Dig straight down from the middle of the Baía de São Marcos 🌊 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 Indonesia 🇮🇩. Below are the Baía de São Marcos's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 6,984 km² (2,697 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Brazil 🇧🇷 |
| Also written | Bahía de São Marcos (es) · Baía de São Marcos (fr) · 圣马科斯湾 (zh) · خليج سان ماركوس (ar) · Сан-Маркус (ru) · サン・マルコス湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Baía de São Marcos, that point sits at 2.5783° N, 136.0295° E. The nearest coast is Indonesia 🇮🇩, roughly 365 km (227 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Melekeok, Palau, about 568 km (353 miles) from the point.
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