Dig straight down from the middle of the Estrecho de Magellanes 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in Russia 🇷🇺, near Ulan-Ude. Below are the Estrecho de Magellanes's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 13,756 km² (5,311 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Chile 🇨🇱 · Argentina 🇦🇷 |
| Also written | Estrecho de Magallanes (es) · détroit de Magellan (fr) · 麦哲伦海峡 (zh) · مضيق ماجلان (ar) · Магелланов пролив (ru) · マゼラン海峡 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Estrecho de Magellanes, that point sits at 53.1751° N, 109.3067° E. The closest town to it is Ulan-Ude, Russia, about 188 km (117 miles) away.
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