Dig straight down from the middle of the Arabian 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 Pitcairn Islands 🇵🇳. Below are the Arabian Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 4,132,522 km² (1,595,575 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | India 🇮🇳 · Oman 🇴🇲 · Pakistan 🇵🇰 · Yemen 🇾🇪 · Somalia 🇸🇴 · Iran 🇮🇷 |
| Also written | mar Arábigo (es) · mer d'Arabie (fr) · 阿拉伯海 (zh) · بحر العرب (ar) · Аравийское море (ru) · アラビア海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Arabian Sea, that point sits at 12.4648° S, 117.1256° W. The nearest coast is Pitcairn Islands 🇵🇳, roughly 1,768 km (1,099 miles) north-east — far enough out that no shore would be in sight.
The closest settlement of any size is Santa Cruz, Ecuador, about 3,237 km (2,011 miles) from the point.
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