Dig straight down from the middle of the Dixon Entrance 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Indian Ocean 🌊, off the coast of French Southern and Antarctic Lands 🇹🇫. Below are the Dixon Entrance's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 4,919 km² (1,899 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Canada 🇨🇦 · United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Also written | Entrada Dixon (es) · Entrée Dixon (fr) · 迪克森海峡 (zh) · مدخل ديكسون (ar) · Диксон-Энтранс (ru) · ディクソン海峡 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Dixon Entrance, that point sits at 54.4203° S, 47.6077° E. The nearest coast is French Southern and Antarctic Lands 🇹🇫, roughly 934 km (580 miles) south.
The closest settlement of any size is Mawson Station, Antarctica, about 1,671 km (1,038 miles) from the point.
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