pacific North Atlantic 2[lower-alpha 3] First Transcontinental Railroad
North America  Mexico Pacific Ocean Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Sea		 2 Tehuantepec route
North America  Guatemala Pacific Ocean Gulf of Honduras 2
North America  Honduras Gulf of Fonseca Caribbean Sea 2
North America  Nicaragua Pacific Ocean Caribbean Sea 2 Nicaragua Canal (proposed)
North America  Costa Rica Pacific Ocean Caribbean Sea 2
North America &
South America[lower-alpha 4]		  Panama Gulf of Panama Caribbean Sea 2 Panama Canal
South America  Colombia Pacific Ocean Caribbean Sea 2
South America  Chile South Pacific Strait of Magellan Southern Ocean 2 or 3[lower-alpha 5]
South America  Argentina Strait of Magellan South Atlantic Drake Passage 2 or 3[lower-alpha 6]
Australia/Oceania  Australia South Pacific Indian Ocean Southern Ocean 2 or 3[lower-alpha 7] Indian Pacific
Antarctica South Pacific South Atlantic Indian Ocean Southern Ocean 1 or 3[lower-alpha 8] Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
  1. South Africa borders on three oceans if the Southern Ocean is considered to extend to its shores, but only on two otherwise.
  2. Greenland is part of Denmark.
  3. Although Alaska and the Lower 48 each border on two oceans, no single contiguous US territory borders on three oceans.
  4. The boundary between North and South America is somewhat arbitrary. Although atlases today generally show Panama entirely within North America, some atlases showed the continental boundary along the Panama Canal. Furthermore, some 19th century atlases even showed the continental boundary along the border between Costa Rica and Panama, which was then part of Gran Colombia.
  5. Chile borders on three oceans if the Southern and Atlantic Oceans are considered to meet in its territory, but only on two otherwise.
  6. Argentina borders on three oceans if the Drake Passage and Strait of Magellan is counted as part of the Southern Ocean, but only on one if it is considered part of the South Pacific and the South Atlantic.
  7. Australia borders on three oceans if the Southern Ocean is considered to extend that far north, but only on two otherwise.
  8. Antarctica is included on this list although not a country. If the Southern ocean is considered a separate ocean, it borders on only that one ocean. If, however, the Southern Ocean is considered to be merely part of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans, Antarctica borders on all three.

See also

References
  1. "How many oceans are there?". National Ocean Service. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
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