Can someone explain the coastal paradox and infinite shoreline theory?

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How can a finite area like Great Britain have an infinite length edge?

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One thing to remember is that in real life this doesn’t really go to infinity because at smalls scale waves are constantly modifying what counts as the coast line and even if you froze time, you wouldn’t be able to go below their scale and any fractals would disappear.

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