Welcome to the February 2026 edition of #fridaygeotrivia, our social media geotrivia contest.
As per tradition we normally play on the final Friday of the month, which would be February 27th. But due to some scheduling conflicts we will push this month’s game back by one week to Friday, 6th of March, 2026, at 17:00 Berlin time, 4pm London time, 11AM New York time.
See how to play below.
The February 2026 geotrivia question:
Name countries whose common English name appears directly in the name of a sea, ocean, gulf, bay, strait, channel, or bight.
For example: ✓ 🇲🇽 Mexico - Gulf of Mexico ✗ 🇫🇷 France - there is no France Sea or similar
As always:
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Only one answer per toot
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You must include the hashtag #fridaygeotrivia and the emoji flag of the countries
Prizes
#fridaygeotrivia is a game with two prizes:
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the sheer joy of geographic knowledge and pedantry.
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the bragging rights of getting the answer first.
The #fridaygeotrivia Mastodon thread:
The winner
Congrats once again to Ryan for taking home the emoji trophy, and Jocelyn for an impressive second place.
Well done!
This month’s geotrivia answer:
- AU - Great Australian Bight
- BJ - Bight of Benin
- CN - South China Sea, Easst China Sea
- DE - German Bight
- DK - Denmark Straight
- DM - Dominican Passage
- FI - Gulf of Finland
- FK - Falkland Sound
- GB (England) - English Channel
- GL - Greenland Sea
- GN - Gulf of Guinea
- HN - Gulf of Honduras
- IE - Irish Sea
- IN - Indian Ocean
- IR (Persia) - Persian Gulf
- IS - Iceland Sea
- JP - Sea of Japan
- LC - Saint Lucia Channel
- LY - Libyan Sea
- MX - Gulf of Mexico
- MZ - Mozambique Channel
- NO - Norwegian Sea
- OM - Gulf of Oman
- PG - Gulf of Papua
- SB - Solomon Sea
- SG - Singapore Strait
- TH - Gulf of Thailand
- TL - Timor Sea
- TW - Taiwan Straight
- VE - Gulf fo Venezuela
How to play
Anyone can join in, you just need a Mastodon account.
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Follow us on Mastodon, our account is @opencage@en.osm.town
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When the game starts we will post the question here on the blog and on Mastodon, and will embed the Mastodon question here. We highly recommend using a mastodon client you feel comfortable with. We’ve made the switch to the Elk client and are loving it, but use whatever works for you.
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Reply to the question thread on Mastodon (it will be embedded above) using the hashtag #fridaygeotrivia in your answer.
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Only one answer per response (don’t stuff multiple answers into a single reply).
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Our definition of “country” is usually (it depends on the question) any place with an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code. Read more background about ISO and country codes in our guide.
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To get full points for an answer it is good form not just to name the relevant country but (if possible) to include the emoji flags of the country.
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While you can use a map, please do NOT use the internet to just search for an answer. That is cheating and will lead to seriously bad geokarma.
Some people have complained that the format is a bit chaotic and hard to follow. Yes. The mad chaos is part of the fun. Embrace it. The goal is just to have fun and learn. We win by playing
Thanks for playing,