Dig straight down from the middle of the Bering Sea 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the South Atlantic Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Antarctica 🇦🇶. Below are the Bering Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 2,231,636 km² (861,639 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | United States of America 🇺🇸 · Russia 🇷🇺 |
| Also written | mar de Bering (es) · mer de Béring (fr) · 白令海 (zh) · بحر بيرنغ (ar) · Берингово море (ru) · ベーリング海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Bering Sea, that point sits at 57.3059° S, 9.1076° E. The nearest coast is Antarctica 🇦🇶, roughly 1,432 km (890 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Maitri Station, Antarctica, about 1,504 km (935 miles) from the point.
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