Dig straight down from the middle of the Bass Strait 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the North Atlantic Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Portugal 🇵🇹. Below are the Bass Strait's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 107,450 km² (41,487 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Australia 🇦🇺 |
| Also written | Estrecho de Bass (es) · détroit de Bass (fr) · 巴斯海峡 (zh) · باس (ar) · Бассов пролив (ru) · バス海峡 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Bass Strait, that point sits at 39.3628° N, 33.9626° W. The nearest coast is Portugal 🇵🇹, roughly 230 km (143 miles) west.
The closest settlement of any size is Ponta Delgada, Portugal, about 743 km (462 miles) from the point.
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