Dig straight down through Barbados 🇧🇧 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Indian Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Indonesia 🇮🇩. Below are Barbados's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Capital | Bridgetown |
|---|---|
| Population | about 287,000 |
| Area | 388 km² (150 sq mi) |
| Region | Caribbean, North America |
| Economy | Developing region |
| Income group | High income: nonOECD |
| Also written | Barbados (es) · Barbade (fr) · 巴巴多斯 (zh) · باربادوس (ar) · Барбадос (ru) · バルバドス (ja) |
Taken from the middle of Barbados, that point sits at 13.1748° S, 120.4494° E. The nearest coast is Indonesia 🇮🇩, roughly 320 km (199 miles) south.
The closest settlement of any size is Kupang, Indonesia, about 477 km (296 miles) from the point.
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