Dig straight down from the middle of the Denmark 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 Denmark Strait's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 49,289 km² (19,031 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Iceland 🇮🇸 · Greenland 🇬🇱 |
| Also written | Estrecho de Dinamarca (es) · détroit de Danemark (fr) · 丹麦海峡 (zh) · مضيق الدنمارك (ar) · Датский пролив (ru) · デンマーク海峡 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Denmark Strait, that point sits at 67.1391° S, 152.6774° E. The nearest coast is Antarctica 🇦🇶, roughly 177 km (110 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Dumont d'Urville Station, Antarctica, about 554 km (344 miles) from the point.
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