What countries border Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea borders exactly one country: Indonesia.
Part of the Melanesia group in the country borders atlas.
🧭 Longest journey: starting from Papua New Guinea, the farthest country you can
reach without a sea crossing is Lesotho
— 18 border crossings away.
📏 Closest country by distance: Solomon Islands — about 1,343 km (great-circle distance between country centers, coordinates from mledoze/countries).
Countries near Papua New Guinea
The closest countries to Papua New Guinea that don't share a land border:
Why it matters in Bordlr
Every Bordlr puzzle is built on this border graph: you connect two regions by naming the chain of neighbors between them. Knowing Papua New Guinea's neighbor cold makes it a much faster link in any chain.
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