Dig straight down from the middle of the East Siberian Sea 🌊 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 East Siberian Sea's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 600,252 km² (231,758 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Russia 🇷🇺 |
| Also written | mar de Siberia Oriental (es) · mer de Sibérie orientale (fr) · 东西伯利亚海 (zh) · بحر سيبيريا الشرقي (ar) · Восточно-Сибирское море (ru) · 東シベリア海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the East Siberian Sea, that point sits at 72.9576° S, 21.4018° W. The nearest coast is Antarctica 🇦🇶, roughly 82 km (51 miles) north.
The closest settlement of any size is Wasa Station, Antarctica, about 260 km (162 miles) from the point.
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