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Yup, see this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_length_of...

In the list of the article here, Norway in particular tipped me off, as it's incredibly jagged coastline can be lead to great resolution-dependent differences.



Ok, but real-world coastlines are not true fractals. I assume that the numbers do converge as resolution increases.


that's because of all the crinkly bits




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