1.
If something is situated ~, it is away from the coast, towards or near the middle of a country. If you go ~, you go away from the coast, towards the middle of a country.
The vast majority live further ~...
The car turned away from the coast and headed ~.
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2.
Inland areas, lakes, and places are not on the coast, but in or near the middle of a country.
...a rather quiet ~ town.
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