The world’s longest overland route in a straight line is entirely located on the Northern Hemisphere. It spans an epic 13,589km (8,443mi), crosses 17 countries, 9 time zones and connects the Atlantic and North Pacific Ocean.
It starts in Liberia, West Africa, at a tiny and remote beach settlement 250 km southeast of the capital Monrovia. Then it goes on into Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Burkina Faso again, Niger, Chad, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan again before finally reaching China. The line reaches the sea near an industrial village approx. 320 kilometers south of Shanghai.
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