Dig straight down through Cayman Islands 🇰🇾 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Indian Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺. Below are Cayman Islands's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Population | about 65,000 |
|---|---|
| Area | 300 km² (116 sq mi) |
| Region | Caribbean, North America |
| Economy | Emerging region: G20 |
| Income group | High income: nonOECD |
| Also written | Islas Caimán (es) · îles Caïmans (fr) · 开曼群岛 (zh) · جزر كايمان (ar) · острова Кайман (ru) · ケイマン諸島 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of Cayman Islands, that point sits at 19.3173° S, 98.7377° E. The nearest coast is Indian Ocean Territories 🇦🇺, roughly 815 km (506 miles) south.
The closest settlement of any size is Bandung, Indonesia, about 1,674 km (1,040 miles) from the point.
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