Dig straight down from the middle of the Delaware 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 Australia 🇦🇺. Below are the Delaware Bay's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 2,035 km² (786 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Also written | Bahía de Delaware (es) · baie du Delaware (fr) · 特拉華灣 (zh) · خليج ديلاوير (ar) · Делавэрский залив (ru) · デラウェア湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Delaware Bay, that point sits at 39.3714° S, 104.5594° E. The nearest coast is Australia 🇦🇺, roughly 1,089 km (677 miles) south-west.
The closest settlement of any size is Busselton, Australia, about 1,153 km (716 miles) from the point.
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