Dig straight down from the middle of the Bight of Biafra 🌊 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 Biafra's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 31,628 km² (12,212 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Nigeria 🇳🇬 · Cameroon 🇨🇲 · Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶 |
| Also written | Golfo de Biafra (es) · Golfe du Biafra (fr) · 邦尼湾 (zh) · خليج بيافرا (ar) · Биафра (ru) · ボニー湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Bight of Biafra, that point sits at 3.9331° S, 171.6418° W. The nearest coast is Kiribati 🇰🇮, roughly 71 km (44 miles) north-west.
The closest settlement of any size is Apia, Samoa, about 1,102 km (685 miles) from the point.
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