To some extent, this depends how you define a "country".

For one definition of country, the maximum countries that meet at a single point is 7.

The countries that meet at this single point are :


Argentina
Australia
Chile
France
New Zealand
Norway
United Kingdom


The point where they all meet?  Latitude 90 degrees South - otherwise known as the South Pole!  All of the countries have territorial claims to pie-shapes pieces of Antarctica, meeting at (or at least, near) the south pole as a part of the Antarctic Treaty.

What's the highest number of countries whose borders meet at a single point?
This question may be way too specific, but what is the word for someone who surveys land in search for Oil (for petroleum). I think it might be a scientific word, like one that ends with -ist (like biologist)
