Claim: West Virginia borders Ohio and Florida to the northwest.
Evidence: It is bordered by Virginia to the southeast , Kentucky to the southwest , Ohio to the northwest , Pennsylvania to the north -LRB- and , slightly , east -RRB- , and Maryland to the northeast.
It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico , to the north by Alabama and Georgia , to the east by the Atlantic Ocean , and to the south by the Straits of Florida and Cuba.