Dig straight down from the middle of the Barents Sea 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Ross Sea 🌊, off the coast of Antarctica 🇦🇶. Below are the Barents Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 1,382,049 km² (533,612 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Russia 🇷🇺 · Norway 🇳🇴 |
| Also written | Mar de Barents (es) · mer de Barents (fr) · 巴倫支海 (zh) · بحر بارنتس (ar) · Баренцево море (ru) · バレンツ海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Barents Sea, that point sits at 74.3030° S, 141.6772° W. The nearest coast is Antarctica 🇦🇶, roughly 139 km (86 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is McMurdo Station, Antarctica, about 1,383 km (859 miles) from the point.
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