Dig straight down from the middle of the Great Australian Bight 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in open water in the North Atlantic Ocean 🌊, off the coast of Canada 🇨🇦. Below are the Great Australian Bight's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 1,214,242 km² (468,821 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Australia 🇦🇺 |
| Also written | Gran Bahía Australiana (es) · Grande baie australienne (fr) · 大澳洲湾 (zh) · الخليج الأسترالي العظيم (ar) · Большой Австралийский залив (ru) · グレートオーストラリア湾 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Great Australian Bight, that point sits at 37.4972° N, 46.8816° W. The nearest coast is Canada 🇨🇦, roughly 1,141 km (709 miles) south-east.
The closest settlement of any size is St. John's, Canada, about 1,217 km (756 miles) from the point.
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