Dig straight down from the middle of the Golfo de California 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Indian Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Mauritius 🇲🇺. Below are the Golfo de California's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 171,845 km² (66,350 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Mexico 🇲🇽 |
| Also written | Golfo de California (es) · golfe de Californie (fr) · 加利福尼亚湾 (zh) · خليج كاليفورنيا (ar) · Калифорнийский залив (ru) · カリフォルニア湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Golfo de California, that point sits at 27.5990° S, 68.4705° E. The nearest coast is Mauritius 🇲🇺, roughly 1,353 km (841 miles) south-east.
The closest settlement of any size is Port Louis, Mauritius, about 1,387 km (862 miles) from the point.
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