Dig straight down from the middle of the Caspian Sea 🌊 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 Pitcairn Islands 🇵🇳. Below are the Caspian Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 379,305 km² (146,450 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 · Russia 🇷🇺 · Turkmenistan 🇹🇲 · Iran 🇮🇷 · Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 |
| Also written | mar Caspio (es) · mer Caspienne (fr) · 裏海 (zh) · بحر قزوين (ar) · Каспийское море (ru) · カスピ海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Caspian Sea, that point sits at 41.8651° S, 129.4935° W. The nearest coast is Pitcairn Islands 🇵🇳, roughly 1,944 km (1,208 miles) south — far enough out that no shore would be in sight.
The closest settlement of any size is Papeete, French Polynesia, about 3,310 km (2,057 miles) from the point.
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