Dig straight down from the middle of the Antongila Bay 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the North Pacific Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Mexico 🇲🇽. Below are the Antongila Bay's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 2,775 km² (1,071 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Madagascar 🇲🇬 |
| Also written | Bahía de Antongil (es) · baie d'Antongil (fr) · 安通吉爾灣 (zh) · خليج أنتونيلا (ar) · Антунгила (ru) · アントンジル湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Antongila Bay, that point sits at 15.8551° N, 130.1185° W. The nearest coast is Mexico 🇲🇽, roughly 1,891 km (1,175 miles) south-west — far enough out that no shore would be in sight.
The closest settlement of any size is La Paz, Mexico, about 2,261 km (1,405 miles) from the point.
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