Dig straight down from the middle of the Garabogaz Bay 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the South Pacific Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Pitcairn Islands 🇵🇳. Below are the Garabogaz Bay's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 16,956 km² (6,547 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Turkmenistan 🇹🇲 |
| Also written | Kara Bogaz Gol (es) · Kara-Bogaz-Gol (fr) · 卡腊博加兹哥耳湾 (zh) · خليج قره بوغاز كول (ar) · Кара-Богаз-Гол (ru) · カラポガスゴル湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Garabogaz Bay, that point sits at 41.3978° S, 126.4632° W. The nearest coast is Pitcairn Islands 🇵🇳, roughly 1,896 km (1,178 miles) south — far enough out that no shore would be in sight.
The closest settlement of any size is Papeete, French Polynesia, about 3,447 km (2,142 miles) from the point.
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