Uk coastline?
what is the total length of the uk - England, Scotland, Wales coastline?
Answers:
The length of the UK coastline is around 12,500 km or 7,760 miles, which is long compared to the coastline of Italy (7,600 km), Spain (4964 km) or France (3427 km). The reason is that the UK is a nation covering more than 1000 islands, resulting in an extensive coastline. In comparison, Greece, which also has a large number of islands, has a coastline of around 13,600 km, even longer than the UK's coastline. Note that the measurement of any coastline is subject to variation depending upon the scale of map used and should be taken as an approximation only.
The smaller the map scale and the smaller the ruler will result in more detail being revealed and thus a greater length. A coastline is also a fractal — which roughly means that it is self similar — the closer the observer looks, so more and more detailed is revealed leading to a greater overall length.)
This is a trick question. It depends on how small of a measurement you use. The smaller you use, the longer it gets, due to rounding error.
about 8,000 miles
Its exactly 1 UKC
Where a UKC is the unit of distance standardised by the lenght around the UK coastline
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Answers:
The length of the UK coastline is around 12,500 km or 7,760 miles, which is long compared to the coastline of Italy (7,600 km), Spain (4964 km) or France (3427 km). The reason is that the UK is a nation covering more than 1000 islands, resulting in an extensive coastline. In comparison, Greece, which also has a large number of islands, has a coastline of around 13,600 km, even longer than the UK's coastline. Note that the measurement of any coastline is subject to variation depending upon the scale of map used and should be taken as an approximation only.
The smaller the map scale and the smaller the ruler will result in more detail being revealed and thus a greater length. A coastline is also a fractal — which roughly means that it is self similar — the closer the observer looks, so more and more detailed is revealed leading to a greater overall length.)
This is a trick question. It depends on how small of a measurement you use. The smaller you use, the longer it gets, due to rounding error.
about 8,000 miles
Its exactly 1 UKC
Where a UKC is the unit of distance standardised by the lenght around the UK coastline
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