Dig straight down from the middle of the Bight of Benin 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Kiribati 🇰🇮. Below are the Bight of Benin's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 53,828 km² (20,783 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Nigeria 🇳🇬 · Benin 🇧🇯 · Togo 🇹🇬 · Ghana 🇬🇭 |
| Also written | Golfo de Benín (es) · Golfe du Bénin (fr) · 贝宁湾 (zh) · خليج بنين (ar) · Бенин (ru) · ベニン湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Bight of Benin, that point sits at 5.6330° S, 176.6102° W. The nearest coast is Kiribati 🇰🇮, roughly 253 km (157 miles) south-west.
The closest settlement of any size is Funafuti, Tuvalu, about 561 km (349 miles) from the point.
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