Dig straight down through Curaçao 🇨🇼 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Indian Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Indonesia 🇮🇩. Below are Curaçao's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Population | about 158,000 |
|---|---|
| Area | 428 km² (165 sq mi) |
| Region | Caribbean, North America |
| Economy | Developing region |
| Income group | High income: nonOECD |
| Also written | Curazao (es) · Curaçao (fr) · 库拉索 (zh) · كوراساو (ar) · Кюрасао (ru) · キュラソー (ja) |
Taken from the middle of Curaçao, that point sits at 12.1949° S, 111.0154° E. The nearest coast is Indonesia 🇮🇩, roughly 436 km (271 miles) south.
The closest settlement of any size is Malang, Indonesia, about 500 km (311 miles) from the point.
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