Dig straight down from the middle of the Chesapeake 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 Australia 🇦🇺. Below are the Chesapeake Bay's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 11,656 km² (4,500 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Also written | bahía de Chesapeake (es) · baie de Chesapeake (fr) · 切萨皮克湾 (zh) · خليج تشيزبيك (ar) · Чесапикский залив (ru) · チェサピーク湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, that point sits at 38.2448° S, 103.8671° E. The nearest coast is Australia 🇦🇺, roughly 1,092 km (679 miles) south-west.
The closest settlement of any size is Busselton, Australia, about 1,151 km (715 miles) from the point.
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