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The coastline is required to make a nice-ish reference to THHGTTG.

Aka more simply as H2G2, "the" and "to" aren't required in an acronym.

Except nobody ever refers to it as "H2G2".

Using acronyms already adds some degree of ambiguity; shortening a commonly used acronym makes it basically unrecognizable, even when used within the proper context.

H2G2 is a pretty common acronym. In fact I've only heard it referred to as H2G2 or Hitchhiker's Guide.

On its wikipedia page its referred throughout as H2G2.

H2G2 9 times

HG2G 2 times

HHGTTG 2 times

It may actually have a bit of truth in it: The fractal coastline allows for many more coastline properties than the straight coasts of, say, South Africa.

It's a Douglas Adams joke.

Heh, OK. I got the Douglas Adams reference. I just thought there was something beyond the joke. I guess not though.

It's a joke but the fjords of Norway are among the most amazing things in the world. Simply seeing them would increase my mood.

I thought it refers to the scenery, which aids tourism.