Dig straight down from the middle of the Cook Inlet 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Indian Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Antarctica 🇦🇶. Below are the Cook Inlet's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 19,436 km² (7,504 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Also written | Ensenada de Tikahtnu (es) · Golfe de Cook (fr) · 库克湾 (zh) · كوك إنليت (ar) · Залив Кука (ru) · クック湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Cook Inlet, that point sits at 60.1901° S, 27.8747° E. The nearest coast is Antarctica 🇦🇶, roughly 983 km (611 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Showa Station, Antarctica, about 1,130 km (702 miles) from the point.
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