Dig straight down from the middle of the Baird Inlet 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Southern Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Antarctica 🇦🇶. Below are the Baird Inlet's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 1,176 km² (454 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Also written | Baird Inlet (es) · Baird Inlet (fr) · 贝尔德湾 (zh) · بيرد إنليت (ar) · залив Бэйрд (ru) · ベアード海峡 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Baird Inlet, that point sits at 60.7836° S, 16.0882° E. The nearest coast is Antarctica 🇦🇶, roughly 992 km (616 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Maitri Station, Antarctica, about 1,129 km (702 miles) from the point.
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