Dig straight down from the middle of the Andaman Sea 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Peru 🇵🇪. Below are the Andaman Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 619,746 km² (239,285 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Myanmar 🇲🇲 · India 🇮🇳 · Thailand 🇹🇭 · Indonesia 🇮🇩 |
| Also written | mar de Andamán (es) · mer d'Andaman (fr) · 安达曼海 (zh) · بحر أندامان (ar) · Андаманское море (ru) · アンダマン海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Andaman Sea, that point sits at 11.0602° S, 84.5394° W. The nearest coast is Peru 🇵🇪, roughly 669 km (416 miles) south-west.
The closest settlement of any size is Trujillo, Peru, about 688 km (428 miles) from the point.
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