Dig straight down from the middle of the Chaun Bay 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Southern Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Antarctica 🇦🇶. Below are the Chaun Bay's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 7,625 km² (2,944 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Russia 🇷🇺 |
| Also written | Bahía Chaunskaya (es) · baie de Tchaoun (fr) · 恰翁灣 (zh) · خليج تشون (ar) · Чаунская губа (ru) · チャウンスカヤ湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Chaun Bay, that point sits at 69.3299° S, 10.4638° W. The nearest coast is Antarctica 🇦🇶, roughly 179 km (111 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Neumayer Station III, Antarctica, about 200 km (124 miles) from the point.
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