Dig straight down from the middle of the Amazon River 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Gulf of Buli 🌊, off the coast of Indonesia 🇮🇩. Below are the Amazon River's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 10,517 km² (4,061 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Brazil 🇧🇷 |
| Also written | Amazonas (es) · Amazone (fr) · 亚马逊河 (zh) · نهر الأمازون (ar) · Амазонка (ru) · アマゾン川 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Amazon River, that point sits at 1.1221° N, 129.2529° E. The nearest coast is Indonesia 🇮🇩, roughly 61 km (38 miles) east.
The closest settlement of any size is Ternate, Indonesia, about 213 km (132 miles) from the point.
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