Dig straight down from the middle of the Columbia River 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Indian Ocean 🌊, off the coast of French Southern and Antarctic Lands 🇹🇫. Below are the Columbia River's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 490 km² (189 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Also written | Río Columbia (es) · fleuve Columbia (fr) · 哥倫比亞河 (zh) · نهر كولومبيا (ar) · Колумбия (ru) · コロンビア川 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Columbia River, that point sits at 46.2220° S, 56.2582° E. The nearest coast is French Southern and Antarctic Lands 🇹🇫, roughly 340 km (211 miles) east.
The closest settlement of any size is Mawson Station, Antarctica, about 2,409 km (1,497 miles) from the point.
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