Dig straight down from the middle of the Amundsen Sea 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Kara Sea 🌊, off the coast of Russia 🇷🇺. Below are the Amundsen Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 95,473 km² (36,862 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Antarctica 🇦🇶 |
| Also written | mar de Amundsen (es) · mer d'Amundsen (fr) · 阿蒙森海 (zh) · بحر أموندسن (ar) · Море Амундсена (ru) · アムンゼン海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Amundsen Sea, that point sits at 73.7078° N, 71.9120° E. The nearest coast is Russia 🇷🇺, roughly 48 km (30 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Dikson, Russia, about 272 km (169 miles) from the point.
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