Dig straight down from the middle of the Bristol Bay 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Indian Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Antarctica 🇦🇶. Below are the Bristol Bay's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 62,323 km² (24,063 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Also written | Bahía de Bristol (es) · baie de Bristol (fr) · 布里斯托爾灣 (zh) · خليج بريستول (ar) · Бристольский залив (ru) · ブリストル湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Bristol Bay, that point sits at 57.4464° S, 20.0940° E. The nearest coast is Antarctica 🇦🇶, roughly 1,376 km (855 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Maitri Station, Antarctica, about 1,534 km (953 miles) from the point.
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