Dig straight down from the middle of the Cordova 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 French Southern and Antarctic Lands 🇹🇫. Below are the Cordova Bay's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 2,040 km² (788 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Also written | Bahía Cordova (es) · Cordova Bay (fr) · 科尔多瓦湾 (zh) · خليج قرطبة (ar) · залив Кордова-Бэй (ru) · コルドヴァ・ベイ (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Cordova Bay, that point sits at 55.1564° S, 47.0313° E. The nearest coast is French Southern and Antarctic Lands 🇹🇫, roughly 1,024 km (636 miles) south.
The closest settlement of any size is Showa Station, Antarctica, about 1,586 km (985 miles) from the point.
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