Dig straight down from the middle of the Dmitriy Laptev Strait 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Weddell Sea 🌊, off the coast of Antarctica 🇦🇶. Below are the Dmitriy Laptev Strait's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 6,579 km² (2,540 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Russia 🇷🇺 |
| Also written | Estrecho de Dmitri Láptev (es) · détroit de Dmitri-Laptev (fr) · 德米特里·拉普捷夫海峡 (zh) · مضيق ديمتري لابتيف (ar) · Пролив Дмитрия Лаптева (ru) · ドミトリー・ラプテフ海峡 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Dmitriy Laptev Strait, that point sits at 73.0560° S, 38.0533° W. The nearest coast is Antarctica 🇦🇶, roughly 559 km (347 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Halley Station, Antarctica, about 479 km (298 miles) from the point.
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