Dig straight down from the middle of the Golfo de Panamá 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the Indian Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Indonesia 🇮🇩. Below are the Golfo de Panamá's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 30,023 km² (11,592 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Bordering countries | Panama 🇵🇦 |
| Also written | Golfo de Panamá (es) · Golfe de Panama (fr) · 巴拿马湾 (zh) · خليج بنما (ar) · Панамский залив (ru) · パナマ湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Golfo de Panamá, that point sits at 8.2551° S, 100.6562° E. The nearest coast is Indonesia 🇮🇩, roughly 357 km (222 miles) south-west.
The closest settlement of any size is Bandar Lampung, Indonesia, about 598 km (372 miles) from the point.
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