Dig straight down from the middle of the Chukchi Sea 🌊 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 Chukchi Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 342,705 km² (132,319 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Russia 🇷🇺 · United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Also written | mar de Chukotka. (es) · mer des Tchouktches (fr) · 楚科奇海 (zh) · بحر تشوكشي (ar) · Чукотское море (ru) · チュクチ海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Chukchi Sea, that point sits at 68.5300° S, 7.7375° E. The nearest coast is Antarctica 🇦🇶, roughly 203 km (126 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Maitri Station, Antarctica, about 294 km (183 miles) from the point.
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