Dig straight down from the middle of the East Korea Bay 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the South Atlantic Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Argentina 🇦🇷. Below are the East Korea Bay's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 7,536 km² (2,910 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | North Korea 🇰🇵 |
| Also written | Bahía Oriental de Corea (es) · baie de Corée orientale (fr) · 东朝鲜湾 (zh) · خليج كوريا الشرقي (ar) · Восточно-Корейский залив (ru) · 東朝鮮湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the East Korea Bay, that point sits at 39.3349° S, 52.1421° W. The nearest coast is Argentina 🇦🇷, roughly 480 km (298 miles) south-east.
The closest settlement of any size is Mar del Plata, Argentina, about 495 km (308 miles) from the point.
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