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by lotsofpulp 2244 days ago
Why? UK includes Scotland, and you can easily go 600+ miles from a point in northern Scotland to southern England. Even in England, Liverpool is 200+ miles from London, and there are farther places in England.
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xeromal 2244 days ago
Yeah, I think it's just someone from the US thinking in their terms. Florida is 447 miles itself.
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irrational 2244 days ago
600 miles? I had no idea Great Britain was that small. What is the widest distance West to East?
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dtparr 2244 days ago
Per Encyclopedia Britannica[0], 300 miles is the widest, and no part is more than 75 miles from the sea.

It's smaller in land mass than 10 US states, coming in just behind Oregon and just ahead of Idaho.

0 - https://www.britannica.com/place/United-Kingdom

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