Dig straight down from the middle of the Davis Strait 🌊 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 Davis Strait's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 675,353 km² (260,755 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Greenland 🇬🇱 · Canada 🇨🇦 |
| Also written | Estrecho de Davis (es) · détroit de Davis (fr) · 戴维斯海峡 (zh) · مضيق دافيس (ar) · Пролив Дейвиса (ru) · デービス海峡 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Davis Strait, that point sits at 65.0788° S, 122.1620° E. The nearest coast is Antarctica 🇦🇶, roughly 196 km (122 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Casey Station, Antarctica, about 548 km (341 miles) from the point.
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