Dig straight down from the middle of the Cumberland Sound 🌊 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 Cumberland Sound's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 25,584 km² (9,878 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Canada 🇨🇦 |
| Also written | Cumberland Sound (es) · baie Cumberland (fr) · 坎伯蘭灣 (zh) · خليج كمبرلاند ساوند (ar) · Камберленд (ru) · カンバーランド湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Cumberland Sound, that point sits at 65.2034° S, 114.1273° E. The nearest coast is Antarctica 🇦🇶, roughly 84 km (52 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Casey Station, Antarctica, about 203 km (126 miles) from the point.
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