How Long Is the Coast of Britain?

Question

How Long Is the Coast of Britain?

Answer 1

The measured length of a coastline depends on the scale of measurement. The smaller the increment of measurement, the longer the measured length becomes. The measured length increases without limit as the measurement scale decreases towards zero.  Therefore the length of Britain's coast (Or any coast for that matter) is infinite.

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Answer 2

11,072.76 miles (17 819.88 km).

Answer 3

There is no point at which one can say that a shape defines the coastline of Britain. After all, exactly circumscribing the coast of Britain would entail encircling every rock, every tide pool, every pebble which happens to lie on the edge of Britain.

Thus, the coastline of Britain is infinite.